Health Care Management

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1 The University of Alabama at Birmingham 1 Health Care Program Director: Bryan K. Breland, Dr.PH, JD, MPA The undergraduate Health Care program was established in 1982 to provide management education opportunities for clinical health professionals. Currently, the program offers several curriculum options designed to meet the needs of students with differing career interests and academic backgrounds. The program is designed for aspiring leaders and committed professionals who are interested in mid-level management careers in the healthcare industry. Job opportunities exist in many types of organizations, including delivery settings such as hospitals, medical group practices, ambulatory clinics, and long-term care; managed care, insurance, and pharmaceutical companies; consulting firms, government agencies, and many others. The Health Care degree becomes the terminal degree for some individuals and permits entry to graduate and professional degree programs for others. The undergraduate degree program in Health Care is fully certified by the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA). Although we encourage students to participate in the classroom whenever possible, the health care management course delivery formats offer flexibility through daytime, evening, and online class options, including online participation while the class is happening live on campus, or accessing a recorded version at a later time convenient for the student. Admission options include Freshman entry, the student s previous academic work, current professional status, and personal interests. Curriculum tracks include Pre-Professional, Clinical Manager, Long Term Care Administrator, MSOT Fast Track, and General Manager. Students who plan to seek admission to graduate level health professions programs may apply to the Pre-Professional option. Prerequisites for admission to identified graduate programs can be incorporated into the program of study for this track in the Health Care degree. The Clinical Manager option is restricted to individuals who are credentialed or licensed in a health professions discipline. The Long Term Care Administrator track prepares graduates to work in nursing homes and other long term care facilities. The MSOT Fast Track provides freshman year acceptance to the Master of in Occupational Therapy Program and includes articulation of coursework between the two degrees. All other students should consider the General Manager option. Qualified UAB freshmen whose academic goal is the Master of in Occupational Therapy Program at UAB may apply for competitive admission to the HCM-OT Fast Track. Eligibility requirements include a high school GPA of.0 (A =.0), an ACT score of 2 or greater, and qualified for enrollment in EH 101 and MA 105 (or higher). Acceptance into the HCM programs is required for student admission to the Fast Track. Admission For all tracks other than the MSOT Fast Track, the candidate is expected to satisfy the following requirements: For the Clinical Manager option, be a graduate of a certificate and/ or associate degree health professions program or the equivalent, including associate degree or diploma registered nursing program, and be licensed, registered, or certified in the health specialty (not required for the other tracks). For the Clinical Manager or General Manager options, have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.5 (A=.0); for the Pre-Professional or Long Term Care Administrator options, have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.75 (A=.0). Have a minimum grade of C in all previous professional coursework to be applied to the degree. Have a minimum grade of C in all core curriculum coursework before enrollment in 00 level major courses. If accepted, complete the UAB medical history questionnaire and physical, provide proof of required immunizations, and receive satisfactory screening by the UAB Medical Center Student Health Service. If accepted, a background check and drug screening will be required at admission and again prior to clinical placement. Application Procedure Applications are accepted by UAB at any time. Students may begin the program at the start of any full academic term. Applicants should submit the following materials: To the UAB Undergraduate Admissions Office: Completed UAB undergraduate application form, indicating SHP as the school, and application fee, if applicable myuab/login?from=ugadmapp Official transcripts from each high school, college, or university attended. The student should request an appointment with a program director/ advisor prior to the term of initial enrollment. It is essential to have transcripts of previous coursework during the enrollment interview. Contact for additional information: Dr. Pam Paustian, Program Director Susan Packa, Program Manager/Advisor Health Care Program # School of Health Professions# University of Alabama at Birmingham # Telephone: (205) # packa@uab.edu (paustian@uab.edu) # Web address: Major For Health Care Grade and Residency 2.5 G.P.A. (overall and institutional) required for the Clinical Manager and General Manager Tracks G.P.A. (overall and institutional) required for the Pre- Professional and Long Term Care Administrator Tracks..0 GPA required for the MSOT Fast Track; grade of B required in all prerequisite coursework for the MSOT Fast Track. Internship required during final semester, after all didactic coursework is completed (additional elective required if semester hour internship).

