BREYER STATE UNIVERSITY

MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS IN HEALTH CARE DELIVERY

Instructor: Mark C. Barabas, BS,BA, DHA

Assistant Professor

INTRODUCTION

COURSE OVERVIEW: Breyer State University offers a Certificate Program in Healthcare Delivery System Economics. This is a twelve-semester hour course and provides a comprehensive and detailed curriculum in this specialty with emphasis on Healthcare delivery system economics. The program uses the most current and authoritative text.

Upon successful completion of the certificate program, graduates receive a College Certificate in Management Applications in Health Care Administration, and twelve-semester hours of college credit. CEU certificates are also available for 180 contact hours.

You may enroll at any time and begin your studies. The Certificate Program is designed to be a self-paced program with one to one faculty mentoring. You are permitted twelve months from the date of enrollment to complete the program. You study and meet the program objectives at your own pace, and are permitted to complete the program in less than the twelve-month allotted time frame.

Once officially enrolled, you are given a security password and directions to accessing the online classroom for the Certificate Program. The classroom contains information about me your course instructor, course assignments, ordering information for textbooks, course objectives, syllabus and information regarding exams. You correspond with me via e-mail, and/or phone.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

1). Provide you with the various systems and subsystems which comprise healthcare today.
2). Provide you with a frame of reference for a review of the historical evolution of the healthcare delivery system.
3). Provide you with certain core information and concepts which are vital to understand basic healthcare management and finance related to current industry issues.
4). Provide you with insight to the inter-relationships between physicians, insurance Companies, hospitals and the government which will give you a sound background for healthcare administration decision making.

COURSE CONTENT: The major course content and concepts that will be covered are as follows:

1). Historical evolution and overview of Healthcare services in the United States.
2). Health problems of the American population.
3). Healthcare Insurance growth - experience rating - community rating.
4). Understanding Government payment programs - Medicare, Medicaid, PPS system.
5). Physician reimbursement principles.
6). Managed care - HMO's, PPO's capitation concepts and principles.
7). Insurance funding options - self funding - fully insured.
8). Public Health history and initiatives.
9). Ambulatory Healthcare models.
10). Hospitals and Health system development - ownership patterns and trends.
11). The internal hospital organization.
12). Long term care principles and policy issues.
13). Employment trends with Healthcare professionals.
14). Economic tradeoffs in Healthcare.
15). Payor system choices.
16). The demand for medical services and medical insurance - moral hazard.
17). Cost benefit and cost effectiveness.
18). Profit maximization in Healthcare markets.
19). Monopolistic model vs. the Oligopolistic model of Healthcare Delivery.
20). Non-profit vs. For-profit delivery models - ownership conversion.
21). Anti-competitive practices in Healthcare.
22). Physician services industry.
23). Analysis of the hospital as a service industry.

Courses in this Certificate Program:

1.	HHC 400	Management Applications in Health Care Delivery				4 hrs
2.	HHC 470	Finance, Insurance and Regulatory Issues				4 hrs
3.	HHC 490	Economic Applications & Market Behavior				4 hrs

Total semester hours: 12

PREREQUISITE: You must hold at least an Associate Degree in a Health related field such as: Cytotechnologist, Dental Hygienist, Emergency Medical Technician, Medical Laboratory Technician, Nuclear Medical Technologist, Occupational Therapy Assistant, Paramedic, Physical Therapy Assistant, Radiologic Technologist, Registered Nurse, Certified Respiratory Therapy Technician or other appropriate disciplines.

INSTRUCTOR: The instructor for this Certificate Program is Mark C. Barabas, BS in BA, DHA

TUITION: The cost per course is $400.00

ENROLLMENT: There is open enrollment for this certificate program. Students may enroll and begin their studies at anytime.

INFORMATION: If you have any questions regarding this certificate program, please contact Breyer State at adm@breyerstate.com