Certificate: Revenue Management in Healthcare

Detailed Curriculum Information

The Certificate in Revenue Management will teach you the skills necessary to evaluate the performance of revenue-cycle systems and processes, and will enable you to develop an understanding of the components of the revenue cycle, the economic issues that affect the industry, and the various types of reimbursement issues worldwide.

BUDGETING IN HEALTHCARE - 3 credit hours
Course Description:  Introduction to the fiscal problems in the administration of healthcare facilities.  Special emphasis is placed on the supervisor's role in managing revenues and costs. Areas of emphasis include sources of financing, cash flow analysis, working capital management, capital budgeting, net present value, cost of capital and long-term debt and capital structures.

ECONOMIC ISSUES IN HEALTHCARE - 3 credit hours
Course Description:  Fundamental economic concepts are studied and applied to current healthcare issues.  Analysis of public expenditure and taxation programs of the U.S. federal government.  Expenditures analysis focuses on social security, healthcare and welfare programs. Economic drivers and their impacts on the healthcare system are also studied.

HEALTHCARE REIMBURSEMENT SYSTEMS - 3 credit hours
Course Description:  A study of the current healthcare reimbursement systems as well as the history of those systems in America. Special emphasis is placed on the policies and procedures of government and major third party systems.