University of Southern California Health Policy&Hospital Management Program
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Curriculum
Health Policy and Hospital Management
The specialization addresses issues of relevance to the growing role of health financing, health insurance and hospital management in the health sector. It prepares professionals for managerial and leadership positions in organizations that:
deliver healthcare services such as hospitals and medical groups
regulate, monitor, organize or pay for healthcare such as departments in a Ministry of Health and health insurance companies
produce medical products such as pharmaceutical companies and medical supply companies.
» Courses
» Organizations for Site Visits and Internships
Courses
Courses in this area of specialization cover:
health economics and healthcare financing issues
Regulation
hospital management, strategic planning, and marketing
insurance principles
operation of health plans (benefit package design, premium setting, enrollment)
provider payment methods
cost management techniques such as utilization review
quality assurance
Graduates fill many roles from staff analysts to middle management and executive positions.
Sample courses for this specialization include:
Management of Managed Care Organizations
Management of Long–Term Care Organizations
Administration of Healthcare Organizations
Economic Concepts Applied to Health
Financial Management of Health Services
Health Information Systems
Strategic and Operational Planning for Health Services
Marketing of Health Services
Concepts and Practices in Public Personnel Administration
Problems and Issues in the Health Field
Seminar in Comparative Health Systems
Seminar in Hospital Administration
Organizations for Site Visits and Internships
Los Angeles is a dynamic healthcare market with many of the largest, most innovative healthcare organizations. These organizations help to make California an exciting place in which to study health insurance and managed care issues. Unmatched in terms of professional and organizational diversity and scale, California is home to more than:
450 hospitals
100 insurance and managed care organizations
50 multi–specialty medical group practices
500 specialty healthcare organizations, such as:
Utilization review companies
Third party administrators
Hospital management companies
Healthcare consulting companies
Medical records abstracting and coding services
Healthcare software and MIS companies
Healthcare law firms
IPPAM has working relationships with many of these organizations, which serve as part of our professional network for arranging site visits and student internships. Some of the organizations in this network include:
Kaiser Permanente (HMO)
Blue Cross of California (HMO)
LA Care (public sector HMO)
California Department of Corporations (regulates HMOs)
LA County–USC Hospital
Cedars–Sinai Health Systems
UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles County Department of Health
California Department of Health Services
RAND Corporation