Arnold J. Rosoff Faculty Profile

Arnold J. Rosoff
Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics; Professor of Health Care Management
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics

CLU, American College of Life Underwriters, 1973; JD, Columbia University, 1968; BS, University of Pennsylvania, 1965

Research Areas
Health care law; legal, business and ethical aspects of health care; legal and regulatory controls on health care cost and quality; patients' rights, especially "informed consent" issues; Pharmacy benefits management; Private and governmental financing of health care; legal implications of clinical practice guidelines; antitrust in health care; comparative health care systems, especially Japan and U.S.

Recent Consulting
Advice to employers, regulators, insurers, and managed care organizations on health care benefits and cost containment options

Current Projects
Changing structures and functions of pharmacy benefits managers; legal implications of new costs containment directions in health care, with emphasis on patient consent issues and the use of clinical practice guidelines; comparative health care law and policy, especially comparing the U.S. with Asian nations, principally Japan and Korea

Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1970-present (Chairperson, Legal Studies Department, 1991-95; Director, Wharton Executive MBA Program, 1991-93; Director, Wharton Government and Business Program, 1988-91). Visiting appointments: The Brookings Institution; Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences; Harvard University; Health Care Financing Administration, DHHS

Other Positions
Associate, Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Attorneys, 1968-70; 1984-88; Law Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1969

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Fellow, American College of Legal Medicine, 1992; Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, University of Pennsylvania, 1976; Anvil Award for Teaching Excellence, 1982; Graduate Division Excellence in Teaching Award, 1982-85; Undegraduate Excellence in Teaching Award, 1997

Professional Leadership 2005-2009
Deputy Editor, Journal of Legal Medicine, 1982-89, 1994-present; Editorial Board, Law, Medicine and Health Care, 1983-present; Contributing Editor, Hospital Law Manual, 1980-present

Representative Publications
"The Changing face of Pharmacy Benefits Management." Saint Louis University Law Journal (forthcoming).

"Cultural and Legal Aspects of Health Care in Japan" Controlling Costs in Japanese Health Care, N. Ikegami and J. Campbell, eds, U. Michigan Press (Summer 1996).

"The Role of Clinical Practice Guidelines in Health Care Reform." Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine 369 (Summer 1995).

"Consents" Treatise on Health Care Law. Matthew Bender, 1991, 1994 supplement.

Informed Consent: A Guide for Health Care Providers. Aspen Systems Corp., 1981.

"Antitrust Law and the Health Care Industry: New Warriors into an Old Battle." St. Louis University Law Journal 23 (1979).

(with G.L. Gottlieb)
"Preserving Autonomy for the Elderly: Competency, Guardianship and Alzheimer's Disease." Journal of Legal Medicine 8 (1987).