Health Administration
Program Health Administration
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This course is a basic introduction to financial principles and concepts as applied to health care financial management of both for-profit and not-for-profit entities within the context of the health care environment in the United States today. The goal of this undergraduate course is to prepare health care administrators and department managers for the responsibilities involved in maintaining a well-managed health care organization. Basic vocabulary, processes, functions and reports are presented in this course, including financial statements as commonly seen in health care environments; considerations for cash flow, payables and receivables; and considerations in working with various types of revenue streams. This course also introduces a discussion of financial management of challenges of particular interest to administrators such as identification of costs of care, and types of provider payment systems. This course is designed to prepare students for more advanced financial applications that are covered in graduate level courses.
At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to:
This course is intended as an introduction to vocabulary, processes, functions, and reports commonly encountered in financial operations of health care settings, and is designed for the student with some exposure to health care institution operations. It is not necessary that the student be proficient in accounting or advanced math, but a willingness to work through the homework problems and explore examples in the textbook and Internet sources will be helpful in achieving mastery of this basic information.
This course is designed for the independent study student, so assignments are structured to be done individually. In the field of health care, it is often helpful to gain perspectives from other venues of care, and to this end your instructor will encourage each student to post a basic description of their health care setting, or intended health care setting as part of an introductory assignment. At no time during this course will students be asked to share any financial or other proprietary information regarding their work setting or organizations where they may be involved; any information shared in this course is available for public access, either from the textbook, Internet sources, or freely contributed by students for open discussion.
This course has weekly homework which forms the basis for student/instructor dialog. There are weekly quizzes, which in aggregate contribute to a midterm (4th week) and final exam (8th week) score. Assignment detail is provided for each week.
Either the first or second edition of this textbook may be used for this course. Students should select one of the editions as listed here:Zelman, E.; McCue, M; Millikan, A. & Glick, N. (2003). Financial Management of Health Care Organizations: An Introduction to Fundamental Tools, Concepts, and Applications. 2nd Ed. Blackwell Publishers: Malden, MA. (ISBN: 0-631-23098-X )
Zelman, E.; McCue, M; & Millikan, A. (1998).Financial Management of Health Care Organizations: An Introduction to Fundamental Tools, Concepts, and Applications. Blackwell Publishers: Malden, MA. (ISBN: 1-55786-709-7)
Upon successful completion of Week 1 assignments, the student should be able to:
Upon successful completion of Week 2 assignments, the student should be able to:
Upon successful completion of Week 3 assignments, the student should be able to:
Upon successful completion of Week 4 assignments, the student should be able to:
Upon successful completion of Week 5 assignments, the student should be able to:
Upon successful completion of Week 6 assignments, the student should be able to:
Upon successful completion of Week 7 assignments, the student should be able to:
Upon successful completion of Week 8 assignments, the student should be able to:
On-Line Participation. Since this course is offered over the Internet, which allows students to participate at "any time, any where," it is important to plan your time carefully. Students are expected to send required assignments to the instructor by the due dates. Students are expected to make use of Internet information available that will enhance learning in this course, and also to apply concepts to work settings as relevant to the student's career goals.
Course Week and Due Dates. Monday is the first of the course week, and Sunday is the last day of the course week. Assignments scheduled for completion during a class week should be sent to the instructor via email or fax by end of the day Sunday, determined by your own time zone. If a student is sending assignments through the postal service, please make prior arrangements with instructor, as there is no postal delivery on Sunday. The student is to understand that unless the instructor authorizes a time extension, all assignments received past its due date will receive a grade score penalty. The instructor will provide feedback and grade updates for students enrolled in the course, usually on a weekly basis.
Submitting Assignments. Students may prepare work in MSWord or Excel (any version) and send as an email attachment. If you use another word processing program, please save as a .rtf file. Please include name, reply address, title of assignment, title of course, and date submitted on the document itself, in addition to the email text. Please put "HS420" in the subject line of your email.
Late Assignment Penalties. Weekly assignments and quizzes must be received by the instructor not later than Sunday midnight (your time zone) of the week assigned. Assignments received after the due date (late homework) will incur a point penalty at the discretion of the instructor. Point penalties for late work may range anywhere from a few points deducted from final score to possible zero points as final score for the entire assignment. Students who anticipate that their schedule may cause work to be submitted after due date are advised to contact the instructor at least one week in advance, as in special circumstances an extension may be permitted. No class-work posted after the last Sunday of the online term will be accepted. No extensions will be granted without prior contact with the instructor, and without at least seven days advance notice. Instructor discretion regarding point penalties for any late work will be considered final.
Discussion Assignments. It may be likely that during this class there will be "discussion" assignments, where students will be asked to post opinions and interpretations on assigned topics. Instructions will be given where these assignments apply, as there is usually some critical thinking involved about the student's own work environment or pertinent applications in health care management.
Absentee Policy. While this course is designed to be completed through independent study, "attendance" is recorded through assignment submissions in a timely manner to the instructor's email address (or via post or fax). However, please note that any student who has not participated (completed assignments) for 14 consecutive days without prior discussion with the instructor regarding such absence shall be recommended for administrative withdrawal. The school shall make recommendations to the instructor as to what action if any will be taken.
Academic Honesty. Canyon College policies are in effect. All work must be your own, unless the instructor authorizes collaboration, in which case you must, in writing, acknowledge the help you have received. Presenting as one's own the words, ideas, or expression of another in any form is cheating through plagiarism, and will not be tolerated. The claim of ignorance is no excuse.
Assignments will be graded based on completeness, correctness and timeliness of submissions. There is a total of 100 points possible.
Homework.
There are eight homework assignments in this course, one each academic week.
Each homework assignments is worth 5 points (total = 40 points possible).Quizzes.
There are six quizzes throughout the course.
Each quiz is worth 10 points (total = 60 points) possible.
Point totals for the quizzes given in weeks 2, 3, and 4 are equal to the "midterm exam" grade.
Point totals for the quizzes given in weeks 6, 7, and 8 are equal to the "final exam" grade.
If any of the six quizzes are not taken, a zero will be assigned for that week in calculating the midterm exam and final exam grades.Final Letter Grade.
Letter grades will be assigned at the conclusion of the eight weeks based on cumulative points achieved over the entirety of the eight week course. The grading scale based on 100 possible points is as follows:
- A = 95 points to 100 points
- A- = 90 points to 94 points
- B+ = 87 points to 89 points
- B = 84 points to 86 points
- B- = 80 points to 83 points
- C+ = 77 points to 79 points
- C = 74 points to 76 points
- C- = 70 points to 73 points
- D = 60 points to 69 points
- F = below 60 points
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| Weekly Assignments |
| 1st Edition Text
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 |
| 2nd Edition Text
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 |
