Students in the Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy programs may take this course. Other students need instructor's permission. May be taken concurrently with HLAD701. Presents students with implementation skills for ethically managing power relations in a turbulent health care marketplace. Includes such topics as budgeting, working capital management, intermediate reimbursement theory, financing indigent care, tax-exempt status, internal audit and control, and cost containment.
Organization is perceived as an open system that requires constant interaction with environment.
May be taken concurrently with HLAD701. Addresses the historical evolution of the community health care institution and examines how the history and evolvement of the community health care institution is interwoven into the current trends in health care administration. Quality assurance and organized delivery systems are addressed. Class discussion and case studies are used. Students will also learn how to analyze a health care entity or department.