MHA

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MHA

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2026-2027

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2026-2027 Catalog

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This course or is equivalent is used to demonstrate knowledge of statistics for the MHA program. 0.00

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MHA

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2026-2027

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2026-2027 Catalog

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The Research Methods or equivalent course for the MHA program. 0.00

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MHA

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course

Edition

2026-2027

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2026-2027 Catalog

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catalog.delval.edu

This course provides a prescriptive and analytic overview of the history, economic matrix and current operation of the US healthcare industry and its impact on the evolution of healthcare in the U.S. Emphasis will be placed on analysis of organizational components, health policy, healthcare delivery mechanisms, access to care, health services personnel, national demography, mortality and morbidity, political influence, and sociological forces that have and continue to shape healthcare as we know it. Students will identify, explore, analyze and compare current systems and identify opportunities for reform or fundamental restructuring. 3 hours lecture 3 credits

Subject

MHA

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3

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3

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course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

2026-2027 Catalog

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catalog.delval.edu

This course provides an overview of the various types of services and housing options available to chronically ill and frail older adult populations in the U.S. A focus of the course is the environment and regulatory policies that impact access and availability of long-term services and support for adults with disabilities. Consumer and provider perspectives are defined as they relate to the quality of life issues in the community. 3 Hours Lecture 3 Credits

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MHA

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3

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3

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Hours

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course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

2026-2027 Catalog

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catalog.delval.edu

An introduction to law and the legal system as it relates to the delivery and financing of health care; corporate liability; medical malpractice; admission and discharge processes; medical staff bylaws; informed consent; patients’ rights; medical records; governmental regulation of personnel and health facilities; legal aspects of human resource administration in health care; liability and corporate responsibility; ethical concerns in the practice, distribution and administration of healthcare; personal, professional, and organizational ethical dilemmas and decision-making responsibilities; faith traditions; theories, principles and methods that influence reasoning, analysis and argument in contemporary health care ethics. 3 Hours Lecture 3 Credits

Subject

MHA

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3

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3

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Hours

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course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

2026-2027 Catalog

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catalog.delval.edu

As healthcare evolves, many organizations are changing their focus beyond individual patient care and moving toward managing the health of populations. This course introduces concepts of population health and leadership which may be applied to challenges faced within healthcare systems. Prominence is placed on methodologies used by project managers to sustain population health teams through organizational changes. 3 Hours Lecture 3 Credits

Subject

MHA

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3

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3

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Hours

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course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

2026-2027 Catalog

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catalog.delval.edu

Marketing concepts as applied to health services organizations; consumer behavior; market segmentation; target marketing; marketing research; management and control of marketing mix variables; assessing the internal and external environment; competitor analysis; service design/performance as they interact with marketing plans; buyer behavior; segmentation; market research; products/services; pricing, distribution, promotion, and marketing control. 3 Hours Lecture 3 Credits

Subject

MHA

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3

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3

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Hours

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course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

2026-2027 Catalog

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catalog.delval.edu

This course explores the framework of value-based care and its impact on consumers, providers, employers and policy makers. Emphasis is placed on the changing landscape of healthcare, including waste in the system, the scope of current solutions and the implementation of value-based programs. Challenges to accessing care and its impact on the healthcare system are researched. 3 Hours Lecture 3 Credits

Subject

MHA

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3

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3

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Hours

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

2026-2027 Catalog

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catalog.delval.edu

Financial management functions and organizations; financial statement analysis; working capital management; present value analysis; capital budgeting; cost of capital; variance analysis; financing techniques; financial analysis case studies; cost allocation; capital acquisition and budgeting; pricing of services; time value analysis; reimbursement; financial risk and return; revenue cycle; financial viability; basic accounting transactions; financial report preparation; concepts of accrual vs. cash accounting; not-for-profit health care accounting; analysis of health care organization financial reports; spreadsheet use to make financial decisions; healthcare reimbursement and theory; reading and analyzing healthcare financial statements; recording transactions; analysis of cost and budgetary controls; interpretation and utilization of accounting reports and statements; auditing; provider behavior; patient access and demand; insurance; expenditures; premium rate setting; cost and utilization rates; HMO rate setting; private and public healthcare reimbursement systems under managed care; financial aspects of integration; managing resources; profitability; cost and pricing models; exploring the interaction financial, strategic, organizational policy and the external environment information on decisions; economic models of supply and demand; competition; market power; labor choices; production functions and efficiency are applied to the health sector; integrated care delivery systems; application of economic principles to the allocation of scarce resources in health care. 3 Hours Lecture 3 Credits

Subject

MHA

Credits (min)

3

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3

Credit unit

Hours

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

2026-2027 Catalog

Source

catalog.delval.edu

Leadership concepts and disease management principles as employed in health care organizations; skills required to solve the most pressing operational problems found across departments within today’s complex health care institutions, including effective approaches to communication, change and conflict management, quality improvement, monitoring, and measurement, cultural competence, patient safety, organizational relationships, performance, power, and group dynamics; case-based approach. 3 Hours Lecture 3 Credits

Subject

MHA

Credits (min)

