HLTH 200 - Principles of Healthcare Management

Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Laboratory Hours: 0

Prerequisite(s): None

Restriction(s): None

Corequisite(s): None

This course is designed to introduce students to the elements of healthcare. Topics of discussion will include the many facets of healthcare from hospitals to private practice. It will explore the historical influences that have shaped the current healthcare system and includes how legislation such as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Acts will impact the present and future healthcare systems.

Student Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Distinguish between pre-hospital, hospital, ambulatory, long-term, end of life, mental, alternative, and public health care.
Explain the influences of the health care workforce on health care management.
Identify how changing practices and preventative medicine have shaped health care management.
Identify the private insurance and government reimbursement models
Explain the effect of various payors on the finance of healthcare
Outline the events that have influenced the evolution of the US healthcare system
Identify the challenges to the future of health care with respect to costs, technology and policy.