HS652 Healthcare Policy (3 cr.)

This course examines the ethical and legal dimensions of healthcare administration.  Topics include ethical issues, public policy, regulation and compliance standards impacting healthcare finance and delivery; frameworks for ethical decision making; socioeconomic impacts on public policy; and strategies influencing the policymaking process.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Apply frameworks for ethical administrative decision making.
2. Analyze policies and laws impacting the structure and financing of healthcare delivery.
3. Evaluate the role of regional and national regulations on healthcare.
4. Identify and explain approaches to influence and lobby in order to impact the development and implementation of public policy.