This course considers the principles of ethical activity proper to Catholic health care facilities as well as an experiential method of applying these principles. In addition to basic finance concepts, topics include capital acquisition, cost of capital, capital investment decisions, tools of risk analysis, and financial and operating analysis. Managed health care integrates health insurance functions with delivery of medical care. This course introduces students to financial issues faced by health care managers in a managed care environment . Topics include fundamentals of insurance, capitation rate development, risk analysis in managed care systems, cost accounting and management, and Medicare and Medicaid risk contracting.
Course employs case analysis and team projects.
This course introduces the students to the economic theory of public goods and relates it to the role of government in providing for the maintenance and improvement of community health. The efficiency and effectiveness of current government financing strategies are analyzed. This is the capstone course in the health administration curriculum and is open to advanced MHA students or others with the permission of the instructor. The purpose of this course is to assist the student in integrating the knowledge and skills developed during the course of study in the MHA program in the context of strategic thinking and strategic management of health care organizations. Integration is supported by individual and team analysis of complex cases, at least two of which are simulations.