Health Care Management

This course provides a comprehensive overview of the various yet overlapping health care systems. It describes and assesses the various systems and their components, as well as the interrelationship of these components in the healthcare industry and health services delivery. The student is expected to understand the behavioral, cultural, organizational and environmental factors affecting the use, organization, and outcomes of health services delivery. The roles of hospitals, health personnel, public health agencies, payers, and regulators are examined. Current organizational, system and industry wide dilemmas and issues are identified.

This course provides individuals with an understanding of the various statistical concepts and process related tools that are used by an increasing number of industries in order to continuously improve its operations, products and services. Special attention is given to the most popular methodologies of Six Sigma and Lean. This course can be used in preparation for “Green Belt” certifications.

This course examines critical concepts of managed care and health care reimbursement from the perspective of the payer and the provider. Topics include the history of managed health care, types of managed care plans and integrated health care delivery systems, as well as Medicare and Medicaid. The course will examine the implications of managed care plans for major provider sectors and review the mechanics of third party reimbursement with a goal of developing a basic understanding of managed care and the reimbursement process.

This course presents an overview of medical group practice and ambulatory care organization operations. It also incorporates the health care management concepts, knowledge and competencies from other core courses and applies them to the group practice and ambulatory care settings.

This course focuses on the analysis and operation of long-term care organizations and their services in a changing environment. This includes the infrastructure necessary to support, deliver, and monitor care, operational issues such as reimbursement, case mix, compliance, recruitment, retention, supervision of staff, survey management, and other key success factors. This course will also discuss the impact of environmental forces such as regulatory changes and consumer expectations in shaping the nursing home industry and the associated responsibilities of nursing home administrators.

This course is designed to give the student the knowledge and skills necessary to participate in the evaluation, selection, planning, implementation, and management of health care information systems and technology. The course is oriented to the contemporary role of a health services manager and focuses on the need to integrate technology with processes, services and policy.

A rigorous overview of current and pending health care law and legal issues including government regulation, legal constraints, liability, negligence, patient rights, confidentiality and corporate/administrative responsibility. Emphasis will be placed on the business application of health care law.

This course will select and analyze contemporary topics that are of particular importance in the dynamic and volatile health care industry that have not been covered in other core or elective courses. Possible topics will be solicited from both business experts, faculty and students, as well as from respected research sources. Guest speakers with relevant expertise will be sought.

Leadership has emerged as one of the most critical and controversial topics in our current business environment. In this course, different styles of leadership are explored along with the techniques and practices that are used by successful leadership. This course will include the analysis of cases that demonstrate effective as well as non-effective leadership behaviors and their impact on organizational effectiveness.

The methods, problems and issues of strategy formulation and implementation are increasingly relevant in today’s dynamic, complex, and highly competitive environment. This course will focus on the many variables and situational factors that must be dealt with from a total enterprise perspective. The student will be challenged to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to analyze and critique the strategy of a firm of their choosing.