Organizational Management

Emphasis in Healthcare Administration

The OM Major with an Emphasis in HCA follows the same curriculum as the OM major with two exceptions. HCA students are not required to complete:

• OM3153 Financial Mathematics
• OM3613 Legal Issues in Human Resource Management

HCA students are required to complete the following Healthcare specific assignments in the following Organizational Management courses:

• OM 3123 Applied Research in Management
• OM 4304 Managerial Economics
• OM 413 Applied Statistics
• OM 4403 Integrative Strategies in Marketing
• OM 4703 Strategic Management
• OM4803 Organizational Ethics
• OM4993 Capstone Project

In addition to the Organizational Management courses, students enrolled in the healthcare administration emphasis are required to complete the following courses:

HCA3113 - Public Health and Community Relations (3 credit hours)
Examines the basic components of healthcare. This course addresses the determination and measurement of health and diseases, focuses on the individual health needs of patients, and a historic perspective of the development of healthcare, especially in the United States. Students will learn how healthcare organizations involve the community in implementing their mission; promoting partnerships and strategic alliances. Students will learn methods to develop and implement community outreach that include positive public and patient relations.

HCA3103 - Healthcare Information Systems (3 credit hours)
Emphasizes identification, implementation, and effective use of the most common information systems in healthcare. This study includes applications used in government and academic settings, as well as hospital, clinical environments, and tertiary care facilities.

HCA4503 - Healthcare Accounting and Financial Control Systems (3 credit hours)
Reviews healthcare financial environments. It addresses the formation and uniqueness of financial accounting in healthcare including the special needs in preparation and financial analysis of healthcare financial statements, and includes investment planning, management and compliance. This course provides an introduction to coding and reimbursement policies, an orientation to physician fee schedules, third-party contracts, and related reconciliation processes. Retirement planning, management and compliance with laws, and filing procedures are also addressed.

HCA4703 - Healthcare Operations, Performance, and Governance (3 credit hours)
Integrates the study of governance in healthcare organizations. This course reviews roles of physicians and other healthcare stakeholders and introduces the student to quality performance improvement programs, including compensation and benefits programs, job classification systems, employee placement, appraisal, and training programs. It also identifies risks throughout the healthcare organization, including legal compliance, liability insurance, personnel and property security plans and policies, stakeholder needs assessment, relationship development, physician business training, patient and process flow, monitoring of licensure, credentialing, and recertification.

HCA4991 - Healthcare Administration Portfolio Summary (1 credit hour)
A summative assessment of healthcare knowledge and student’s ability to address critical healthcare issues from problem formation through conceptualizing, and research. This course assesses student ability to effectively communicate optimal solutions in the administration of healthcare services.