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Twin Cities Campus

Healthcare Management Postbaccalaureate Certificate

School of Public Health - Adm
School of Public Health
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Contact Information
School of Public Health, MMC 819, A395 Mayo Memorial Building, 420 Delaware Street, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-626-3500 OR 1-800-774-8636)
Email: sph-ask@umn.edu
Website: http://www.sph.umn.edu
  • Program Type: Post-baccalaureate credit certificate/licensure/endorsement
  • Requirements for this program are current for Fall 2023
  • Length of program in credits: 12
  • This program requires summer semesters for timely completion.
  • Degree: Healthcare Management Pbacc Certificate
Along with the program-specific requirements listed below, please read the General Information section of this website for requirements that apply to all major fields.
The Healthcare Management Certificate is designed for employed healthcare business and clinical professionals seeking to advance their management and leadership competencies. It provides students with practical knowledge and skills that can be applied immediately within their organizations. The certificate curriculum includes a focus on management in healthcare organizations and systems and is instructed by a combination of active practitioners and research-active faculty. The coursework is designed to fit the lives of busy professionals: most of the coursework is online and asynchronous. Students in the certificate who decide to pursue the Master of Healthcare Administration degree can apply to the executive track and, if admitted, complete the degree by finishing the remaining required coursework.
Accreditation
This program is accredited by Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education
Program Delivery
  • primarily online (at least 80% of the instruction for the program is online with short, intensive periods of face-to-face coursework)
Prerequisites for Admission
The preferred undergraduate GPA for admittance to the program is 3.00.
Special Application Requirements:
Admission to the certificate is decided by the MHA faculty with the advice and counsel of an admissions committee. Admission to the certificate requires the following: - a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university - at least two years of experience in the healthcare industry - a letter of intent describing career interests and the relevance of the certificate to the applicant's personal development. Note: Students are expected to bring a personal computer to the on-campus sessions.
International applicants must submit score(s) from one of the following tests:
  • TOEFL
    • Internet Based - Total Score: 100
    • Paper Based - Total Score: 600
  • IELTS
    • Total Score: 7.0
  • MELAB
    • Final score: 80
Key to test abbreviations (TOEFL, IELTS, MELAB).
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the General Information section of this website.
Program Requirements
Use of 4xxx courses towards program requirements is not permitted.
A minimum GPA of 3.00 is required for students to remain in good standing.
At least 2 semesters must be completed before filing a Degree Program Form.
All courses must be taken for an A-F grade.
Required Coursework (8 credits)
Take the following courses:
PUBH 7538 - Health Financial Principles (4.0 cr)
PUBH 7551 - Principles of Management in Health Services Organizations (2.0 cr)
PUBH 7556 - Health and Health Systems (2.0 cr)
Electives (4 credits)
Select one of the following 4-credit options, in consultation with the advisor, to complete the 12-credit minimum:
Standard (4 credits)
Take the following courses:
PUBH 7555 - Health Economics (2.0 cr)
PUBH 7565 - Innovation of Healthcare Services (2.0 cr)
or Behavioral Health (4 credits)
Take the following courses:
PUBH 6580 - Behavioral Health Services Delivery (2.0 cr)
PUBH 7547 - Health Care Human Resource Management (2.0 cr)
or Custom (4 credits)
Select at least 4 credits from the following in consultation with the advisor:
PUBH 7525 - Introduction to Population Health: A Health System Perspective (2.0 cr)
PUBH 7537 - Healthcare Finance (3.0 cr)
PUBH 7541 - Statistics for Health Management Decision Making (3.0 cr)
PUBH 7542 - Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (2.0 cr)
PUBH 7553 - Health Care Management Ethics (1.0 cr)
PUBH 7554 - Health Care Strategy and Marketing (3.0 cr)
PUBH 7555 - Health Economics (2.0 cr)
PUBH 7560 - Operations Research and Quality in Health Care (3.0 cr)
PUBH 7562 - Information Technology in Health Care (2.0 cr)
PUBH 7564 - Private Purchasers of Health Care (2.0 cr)
PUBH 7565 - Innovation of Healthcare Services (2.0 cr)
PUBH 7569 - Health Care Policy (1.0 cr)
PUBH 7576 - Legal Considerations in Health Services Organizations (2.0 cr)
 
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PUBH 7538 - Health Financial Principles
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Summer
This course covers basic concepts of accounting, finance, and financial management of health care organizations, including how organizations utilize and report financial data and use that data to make decisions. This course will serve as a prerequisite for the more advanced finance courses that are in the health management curriculum. The primary objective of this course is to impart administrative/managerial knowledge and financial/accounting theory and technique required in managing healthcare organizations within today?s evolving environment. The elements of this course will teach the fundamental concepts of healthcare accounting, healthcare finance, including both accounting and financial management principles with emphasis on the current financial environment in which providers operate. The primary purpose of this course is to present the basic accounting concepts and financial management techniques (e.g. cost allocation, pricing and service decisions, budgeting) that are most critical to managerial decision making within healthcare organizations. This course is constructed in such a manner to assist each student in the development of their individual managerial skills, consistent with the National Center for Healthcare Leadership (NCHL) Competency Model Demonstration, in which the School of Public Health is a participant. Prereq: MHA student or instructor consent.
