This course investigates current and emerging trends influencing healthcare today, including policies and politics, ethics, emerging technologies, healthcare population and disease demographics, and reimbursement models. You will explore and understand the differences between rural, urban, and global settings. HCA 780 course syllabus
This course is designed to prepare you for the applied capstone course. You will assist with capstone site identification, coordination, and approval of placement; plus develop a substantive project to work on with your site mentor/supervisor. Prerequisites: HCA 700, HCA 710, HCA 720, HCA 730, HCA 740, HCA 750, HCA 770 HCA 789 course syllabus
This course introduces the many public and private elements of the U.S. healthcare system. In it, you will explore the historical, social and cultural, financial and economic, and political and regulatory factors of healthcare delivery, plus learn how those factors interact to influence patient care and services and affect individual and population health outcomes. HCA
Examine the complexities in healthcare human resource management strategies. Gain the knowledge and tools to develop high-potential workforces using a people-centered approach to human capital management, organizational culture, communication, and talent development, ensuring a competitive advantage in creating sustainable, high-performance healthcare organizations in rural and urban settings. Prerequisites: HCA 700, HCA 720 *for degree-seeking students
This course is a study of the principles of healthcare finance. You will explore topics such as financial and management accounting, the financial reporting structure of healthcare organizations, financial statement analysis, cost and budgetary methods, sources of revenue and expenses, processes for billing, and capital investment decisions. HCA 720 course syllabus
