IHM 48700 Contemporary and Critical Issues in Healthcare Management

This course represents an expansion of the current 3-hour capstone course and will address extant issues in the healthcare industry that may affect healthcare management. Topics to be covered include the Affordable Care Act (and periodic updates/roll-outs), Medicaid expansion, Medicare rule changes, physician/hospital relationships, and the provision of care to those without any insurance. Topics will be added according to changes in healthcare. For in-class instruction this will be offered with IHM 48900 as a 6-hour cluster. It will be taught as a separate class for online instruction.

Credits

3