MGMT 5320 - Healthcare Entrepreneurship

Institution:

Lamar University

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Description:

This course will present to the future healthcare entrepreneur the different organizations and professions involved in the business and practice of healthcare; that is, the providers and payers for health care services. The course begins with an in depth look at Agency and Stewardship Theory of Man and how each theory is part of the present organizations and players in the health service business. The course will involve an in-depth discussion of the organization of healthcare insurance markets; managed care organizations; hospital and long term care facility (nursing home/long term care/hospice) organizations; various business models of the physician's practice; pharmaceutical and biotech industry; and the makeup of the health services salaried and hourly wage work force. Offered: Fall

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.lamar.edu

Phone Number:

(409) 880-7011

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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