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online Introduction Contracting in Managed Care Environments course at Canyon College

COURSE SYLLABUS: Contracting in Managed Care Environments


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Prerequisite: 		HS540 - Contracting in Managed Care Environments
Health Sciences
Dominick L. Flarey, PhD, MBA, RN, CS, CNAA, FACHE - E-Mail Vita
330-544-9208
330-652-7575
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SUMMARY:
this is a three semester hour, graduate course, for those students enrolled in the graduate health care administration program. This course focuses on the topic of contracting with payers for contracts in managed care. This is an advanced course in managed care concepts. The course covers a variety of important related topics, thus allowing students an in-depth understanding of the processes involved in managed care contracting.

The overall objective of the course is to understand the details of managed care contracting and begin to implement the theories and strategies in a health care environment. Students will find this course very useful whether employed in a health care service organization, or a managed care organization. Related introductory material is presented, along with content on contract development, negotiations, analysis, and implementation. Specialty contracting is also presented, as well as legal and regulatory issues related to managed care contracting. Students who successfully complete this course will have an excellent foundation for working with managed care contracting in the practice setting.

REQUIRED TEXT: Online Bookstore

Managed Care Contracting: A Guide for Health Care Professionals. By Wendy Knight. An Aspen Publication. 1997. ISBN #: 0834208830.

You may purchase the text book directly from the publisher. They have an online bookstore at http://www.aspenpublishers.com. Or, you may call their toll free order line and order at 1-800-317-3113. Their fax number is 1-800-901-9075 and their customer service email address is: customer.service@aspenpubl.com

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Students are always encouraged to contact me directly related to this course. Please use email or telephone. I am available to you for one-to-one faculty mentoring and teaching. Options for use to meet and discuss course issues and content are email, phone, online chat room, or online voice chat room. If you have any questions at all as your proceed through the course, or need any assistance or would like to review material with me, please contact me.

EXAMINATIONS:
There is a mid-term and a final examination. Examinations are taken "online" via the classroom. A score of 70 % or above is required on each of the examinations to pass the course. The mid-term examination is to be completed sometime during week 4, and the final examination is to be completed during week 8 of the course.

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90 % - 100 % = A
80 % - 89 % = B
70% - 79 % = C
60% - 69 % = D
below 60 % = F

ASSIGNEMENTS:
Students are required to complete all of the required reading prior to taking the examinations. There are weekly assignments for this course, and each assignment must be submitted and approved by the instructor before accessing the examinations.

Weekly assignments consist of short answers to particular questions. All assignment questions are posted in the classroom.