Earn your Healthcare Administration degree online at Nebraska Methodist College.
Advance your healthcare career today.
You already earned a degree but now you're ready to move into healthcare administration. A Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration: Applied Clinical Operations from NMC can help you achieve your career goals. This program provides you with both clinical proficiency as well as the business and management skills you'll need to improve quality and operational efficiency within any healthcare setting.
The curriculum for the Bachelor of Science in Health Care Administration: Applied Clinical Operations at NMC has been designed around the disciplines identified by the Healthcare Leadership Alliance as essential to effective practice in healthcare management.
Healthcare Administration Program Info
- Bachelor of Science degree can be completed in as little as two years (with prior learning)
- Program is delivered online and taught by faculty members experienced in their fields.
- Each course is five weeks long, with one week off before the start of another course.
- Students can access courses at any time of day and from anywhere with Internet access to provide flexibility and allow healthcare professionals like you to balance your educational goals with your personal and professional responsibilities.
Healthcare Administration Salary & Job Outlook
Healthcare administration salary ranges will vary by experience, education, level of responsibilities, location and many other variables. The Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates the U. S. median salary in May 2010 for Medical and Health Service Managers was $84,270 per year, with a faster than average projected job growth until 2020 of 22 percent.
Healthcare Administration Professional Organizations
Technology Requirements
To be successful with your online courses, you should have a basic understanding of computers and the internet. Read more about the minimum knowledge and hardware requisites on our Online Technology Requirements page.
Admissions
| Application Deadline: Rolling |
Program Start Date: August, January, May
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Prospective students may apply anytime and are accepted from deadlines throughout the year. Applications will be reviewed upon receipt and students will be notified of their admission by letter or phone.
Program Admissions Criteria
Applicants are evaluated on the basis of the following criteria:
- Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 in previous healthcare degree
- Associate degree, coursework should include hands-on experience in healthcare setting
- College record
- Non- Nebraska Residents meet State Authorization
Program Application Process
To be considered for admission the following items must be submitted to the Admissions Office:
For More Information Contact:
Laurel Zentner
Recruitment & Admissions Coordinator
(402) 354-7170
laurel.zentner@methodistcollege.edu
Tuition & Fees
Attending Nebraska Methodist College represents a major investment in your future. For most students, attending college takes planning and sacrifice. NMC recognizes this and is committed to helping you find every avenue to finance your education. View the Tuition by Program & Degree page for a comprehensive list of all fees.
| Tuition per credit hour: $575 |
Financial Assistance
At Nebraska Methodist College we offer financial aid to our students, and help you understand what financial resources are available to you. View our Financial Assistance page to learn about the Financial Assistance process, policies and options.
All students are required to complete specific coursework. This list should only be used as a curriculum guide. Course listings and required curriculum are subject to change.
Associate Degree (or equivalent) in Healthcare Area
Additional credits earned may satisfy general education requirements.
Arts & Sciences Requirements
This course provides instruction and practice in writing, with emphasis on the recursive processes of generating, drafting, revising and editing. Students develop skills in producing and evaluating written communications in private and public contexts.
Access to healthcare is greatly affected by one's command of language. Students in this course engage in the exploration of language and culture then apply these concepts to the healthcare environment through service-learning and community engagement. Students develop practical communication skills that enable effective cross-cultural work with health professionals and clients with backgrounds different from their own.
This course applies leadership and management theories to the changing environment of healthcare. Students synthesize their knowledge of such topics as emotional intelligence, assertiveness, conflict management, gender dynamics, feedback delivery and systems theory in advanced writing and speaking projects. The NMC portfolio is integrated throughout this course.
- Credits: 3.0
- Prerequisites: Determined by major
At least one of the two electives must be in the Arts or Human Connection.
There is a strong relationship between thinking clearly and expressing thoughts in formal writing and public speaking. Using the skills of logic and critical thinking, students will examine ideas, analyze and evaluate the arguments of others, and advocate for their own ideas. Students will be introduced to the NMC Portfolio process.
