Healthcare Management Certificate

Certificate - BA Level

The certificate in Healthcare Management develops the managerial skills required to work in today’s regulated, complex healthcare field.

Certificate Objective

Upon completion of the Healthcare Management Certificate, students should be able to apply management principles to healthcare organizations.

Completion

A Healthcare Management Certificate will be printed on the transcript of those students who have successfully completed these 12 credits of Healthcare Management courses with a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5 in the designated courses.

Required Courses

Required Courses

Four of the following must be completed:

HCM3100 Healthcare Informatics 3 credits 5 weeks

This course introduces the healthcare worker to informatics applications in clinical practice, administration, research, and education. Basic informatics concepts, current issues, and information management systems are covered. Topics include legislative regulation, HIPPA, electronic health records, and other applications are identified and explored.

 

 

HCM4000 Healthcare Industry 3 credits 5 weeks

This course provides a comprehensive overview of the healthcare industry including healthcare organizations and structures, public policy makers, and healthcare operations. Emphasis is placed on rapid changes in healthcare delivery systems as a response to increased healthcare costs, aging of the population, advanced medical science and technology, changing disease patterns, consumer demands, and distribution and use of the healthcare workforce.

HCM4010 Legal and Regulatory Issues in Healthcare 3 credits 5 weeks

This course is an introduction to legal and regulatory standards governing healthcare organizations. Topics include legal requirements, responsibilities, and constraints related to health provider/patient relationships, medical records, malpractice insurance, and licensure of health professionals.

HCM4020 Healthcare Finance and Reimbursement 3 credits 5 weeks

This course offers a general description and application of certain financial principles in a healthcare setting including insurance payment systems, funding sources, non-profit versus for-profit, return on investment, and profitability. It provides an overview of financial statements and financial responsibility reporting, budgeting, inventory control, asset management, payer systems, accounts receivable, charity care, and managing controllables.

HCM4030 Corporate Compliance and Integrity 3 credits 5 weeks

This course will assist the manager in identifying the key elements of compliance, responsibility and integrity as required by the Office of Inspector General, and common institutional policy. Core content will include general compliance risk areas, elements of a compliance program, impacts of documentation and coding, and patient care risk areas related to a healthcare delivery system or business.

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