Health Care Administration

The expanding field of health care administration seeks professionals with specialized training in business and health care operations to oversee administrative functions, manage medical and health services, and to plan, direct, and coordinate the business activities in health care organizations and related industries. Expert faculty in our undergraduate and graduate programs provide competency-based education and training in the development of critical skills including business and finance, communication, leadership and management.

Programs

Health Care Administration Courses

HCA 203 Human Life Cycle

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Views of leading theorists and recent research in the field of human development will be presented with emphasis on biopsychosocial aspects of the five major stages of development from prenatal through senescence.

Prerequisites: soph st or cons instr.

General Education Requirements: SS

Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HCA 212 Drugs Used and Abused

HCA 220 Leading Healthcare Professionals

HCA 220X Leading Healthcare Professionals

HCA 245 Client Diversity in Health Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Interdisciplinary instruction on effective service delivery in the health sciences to culturally diverse individuals and families. Emphasis on the complexity of an individual's cultural identity.

Prerequisites: soph st or cons instr.

Course Rules: BMS(C L Sci)/ComSDis/HCA/Kin(HMS)/OccThpy/TherRec 245 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.

General Education Requirements: CD, SS

Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HCA 249 Writing for Professional Development in Health Administration

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Administrative writing and communication for professional development in the health professions, focused on the preparation of health care administration students for a professional work setting.

Prerequisites: satisfaction of OWC-A.

General Education Requirements: OWCB

Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HCA 260 Gerontology for Health Care Administrators

HCA 290 Selected Topics in Health Information Administration:

HCA 297 Study Abroad

1-12 cr. Undergraduate.

Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work level, content and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.

Prerequisites: acceptance to Study Abroad Prog.

Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.

Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2010, Summer 2008.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HCA 300 Professional Development Seminar for Health Administration Students

1 cr. Undergraduate.

This course prepares health care administration undergraduate students to explore related career options and to succeed in obtaining internships, jobs and/or graduate school admission.

Prerequisites: junior standing and admitted to HCA major; or consent of instructor.

Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HCA 307 Epidemiology for the Health Sciences

HCA 333 Health Organizations Professional Practice Standards

2 cr. Undergraduate.

Overview of regulatory statutes, licensure requirements, accreditation and other professional practice standards that affect healthcare organizations including considerations of governmental oversight in health related and residential settings. Incorporates long-term care competencies for administration and licensure.

Prerequisites: junior standing or consent of instructor.

Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HCA 340 Healthcare Process Measurement

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Compilation and presentation of healthcare statistics; use of statistical analysis and graphic presentation of data to examine healthcare processes and support decision-making.

Prerequisites: junior standing or consent of instructor.

Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HCA 361 Post-Acute Care and Management

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Examines healthcare services provided after leaving a hospital; emphasizes the management and coordination of these services and organizations that provide them, to ensure optimal transitions between healthcare services and settings.

Prerequisites: jr st or consent of instructor.

Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HCA 362 Legal and Regulatory Aspects of Long-Term Care Facilities

HCA 400 Healthcare Marketing

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Examines basic marketing principles and applies them to the healthcare field; analyzes the diversity of the healthcare consumer's definition of care, and the need to distinguish between individual patients versus corporate America as customer.

Prerequisites: junior standing or consent of instructor.

Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HCA 411 Disease Classification Systems I

HCA 421 Operations Management in Healthcare Organizations

HCA 422 Human Resource Management in Healthcare Organizations

HCA 423 Health Information Administration in Specialized Healthcare Facilites

HCA 430 Patient Registration Management

HCA 444 Introduction to Text Retrieval and Its Applications in Biomedicine

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Introduction to text retrieval, text classification and their biomedical applications; topics include: indexing, query processing, and document retrieval methods.

Prerequisites: junior standing; COMPSCI 351(P) or HCA 442(P).

Course Rules: COMPSCI 444 and HCA 444 are jointly offered and count as repeats of one another.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HCA 444G Introduction to Text Retrieval and Its Applications in Biomedicine

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Introduction to text retrieval, text classification and their biomedical applications; topics include: indexing, query processing, and document retrieval methods.

Prerequisites: junior standing; COMPSCI 351(P) or HCA 442(P).

Course Rules: COMPSCI 444 and HCA 444 are jointly offered and count as repeats of one another.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HCA 450 Healthcare Quality Management

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Theory and development of quality assessment programs in healthcare for patient care improvement; focus on outcomes assessment, operations assessment and improvement; governance, administration, medical staff involvement including quality, patient experience, safety, risk and utilization management.

Prerequisites: KIN 270(P) or MTHSTAT 215(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HCA 460 Healthcare Reimbursement Systems and Policies

HCA 480 Competency-Based Internship in Long-Term Care Facilities

HCA 497 Study Abroad

1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work level, content, and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.

Prerequisites: jr st; acceptance to Study Abroad Prog.

Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.

Last Taught: UWinteriM 2019, Summer 2008.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HCA 497G Study Abroad

1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work level, content, and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.

Prerequisites: jr st; acceptance to Study Abroad Prog.

Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.

Last Taught: UWinteriM 2019, Summer 2008.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HCA 502 Healthcare Delivery Systems: National and International Perspectives

HCA 520 Clinical Practicum

HCA 521 Advanced Systems Thinking and Strategy for Healthcare Leaders

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Provides a view of organizational theory and strategy with applications to the institutional operations in the healthcare industry; capstone course providing an in-depth view of systems theory, strategy formulation and implementation in healthcare leadership.

Prerequisites: junior standing or consent of instructor.

Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HCA 540 Health Information Professional Practice

HCA 541 Healthcare Information Systems Analysis and Design

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Overview of health facility computerized information systems. Information systems theory, systems analysis, and implementation of computer systems from a managerial/planning perspective.

Prerequisites: junior standing or greater; or consent of instructor.

Last Taught: Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HCA 541G Healthcare Information Systems Analysis and Design

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Overview of health facility computerized information systems. Information systems theory, systems analysis, and implementation of computer systems from a managerial/planning perspective.

Prerequisites: junior standing or greater; or consent of instructor.

Last Taught: Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HCA 542 Healthcare Database Design and Management

HCA 542G Healthcare Database Design and Management

HCA 580 Health Care Administration Internship

4 cr. Undergraduate.

Capstone course/Internship experience with administrators in health care agencies and health-related organizations (e.g., hospitals/health systems, ambulatory care/group practices, managed care, rehabilitation facilities, residential/long-term care).

Prerequisites: senior standing in HCA program or consent of instructor; consent of internship coordinator.

Course Rules: May be retaken to max of 12 cr.

Last Taught: Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HCA 590 Topics in Health Sciences:

1-3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Topics of current interest within the field of health sciences. The theme for each semester's offering will be posted.

Prerequisites: junior standing; consent of instructor for graduate credit.

Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to max of 9 cr for grad students.

Last Taught: Fall 2018, Summer 2018.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HCA 590G Topics in Health Sciences:

1-3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Topics of current interest within the field of health sciences. The theme for each semester's offering will be posted.

Prerequisites: junior standing; consent of instructor for graduate credit.

Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to max of 9 cr for grad students.

Last Taught: Fall 2018, Summer 2018.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HCA 699 Advanced Independent Study:

HCA 699G Advanced Independent Study:

HCA 800 Value Based Care Models

3 cr. Graduate.

Overview of the major issues related to design, function, management, regulation, and evaluation of health insurance and managed care plans and implications for population health management.

Prerequisites: graduate standing and admission to MHA major or admission to Value-Based Healthcare certificate; or consent of instructor.

Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2023.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HCA 801 Design of Health and Human Service Systems

3 cr. Graduate.

Develop and apply skills in analysis, synthesis and evaluation of systemic components necessary to delivery health care services in the United States of America. Counts as repeat of HCA 590 of same topic.

Prerequisites: grad st; admis to MHA major; or cons instr

Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HCA 813 Health Regulatory Policy and Politics

3 cr. Graduate.

Social and political foundations of healthcare regulations including legal factors affecting patient/client care, operations, the administration of healthcare facilities and systems.

Prerequisites: grad st; admis to MHA major; or cons instr

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of HCA 590 of same topic.

Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HCA 821 Operations Management in Healthcare Organizations

HCA 822 Human Resources Management for Healthcare Executives

3 cr. Graduate.

Human resources management functions, processes and systems within healthcare organizations including recruitment, selection, training of personnel and the legal and regulatory environment.

Prerequisites: grad st; admis to MHA major; or cons instr.

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of HCA 590 of same topic.

Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HCA 823 Strategic Planning in Health Care Organizations

HCA 830 Social Media & Healthcare: Opportunities & Pitfalls

3 cr. Graduate.

Social media for healthcare providers, self-management, disease surveillance, mood/depression detection, social support for patients with chronic diseases. Social media as platforms for collaboration.

Prerequisites: grad st; admis to MHA or MS-HCI program; or cons instr

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of HCA 590 of same topic.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HCA 835 Patient-Provider Communication: Strategies & Practices

3 cr. Graduate.

Communication techniques including technological skills, social media skills, inter-cultural skills and the ability to understand the new and evolving empowered patients. Counts as repeat of HCA 590 of same topic.

Prerequisites: grad st; admis to MHA or MS-HCI program; or cons instr

Last Taught: Spring 2017.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HCA 843 Quantitative Methods for Healthcare Administrators

3 cr. Graduate.

Basic and intermediate methods that healthcare administrators and their teams use to analyze quantifiable data, including individual and group exploration into the terminology, application, selection, evaluation, and communication of these methods and their results.

Prerequisites: grad st; admis to MHA major; or cons instr.

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of HCA 590 with similiar topic.

Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HCA 865 Financial Management for Health Care Organizations

3 cr. Graduate.

Skills in analysis, synthesis and evaluation of advanced financial management theories, principles, concepts and techniques important to health management.

Prerequisites: grad st; admis to MHA major; or cons instr

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of HCA 590 of same topic.

Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HCA 866 Leading Change & Innovation in a System

3 cr. Graduate.

Management of innovation business projects, including multi-tier contracting, virtual manufacturing, quality targeting and pursuit, and global operations. Counts as repeat of HCA 590 of same topic.

Prerequisites: grad st; admis to MHA major; or cons instr

Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2020.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HCA 867 Global Population Health Management

3 cr. Graduate.

Examines the challenges and opportunities to improving health within and across populations, as well as models of value-driven accountable care.

Prerequisites: graduate standing and admis to MHA program; or consent of instructor.

Last Taught: Summer 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HCA 868 Health Law and Ethics

3 cr. Graduate.

Critical examination for healthcare specific issues and differences from other industries; financial and accounting practice; legal requirements and constraints; ethical issues facing healthcare managers.

Prerequisites: grad st; admis to MHA major; or cons instr.

Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HCA 869 Health Care Compliance

3 cr. Graduate.

Fundamentals of health care compliance, following Health Care Compliance Association expectations. Partial preparation for Certification in Healthcare Compliance (CHC) exam offered by Compliance Certification Board.

Prerequisites: grad st; or cons instr.

Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HCA 870 Internship in Health Care Administration

HCA 871 MHA Capstone

1 cr. Graduate.

Capstone course in which students demonstrate mastery of integration and synthesis of didactic and experiential coursework. Facilitates the turning point from education to professional practice.

Prerequisites: grad st; admis to MHA; or cons instr

Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HCA 909 Guided Teaching Experience in Health Sciences

3 cr. Graduate.

This course provides the student, under the supervision of a faculty member, with the opportunity to design, deliver, and evaluate an undergraduate course.

Prerequisites: graduate standing, one of the following: ATRAIN 900(P), OCCTHPY 900(P), PRPP 900(P), or PT 900(P), and consent of instructor.

Course Rules: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only. ATRAIN 909, BMS 909, COMSDIS 909, HCA 909, KIN 909, OCCTHPY 909, PT 909, and PRPP 909 are jointly offered and count as repeats of one another.

Last Taught: Spring 2021, Fall 2015.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HCA 990 Research and Dissertation

Health Sciences Courses

HS 101 Introduction to Health and Disease

HS 102 Healthcare Delivery in the United States

3 cr.

An introduction to healthcare delivery focusing on consumers, providers, organization, financing, quality and utilization of services, health planning, and political and governmental impacts.

Prerequisites: none.

Course Rules: CGS HES 102 and HS 102 are jointly offered and count as repeats of one another.

Last Taught: Summer 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HS 102X Healthcare Delivery in the United States

3 cr.

An introduction to healthcare delivery focusing on consumers, providers, organization, financing, quality and utilization of services, health planning, and political and governmental impacts.

Prerequisites: none.

Course Rules: CGS HES 102 and HS 102 are jointly offered and count as repeats of one another.

Last Taught: Summer 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HS 105 Survey of the Health Professions

3 cr.

An introduction to health professions, professional pathways, their work settings, and roles on the healthcare team. Other topics include: patient-professional communication, patient characteristics, medical terminology.

Prerequisites: none.

Course Rules: CGS HES 105 and HS 105 are jointly offered and count as repeats of one another.

General Education Requirements: SS

Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HS 105X Survey of the Health Professions

3 cr.

Prerequisites: none.

Course Rules: CGS HES 105 and HS 105 are jointly offered and count as repeats of one another.

General Education Requirements: SS

Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HS 222 Language of Medicine

HS 224 Computational Tools for Healthcare Professionals

HS 250 Allied Health Information Methods

2 cr. Undergraduate.

Techniques and processes used by allied health personnel to translate thought and behavior into an acceptable style and format for documentation of activities.

Prerequisites: soph st; grade of C or better in English 102(P) or score at level 4 on EPT.

Last Taught: Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HS 251 Health Documentation

HS 311 Law and Ethics for Healthcare Professionals

3 cr. Undergraduate.

An introduction to law and ethics as it relates to healthcare including bioethics. Topics include contracts, torts, damages, negligence, malpractice, litigation and trial proceedings, and ethics in clinical and business decision-making.

Prerequisites: junior standing or consent of instructor.

Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2023.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HS 311X Law and Ethics for Healthcare Professionals

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Prerequisites: junior standing or consent of instructor.

Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2023.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

HS 917 Seminar in Health Outcomes Assessment

Name	Rank	Degree	School	Graduate Faculty	Emeritus Faculty
Jennifer Fink	Associate Professor	PhD	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	Yes	No
Rene Gratz	Professor	PhD		No	Yes
Mary K. Madsen	Professor	PhD		No	Yes
Kathleen Olewinski	Clinical Associate Professor	MS, RHIA, NHA, FACHE	Cardinal Stritch University	No	No
Gary Ross	Clinical Associate Professor	PhD	University of Kentucky	No	No
Hanh Trinh	Associate Professor	PhD	Medical College of Virginia	No	No
Barbara J. Zabawa	Clinical Assistant Professor	JD, MPH	University of Wisconsin-Madison	No	No

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