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Curriculum

The Health Care Administration Program's curriculum has been developed with 16 essential competencies:

Criteria for Essential Competency:

The student must demonstrate competency in:

  1. Ability to speak effectively and listen attentively. (BHC 330, 450, and 480)
  2. Ability to write effectively and with a purpose. (BHC 200, 205, 410, 450, 480)
  3. Ability to analyze financial reports. (BHC 350 & 410)
  4. Ability to manage and communicate financial impacts of various payment systems. (BHC 350, 410)
  5. Knowledge of capitation and reimbursement mechanisms and costs of providing services. (BHC 410, 450)
  6. Ability to manage time, set priorities, and complete tasks in a timely manner. BHC 450, 480)
  7. Ability to conduct gain-gain negotiations with physicians, colleagues, and managed care organizations. (BHC 410, 480)
  8. Knowledge of evaluating managed care contracts, and negotiating skills to improve the contract and when to accept or reject a contract. (BHC 410)
  9. Ability to measure, correct, monitor and re-measure quality improvement issues. (BHC 205,330,450)
  10. Ability to evaluate and analyze the cost of providing health services and integrate the information for presentation. (BHC 410)
  11. Ability to synthesize and present information. (BHC 205, 330, 350, 410, 450, & 480)
  12. Ability to facilitate group decisions and build consensus. (BHC 330, 410, 450)
  13. Ability to conduct organizational strategic planning/management. (BHC 330)
  14. Ability to effectively CPT Code health care services in a medical group practice setting. (BHC 410)
  15. Knowledge of health insurance product design.(BHC 410)
  16. Knowledge of health services office/personnel/operations management.(BHC 205, 350, & 410)

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