PUBH 7551 - Principles of Management in Health Services Organizations
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Spring
Understanding of/improvement in competencies of managers in organizations, particularly as applied to health services/public health organizations.
PUBH 7556 - Health and Health Systems
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Spring
U.S. health care system/health policy process. Current challenges in areas of health care delivery, financing, policy.
PUBH 7555 - Health Economics
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Summer
General principles of health economics applied to issues in health. Implications for health policy. Prereq: MHA student or instructor consent.
PUBH 7565 - Innovation of Healthcare Services
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Spring
Designing/creating new care delivery services/experiences. Exploiting opportunities for innovation. Overcoming obstacles. Capturing value.
PUBH 6580 - Behavioral Health Services Delivery
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Spring & Summer
The purpose of this course is to introduce and develop students? knowledge- and understanding of mental health disorders and business principles of service delivery. The course is designed to give students an understanding of mental health care services delivered across different organizational and governmental structures as well as payment models. Students will be able to apply a deeper understanding of mental health disorders and treatment models in the context of a dynamic and varied healthcare continuum. Students will complete a mix of individual and group assignments to demonstrate their understanding of the subject matter. Course lectures will be delivered through an asynchronous design to allow students the flexibly during the week. There will be check in sessions weekly or as needed for class discussion and review of material.
PUBH 7547 - Health Care Human Resource Management
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Fall
Relationship between human resources management/general management. Work/human resources. Compensation/benefits, personnel planning, recruitment/selection, training/development. Employee appraisal/discipline. Union-management relations. Prereq: MHA student or instructor consent.
PUBH 7525 - Introduction to Population Health: A Health System Perspective
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Summer
We will work from the definition that Population Health is the examination of large amounts of human data to address issues of health status and issues in aggregate to address the needs of large groups of people (populations). In other words, Population Health is concerned with the distribution of resources to overcome problems that drive poor health conditions in the population. This definition will be framed by the concept of Systems, which are human processes and social linkages that come together for a purpose. In this course, we will examine the factors that differentiate population health from public health, identify purpose of population health strategies, and discuss various intervention approaches. The course centers around a final project called a ?Population Health Strategy.? Each week, students will learn skills and techniques that support the completion of a final project. Students will answer: ? What?s the health problem; ? Who is the population of interest; ? Who are the stakeholders and partners; ? What is the outcome you hope to improve; ? How will you achieve that goal; and ? How will you message this plan? As you work to build this strategy, you will be asked to consider the social and environmental influences of illness and disease as well as many of the organizational challenges of implementation and outreach. Throughout this journey, you will read a diverse selection of academic and professional writing, all focused on giving you the breadth and depth of knowledge you will need to create a strong population health strategy. One of the ways you will engage with this material is through weekly presentations (group) and writing assignments (short). These will help you progress through the material and hone skills you will need as leaders in the Health Administration workforce.