2 2 Health Care Required Mathematics Select one of the following: MA 110 MA 105 Required Courses 1 HCM 20 Finite Mathematics (Only accepted with approval from the Program Director for the Clinical Manager Track) Pre-Calculus Algebra ( or higher) Microcomputer Applications for Health Care Professionals HCM 50 Medical Terminology for Health Professionals HCM 60 Statistics for Managers HCM 75 Managerial Epidemiology HCM 01 Organizational Studies in Health Care HCM 02 Economics for Healthcare Managers HCM 0 Operations in Health Care Organizations HCM 05 Human Resource Managment in Health Care Organizations HCM 07 Strategic in Health Care Organizations HCM 16 Financial in Health Care Organizations HCM 21 Introduction to Long Term Care Administration HCM 25 Healthcare Reimbursement Methods HCM 5 Clinical and Administrative Information Systems HCM 50 Quality in Health Care HCM 60 Research Methods HCM 80 Health Care Policy and Reform HCM 81 Health Care Internship,6 Electives HRP 00 Survey of Health Professions 2 HCM 02 Principles of in Health Care HCM 05 Effective Communication and Professionalism in Health Care HCM 75 Special Topics in Health Care 1- HCM 82 Current Issues in Health Care HCM 550 Healthcare Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Seminar 2 HCM 590 Leadership Skills for Health Professionals Total Additional courses are required for the LTCA track. Please contact the HCM Program Academic Advisor. Prerequisites Requirement AC 200 Principles of Accounting I AC 201 Principles of Accounting II or BUS 10 Accounting and Finance for Nonbusiness Majors Health Care Curriculum Track The Health Care Program offers curriculum tracks in the following areas: general manager, clinical manager, pre professional, long-term care administrator, and MSOT Fast Track. It is imperative that students meet with the program manager/advisor to map out specific requirements within the selected track. The program manager/advisor will map out curriculum requirements with students within each track. 2 A minimum grade of C is required in each course in the HCM Professional Curriculum. A minimum of 120 semester hours are required for graduation, including at least 0 semester hours in courses at the 00-level or above. Courses are available online using distance education technology. No more than 1 semester hours of clinical education (clinical rotations or clinical practice) may be applied toward a baccalaureate degree. Minors Three minors are available in the areas of: Clinical Coding and Reimbursement, Health Care, and Health Information. General Electives Students may need to take general electives to reach the 120 semester hour requirement. Proposed Program of Study for a Major in Health Care Freshman First Term Second Term EH 101 EH 102 MA 105 or 110 CMST 101 HRP 101 Core Curriculum Area II: Fine Arts Core Curriculum Area IV: History 1 Sophomore 2 Core Curriculum Area III: Natural Core Curriculum Area IV: 1 1 First Term Second Term Summer Term AC 200 AC 201 HCM 0 Core Curriculum Area II: Literature Core Curriculum Area IV: Core Area II Literature Elective Core Curriculum Area IV: Core III Natural Electives Junior HCM 20 Elective First Term Second Term Summer Term HCM 25 HCM 01 HCM 02 HCM 50 HCM 16 HCM 0 HCM 60 HCM 5 HCM 50 HCM 75 HCM 60 HCM 80 Senior First Term Second Term HCM 05 HCM 81,6 HCM 07 HCM 21 HCM 25 Total credit hours:

3 The University of Alabama at Birmingham 1 A six semester hour sequence in literature or history is required; if a second literature is chosen it will apply as three of the elective hours in Core Curriculum Area II: Humanities and Fine Art; if a second history is chosen it will apply as three of the elective hours in Core Curriculum Area IV: s The Health Care program offers minor options for undergraduate students upon approval from the HCM program director. Minor in Clinical Coding and Reimbursement Minor in Health Care Minor in Health Information Minor in Clinical Coding and Reimbursement The minor in Clinical Coding and Reimbursement requires completion of 2 semester hours of course work. Students must apply to the Health Care program for admission to the minor, and must have a 2.5 GPA to qualify. All courses must be completed with a grade of C or Minor for Clinical Coding and Reimbursement The Clinical Coding and Reimbursement minor