Health Care Management - Certificate

For information, contact Professor Chris Duelfer, cduelfer@cedarcrest.edu, 610-606-4666, ext. 3410

Program Description

Health Care organizations and businesses supporting the delivery of care represent a growing area for employment and career advancement. The Health Care Management Certificate shows industry specific skills in processes analysis, management, marketing, and finance. Individuals working in the health services industry may use this learning to better understand their management role or to advance into supervisory or management positions. Others may use learning from the program to enter or transition into the health care field, with a differentiating knowledge base and the ability to communicate using terminology from the health care industry.
Students who complete the certificate in Health Care Management will be able to:

• Apply important skills of organizational management and marketing to the health care industry
• Describe and work in teams to solve administrative or leadership problems that involve health care providers or suppliers
• Contribute to the development of operating and capital budgets that affect health care services
• Interpret and explain processes and procedures that govern reimbursement, revenue cycle and cost containment in health services organizations

Program Requirements

12 Credits All four courses must be completed at Cedar Crest College

Course Requirements

BUA 211 Introduction to Health Care Systems 3 Credits
BUA 258 Health Care Management Techniques 3 Credits
BUA 340 Health Care Finance 3 Credits
BUA 341 Health Care Practice Management 3 Credits