Health Care Reform and the Constitutional Limits on Private Accreditation as an Alternative to Direct Government Regulation

Authors

Michael J. Astrue

Abstract

The various subagencies of the HHS have opposing positions on the use of private accreditation in health care regulation, due to their different views of their missions. The use of the private delegation doctrine, an obscure constitutional doctrine, in health care cases in court is examined.

Citation

Michael J. Astrue, Health Care Reform and the Constitutional Limits on Private Accreditation as an Alternative to Direct Government Regulation, 57 Law and Contemporary Problems 75-87 (Fall 1994)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/lcp/vol57/iss4/4