HCA 5003. Management of Health Services Organizations.
Introduction to the theories, concepts, techniques, functions, and methods of
management as they relate to health services organizations generally, with specific
emphasis on hospitals. Prerequisite: HCA 5023 (may be taken concurrently). Three
lecture hours per week. Credit: Three hours.
HCA 5013. Hospital Organization and Operations. Intensive study of the
organizational structure, medical staff, and departmental functions of hospitals with
variations by size and ownership; architectural alternatives; professional and
institutional standards; medical and administrative quality and productivity control
systems. Prerequisite: Completion of twelve semester hours of HCA courses or
permission of instructor. Three lecture hours per week. Credit: Three hours.
HCA 5023. Health and the Health Care System. Introduction to the
organization, financing, and delivery of health services. Historical development,
current structure, future direction, methods of payment, and function of the health
care system are explored with emphasis on the determinants of health and disease,
utilization of health services, patient-practitioner relationships, socio-cultural and
governmental effects, disease prevention, and health promotion. Three lecture hours
per week. Credit: Three hours.
HCA 5033. Health Services Human Resources Management. Techniques for
effective management of human resources in health services organizations. The theories
of organizational behavior are explored in relation to the functions and principles of
human resource management including: planning, staffing, appraising, compensating,
and developing employees. Relevant employment and labor relations law relating to
health care organizations is examined. Prerequisites: HCA 5003 and 5023, or
permission of instructor. Three lecture hours per week. Credit: Three hours.
HCA 5043. Legal Foundations of Health Care Administration. Introduction
to law as it affects the health delivery system with emphasis on both the theoretical
and practical determinants of legal decision making. An examination of the American
legal system, its principles and processes, as well as how the law regulates issues
related to control of costs through regulation and antitrust laws, and respect for
"personhood" in the context of the professional-patient and organization-professional
relationship are also addressed. The dynamics between law and ethics are explored.
Prerequisite: HCA 5023 or permission of instructor. Three lecture hours per week.
Credit: Three hours.
HCA 5053. Quantitative Methods in Health Care Administration. Fundamental
principles of probability theory, statistical inference, linear regression, and
management science applied to the analysis of management problems in health care
administration. Applications include forecasting methods, deterministic and stochastic
approaches to modeling systems behavior, and simulation methods. Prerequisites: HCA
5003, HCA 5023. Three lecture hours per week. Credit: Three hours.
HCA 5063. Financial Management for Health Care Administration. Examination
of the theory and practice of health care financial management and decision making
methods. Emphasis is placed on the role of the finance function in measuring,
evaluating, and controlling an organization's performance. Topics include financial
statement analysis; cash and working capital management; corporate planning, budgeting,
and control systems; third-party reimbursement systems; discounted cash flow analysis;
and capital investment decision analysis. Prerequisites: HCA 5023, Financial
accounting. Three lecture hours per week. Credit: Three hours.
HCA 5073. Health Care Strategic Planning and Marketing. Application of
planning and marketing theory and techniques in the management of health services
programs. Focuses on mission and goal setting, strategy formulation, forecasting,
estimating resource requirements, marketing mix, organizational and environmental
assessment, evaluation of political, economic, and social constraints. Analysis and
interpretation of health status and health resources data. Prerequisites: HCA 5003,
5023. Three lecture hours per week. Credit: Three hours.
HCA 5083. Research in Health Care Administration. Application of
procedures and methods for the collection, analysis, interpretation and presentation of
health administration information. Understanding the role of administrative research
and its relation to administrative practice. Design of management studies and
administrative research projects, review of commonly used statistical measures, use
of case studies, analysis of current health administration research studies.
Prerequisites: HCA 5003, HCA 5023, HCA 5053. Three lecture hours per week. Credit:
Three hours.
HCA 5093. Ambulatory Care Administration. Administration of ambulatory
care services and facilities including outpatient clinics, emergency centers, health
maintenance organizations, group medical practices, and home health care agencies.
Prerequisite: Completion of twelve semester hours of HCA courses or permission of
instructor. Three lecture hours per week. Credit: Three hours.
HCA 5113. Quality Improvement and Risk Management. Exploration of
quality assessment techniques and risk management data, with emphasis on regulatory
agencies, behavioral and organizational aspects of quality, and risk controls in
health care institutions. Prerequisites: HCA 5003 and 5023 or permission of
instructor. Three lecture hours per week. Credit: Three hours.
HCA 5123. Foundations of Administrative Decision Making. Investigation
of the administrative decision-making process and the social, cultural, and political
constraints affecting decision making. Administrative and biomedical ethical issues
are explored as well as methodology for addressing the problems these issues raise.