requires completion of 2 semester hours of course work. Students must contact the Health Care program office for admission to the minor, and must have a 2.5 GPA to qualify. All courses must be completed with a grade of C or HIM 18 Survey of Human Anatomy and Physiology for Coding HCM 50 Medical Terminology for Health Professionals HIM 17 Pathology for Coders HIM 18 Documentation Standards for Health Data HCM 25 Healthcare Reimbursement Methods HIM 1 Diagnostic Coding for Health Care Organizations HIM 60 Coding/Classification Systems Total 2 Minor in Health Care The minor in Health Care requires completion of 21 semester hours of course work. Students must apply to the Health Care program for admission to the minor, and must have a 2.5 GPA to qualify. All courses must be completed with a grade of C or Minor for Health Care The minor in Health Care requires completion of 21 semester hours of course work. Students must apply to the Health Care program for admission to the minor, and must have a 2.5 GPA to qualify. All courses must be completed with a grade of C or HCM 0 Operations in Health Care Organizations HCM 05 Human Resource Managment in Health Care Organizations HCM 07 Strategic in Health Care Organizations HCM 80 Health Care Policy and Reform Total 21 Minor in Health Information The minor in Health Information requires completion of 18 semester hours of course work. Students must apply to the Health Care program for admission to the minor, and must have a 2.5 GPA to qualify. All courses must be completed with a grade of C or Minor for Health Information The Health Information minor requires completion of 18 semester hours of course work. Students must contact the Health Care program office for admission to the minor, and must have a 2.5 GPA to qualify. All courses must be completed with a grade of C or HCM 25 Healthcare Reimbursement Methods HCM 5 Clinical and Administrative Information Systems HIM 18 Documentation Standards for Health Data HIM 75 Electronic Health Records Total 18 Courses HCM 02. Principles of in Health Care. Basic management concepts in context of health care organizations; oral and written communication; planning and goal setting; decision-making and problem solving; personnel selection; performance appraisal. HCM 05. Effective Communication and Professionalism in Health Care. 2 Professional traits, behaviors, skills, and attitudes needed to perform in a professional, ethical, and competent manner in the health care environment. HCM 18. Law for Health Care Professionals. Principles of law and U.S. legal system as applied in health care organizations; documentation, privacy, security, and release of health information; liability, consent, and malpractice. HCM 20. Microcomputer Applications for Health Care Professionals. Word Processing, spreadsheet, database, file management, information systems, internet, and presentation applications in managerial functions. HCM 25. Healthcare Law and Ethics. Principles of law and ethics in the U.S. healthcare legal system as applied in health care organizations; patient's rights, privacy, security confidentiality, informed consent, documentation and release of health information, liability, and malpractice. HCM 01 Organizational Studies in Health Care

4 Health Care HCM 0. Health Care Systems. Overview of U.S. health care system; implications of environmental trends and health care policy on health care organizations; introduction to financing of health care. HCM 50. Medical Terminology for Health Professionals. Systematic study of medical terminology with emphasis on constructing, understanding and using medical terms. Content includes diseases, symptoms & signs of disease, diagnostic, and clinical procedures and treatment modalities. HCM 60. Statistics for Managers. Basic descriptive and inferential statistics as applied in managerial processes; computer-based graphic analysis of data; use of computerbased statistical software; application of statistical process control tools. Quantitative Literacy is a significant component of this course. Prerequisites: MA 105 [Min Grade: C] or MA 106 [Min Grade: C] or MA 107 [Min Grade: C] or MA 109 [Min Grade: C] or MA 110 [Min Grade: C] or MA 125 [Min Grade: C] HCM 75. Managerial Epidemiology. Methods and applications of managerial epidemiology; measurement