3

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3

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Hours

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

2026-2027 Catalog

Source

catalog.delval.edu

This is a survey course that provides an overview of healthcare information technology and its application in modern healthcare organizations. This course focuses on how healthcare organizations use information technology to organize and analyze health records to improve healthcare outcomes through efficient workflow, transaction processing and data analytics. Health Informatics deals with the resources, devices and methods to utilize acquisition, storage, retrieval, and computation of information in health and medicine. 3 Hours Lecture 3 Credits

Subject

MHA

Credits (min)

3

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3

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Hours

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

2026-2027 Catalog

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catalog.delval.edu

Essential data analytics skill set that can be applied across the continuum of healthcare service and delivery; core functions of data analysis; visualization and presentation; data mining strategies; database management; modelling of trends and population health management applications; projects that integrate an understanding of health data and analytic strategies that are appropriate for making strategic choices in health policy and general healthcare delivery research and management within the Triple Aim framework. 3 Hours Lecture 3 Credits

Subject

MHA

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Hours

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

2026-2027 Catalog

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catalog.delval.edu

Introduces the theoretical application of statistical quality management in health care, as well as the practical application of quality improvement methods in health care settings; customer driven process involving team and process thinking and application of statistical tools to way in which work is accomplished; knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to implement, facilitate, and coordinate continuous quality improvement activities in health care environments; provides students with knowledge, skills, and tools including lean/six sigma, to implement, facilitate, and coordinate continuous quality improvement activities in health care environments; develop, implement, and test a solution to improve health care or public health delivery, using a model called the Model for Improvement. The model uses three questions to scope the improvement project and four steps, Plan-Do-Check-Act, to implement and test solutions. 3 Hours Lecture 3 Credits

Subject

MHA

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Hours

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

2026-2027 Catalog

Source

catalog.delval.edu

Comprehensive review of population health approaches, strategies, and programs designed to improve consumers’ access and quality of care while managing costs; policy implications and delivery of population health approaches within the health sector; their impact on consumers and providers, and consumer engagement programs throughout the continuum of care; integrates social determinant identification; basic managerial epidemiological concepts; patient-reported outcomes (PROs) include measures of health status, quality of life, and satisfaction with healthcare; how to design and evaluate a PRO measure and best practices for integrating PRO in clinical research and healthcare settings; analyzing the internal operations of a health care institution, including governance, departmental structure, planning and financial management, and human resources development, as well as the external environments impacting the organization. 3 Hours Lecture 3 Credits

Subject

MHA

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Hours

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

2026-2027 Catalog

Source

catalog.delval.edu

In the capstone course, students apply and demonstrate knowledge, theories, principles, methods, skills, competencies, values, and perspectives developed throughout the MHA curriculum to resolve “real” health administration challenges. The focus of this course is on the creation of a Capstone Project that’s designed to integrate the components of healthcare organizational strategy development and execution. The course will cover the following content areas: Techniques for determining strategies for unique services; integration of strategy, structure, and administrative systems; how to lead organizational challenges (e.g., organization change, building strong culture, developing effective teams, resolving conflicts, implementing effective motivational systems, and nurturing a learning organization); self-development; organizational design and governance; power, politics and conflict; human resource processes; and organizational change and innovation; micro and macro organizational behavior theories; processes of communication, value analysis, problem solving and decision making are explored at an individual, team and organizational level; models of leadership. The final capstone project will require students to: Integrate the specialized disciplines and knowledge learned from previous MHA courses through the use of case analyses and action research. Students are challenged to formulate strategies that address complex problems and situations faced by managers of health services organizations. Students will utilize industry case studies to research and examine issues associated with strategic change and the alignment of health services organizations within their environment. Students will present solutions to these issues to a board of higher education faculty and administration, healthcare executives and experts from the community, who will challenge students to formulate and inform strategies and business plans to address problems faced today in the world of health care delivery” . “Provides students with the opportunity to analyze and observe executive role models and to assess and develop their own management philosophies” . “This course requires students to conduct individual integrative projects that address and analyze topics important both to the student and the preceptor through demonstration of program-defined competencies” 3 Hours Lecture 3 Credits

Subject

MHA

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Hours

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

2026-2027 Catalog

Source

catalog.delval.edu

Three in-person sessions scheduled at the beginning, middle, end of the MHA Program. This approach offers a personal aspect to the graduate program that is important for connections and relationships to develop. This experience also reinforces and aligns with the university’s strategic mission to embed practical and relevant experiential learning throughout appropriate junctures in the MHA programs. Events and learning opportunities might include but are not limited to: . 48-hour visits with a “touring” component and a faculty component o For example, for a Friday-Saturday visit; MHA students would arrive Friday late afternoon/early evening for a networking event/cocktail hour. On Saturday the students would have the opportunity to tour several area health agencies and meet with the providers and administrators in these respective organizations. . Time should be scheduled to not only participate in a guided tour but also to have a “Meet and Greet” with the key personnel who are responsible for the oversight of the organization. . On Saturday, guest speakers (perhaps senior leaders and executives from various sectors of healthcare, higher education, the MHA Advisory Council etc.) could speak with the students. . In addition, the MHA faculty, industry leaders etc., could hold “lightening rounds” about their career path, research, teaching, and service. . To end the session, time could be set aside to reinforce key topics/skills: professionalism, leadership, departmental “deep dives”, networking; and case studies could be utilized to further examine topics from an integrative standpoint. . Ted Talk style presentations 3 Hours Lecture

Subject

MHA

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

2026-2027 Catalog

Source

catalog.delval.edu