Health Services Administration (HSA)
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

HSA 6680 Health Services Administration and Policy (3)
  The course focuses on the unique characteristics of the U.S. health care delivery system; acquaints students with increased understanding of the context of health services administration and health care policy; and examines key factors and forces impacting total health system performance in the United States.
HSA 6681 Legal and Social Issues in Health Administration (3)
  This course includes an examination of legal and ethical aspects of contemporary issues associated with the health services administration process.
HSA 6682 Health Care Planning and Management (3)
  This course stresses application of traditional management concepts to a variety of health service operational issues, analyzes similarities and differences in management of health service organization (HSO) and other organizational models, formulates new organizational designs and management practices appropriate to current HSO environments, and evaluates adequacy of new models.
HSA 6683 Health Care Economics (3)
  This course stresses economic analysis applied to the health services sector.
HSA 6684 Managed Care: Origins, Organizations, and Operations (3)
  Covers managed care programs, structures, practice models, role of physicians and other clinicians, capitation, cost-accounting and forms of reimbursement.

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