| Course ID: | HPAM 7010. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Introduction to Health Policy and Management |
Course
Description: | A detailed look at the organization and financing of the United
States health care system. Topics include policy and management
issues affecting patients, providers, and payers; the role of
government in addressing cost, quality, and access; and the
relationship between policy and management in their historical,
economic, and political context. |
| Oasis Title: | Intro to Health Policy Mgmt |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in HPAM 7010E |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
1. Describe the policy making process.
2. Describe the United States Health Care System and be able to
compare the U.S. system with other global systems.
3. Explain the underlying economic concepts of the health care
market place.
4. Explain the role of insurance in the system and distinguish
between public and private financing mechanisms.
5. Identify and communicate the basics of health care reform and
the Affordable Care Act.
6. Discuss the role of law and ethics in the U.S. health care
system.
7. Explain the dynamic interplay of cost, quality, access,
politics, and value in the system. |
| Topical Outline: | I. The Policy Making Process
a. Theory of Policy Making
b. Policy Framework
c. Basics of Policy Analysis
II. The U.S. Health Care System
a. Organization
b. Public vs. Private Provision of Health Care
c. Public vs. Private Financing of Health Care
III. Comparative Health Systems
a. Global Comparison of Provision and Financing of Care
b. Global Comparison of Cost, Quality, Access, and Outcomes
IV. Concepts in Health Economics
a. Market Failures
b. Risk
c. Moral Hazard
V. Public Insurance
a. Medicaid
b. SCHIP
c. Medicare
VI. Private Insurance
a. Types of Insurance
VII. Health Care Reform
a. Basics of the Affordable Care Act
b. Supreme Court of the United States and the ACA
c. Alternative Reform Plans
VIII. Public Health Law
a. Constitutional – Police Powers
b. Statutory – HIPAA, ERISA, etc.
c. Case Law – Abortion, Privacy, etc.
IX. Quality and Access – Equity
X. Costs and Value – Efficiency
XI. Public Health Ethics
a. Process-based Approach to Policy
b. Outcomes-based Approach to Policy |