The emphasis is on normative ethics and decision making for the manager in a health
service organization. Issues such as implementation of a just organizational policy
and development of the role of the health care manager as a moral agent are also
included. Prerequisites: Completion of 12 semester hours or permission of instructor.
Three lecture hours per week. Credit: Three hours.
HCA 5143. Critical Issues in Health Policy. Health policy developments
arising from a variety of legislative, judicial, and administrative decisions
influencing health system development. An assessment of the feasibility and
acceptability of selected health policies from varying ideological, institutional, and
professional perspectives. Prerequisite: Completion of twelve semester hours of HCA
courses or permission of instructor. Three lecture hours per week. Credit: Three
hours.
HCA 5153. Information and Decision Systems for Health Care Administrators.
Application of information systems technology and management science methods to the
design and implementation of decision support systems in health care administration.
Topics include the basics of computer systems design, health care information systems
planning and design, systems supporting management decision analysis under conditions
of uncertainty, optimizing/goal-directed decision systems and health care information
systems management. Prerequisites:HCA 5003, HCA 5023, HCA 5053. Three lecture hours
per week. Credit: Three hours.
HCA 5163. Long-Term Care Administration. Organization and management
of nursing homes, personal and residential care facilities, and institutions for other
populations requiring long-term care. State and federal licensing and operating
requirements, administrative functions, funding sources, and operational controls.
Prerequisite: Completion of twelve semester hours of HCA courses or permission of
instructor. Three lecture hours per week. Credit: Three hours.
HCA 5183. Health Resources and Policy Analysis. Determinants of U.S.
health policy and resource allocation. Assessment of the impact of health policy on
the medical marketplace. Ideological, social, and professional bases affecting health
personnel, regulation, and forecasting health service needs. Prerequisite: HCA
5023. Three lecture hours per week. Credit: Three hours.
*HCA 5223. Analysis and Management of Health in Populations. Introduction
to the analysis and management of health in populations based on patterns in the
structure, health status, and demographic characteristics of defined communities.
Addresses methodological issues related to sampling and survey research, and analytical
issues related to the rational design and management of health care delivery systems.
Prerequisites: HCA 5023, HCA 5053. Three lecture hours per week. Credit: Three hours.
HCA 5263. Advanced Financial Management for Health Care Administration.
Examination of the foundations of health care financial management decisions through a
combination of case analysis and readings from the literature of health care finance.
Emphasis is placed on understanding the role of risk in the financial decision-making
process and on integrating the theory of financial decisions with practical problems
in health care finance. Topics include: capital markets and the risk-return relation,
estimating the cost of capital, valuation models, capital structure decisions, and
agency relationships. Prerequisites: HCA 5053, HCA 5063 and HCA 5183. Three lecture
hours per week. Credit: Three hours.
HCA 5903. Special Topics in Health Care Administration. Group study of
selected topics in Health Care Administration. Prerequisite: Completion of all
required/core courses. Credit: Three hours.
HCA 5913. Individual Study in Health Care Administration. Individual study
of selected topics. Credit: Three hours.
HCA 5933. Capstone Seminar in Health Care Administration. An integrative
course which emphasizes application of skills and knowledge acquired in the HCA
curriculum. Health care management problems are solved using case studies, role
playing, and simulation. Prerequisite: Completion of all required HCA courses.
Three lecture hours per week. Credit: Three hours.
HCA 5935. Residency in Health Care Adminstration I. Field experience in
a health care organization under the supervision of selected health care administrator
and faculty. Project assignments are undertaken to integrate and apply administrative
skills to practical problems. Prerequisite: Completion of all core/required courses
and approval of faculty advisors. Credit: Five hours.
HCA 5945. Residency in Health Care Administration II. Field experience in a
health care organization under the supervision of a selected health care administrator
and faculty. Project assignments are undertaken to integrate and apply administrative
skills to practical problems. (may be taken concurrently with HCA 5935).
Prerequisite: Completion of all core/required courses and approval of faculty
advisor. Credit: Five hours.
HCA 5956. Cooperative Education. Cooperative work-study arrangements
between the University and selected institutions appropriate to the Health Care
Administration program. Job assignments are made on the basis of student interests,
skills, and degree program. The student will apply the ideas and processes learned in
other courses in practical experience under cooperative supervision. Cooperative
planning and evaluation are essential elements in the course. Available only to
students employed in a management position in a health care setting. For six hours of
credit, 30-40 hours of work per week are required.
HCA 5973. Professional Paper/Project. Independent research leading to the
production of a written document of scholarly quality. Prerequisite: Permission of
faculty advisor. May be repeated for credit. Credit: Three hours.
