Insurance and Cost Containment

Catalog description

This course expands students’ understanding of content from HCAM 265 , Introduction to Insurance and Managed Care. Students will explore foundational concepts of insurance and dynamic interrelationships associated with supply and demand-side controls, cost structures, cost containment, adverse selection, moral hazard, and related policies. Non-health insurance programs, underwriting, and claims management will also be introduced. Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2, Sophomore 1 or Sophomore 2 may not enroll.