The Health Services Administration Program provides a learning environment where ethical leadership, creative problem resolution, service to patients and communities, interdisciplinary enriched learning, teamwork, appreciation of diversity, and commitment to performance excellence are the hallmarks.

Certificate in Health Services Administration

The five courses in the HSA certificate program provide students with the knowledge and skills in the fundamental areas that are essential to preparing for the various roles and responsibilities in health services administration. These courses include: health care organization and management, health care accounting and financing, patient safety, and ethics. All the courses leading to the Certificate in Health Services Administration are currently taught online over the Internet.

The Certificate Program Teaches You

• How to make ethical decisions about the use and allocation of organizational and clinical resources, system integration, managed care, payer incentives, and technology.
• How managed care, health system integration and interorganizational linkages relate to social, economic, political, legal and regulatory issues.
• The current fundamental core knowledge of patient safety and the skills that help administrators foster a culture of safety.
• Concepts of financial and managerial accounting, including cost-findings methodologies, internal control, internal and external financial reporting, budgeting for operations, capital and cash flow management.
• Financial management of health organizations under alternative financing mechanisms, including revenue and expense creation, financial analysis, managed care financing models and contract negotiation, risk, capital acquisition and investment analysis.

Costs

• For the 2007-08 academic year the tuition cost is $607 per credit hour.
• University fees are currently $82 for part-time students (less than 8 credit hours per semester)

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