HSA-610 FIN/DEL OF HLTH CARE SER
This course examines the complex financial systems within today's healthcare environment and provides an understanding of the basics of health insurance and public funding programs, managed care contracting, and how services are paid. This gives the student an appreciation for the complexity of reimbursement systems and an understanding of the profound impact they have had on providers and payers, consumers, public policy makers, and the development of classification and information technology systems over the years. This course provides a comprehensive overview of the organization of the health care system and the proposals for system reform; it focuses on financing in the public and private sectors, gaps in the system and the integration of financing and delivery mechanisms. This course is designed to provide the student with an understanding of the health system from a general systems perspective. This perspective will enable the student to understand the complex nature of health system organization and to analyze our current situation. Students will develop an understanding of the structure and function of health systems financing, as well as the interrelationships among the component parts. The topics include the types and nature of various health system processes and institutions; how they evolved; their current status and possible future development.
Distribution
HSC