Health Finance and Management
Overview
The goal of this certificate program is to facilitate the development of knowledge and skills in the areas of management, finance and leadership within healthcare. The primary focus of the program is the U.S. health system. This certificate program can be completed online.
Eligibility
The intended audience includes current degree students in the Bloomberg School of Public Health who are interested in health management and finance issues. MPH students enrolled in the Management and Leadership concentration and JHSPH MAS degree students are not eligible to apply. Non-degree students who want to focus exclusively on current topics in health services management and finance are encouraged to apply for the certificate program. Please note: for non-degree students, applications must reflect a first or third term start date.
Educational Objectives
Upon completion of the certificate program in Health Finance and Management, students will be able to:
- Describe the organization and primary financial systems of the U.S. healthcare delivery system
- Describe current key policy and programmatic health care payment methodologies, and the impact of evolving value-based models.
- Describe and apply key models (e.g. ACO) to optimize health care organization and delivery.
- Evaluate various models of management and leadership, and leadership traits and characteristics necessary to meet the needs of complex and collaborative health care delivery systems.
- Discuss challenges and opportunities related to the use and integration of data, data-gathering, and other aspects of health care information systems to improve efficiency and effectiveness within the health care delivery system.
Admissions Process
Applicants must review the How to Apply page for important deadlines and information about the application process, including links to the declaration of intent forms that current JHSPH students must complete.
The certificate program's review committee will review the applications and notify each applicant of their admissions decision. Only those approved and notified by the certificate admissions committee may earn the certificate.
Requirements for Successful Completion
A minimum of 18 credits is required for certification. All required and elective courses must be taken for a letter grade; a minimum grade of C is required in all certificate coursework and students must maintain a 2.75 or better overall GPA for all certificate coursework. The certificate program length is flexible; however, the certificate must be completed within three years.
The student should review the section of the website that addresses completion before completing certificate program requirements.The student's transcript will not indicate that the certificate was earned until the Notification of Completion has been submitted, verified by the certificate program and processed by the Registrar.
Course of Study
Students should check the course catalog to confirm when the courses are offered. The term and time may change from what is listed in the table below. Students should also check for pre-requisites and whether the instructor consent is required.
Course No. | Course Title | No. Credits | Online Term | Campus Term |
Introduction to Online Learning All students are required to complete this free course before taking other online courses. | 0 | 1,2,3,4, Summer | - | |
Academic and Research Ethics at JHSPH All students are required to complete this free online course during their first term of study. | 0 | 1, 2, 3,4 Summer | - | |
Required Courses | ||||
Fundamentals of Budgeting and Financial Management | 3 | 1, 2,3,4 | SI | |
(In addition to the course listed above, one of the two courses listed below is also required) | ||||
Applications in Managing Health Organizations in Low and Middle Countries* | 3 | - | 1 | |
| 312.600 | Managing Health Services Organizations** | 4 | 3 | - |
Elective Courses | ||||
| 221.604 | Case Studies in Management and Decision Making | 3 | - | 3 |
| 221.608 | Managing Non-Governmental Organizations in the Health Sector | 3 | - | 3 |
| 221.652 | Financing Health Systems for Universal Health Coverage | 3 | - | 3 |
| 221.654 | Systems Thinking in Public Health: Applications of Key Methods and Approaches | 2 | 3 | - |
| 221.722 | Quality Assurance Management Methods for Developing Countries | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 300.650 | Crisis and Response in Public Health Policy and Practice | 3 | - | 2 |
Introduction to the US Healthcare System | 4 | 4 | 2 | |
| 309.600 | Evaluating Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Programs | 3 | 1 | - |
| 309.620 | Managed Care and Health Insurance | 3 | - | 3 |
| 309.631 | Population Health Informatics | 3 | 2 | - |
| 309.730 | Patient Safety and Medical Errors | 3 | 3 | FI |
| 311.615 | Quality of Medical Care | 3 | 1 | - |
| 312.604 | Quantitative Tools for Managers | 3 | - | 2,3 |
Fundamentals of Financial Accounting | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| 312.620 | Performance Measurement in Health Care | 2 | - | SI |
Strategic Planning | 3 | - | 3,4,SI | |
Financial Management in Healthcare I | 3 | - | 3 | |
Financial Management in Healthcare II | 3 | - | 4 | |
Health Management Information Systems | 3 | 3, 4 | - | |
Human Resources in Health Organizations | 2 | - | 4, SI | |
| 312.636 | Supply Chain Management | 2 | - | SI |
| 312.655 | Organizational Behavior and Management | 2 | - | 4 |
Marketing in Health Care Organizations | 3 | - | 3, 4, SI | |
| 312.670 | Negotiation in Health Care Settings | 3 | - | 4 |
| 312.693 | Introduction to Comparative Effectiveness and Outcomes Research | 3 | 1 | - |
| 312.700 | Leading Organizations | 3 | - | SI |
| 313.610 | Health Economics for Managers | 3 | 2 | - |
| Students may select either 313.641 OR 313.790, but not both | ||||
| 313.641 | Introduction to Health Economics | 3 | 3 | - |
Economic Evaluation I | 3 | 4 | - | |
One of the following may be selected as an elective, but not both: | ||||
Introduction to Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety: A Management Perspective | 2 | - | 3 | |
Human Factors in Patient Safety | 3 | - | 4 | |
S = Summer
SI = Summer Institute
FI=Fall Institute in Barcelona, Spain
* = This course can only fulfill the management requirement for those students working in LMICs and planning to do so in the future.
** = Most certificate students will need to select this option.
Contact Information
Sponsoring Department
Health Policy and Management
Faculty Sponsor
Name Mark Bittle
Certificate Program Contact:
Name Pamela Davis
Phone 410.614.1580
Email HPM_Certificates@jhu.edu
Gainful Employment Program Information
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