Introduction to Management

Catalog description

This course will develop the knowledge and skills required for patient/client management and administrative roles within healthcare delivery systems. Payment models will be analyzed for their impact on patient services, interprofessional care delivery and health promotion, organizational operations, major stakeholders, and relationship to legal and ethical decision making. Topics of reimbursement across the healthcare delivery system, coding, risk management, and case/utilization management are highlighted. Because today’s healthcare environment requires the business acumen to plan, organize, and manage human, technical, environmental, and financial resources effectively and efficiently, students will have the opportunity to create a business proposal for a new rehabilitation service line or business. Employment and contract law, organizational management, feasibility studies and strategic planning, and business ethics will be explored. Professional development, leadership, and effective oral/written communication in preparation for employment are emphasized.