Special Problems in Health Care Management

This course applies principles and methods from core courses to management problems that arise in a large managed care organization. The course considers problems of pricing, contracting, human resource management, quality assessment, ethics, and strategy. Students do extensive reading in the health care management field, complete case and problem set exercises, and attend administrative rounds in a major managed care organization. This course is required of all students in the Graduate Program in Health Administration and Policy. Non GPHAP students with permission of instructor.