CLINICAL PRACTICE MANAGEMENT

Catalog description

A course dealing with the strategies and skills required of management in health care settings against the "real-world" backdrop of challenges and opportunities existing in physical therapy clinical environments. Students will learn about health care reimbursement, budgeting, financial statements, strategic planning, and accounting/monetary control of physical therapy offices. Emphasis is on the business environment within physical therapy; mission, vision, values, goal setting, problem solving, change management, and interpersonal relations. Both quantitative and qualitative methods of analysis and evaluation are covered. Legal issues include compliance, malpractice, contracts, corporate liability, professional liability, patient rights, and the legal aspects of managed care; introduction to human resource management strategies.