PHPP 519 - Healthcare Systems

Institution:

University of Hawaii at Hilo

Subject:

Pharmacy Practice

Description:

The American healthcare payment system is comprised of a variety of payers and participants. Payers for healthcare services are private insurers, employer groups, Medicare and Medicaid. Other participants in the system are hospitals, government hospitals such as the VA system, staff model HMO's, and individual/corporate healthcare providers. This course will examine the unique roll of each participant as well as the current dynamics of these inter-relationships, and the sustainability of such a system in the current financial/healthcare crisis.

Credits:

1.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.hilo.hawaii.edu

Phone Number:

(808) 974-7311

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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