Advanced Certificate in Health Law and Healthcare Compliance
Gain Compliance, Legal Expertise With Albany Law’s Health Compliance and Health Law Certificate
Build a baseline in health law or healthcare compliance—and better understand the ethical, legal, and regulatory issues faced within the industry.
At Albany Law, our 100% online certificate in health law and healthcare compliance will effectively and efficiently provide you with the skills to advance professionally—whether it’s to pursue a promotion or new career path. Take 9-credit hours—at your pace—and deepen your knowledge on a specific area of health law and compliance.
You’ll have the knowledge and know-how to move forward into a healthcare management career and take charge in an ever-growing sector.
Why Albany Law?
- Longest running independent U.S. law school with an alumni base of countless, successful professionals.
- Healthcare certificates and programs that fit your interests and passions, including an advanced certificate, master’s degree, and LL.M. degree.
- Work at your pace to hone skills and expertise you need to take the next step professionally with a healthcare and health law certificate.
"Students appreciate how adaptable our Advanced Certificate curriculum is. No matter their role in the vast healthcare industry, we allow students to choose the specialized health law and compliance courses best aligned with their individual goals. It's possible to start with the basics, such as Health Care Compliance, or to dive right into a highly-focused topic, like the False Claims Act."
Tom Rosenberger, Assistant Dean and Director for Online Programs
Careers in healthcare are some of the fastest growing in the U.S. economy, and earning a healthcare certificate from Albany Law will broaden your expertise in both health law and healthcare compliance.
With this background, you can take on healthcare management careers in advances roles, including as:
- Regulatory Compliance Manager
- Clinical Risk Specialist
- Case Manager
- Regulatory Compliance Manager
- Customer Renewals Analyst
Gain a greater understanding of the complexities surrounding the healthcare industry.
Developed by industry practitioners and taught by educators who are leading in the profession, our practical coursework will allow you to take what you’ve learned and put it to work immediately. Our 9-credit-hour healthcare certificate also allows you to customize your studies to what interests you.
Choose from the following courses to build your healthcare certificate:
- Anti-Kickback and Stark Act
- Compliance Skills: Auditing, Investigating, Reporting
- Conducting Investigations: Law and Practice
- Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act
- False Claims Act
- Healthcare Compliance
- HIPAA Compliance
- Human Experimentation (Rules and Regulations
- Long-Term and Post-Acute Care: Legal, Policy, and Compliance Challenges
- Long-Term Care Compliance
- Malpractice
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Mental Health Law
- Pharmaceutical Industry (Federal Sunshine Act)
- Public Health Law
- Strategic Approaches to Public Health Law and Compliance
- Workplace Safety in the Healthcare Setting
Designed for aspiring leaders and healthcare professionals alike, Albany Law’s healthcare and health law certificate equips you with the knowledge to navigate the ever-changing and highly regulated healthcare industry.
Our advanced healthcare certificate helps you to better understand the legal and ethical issues facing healthcare professionals. From delivery of care challenges to insurance and provider relationships, our health law and healthcare certificate prepares you for whatever you might face in the industry. That’s because our online certificate allows you to:
Learn from educators with broad healthcare expertise
In Albany Law’s healthcare and health law certificate, you’ll be taught by individuals who are at the top of the healthcare industry. While our faculty members are well-known in the field, they’re also approachable and accessible—ready to answer your questions and prepare you for your own healthcare management career.
Gain skills at an affordable rate
Albany Law has some of the most affordable tuition rates out there for private law schools. Our online certificate students are also able to apply for a $360 per credit scholarship award , helping to lower the cost of your learning.
Take on your studies in small classes
Most of Albany Law’s courses—including in our health law and healthcare certificate—are 20 students or less. While small classes help you get to know your professors better, it also means you’ll have more chances to connect and network with fellow classmates—individuals who are pursuing their own healthcare management careers.
Even though you might only be taking classes at Albany Law for a few months, you can still get involved beyond your advanced certificate. In fact, you can:
- Join an event geared for students and alumni here in New York or near you.
- Catch one of our many lecture series or a dean’s forum.
- Attend a meeting with one of our student clubs and organizations, including the Health Law Society.
Discover a Future in Healthcare at Albany Law
Build a strong foundation with Albany Law’s healthcare and health law certificate. We have the programs and people that can help you find success in this ever-growing sector.

Accreditation
Albany Law School is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and the American Bar Association (which accredits only J.D. programs).
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Albany Law Graduate Admissions
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518-445-2365
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