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HCAD 600 Introduction to Health Care Administration (3)
An introduction to the principles of management and leadership as the foundations for the administration of health care products and service delivery. The evolution of management principles and practices are traced and the bases for health care administration are analyzed. Emphasis is on the management of global health care systems in technological societies and the need for innovation and creativity in health care administration. Focus is on mastering graduate-level critical thinking and writing skills, and enhancing ethical responses to the many ethical challenges in the health care industry.
HCAD 610 Information Technology for Health Care Administration (3) (Formerly ADMN 669)
An overview of the management perspective of information technology (IT) and how health care administrators can use IT to maximize organizational performance. Fundamental principles of information technology and data management and their implications for health care administrators are reviewed. The use of technology, databases, and other analytical tools to structure, analyze, and present information related to health care management and problem solving is explored. Strategic information systems planning, systems analysis, system design, evaluation, and selection are also explored. Current applications, such as patient care, administrative and strategic decision support, managed health, health information networks, and the Internet, are examined to determine how they may be used to meet the challenges facing health care administrators today and in the future. Focus is also on the legal and ethical issues related to IT and their practical implications for the health care administrator.
HCAD 620 The U.S. Health Care System (3) (Formerly ADMN 670)
A comprehensive examination of the complex, dynamic, rapidly changing health care system in the United States. The health care system’s major components and their characteristics are identified, with an emphasis on current problems in health care financing and delivery. Social, economic, and political forces that have shaped and continue to influence the system are traced. The health care system in the United States is compared with systems in industrialized and developing nations. An analysis of current trends in health care and prospects for the future is included.
HCAD 630 Public Health Administration (3) (Formerly ADMN 671)
An in-depth study of the field of public health, emphasizing leadership and management. The current U.S. public health system is analyzed, focusing on federal, state, and local public health entities and their management issues. Connections and relationships between the system of public health and the private personal health services market are also analyzed. Major topics include the history and current status of public health; core functions; legislation; ethics; and accountability, including assessment and evaluation; and the politics and financing of public health, particularly in light of the increased utilization of evidence-based budgeting. Contact with a public health agency in order to analyze a public health program or policy may augment text and lecture presentation.
HCAD 635 Long-Term Care Administration (3) (Formerly HCAD 670)
A study of the management of skilled nursing, intermediate care, and long-term care facilities; the management of day care, residential care, social HMOs, and community- based programs; and the management of home health services. Long-term care administration encompasses all of those activities that relate to caring for and satisfying the essential needs of the aging population, including housing, health care, nutrition, education, and recreation. Textbooks and readings are supplemented by case studies in management of long-term-care services and facilities.
HCAD 640 Financial Management for Health Care Organizations (3) (Formerly ADMN 672)
Prerequisite: MGMT 640. An overview of the financial management of health care organizations and the basic economic models used in the United States. The U.S. health care market and the attendant concepts of financial management of health services organizations within that market are described. The issues of free market and mixed market economies, regulation, licensure, certification, and other barriers to free market economies are examined, as are various insurance mechanisms. In addition, the major financial issues of health care organizations are extensively discussed, including reimbursement mechanisms, managed care, capitation, per-case or per-diagnosis payment, and how these are packaged by third party-payers, along with the effects reimbursement types have on health care provider organizations. Focus is also on financial problems and how health care providers should respond to financial problems such as uncompensated care, cost increases, increased competition, and increased regulation. Issues of working capital, capital budgeting and investment in relation to net present value and value added to the organization, health care organizations’ ratio analysis, cost analysis, and other financial management techniques of primary importance to health care organizations are discussed.
HCAD 650 Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration (3) (Formerly ADMN 673)
An overview of the law and legal process as applied to the practice of health care administration. The principles of health care law, with an emphasis on contracts and torts, are discussed. Topics addressed include legal and regulatory constraints imposed on the health care industry, the liability of health care providers, the rights of patients, labor relations, and administrative law for health care organizations. A variety of pressing bioethical issues facing health care practitioners and administrators is examined.
HCAD 660 Health Care Institutional Organization and Management (3) (Formerly ADMN 674)
A study of the nature of management and how it is applied in various health care settings. Health services organizations and systems that are effectively led and well managed dominate their market, attract and hold good people, and consistently deliver cost-effective care. Critical perspectives, tools, and techniques needed to successfully manage in the health care environment are examined, and the management of the complex human and organizational relationships that exist both internally and externally in today’s health care settings is addressed.
HCAD 670 Health Care Administration Capstone (3) (Formerly HCAD 690)
A capstone study integrating previous core and specialized graduate-level health care administration courses in the development of a systems approach to health care administration. Focus is on public and private health care delivery systems, alliances with internal and external environments, and strategic decision making and implementation in the rapidly evolving global arena of health care administration.