and epidemiological tools that inform health care management decisions. HCM 01. Organizational Studies in Health Care. Behavioral science concepts including leadership, managing change, negotiating and conflict resolution, team building, organizational assessment, marketing, and entrepreneurship in the context of health care organizations. Prerequisites: (AHS 0 [Min Grade: C] or HCM 0 [Min Grade: C]) and AHS 20 [Min Grade: C] HCM 02. Economics for Healthcare Managers. Principles of economics of the health care system on the basis of incentives, risk management, asymmetrical information, and moral hazards; practical application of economic principles, including supply and demand, market structure and forecasting. HCM 0. Operations in Health Care Organizations. Operational functions of mid-level managers in health care organizations including work design and re-engineering; systems theory; development, planning, and analysis; ergonomics and work environment; quality improvement techniques. Prerequisites: (AHS 0 [Min Grade: C] or HCM 0 [Min Grade: C]) and (AHS 60 [Min Grade: C] or HCM 60 [Min Grade: C]) or MA 180 [Min Grade: C] or PY 21 [Min Grade: C] or PY 216 [Min Grade: C] or QM 21 [Min Grade: C] HCM 05. Human Resource Managment in Health Care Organizations. Managerial activities in health care organizations related to job descriptions, recruiting, interviewing, hiring, firing, orientation, benefits, appraisal, discipline, and developing clinical and non-clinical personnel. Prerequisites: (HIM 15 [Min Grade: C] or AHS 20 [Min Grade: C]) and (AHS 0 [Min Grade: C] or HCM 0 [Min Grade: C]) HCM 07. Strategic in Health Care Organizations. Overview of strategic management process; strategic planning in health care organizations from perspective of mid-level manager; emphasis on operational level implementation and control. Prerequisites: AHS 0 [Min Grade: C] or HCM 0 [Min Grade: C] HCM 09. Personnel in Long-Term Care. 1 Hour. Planning for staffing and staff development of clinical and non-clinical personnel in long-term care facilities. Prerequisites: AHS 05 [Min Grade: C] or HCM 05 [Min Grade: C] HCM 10. Long Term Care Facilities. Overview of administrative responsibility for physical facilities; environmental safety; emergency preparedness and response; interdependence and functioning of medical, nursing, social, dietary, and other key resident services. HCM 11. Biological, Psychological, and Sociological Issues of Aging. Overview of current gerontological-geriatric information; special needs of the elderly in receiving health care services. HCM 15. Ethics for Health Care Professionals. Overview of major ethical theories; ethical decision making models; application to patients rights, confidentiality, informed consent, professional relationships, and allocation of scarce resources. Ethics and Civic Responsibility are significant components of this course. Prerequisites: (AHS 18 [Min Grade: C] or HCM 18 [Min Grade: C]) and (AHS 0 [Min Grade: C] or HCM 0 [Min Grade: C]) HCM 16. Financial in Health Care Organizations. Overview of financial management functions at the department level; budgeting and cost analysis for department-level operations and capital expenditures. Fulfills the requirements in Quantitative Literacy. Prerequisites: (AHS 0 [Min Grade: C] or HCM 0 [Min Grade: C]) and (AC 200 [Min Grade: C] and AC 201 [Min Grade: C]) or BUS 10 [Min Grade: C] HCM 17. Financial for Long Term Care Administrators. 2 Overview of financial management practices and reimbursement issues and methodologies in long term care facilities. Prerequisites: (AHS 16 [Min Grade: C] or HCM 16 [Min Grade: C]) and (AHS 21 [Min Grade: C] or HCM 21 [Min Grade: C]) HCM 18. Legal and Regulatory Issues in Long Term Care. Governance and administrative responsibilities for compliance with LTC licensure laws, government and accrediting regulations, and facility policies. Prerequisites: HCM 18 [Min Grade: C] and HCM 0 [Min Grade: C] HCM 20. Long Term Care Resident Care and Quality. 2 Planning, managing, and evaluating programs that enhance resident quality of life in long-term care facilities. HCM 21. Introduction to Long Term Care Administration. Introduction to the long term care industry and nursing facility operations through seminars, independent media research, and experiential learning. Prerequisites: HCM 0 [Min Grade: C] HCM 25. Healthcare Reimbursement Methods. Review of diverse financial systems within American healthcare, focus on reimbursement methods and payment systems and how they affect providers and payers. Review of major insurance programs, federal health care legislation, legal/regulatory issues, diagnosis and procedure coding systems, and the impact of coding on reimbursement, compliance and fraud and abuse. Prerequisites: (AHS 50 [Min Grade: C] or HCM 50 [Min Grade: C]) and HCM 0 [Min Grade: C]