PUBH 7537 - Healthcare Finance
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Fall
Principles of corporate/not-for-profit finance/insurance concepts integrated/applied to health care. Capital/operating budgets. Medicare's payment systems for hospitals/physicians, risk-adjusted capitation payment systems. Population-based health care finance, managed care. Prereq: MHA student or instructor consent.
PUBH 7541 - Statistics for Health Management Decision Making
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: OPT No Aud
Typically offered: Every Spring
Variation. Frequency distribution, measurement, probability, graphing. Significance tests, estimation, trends. Data handling. Modeling, odds ratios. Prevalence, incidence/vital statistics. Research applications. Statistical approach to rational administrative decision making. Prereq: MHA student or instructor consent.
PUBH 7542 - Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Fall
Almost 20 years ago in the United States the Institute of Medicine published To Err is Human, transparently noting that between 44,000 and 98,000 people in that country die every year as a result of medical errors; further research has shown that patients in all countries are subject to unintended harm as a result of their interaction with our healthcare systems. Not only are these errors devastating to those who have them, they harm providers and cost billions of dollars a year. Additionally, as the healthcare landscape shifts rapidly from one build upon volume to a value-based system, health systems and countries face an ever more urgent need to improve quality and safety for the populations they serve. This course will review the role of the health system leader in addressing the challenge of improving quality, safety, and value. Modules will specifically address: an overview of quality improvement and patient safety, data and common improvement models, patient safety techniques, the administrator’s role in the creation of the culture of safety, future trends in quality, safety, and value. Course Goals: a. Understand the patient, system, and population impacts of the current quality and safety challenges faced by healthcare b. Describe common models used for improvement work c. Understand the role that providers and health system leaders play in quality improvement and patient safety efforts d. Utilize common tools of quality and safety e. Balance system and personal responsibilities in quality improvement and patient safety f. Be familiar with common terminology and techniques such as PDSA, Lean, RCA, and Six Sigma Course is reserved for students enrolled in Executive Masters in Healthcare Administration Program – School of Public Health.
PUBH 7553 - Health Care Management Ethics
Credits: 1.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Fall
Ethical issues faced by health care managers as leaders of organization, members of profession, coodinators of clinical processes. Perspectives of managerial, organizational, professional, clinical ethics. Prereq: MHA student or instructor consent.
PUBH 7554 - Health Care Strategy and Marketing
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Summer
Managing marketing function. Marketing planning, strategy, management concepts. Identifying marketing problems/opportunities. Constructing, evaluating, managing marketing plan. Prereq: MHA student or instructor consent.
PUBH 7555 - Health Economics
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Summer
General principles of health economics applied to issues in health. Implications for health policy. Prereq: MHA student or instructor consent.
PUBH 7560 - Operations Research and Quality in Health Care
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Spring
Using systems perspective to develop models to analyze/improve health care operations. Identifying data needs/sources to model structures, processes, outcomes of care.
PUBH 7562 - Information Technology in Health Care
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Summer
Managing information as strategic resource within health care organizations. Designing information technology systems to capture, combine, transform information to measure processes/outcomes of care, support collaborative clinical decision making, support management decisions. Prereq: MHA student or instructor consent.
PUBH 7564 - Private Purchasers of Health Care
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Spring
Development/organization of HMOs/PPOs. Risk sharing, provider contracts, utilization management, quality improvement, marketing, new product development. Employer relations. Medicare/Medicaid contracting. Budget processing. Financial performance. Government regulations.
PUBH 7565 - Innovation of Healthcare Services
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Spring
Designing/creating new care delivery services/experiences. Exploiting opportunities for innovation. Overcoming obstacles. Capturing value.
PUBH 7569 - Health Care Policy
Credits: 1.0 [max 1.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Summer
Public policy environment surrounding health care/public health systems. Political context of health policy. Approaches to policy formation/analysis. Tools/strategies for influencing health policy outcomes.
PUBH 7576 - Legal Considerations in Health Services Organizations
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Summer
Laws affecting administration of hospitals/other healthcare organizations. Administrative law, corporate/business law, labor law, civil liability, tax-related issues. Legal issues relevant to administration, decision making, planning.