This course explores the skills required for effective, ethical financial management within the health sector. Students analyze and interpret financial statements, create and evaluate operating and capital budgets, and incorporate general principles of financial management.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

• Relate the historical context of healthcare financial management, theory, and concepts to the current state of the health sector
• Create and evaluate an operating and capital budget for an organization
• Examine the reimbursement requirements and regulatory compliance on financial performance, including exploration billing and collections practices
• Analyze and evaluate the financial statements of organizations in the health or human service sectors
• Use the tools of financial forecasting, planning, auditing programs, reporting systems, and control needed to make managerial decisions within the health sector

This course evaluates the fundamentals of current healthcare and human services delivery systems in the U.S. Topics include health sector regulatory and financial systems, delivery operations, and organizational design theories.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

• Compare the evolution of various types of services for vulnerable individuals and populations
• Analyze the impact of social, economic, political, and regulatory forces on planning and objective setting
• Evaluate the emergence of organizational designs, operations, and governance in the health sector
• Analyze the factors influencing organizational outcomes and consumer/patient/client satisfaction
• Assess and analyze how the health sector financing and policy, care management, private health coverage, and government programs and reforms (including Medicare, Medicaid, and the ACA) impact the cost, quality, experience, and outcomes of care and delivery systems within the U.S.

This course examines the ethical, legal, and culturally relevant dimensions of the U.S. health sector, including nonprofit, for-profit, and public health systems. Topics include ethical issues, public policy, stewardship, and compliance standards impacting healthcare finance and delivery; frameworks for ethical decision making; socio-economic impacts on public policy; and strategies for influencing the policy-making process within the health sector.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

• Apply frameworks for ethical administrative decision making
• Analyze policies and laws impacting the delivery and financial operations of services for vulnerable individuals and communities
• Evaluate the effect of current policies, payment systems, and regulatory agencies on quality and system performance
• Examine and evaluate policy environment and solutions, while exploring ways to influence the creation and implementation of public policy

This course explores applied theories and skills of leadership and management within the health and human service sectors. Leadership styles and culturally responsive approaches to decision making are examined. Topics such as governance, vision and mission, strategic planning, business decision support, and promotion of sustainable, ethical organizational growth, and organization stewardship are explored.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

• Illustrate roles, relationships, and legal responsibilities for administration, board members, departmental managers, clinicians, staff, external stakeholders, and suppliers
• Articulate an overview of the scope and roles within strategic planning and external relations (market research, marketing, public and communication relations, communication, media, and government relations)
• Communicate organizational vision and manage internal communication and cross-functional teamwork
• Analyze organizational board governance systems for effective implementation of shared vision and mission
• Evaluate strategies for promoting and leading organizational change
• Evaluate ethical standards and decision-making models for health and human service administration