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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to policy analysis and management by examining issues in the health sector. It fosters an appreciation of the complexity of policy problems and provides the basic tools used in public health policy design, implementation and evaluation.
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3.00 Credits
Provides the student with an understanding of payment systems for hospitals, long-term care organizations, integrated delivery systems, ambulatory care and other health care providers. Specific health care financing topics include: third party payment reimbursement system for private and public insurers, capitation, legislated cost containment strategies (DRGs and PPSs), medical payment incentives, risk assessment and health reform initiatives.
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3.00 Credits
This course deals with the application of leadership theory and strategic management and planning principles to a variety of "real world" management issues in health service organizations.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the structure and functioning of the finance components of the public health system. Public health organizations will be discussed within the context of the financial environment that includes financial management, managerial accounting, revenue cycle management, and funding and financial management of grants/contracts. The course also examines key financial tools and analyses for financially related decision making within the principles of strategic management applied to public health organizations amid a dynamic changing environment.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on the fundamental concepts and applications of managing information as a health services corporate asset, emphasizing converting data into information for decision support.
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3.00 Credits
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to legal issues in public health and healthcare. Basic legal principles underlying the legal system, governmental regulation, development of legal rules and how to interact effectively with the legal system as public health practitioner will be explored. This course has two main purposes: first, to examine the legal context of the relationship between the individual and the community; and second, to understand public health regulation in the context of a market-driven system.
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3.00 Credits
This course presents the knowledge, infrastructure, functions, and tools of health informatics. It explores technology, planning and management and applications in public health and health care. The emphasis is on conceptual frameworks as well as a deeper level of engagement on system applications. It focuses on the application of health technology, with a particular emphasis on the private/public sector of health management. It is designed to familiarize students with core concepts and issues confronting managers in the health sector associated with planning, implementation and evaluation of information systems. The course provides an overview of the theory, processes and applications of information systems and how they relate to health policy and management. It also provides a basic understanding of data standards and requirements, and the critical concepts and practice in mapping and interpreting health information.
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3.00 Credits
Prepares students to function and make sound managerial decisions in a health care system that is shaped by managed care. The role of health care administrators in the application of economic principles in implementation of competitive managed health care programs is discussed. Critical issues pertinent to managed care that will be covered include: monitoring and analyzing medical practice patterns, installation of rigorous utilization management components, designation of Primary Care Physicians (PCPs), catastrophic case managers, establishment of quality assurance programs and patient channeling. Managed care case studies are examined in light of benchmarks for corporate policy, assessments of program options, strategies for communication and guidelines for evaluation.
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3.00 Credits
Prepares students in the fundamentals of long term care administration. Organization and administration of long term delivery system with emphasis on nursing home administration, home health programs and hospice management will be discussed. Other topics to be covered include organization and management of interagency organizations, personnel and residential care facilities and institutions for other populations needing long term specialty treatment. Emphasis is placed upon personal and professional skills necessary to provide a range of services and quality care in these environments.
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6.00 Credits
Permits the student to receive practical experience in selected health related settings.
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