5 The University of Alabama at Birmingham 5 HCM 0. Documentation in Long Term Care. 2 Overview of clinical documentation requirements in long term care facilities, including the Resident Assessment Instrument, Minimum Data Set, and Patient Care Plan. Additional Focus on information privacy and security. Prerequisites: HCM 21 [Min Grade: C] and HCM 0 [Min Grade: C] HCM 1. Planning and Implementing HE. Content and process planning, implementing, and evaluating programs in health education and health promotion. Sociological, psychological, and epidemiological foundations of health promotion programs. Development of practical skills for school, occupational, clinical, and community settings. A comprehensive program planning assessment will reinforce quantitative literacy in the profession. Quantitative Literacy is a significant component of this course. HCM 2. Continuum of Long-Term Care. Survey of providers of long term and elder care, including scope of services provided, review of reimbursement methodologies, clientele served, and political issues affecting their operational practices. Prerequisites: HCM 21 [Min Grade: C] and HCM 0 [Min Grade: C] HCM 5. Clinical and Administrative Information Systems. Overview of information systems and applications in health care organization; issues and challenges in system design and implementation. HCM 50. Quality in Health Care. Concepts of monitoring and evaluating the quality and appropriateness of patient care and services provided in health care organizations; overview of regulatory guidelines and industry standards; current issues in quality measurement and outcomes. HCM 60. Research Methods. Research Methods. Prerequisites: (AHS 60 [Min Grade: C] or HCM 60 [Min Grade: C]) or MA 180 [Min Grade: C] or QM 21 [Min Grade: C] or PY 21 [Min Grade: C] or PY 216 [Min Grade: C] HCM 7. Service Learning in Health Care. 2 Classroom and experiential learning through designed community based or clinically related service experiences. Students work with community partners to monitor patient health and welfare while gaining insight into the barriers to healthcare access, costs, and quality. HCM 75. Special Topics in Health Care. 1- Hour. Exploration of current issues in Health Care. HCM 80. Health Care Policy and Reform. Identification and discussion of health policy issues facing the U.S. and economic implications of health policy and health care reforms over time. HCM 81. Health Care Internship.,6 Capstone course places students in selected healthcare setting supervised by experienced preceptors. Students are exposed to day-to-day managerial functions and participate in organizational projects. Students draw upon, synthesize, and apply classroom learning to healthcare organization environments. Activities focus on the development of problem solutions, effective communications and research skills. Projects focus on Service Learning and students also explore the culture, ethical issues and community impact of the organization. Prerequisites: (AHS 01 [Min Grade: C] or HCM 01 [Min Grade: C]) and (AHS 0 [Min Grade: C] or HCM 0 [Min Grade: C]) and (AHS 05 [Min Grade: C] or HCM 05 [Min Grade: C]) and (AHS 07 [Min Grade: C] or HCM 07 [Min Grade: C]) and (AHS 80 [Min Grade: C] or HCM 80 [Min Grade: C]) HCM 82. Current Issues in Health Care. Identification of current issues in the health care industry, with an emphasis on analyzing organizational impact. Prerequisites: HCM 0 [Min Grade: C] HCM 8. Long Term Care Health Care Internship. 10 Supervised experience in managerial functions in selected long-term care health care organizations. Prerequisites: HCM 01 [Min Grade: C] and HCM 0 [Min Grade: C] and HCM 05 [Min Grade: C] and HCM 07 [Min Grade: C] and HCM 08 [Min Grade: C](Can be taken Concurrently)