Health Insurance and Managed Care

Catalog description

Affordable Care Act implementation and consolidation within the health care industry have led to dramatic changes to the health insurance and managed care system in the United States. This course covers the fundamentals of health insurance and managed care, as well as recent changes and where the industry is headed in the future. The course will focus on the following topics: the basics of health insurance theory, an overview of the public and private health insurance system in the United States, impact of the ACA and other governmental regulations on the health system, and key components of managed care. Offered in spring. Must be enrolled in the MHA program, must not be enrolled in undergraduate level courses.