Health Care Management Graduate Certificate

Add proficiency with our online care management certification

Graduate Certificate (12 credits)

Grow your management proficiency in the fast-expanding field of business in health care with Davenport University’s graduate health care management certificate. Designed for working health care professionals like you, this health care management certificate program accommodates your schedule with 100% online classes through Davenport’s Global Campus.

Earn your Davenport graduate health care management certificate in as little as one year and then bring your skills in financial and information management, legal principles, ethics and more to in-demand business health care jobs.

Do you have a desire to earn an MBA? Your health care management certificate will give you a head start on Davenport’s MBA with a health care management concentration by applying your credits toward this graduate health care management degree.

Preparing you to effectively manage business in health care

Through your courses in the care management certification, you’ll be well-equipped with new skills in managing business in health care. You’ll get a solid grounding in ethical and legal principles in health care management while training in effective ways to manage finances and data within business health care jobs.

Complete your care management certification with a specialty course in either health care practice management for the physician’s practice or strategic management for a health care organization. Every class in Davenport’s online health care management certificate program aligns with Quality Matters (QM) and is evaluated for quality of instruction through Instructional Design.

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Courses		12 Credits
HCMG730	Ethical/Legal Prspct Health Cr This course examines the legal and ethical dimensions involved in healthcare management. Students will learn the types of laws that impact healthcare organizations, including: tort, criminal, and civil. Students will examine issues that extend beyond the legal dimension and explore ethical dilemmas that are periodically encountered by healthcare leaders. Student will study, ethical theories and be provided with ethical decision making models or processes that can assist them in critically analyzing and resolving ethical dilemmas. Note: A grade of C or better is required on the final assessment in order to earn a passing grade in this course. Applicable Course Fees can be found at https://my.davenport.edu/financial-aid/how-much-does-du-cost/tuition-and-fees. Prerequisite(s): HCMG630	3
HCMG745 or OCTH756	Healthcare Practice Management or Management of Occupational Therapy Services HCMG745 - Healthcare Practice Management 3 Credits Students in this course integrate knowledge and skills developed in previous courses into the context of health services practice management. Emphasis will be placed on the application of best business practices providing practical, proven solutions for “real-world” concerns. These include billing, coding, collections, electronic medical record, technology, workflow, office layout, staffing, compensation, reducing malpractice risk, OSHA, HIPAA, vendor relations, compliance and marketing. Students will be able to apply these methods to effectively manage any health services practice. Students will also integrate higher-level practice management principles for a healthcare organization. Emphasis will be on strong practice-to-patient relationships and adhering to a model of patient-centered medical care. Included in discussions will be operational resources related to current and future use of technology. Grade Note(s): A grade of C or better is required on the final assessment in order to earn a passing grade in this course. Prerequisite(s): HCMG 750 OCTH756 - Management of Occupational Therapy Services 3 Credits This course examines issues associated with management of health profession clinics and care services. Topics include: human resources, human management, supervision, physical resources, compliance, external influences, and fiscal management. Students will examine their own leadership style in the context of supervision and team building. Grade Note(s): All component co-requisites must be repoeated if a fialing grade is received in any one of them. The lecture and lab (L) components of each OCTH course must be successfully completed with a B- or better during the same semester Fees: Additional course fees apply. Co-requisite(s): 4th semester MSOT courses Prerequisite(s): OCTH 715 *OCTH756: Only for students accepted into the MSOT program and concurrently completing the Graduate Certificate in Health Care Management.	3
HCMG750	Financial Mgmt for Health Care The focus of this course is to provide a working knowledge of payment policies and reimbursement methodologies used in health care and how they vary by payment source (governmental, private, and capitated insurance). Methodologies used by facilities and practitioners will be applied and compared. Factors affecting payment will be discussed. Costing methodologies, revenue cycle management, purchasing strategies, budgeting, and variance analysis applied to health care are examined. Note: A grade of C or better is required on the final assessment in order to earn a passing grade in this course. Applicable Course Fees can be found at https://my.davenport.edu/financial-aid/how-much-does-du-cost/tuition-and-fees. Prerequisite(s): HCMG630	3
HCMG770	Strategic Mgt in Health Care This course integrates the knowledge and skills developed in previous courses in the Health Care Management program into the context of strategic management of health care organizations. Emphasis will be placed on the application of total quality management and/or continuous quality improvement initiatives in improving efficiency and cost containment in a health care setting. Tools for TQM and CQI will be discussed and demonstrated through casework. Students will be able to apply these methods to affect change throughout their organization. Note: A grade of C or better is required on the final assessment in order to earn a passing grade in this course. Applicable Course Fees can be found at https://my.davenport.edu/financial-aid/how-much-does-du-cost/tuition-and-fees. Prerequisite(s): HCMG630	3

Which class should I take? When should I take it?

See our Recommended Program Sequences:

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Complete your health care management certificate 100% online

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Manage business in health care, a field expected to grow 32%

Focus skills through 4 care management certification classes

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Apply 100% of your certification credits to our health care MBA

Why pursue a health care management certificate at Davenport?

Expand your professional toolkit for running a private physician’s practice or managing in a health care organization through Davenport’s health care management certificate program. Immediately apply the tools of this care management certification to your current role and have course credits to use toward a future graduate health care management degree at Davenport.

Online convenience

Take 100% of your courses in our health care management certificate program online and on your schedule in a program designed to fit your professional and personal life.

Experts on managing business in health care

Train with highly credentialed, graduate-level instructors who hold doctoral and master’s degrees and have extensive experience, both as effective health care managers and as skillful online instructors.

Real-world proficiencies

Gain the practical proficiencies managers need for business health care jobs, including costing methodologies, purchasing strategies, staffing, e-health information management and much more.

Hands-on education

Add an impressive project to your portfolio by creating a business plan for running a medical practice — a hands-on project in the certificate program’s health care practice management class.

Specialization for business health care jobs

Learn nuanced skills and strategies in one of two specialized Davenport care management certification courses: health care practice management or strategic management in health care.

Credit toward an MBA

Earn course credits in your health care management certification that apply to Davenport’s graduate health care management degree — all while gaining knowledge you can use right now.

Get started on your health care management certificate

Explore the admissions requirements and then take the next step toward earning your health care management certification at Davenport.

Talk to a graduate admissions advisor

Davenport’s admissions team is here to answer your questions. Please call us at 800.686.1600 or email us at info@davenport.edu.

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Start or advance your career managing business in health care. Request more information or begin your application now.

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Admission requirements

Current resume
Statement of Purpose
One professional recommendation

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About Davenport University

Davenport is a private, not-for-profit university with more than 150 years of experience preparing students for successful careers.

Offering over 80 degree and certificate programs, we align with top employers to design degree programs that help you gain the skills and real-world experience you need to rise above the rest. With small class sizes and campuses across Michigan or online, you’ll earn a quality education on your schedule at Davenport University.*

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Davenport University, 2023/2024 Catalog