2024–2025 CATALOG AND STUDENT HANDBOOK COURSE DESCRIPTIONS 111 HSA2851 Practice and Professionalism in Healthcare 30 hours, 3 credits In this course, students will practice and develop skills in professionalism specific to the healthcare field. Students will understand and identify the importance of patient support services and will analyze ways to provide comprehensive service to patients. Students will be able to identify methods for practicing effective customer service in medical environments including applying knowledge in confidentiality and health information privacy. Topics include examining possible opportunities for career advancement and growth within the field. Prerequisites: HSA1022 Foundations of Medical Administration; Expected to be the final lower-level core course completed HSA2918 Healthcare Administrative Office Procedures 30 hours, 3 credits This course will provide an overview of the administrative tasks that occur in the front office of a medical facility. Topics covered include telephone skills, applications of the electronic health record (EHR), creating and maintaining medical records, and basic business and bookkeeping skills. Prerequisite: None HSA3109 Foundations of Managed Care 40 hours, 4 credits In this course, students will analyze controversial issues surrounding the managed-care delivery system, focusing on theory and the foundational concepts of managed care. Prerequisite: HSA3110 Introduction to Healthcare Administration HSA3110 Introduction to Healthcare Administration 40 hours, 4 credits This course provides an exploration of the administrative principles and practices within healthcare organizations. Emphasis is placed on organization, structure, and operation of healthcare facilities. Management principles will be applied to case studies of healthcare industry scenarios. Prerequisite: None HSA3170 Financial Management of Healthcare Organizations 40 hours, 4 credits This course focuses on healthcare finances, assets, cost concepts, capital budgeting, and general principles of accounting applied in the healthcare environment. Students will discuss the development and management of department budgets, and the common sources of healthcare revenues and expenses. Prerequisite: None HSA3215 Healthcare Marketing 30 hours, 3 credits This course will focus on the role of marketing within a healthcare organization. Marketing has become the centerpiece that brings together quality improvement performances on a national and global scale. Students will explore the purpose of marketing as well as the concepts, tools, and skills used to help organizations reach their intended market share. Prerequisite: None HSA3383 Quality Improvement in Healthcare 40 hours, 4 credits This course examines methods for assuring quality in healthcare and the statistical applications of measuring outcomes. There will be an emphasis on performance improvement and the relationship between healthcare quality, organizational performance, and the role of governing and accrediting bodies in healthcare organizations. Common methods and trends in quality improvement will be explored. Prerequisite: None HSA3422 Regulation and Compliance in Healthcare 40 hours, 4 credits This course is an exploration of the many entities that regulate healthcare delivery, from local, state, and federal government to the accreditation agencies of healthcare organizations. Issues and methods for compliance with the many laws and regulations are examined. The course provides an overview of the impact of regulatory agencies on the operation of healthcare facilities. Corporate ethics and responsibilities and the operation of healthcare as a business are explored. Prerequisite: HSA3110 Introduction to Healthcare Administration HSA4110 Healthcare Operations Management 40 hours, 4 credits In this course, students examine the operations of managing people, information technology, materials, and facilities in the healthcare industry. Prerequisite: None HSA4124 International Healthcare 40 hours, 4 credits In this course, students will compare and contrast foreign healthcare services and systems, focusing on cultural, geographic, environmental, economic, and political factors. Prerequisite: HSA3110 Introduction to Healthcare Administration HSA4150 Healthcare Planning and Policy Management 40 hours, 4 credits This course provides a study of current healthcare-policy issues affecting the U.S. healthcare system and the politics that drive policy and planning of healthcare delivery. The influence of participants outside the healthcare industry and the various levels of government involved in policymaking will be examined. Economic theory, trends, and the future of healthcare will be explored. Prerequisite: HSA3110 Introduction to Healthcare Administration HSA4191 Healthcare Information Systems 40 hours, 4 credits The Healthcare Information Systems course focuses on how healthcare institutions can use technology and information processes and solutions to assist in the diagnosis of diseases and the documentation of patient records and other data. It also addresses the strategies and techniques healthcare business professionals can use to help increase the quality of healthcare services and the efficiency with which the services are delivered. Prerequisite: None HSA4210 Advanced Healthcare Law and Ethics 40 hours, 4 credits This course examines ethical theories and the principles of bioethics. Students will analyze these theories and principles and apply them to ethical problems in the healthcare field. This course includes educational resources from Harvard Business Publishing. Prerequisite: None HSA4922 Healthcare Management Capstone 30 hours, 3 credits This online course is designed to allow students to integrate the knowledge and skills gained in the Healthcare Management BS program. Through case analysis, class discussion, and a research project, students will synthesize and demonstrate their understanding of core healthcare management concepts via completion of a Capstone project approved by the instructor. Prerequisite: Expected to be the final upper-level core course completed HSA5000 Scholarly Research and Writing 40 hours, 4 credits This course provides students with an understanding of scholarly research and writing. Students will learn how to identify, locate, and analyze scholarly research and sources for use in their graduate studies and their various disciplines. Additionally, students will learn and apply scholarly writing characteristics, data visualization, and presentation strategies to diverse audiences. Prerequisite: None HSA5100 Introduction to Healthcare Delivery Systems 40 hours, 4 credits This course offers students an in-depth analysis of the historical development, present structure, and future direction of the U.S. healthcare system. Students will conduct ongoing comparative analyses between the healthcare system in the U.S. and the healthcare system of other developed nations. This course will provide an examination of the complexities facing the current healthcare delivery system. Students will gain insights into the various reimbursement methodologies, performance measurement tools, and current resource allocation strategies. Students will be able to identify critical challenges facing key stakeholders and articulate viable strategies for creating a more effective balance among the vertices of the iron triangle of health: costs, access, and quality. Prerequisite: None HSA5200 Healthcare Policy, Ethics, and Laws 40 hours, 4 credits This course presents a comprehensive view of ethics and laws as they pertain to the development of health policy. Students will examine the fundamentals of the various principles of healthcare law and the manner in which those principles intersect with ethics and health policy. The course will offer students an opportunity to evaluate critical factors that influence policy decisions and reform efforts. Students will articulate the impact of legal, ethical, and policy challenges relative to private and public health systems, politics, interest groups, lobbyists, and proposed reforms. Throughout the course, students will perform case analysis to demonstrate competency in identifying potential legal and ethical problems in different healthcare settings and propose appropriate solutions based on current legal and ethical guidelines. Prerequisite: None HSA5300 Population Health 40 hours, 4 credits In this course, students will learn about the principles of population health management and how to use these principles to critically evaluate healthcare data from multiple sources. Graduates will learn about disease management models and how the health of populations and economies are managed. Using the foundational principles of population health management, graduates will analyze multiple data sources to determine patterns in population health. By the end of the course, graduates will have the ability to develop population health projects using advanced techniques to identify ongoing and future healthcare concerns. Prerequisite: None HSA5400 Healthcare Financial Management and Economics 40 hours, 4 credits This course provides students with a foundation in economics and financial management within the current healthcare environment. It addresses the impact of economic principles as it applies to local, national, and global markets. It evaluates the socioeconomic and political influences affecting healthcare organizations as well as the application of fiscal management for short-/long-term viability. The course analyzes the implications of current healthcare delivery and reimbursement models, challenges with resource allocation, and the establishment of payer contracts on the financial health of an organization. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to analyze financial statements and apply budgeting principles to create a financial plan and a departmental budget, utilize financial management tools, and calculate key financial ratios. Prerequisite: None ALL CONTENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE BY ADDENDUM
