Master of Business Administration Health Care

About the Master of Business Administration Health Care

The MBA Health Care is designed for current and future health care professionals -from the health care administrator to the vice president of operations – seeking to lead in a rapidly growing and changing industry.

In an economic environment where organizations must operate as efficiently as possible while still offering high-quality patient care, today’s leaders must understand the interdependencies within the health care organization and make decisions in highly dynamic industry. The health care management degree program teaches students the fundamentals of business as they apply to the health care sector. A bachelor’s degree is required for admission into the online MBA Health Care program.

Relevant Curriculum

The curriculum of the MBA health administration program is designed to address current issues in health care today. Students learn about building and running accountable care organizations, handling the ethical and political issues in a health care system, operating a transparent organization and much more. With changes in legislation and a push toward highly efficient organizations, leading in health care today requires holistic management and strong functional business knowledge.

A business degree at its core, American Sentinel’s MBA Health Care combines a cutting-edge program of study and market-relevant health care instruction to produce capable, strategic leaders.

Course Highlights

Our rigorous curriculum covers a breadth of issues in health care today. Here are a few of the MBA Health Care program’s key courses:

  • Health Care Strategic Management (HCA542): Teaches students to alter their focus from that of strategic planners to strategic managers capable of making just-in-time decisions based on business intelligence. Discusses the importance of responding quickly to regulatory and funding changes.
  • Risk Management for Health Care Organizations (HCA550): A contemporary, broad risk management course that examines all levels of organizational risk, from facility risk to legal and regulatory risk to employment risk.
  • Performance Improvement in Health Care (HCA560): Focuses on moving an organization forward as a learning organization, while adhering to performance metrics and expectations. Covers a variety of techniques for quality improvement and how to develop services for diverse populations.
  • Health Care Marketing (HCA515): Explores service line and product line development as well as the role of communications professionals in a health care organization. Covers social media marketing and other current marketing trends.
  • Health Care Information Resources Management (HCA538): Discusses the importance of selecting the right information technology for the health care enterprise.

View the entire MBA Health Care curriculum.

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the MBA Health Care will be able to:

  • Lead and collaborate with other professionals and communities in planning, providing and improving health care services and systems.
  • Effectively manage the performance of health care professionals in diverse organizational environments.
  • Integrate multiple functional and professional perspectives to create innovative solutions to complex problems.
  • Use theoretical knowledge and contemporary research for evidence-based decision-making.
  • Lead others in the acceptance of accountability, responsibility and stewardship for an organization’s action and judgments.
  • Address the legal, regulatory and ethical challenges of the health care industry.

American Sentinel University is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC), which is listed by the U.S. Department of Education as a nationally recognized accrediting agency and is a recognized member of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. Learn more about American Sentinel’s accreditation.

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Curriculum

Completion of the MBA Health Care degree requires 36 credit hours. Students may be eligible to transfer up to 18 credit hours from previous graduate study.

Undergraduate prerequisite courses may be required depending on an applicant’s background. The number of courses will be determined upon transcript evaluation during the admissions process. Prerequisite courses cannot be used to fulfill MBA Health Care course requirements and must be completed before beginning the program. Talk to an advisor about required prerequisite courses.

COURSESCREDIT HOURS*
REQUIRED COURSES (36 credit hours)
ACC510 Financial and Managerial Accounting 3
HCA520 Modern Organizations and Health Care 3
HCA510 Health Services Management 3
HCA515 Health Care Marketing 3
HCA525 Statistics for Health Care Administration 3
HCA530 Health Care Financial Management 3
HCA538 Health Care Information Resources Management 3
HCA542 Health Care Strategic Management 3
HCA550 Risk Management for Health Care Organizations 3
HCA560 Performance Improvement in Health Care 3
HCA599 Health Care Management Capstone 3
N525 Human Resource Management 3
* Credit hours are equivalent to semester hours

Career and Industry News

Business

  • Making New Product Introductions Work, Come Hell or High Water >> Read Story
  • Don’t Miss Important Geographic Factors in Strategic Planning >> Read Story
  • Taking Real Responsibility for Business Decisions >> Read Story

American Sentinel University Business Blog:
Subscribe for updates to via RSS OR by Email

Health Care

  • Critical Care Travel Nurse Turns Her Career to Teaching >> Read Story
  • Longtime Pediatric Nurse Turns to American Sentinel to Strengthen Her Skills as a Nurse Educator >> Read Story
  • American Sentinel Donates to Nurse-Family Partnership in Honor of National Nurses Week 2013 >> Read Story

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MBA Health Care Grad Gains New Perspective, Becomes Mentor

Kendon Howard, married father of three, was concerned about committing time to a graduate degree. But with American Sentinel's flexible online format, he says, "all course work is available whenever I have time – like after the kids go to sleep or early on a Saturday. My life may be busy, but time for work, school, and family balanced out well." Earning his MBA "completely changed the way I view the roles of management and executives. The MBA Health Care program let me learn alongside a diverse group of professionals with situations similar to mine." >> Read full story.

Career Opportunities in Health Care Leadership

The American Sentinel MBA Health Care prepares leaders for success in one of the country's fastest-growing industries. Health care executives and managers plan, direct, coordinate and supervise the delivery of health care and manage the overall organization. They may manage entire business units within a health care organization as well as a variety of people and teams. Today's health care leaders must be prepared to deal with the integration of technology into the traditional health care system, and a variety of challenges facing the industry, including uninsured Americans and rising insurance costs. Health care leaders are increasingly being required to both improve the quality of care as well as the administration of the organization.

The American Sentinel health care management degree will give you a great foundation in the fundamentals of health care leadership. Learn more about the Bureau of Labor Statistics outlook for medical and health services managers.

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