LAW 5811 – HEALTH CARE BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS & FINANCE – 3 credits – Spring 2027

The University of Pittsburgh School of Law invites applications for an adjunct faculty position to teach Health Care Business Transactions & Finance for the spring 2027 semester.

Description: This course will expose students to a variety of commercial transactions prevalent in the health care industry. The course will focus initially on health care as a regulated commercial enterprise. After studying the case, law, statutes, and regulations applicable to health care providers, students will begin an in-depth study of negotiated health care transactions. This study will begin with an examination of the fundamental elements of the acquisition process and an analysis of the tax, antitrust, regulatory and successor liability considerations generally addressed in health care combinations. Students will then be exposed to the various stages of the negotiated acquisitions process; due diligence; preliminary negotiations and agreements; transaction structure; financial negotiations; definitive healthcare entities. The course will examine sources of funding, enterprise valuation, healthcare cost controls, capital structure, traditional deft financing, tax exempt bond financing, securities filings, and insolvency. By the end of the course, the students will have acquired an understanding of the complexities of health care financing and will be familiar with the health care acquisition process from its inception to conclusion.

Salary: $2,500 per credit

Qualifications: Juris Doctor degree, graduate-level teaching experience preferred; 5 years of practical experience in energy law preferred.