Subject: Healthcare Administration
Course Number: 203
Course Title: Leadership: Healthcare Policy
Units: 3
School: Graduate Division
Department: Healthcare Administration Program

Course Description: This course examines key tenets of healthcare policy including regulation and licensure, education and deployment of the health workforce, public health systems, the legislative process and health legislation such as the Affordable Care Act, and basics about state and federal health programs including Medicare and Medicaid. Students will explore the environment outside an organizations vertical structure and examine supports and barriers to initiating structural change.
Prerequisites: HLTH ADMIN 200A, HLTH ADMIN 200B, HLTH ADMIN 207A
Restrictions: enrollment in MS-HAIL program
Activities: Student - Independent Study, Asynchronous - Independent Study, Synchronous - Seminar

Instructor of Record: B. Mertz
May the student choose the instructor for this course? No
Does enrollment in this course require instructor approval? No

Quarter(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Course Grading Convention: Letter Grade
Graduate Division course: Yes
Is this a web-based online course? No
Is this an Interprofessional Education (IPE) course? No
May students in the Graduate Division (i.e. pursuing Master or PhD) enroll in this course? Yes
Repeat course for credit? No