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311. Healthcare Financial Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) Examination of the concerns and practices of healthcare financial management, health insurance, and managed care. Health care financial management tools and techniques will be presented and utilized. The financial impact of public policy and private sector cost containment initiatives will be explored, with specific attention to the role of public, private and managed care insurance. Prerequisites: CIS 120, MAT 113, ECO 211, MGT 341, HCM 110. 315. Managing Population Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) An overview of concepts for managing population health. This course focuses on the understanding and application of a systematic framework for planning, implementing, managing, and evaluating programs to improve health outcomes and reduce cost for defined populations. Prerequisites: HCM 110, 210. 320. Ethical and Legal Issues in U.S. Health Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) A course for non-lawyers in legal issues in the organization and delivery of health care which include regulation, fraud and abuse, physician arrangements, Medicare, managed care, privacy, malpractice, patient dumping, and contracts. Case studies will focus on the application and communication of legal and ethical principles in complex but common health care decision-making situations. Prerequisite: HCM 110.
335. Physician Practice Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) An overview of the fundamentals of medical group practice. This course applies management concepts, such as governance, planning, human resources management and financial management, to the physician practice setting, with specific consideration of the unique aspects of the culture and organization of physician professionals. Prerequisites: HCM 110, 220. 340. Research and Practice in Healthcare Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) Students formulate an applied research project, perform a policy analysis or conduct a management study. The proposal must be approved by the professor and address either a secondary dataset, a collection of journal articles or descriptive policy analysis materials. Students work to develop a “theory� based research agenda that include the first three sections of a traditional research project (Introduction, Literature Review, and Research Methods) while hypothesizing the potential projected responses for the final two sections within traditional research (Findings and Conclusions). Prerequisite: Junior Status, BUS 230, HCM 120, HCM 110. 405. Healthcare Quality Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3) An introduction to the basic principles and techniques of quality management in healthcare. This course covers the methods of measuring, assessing, and improving healthcare services and applies quality concepts and tools to situations and scenarios in the healthcare setting. Prerequisites: HCM 110, 220, BUS 230. 410. Seminar in Healthcare Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) An interdisciplinary approach to planning and decision making in health care organizations. Application of health policy, strategic thinking, management principles, organizational behavior and internal and external environmental assessments.
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330. Hospital Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) Aims to develop the ability to think analytically and to handle the management and development issues faced by hospital managers. Designed to provide knowledge and skills in functional areas such as quality, finance, personnel, marketing, management information systems, and services planning. Students are trained in leadership and problem solving to enable them to coordinate day-to-day patient care activities and provide direction to the administrative team. Prerequisites: MGT 341, MKT 331, ACC 202.