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cost measurement, budgeting, and capital investment decisions.
HSA 6105: Professional Skills Seminar (1) Prereq: consent of
instructor. Presentations by speakers from health-related
organizations and programs designed to improve career planning
and professional skills. S/U.
HSA 6114: U.S. Health Care System (3) Prereq: consent of
instructor. Overview of structural elements of the contemporary
system. Historical antecedents, patients, providers, payers, and the
role of health policy.
HSA 6119: Introduction to Management of Health Services
Organizations (3) Prereq: consent of instructor. Organizational
principles and practices as applied to management. Organizational
theory, managerial role, managing groups, work design, and
organization design.
HSA 6126: U.S. Health Insurance System (3) Prereq: consent of
instructor. Description and analysis of U.S. health insurance
systems. Topics include private vs. public insurers, demands for
health insurance, health plan types, premium setting, and
reimbursement of providers.
HSA 6152: Overview of U.S. Health Policy (3) Prereq: consent of
instructor. Survey and critical analysis of federal and state health
policy processes and outcomes as they relate to the effectiveness
and efficiency of health services in the U.S. and selected countries.
HSA 6175: Health Care Financial Management (3) Prereq:
EMHA option. Applying corporate finance concepts and principles to
health care organizations with the goal of improving financial
decision making.
HSA 6178: Advanced Health Care Finance (2) Prereq: consent of
instructor. Applying accounting and financial management theory
and principles to the health care industry, emphasizing managed
care organizations and integrated delivery systems.
HSA 6179: Introduction to Health Care Finance (3) Prereq:
consent of instructor. Applying accounting and financial
management theory and principles to the health care industry,
emphasizing provider organizations.
HSA 6188: Strategic Management in Health Administration (3)
Prereq: consent of instructor. The relationship of a health care
organization to its environment. Strategic management processes,
business planning, and other perspectives to aid in managing
complex health care organizations.
HSA 6196: Health Services Operations Management (3)
Prereq: consent of instructor. Quantitative methods to support
effective decision making. Descriptive statistics, sampling, quality
control, hypothesis testing, regression analysis, forecasting,
inventory control, and queuing models.
HSA 6197: Information Management in Health Administration
(3) Survey of information systems in healthcare administration
(system composition, role, and development). Designing,
evaluating, and selecting computer resources. Managing information
technology in health care organizations. Current trends and issues in
health care information systems.