Jack Bierig : Courses and Seminars
Food and Drug Law
LAWS 94501
This course explores legal and policy issues in the federal regulation of foods, drugs, medical devices, and other products coming within the jurisdiction of the FDA. It will examine substantive standards applicable to these products and procedural issues in the enforcement of these standards. It will also address the tension between state and federal regulation in this area, constitutional constraints on such regulation, and a variety of other issues relating to the development and marketing of regulated products.
Winter 2012
Jack Bierig
Health Law and Policy
LAWS 78801
This course explores the laws and policies that underlie regulation of the provision of health care in the United States. We will begin with an examination of the principal government programs for financing the delivery of health care in America - Medicare and Medicaid. This first part of the course will consider how these programs seek to resolve the tension between controlling costs, promoting quality, and assuring access. It will also address other federal regulation of health care, including EMTALA and HIPAA. The focus will then shift to legal and policy issues relating to managed care organizations, including the functioning of these organizations and the effect of ERISA on their actions. Next, we will study the impact of the tax, labor, and antitrust laws, as well as professional self-regulation, on the behavior of physicians, hospitals, and other health care institutions. Interspersed throughout will be discussion of various provisions of the Affordable Care Act.
The student may choose to take a proctored final examination (but only if at least 8 students opt for the exam) or to submit a paper.
The grade will be based on the examination or paper, as well as class participation.
Autumn 2011
Jack Bierig
