Package 4- Health Care Law and Ethics & WA LTC Initial 8-Hour Course

This package meets the Washington State Continuing Education requirement of 24 credit hours including 3 credit hours on ethics.

Courses include:

  • 5 cr - Health Care Law and Ethics Part I

Chapters include: Health Insurance Coverage and Regulatory Reform; The Treatment Relationship

  • 5 cr - Health Care Law and Ethics Part II

Chapters include: Hospital Structure and Regulation; Antitrust Law and Health Care; Complex Transactions and Organizational Forms

  • 6 cr - Health Care Law and Ethics Part III (incl. 3 credit hours of ethics)

Chapters include: Defining Death and Transplanting Organs; The Law and Ethics of Withholding or Withdrawing Medical Care and Assisting Suicide; Selected Issues in Reproductive Medicine

  • 8 cr - WA LTC Initial 8-Hour Course

This is required by the State of Washington for agents entering the long-term care insurance market. This course is updated biannually or as required by the Office of the Insurance Commissioner

Chapters include: General Information and Definitions; The Evolution of Long-term Care Insurance; Washington State Long-term Care Partnership; How is Long-term Care Paid For; Suitability for Long-term Care Insurance; Minimum Standards for Benefit Triggers; How Long-term Care Policies Pay Benefits; Unintentional Lapse; Federal Statutes Governing Long-term Care Insurance (HR3103) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996; Information to be Furnished; Medicaid Nursing Home and Copes Coverage