- Credits: 3.0
- Prerequisites: HUM 150 is to be taken in the first semester
Introduction to Ethics introduces students to theories and practices of individual, communal and societal obligations. Moral inquiry in the course proceeds from a philosophical basis.
- Credits: 3.0
- Prerequisites: Determined by major
Students critically analyze the impact of history on contemporary society. Historical methods of inquiry inform students' perspectives on societal and institutional development.
- Credits: 3.0
- Prerequisites: Determined by major
Must inlcude Sociology of Culture and Psychology.
This course is based in the social sciences and is designed to assist students in the integration of their roles as healthcare professionals and educated citizens. The focus of the class is on deepening students’ understanding of and facility with social and political systems that impact the health and wellbeing of the community. Students demonstrate their preparation to act as educated citizens through the presentation of their portfolio within the context of this capstone course.
Professional Courses
Evidence-based practice is an important component of effective clinical management. This course allows students to develop skills in applied statistics and research while learning to critically examine healthcare information from a variety of sources, including but not limited to professional journals, governmental reports and public media.
Note - This meets the objectives for two SSC electives, Statistics and Research.
This course focuses on the particular ways in which writers apply the writing process to genres used regularly by healthcare professionals and utilize research to enhance patient outcomes. Writing assignments will develop students‘ skills in writing formal correspondence, completing proposals, including effective visual components in formal documents, and completing ?Research Evaluation and Utilization Reports?, which include recommendations for evidence-based practice in particular settings.
Healthcare professionals need to have an understanding of the interaction of U.S. healthcare policies and public health science to be able to act as change agents in their professions. How do health professionals access this information, analyze and react in ways that will improve the health and wellness of their patients? This course will inform and ask the student to respond to the dynamic area of U.S. healthcare systems
This course explores basic theories and concepts related to management and strategic planning. Topics include healthcare management, conflict management and resolution, effective communication in the workplace, and strategic planning tools and processes.
With healthcare spending on the rise and the demand for services continuing to increase, improvements in the quality and efficiency of healthcare delivery are urgently needed. This course explores opportunities for improvement in design and management of healthcare operations. Specific focus is on creating an environment of smooth patient flow by focusing on cycle times, measuring productivity, tracking outcomes and performance metrics, and general improvement in health management processes through risk analysis and mitigation.
This course explores the function of human resources within the healthcare organization. The focus of the course is on the development of skills that the department manager needs for effective management of personnel. Subjects include strategies to attract, hire, and retain high quality employees, compensation and benefit packages, productivity, and employee development, evaluation and training, as well as existing laws and policies surrounding employee relations.
Although healthcare organizations serve as community resources, they are also complex businesses and their success depends on managers who understand and can apply key financial principles. This course provides a foundation of accounting principles, concepts and techniques that are necessary for management of healthcare facilities. Students examine the tools and models available to healthcare managers that assist in financial decision support as well as resource allocation.
- Credits: 3.0
- Prerequisites: HCA 470
Healthcare is unique in the way it is financed. An understanding of the issues surrounding third-party payment, government programs and payment methodologies requires special effort and special resources. This course explores the importance of practice and hospital information systems (e.g. billing, claims processing, electronic medical records, e-prescribing and productivity) as they relate to financial management of operational systems. The specific focus is on how technology supports management of patient data, receivables, and working with various types of revenue streams.
Healthcare organizations provide services to the community to ensure the health and well-being of the public, but they are also businesses and employers, and as such must walk the tightrope between financial success and living their mission and values. This course emphasizes the legal and ethical responsibilities of healthcare professionals, particularly in the role of clinical manager. Topics covered include ethical decision making, conflict of interest situations, professional standards, codes of ethics, confidentiality and HIPAA. Ethical management of medical errors and strategies for resolution of clinical issues are also addressed
Faculty
Our faculty is highly experienced and credentialed in their own fields, giving you constant real-world insight you can use. While any instructor can recite from a textbook, ours go a step further and draw from vast personal experience. Instructors here care as deeply about their students as they do the subject matter and it shows.
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