468 Dr. Ezekiel R. Dumke College of Health Professions MHA 6160 - Medical Group Management Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [2nd Blk] Theory and principles of practice management. Emphasis on the fundamentals of organizing, staffing, and controlling a physician practice. Financial applications and resource consumption. MHA 6180 - Health Care Entrepreneurship Credits: (3) Typically taught: Summer [2nd Blk] Develops an understanding of entrepreneurship, its importance for a health care organization and the health economy, and the challenges associated with promoting entrepreneurship within healthcare organizations. MHA 6200 - Health Behavior and Managerial Epidemiology Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [2nd Blk] The course addresses the integration of epidemiology into strategic planning and managerial decision-making in health services organizations. Epidemiological principles and tools of investigation from clinical and managerial perspectives are addressed. Course work includes environmental analysis of health behaviors and lifestyle that impact demand on health care delivery systems. The student will evaluate models for integration of health services, preventive programs, demand management, and policy issues affecting continuity of care. Prerequisite: MHA 6000 (may be taken co ncurr entry )or Instructor Approval. MHA 6240 - Human Resources Management in Healthcare Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [2nd Blk] Human resources management in healthcare organizations including recruitment and selection of employees, benefits and compensation management, privileging and credentialing of health professionals, performance evaluation, staffing plans, labor relations and labor law relevant to health care organizations. MHA 6250 - Health Care Finance Credits: (3) Typically taught: Spring [2nd Blk] Application of financial management techniques to decision making for health care providers. Financial management functions and organizations, financial statement analysis, working capital management, present value analysis, capital budgeting, cost of capital, variance analysis, financing techniques, and financial analysis case studies. Prerequisite: MHA 6000. MHA 6300 - Quality Improvement and Risk Management in Health Services Organizations Credits: (3) Typically taught: Spring [lst Blk] A study of the effects of sophisticated quality and health outcome measures as used by individuals, employers and insurers to compare the results of various providers. The course will cover the forces of the smarter external customers and internal pressures to justify costs, continuous quality improvement, risk management, and changes demanding creative health care marketing techniques. Course content will include JCAHO and NCQA accreditation standards and processes, Life safety and fire code requirements, and handling of biohazards such as blood borne pathogens. Prerequisite: MHA 6000 or Instructor Approval. MHA 6310 - Managed Care vs. Managed Health Credits: (3) Examination of factors that influence future direction of managed care. Changing relationships among major stakeholders. Broad areas of discussion including market dynamics, product characteristics, reimbursement methodologies, contracting issues, management information systems, government initiatives, legal and ethical issues, demand management strategies, and future trends. MHA 6320 - Health Policy and Economics Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [2nd Blk] Economic analysis applied to health services sector; concept of efficiency applied to production and distribution of health services, health insurance, government programs, healthcare personnel, and health services organizations; current public policy issues; emphasis on student application of economic principles to health care issues. MHA 6350 - Decision Making for Health Care Leaders Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [lst Blk] The exploration and application of both quantitative and qualitative data analysis in healthcare organizations. How top level healthcare leaders use the myriad data that comes across their desks to work toward, and to achieve, their organization's mission. MHA 6360 - Comparative International Health Systems Credits: (3) Typically taught: Spring [2nd Blk] Analysis of key attributes of health care policy in selected countries and comparisons with the US health care system. This course includes an international field trip and appropriate travel expenses will be required of the students. Please check with the course instructor for more details. Weber State University 2015-2016 Catalog