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(SS) Social and Administrative SciencesHC – Health CareHC 250Principles of the Health Care ProcessAn introduction to the area of Medical RecordsManagement, including ethical and legalissues. Topics include: history of medicine andmedical records, identification of current trendsin health care, departmental relationships andquality assurance in delivery of health care.3:0:3HC 260Legal Issues in Health Care DeliveryPrivate and public law related to health careorganizations, personnel, ethics, care standards,and breach of care liability. Topics include:torts, contracts, statutory law, patients’rights, antitrust law, finance, medical records,and licensure, as well as constitutional andadministrative law related to state and federalhealth care programs. 3:0:3HC 351Organization and Administration of HealthCare ProgramsStructure and implementation of various typesof health care organizations and their internaldepartments, administrative theory; utilization;facilities management; accreditation; strategicplanning; decision making theory; medical,nursing, and support staff supply, supervision,and evaluation; financial management;human relations; research and development;organizational culture and change theory; andother internal and external forces. 3:0:3HC 451Health Care and the Political ProcessAnalysis of the process of health policyformation at the federal, state, and local levelsfrom historical and contemporary perspectives.Specific topics will include cost controls,utilization review, methods of changing publicand private health policies, and political factorsin health care delivery. 3:0:3improvement of organizational performance,personnel productivity, strategic planning, costcontainment, materials management, imagein the community, medical staff recruitment,patient census and utilization of services, andcontracting for services from external suppliers.3:0:3HC 463Third Party Reimbursement and RiskManagementPublic and private insurance, case management,preferred provider organizations, healthmaintenance organizations, and other formsof third party payment for health careservices. Loss prevention for the health careorganization through risk management and costcontainment. 3:0:3HC 465Basic Issues in Community Based HealthCare DeliveryHistorical and philosophical factors definingthe functions and scope of current communityand public health based health care delivery.Introduction to the concepts of epidemiology,ecology, community needs assessment, andsocial and cultural influences on utilization ofhealth care by community aggregates. 3:0:3HC 466Planning and Organizing CommunityHealth ServicesOrganization and management of communitybased and public health agencies. Strategicplanning for national, state, and local trends,community needs, and projected changes insociety and health care. Administration ofpersonnel, information systems, accreditationrequirements, facilities, finances, externalservices contracts, community relations, andtechnology in clinics, home health, schools,industry, and other community based agencies.3:0:3HC 461The Hospital and the CommunityIssues specific to the organization andadministration of hospitals, their scope ofservices in relation to community need,and relationships with community healthcare services. Topics covered dealing withthe unique aspects of administration ofhospitals and internal departments include293HC 491Senior Seminar in Health Care ManagementPrerequisites: HC 260, HC 351, HC 465Capstone course in which students studyselected topics on health care administration indepth.It is highly recommended that all majorcore courses be passed before enrolling in thiscourse. 3:0:3