Zack Buck

University of Tennessee College of Law

Professor Zack Buck specializes in health law.

Professor Buck’s scholarship examines the enforcement of laws that affect health and health care in the United States. Most recently, his writing has focused on the future of the Affordable Care Act, the legal rules that govern overtreatment, the regulation of pharmaceutical drug prices and hospitals, and the intersection between healthcare finance and medical quality.

Professor Buck is the author of more than 15 law review articles and has published with the law reviews of California-Berkeley, North Carolina, Ohio State, Wake Forest, Boston College, Maryland, and Florida State, among others. Buck has also been quoted in national outlets such as CNN, USA Today, and the Los Angeles Times, and is a frequent contributor to the online journal, Jotwell.

Professor Buck holds a BA in Political Science and Journalism from Miami University (OH), a Masters in Bioethics from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. At UT Law, he teaches a bioethics and public health seminar, torts, health care finance and organization, health care regulation and quality, and health care fraud and abuse.

Presentation (PPTX format): Patients As Stakeholders