BUSINESS OF HEALTHCARE

Catalog description

This course provides an introduction to the issues that affect the business of health care. Students will develop skills needed by a health care manager to plan, control, direct and coordinate activities related to the organization’s day-to-day operations, including revenue sources, contractual allowances, budgeting, cost classifications, staffing, inventory and depreciation methods. Additionally, the functions of the health care manager will be addressed through understanding financial practices, governmental policies and regulations, cash management strategies and consistent methodologies involved in the decision-making process in the health care setting.