Advance in Your Career in Healthcare Administration
The 15-credit Healthcare Administration certificate provides foundational knowledge of the health care field combined with business, finance, electronic records management and emergency management. This diverse course blending, balanced with health and management cores, prepares graduates for career placement or advancement in the healthcare field.
The five online courses required for this certificate are offered in 8-week sessions with a required 90-minute weekly synchronous online component. The weekly synchronous meeting allows you to interact with faculty and fellow students in real-time.
START NOW GRANT: Apply and get admitted in the 2024-2025 academic year to be eligible to receive the Start Now Grant which gives you a 30% discount off the current tuition rate for your first 15 credits, an opportunity to save over $4,000!
Learning Outcomes
- Apply leadership and management concepts and theory to effectively devise and facilitate sustainable organizational processes, operations and strategies.
- Demonstrate advanced knowledge and competence in applying financial management models to health care organizations.
- Apply health care law, ethics, and the protection of electronic records to policy and procedure development.
Learn to succeed in positions like:
- Hospital Administrator
- Health Care Practice Manager
- Insurance Compliance Manager
- Medical Facility Manager
- Physician Office Manager
- Home Health Care Manager
- Human Resources Manager
- Administrative Medical Assistant
Certificate Curriculum (15 credits)
- HCA 210 The Business of Healthcare
- HCA 310 Electronic Healthcare Systems
- HCA 320 Crisis (Emergency) Management
- HCA 355 Financial Reimbursement in Healthcare
- BPS 472 Organizational Leadership
Requirement for admission – Prior higher education experience required.