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Temple University, MBA in Healthcare Management
University: Temple University
Department: Department of Risk, Insurance, and Healthcare Management
Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA
The Temple University MBA in Healthcare Management Program in the Department of Risk, Insurance & Healthcare Management (RIHM) prepares professional managers for advancement in health systems (e.g. hospitals, medical practice organizations, long-term care facilities and community health providers) and healthcare related organizations (e.g. consulting firms, managed care organizations and health insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, information and financial support companies).
The MBA in Healthcare Management is offered on full- and part-time bases. The business foundation and advanced managerial perspectives courses may be completed at any of the Temple campuses that are convenient to you. You may also complete some courses through a web-based format if you choose. Day and evening sections are available for many of the courses.
For more details about the program, please visit:
http://www.sbm.temple.edu/~hadept/
http://www.temple.edu
Temple University, BBA in Risk Management and Insurance
University: Temple University
Department: Department of Risk, Insurance, and Healthcare Management
Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA
Organizations in today's global economy must respond to numerous uncertainties, including property-liability exposures, employee benefit programs, and various other financial risks. To coordinate responses to the full spectrum of risks affecting a company's bottom line, decision-makers must diversify, hedge, and insure risks in ever more comprehensive and efficient ways. The technical expertise and strategic vision necessary to manage risk is the subject matter of the program in Risk Management and Insurance. Temple University's program in Risk Management and Insurance is nationally recognized. Located in the Department of Risk, Insurance, and Healthcare Management, the program prepares students to identify and evaluate various sources of risk, and to select and implement solutions to control these risks through insurance and other mechanisms of risk transfer and distribution.
Graduates of the Risk Management and Insurance program often enter the risk management or employee benefit departments of large businesses and other organizations. They may also take challenging positions within insurance or benefit consulting firms, brokerage firms, agency operations, or insurance companies. Risk Management and Insurance majors are strongly encouraged to become active in the Sigma chapter of Gamma Iota Sigma, Temple's national award-winning professional student organization in Risk Management, Insurance, and Actuarial Science. The organization hosts numerous guest speakers from the industry, sponsors a variety of career development seminars, and maintains a widely distributed resume book.
For more details about the program, please visit:
http://www.sbm.temple.edu/~rmidept/rim.html
http://www.temple.edu
Temple University: PhD in Risk, Insurance, and Healthcare
University: Temple University
Department: Department of Risk, Insurance, and Healthcare Management
Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA
Temple University's Fox School of Business and Managment offers a comprehensive doctorate in Business Adminstration. The Ph.D. in Risk, Insurance, and Healthcare is one of seven primary specializations under this program. At Temple, you will study under a faculty of highly regarded teachers and scholars. Temple faculty are nationally and internationally recognized authorities in the fields of actuarial science, healthcare management, and risk management/insurance. They have authored numerous texts and study manuals, published extensively in prestigious academic and professional journals, and been recognized by awards for teaching and research excellence.
For more details about the program, please visit:
http://www.sbm.temple.edu/~rmidept/rim.html
http://www.temple.edu
Temple University: MS in Healthcare Finance
University: Temple University
Department: Department of Risk, Insurance, and Healthcare Management
Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA
The MS in Healthcare Finance is designed for those who already have advanced preparation and/or certification in a related field (e.g., CPA, MD, JD, MBA, PharmD) preparing for positions as CFO, budget director or financial analyst, or those in general healthcare management desiring a deeper knowledge of financial strategy and practice. The program provides a rigorous background for practical applications in areas such as third party reimbursement, physician practice management and valuation, projection of working capital requirements, analysis of hospital bond rating and pricing, risk assessment, mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures.
For more details about the program, please visit:
http://www.sbm.temple.edu/~hadept/
http://www.temple.edu
Temple University: MBA/MSHF joint degree
University: Temple University
Department: Department of Risk, Insurance, and Healthcare Management
Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA
The MBA/MSHF is a joint degree program combining the MBA in Healthcare Management with the MS in Healthcare Finance. It is designed to prepare graduate students for positions as CFO, budget director or financial analyst, or those in general healthcare management positions desiring a deeper knowledge of financial strategy and practice. The program provides a rigorous background for practical applications in areas such as third party reimbursement, physician practice management and valuation, projection of working capital requirements, analysis of hospital bond rating and pricing, risk assessment, mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures.
For more details about the program, please visit:
http://www.sbm.temple.edu/~hadept/
http://www.temple.edu
University of Arizona, College of Pharmacy: Graduate Studies in Pharmaceutical Economics, Policy, and Outcomes Research
University: University of Arizona, College of Pharmacy
Department: Department of Pharmaceutical Economics, Policy, and Outcomes Research
Location: Tucson, AZ, USA
The graduate degrees offered by the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science's Division of Social and Administrative Sciences are the doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) and the master of science (M.S.) in pharmaceutical sciences with an emphasis in pharmaceutical economics, policy, and outcomes research. The goal of the M.S. program is to provide the individual with the essential skills and abilities to assume managerial and leadership positions related to the economic analysis and outcomes of pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical services in health care organizations. The goal of the Ph.D. program is to provide the individual with an advanced knowledge base and extensive research skills to enable him or her to investigate and critically analyze the impact and outcomes of pharmaceutical products and services within health care systems. The widespread benefits of pharmaceuticals in today's society, coupled with an increased utilization and application of pharmaceutical services, has created a need for individuals with advanced training in pharmaceutical economics and outcomes research.
For more details about the program, please visit:
http://www.pharmacy.arizona.edu/graduate/pharmacoeconomics/pharmacoeconomics.html
http://www.pharmacy.arizona.edu/
craig@pharmacy.arizona.edu
University of California, Berkeley: PhD in Health Services and Policy Analysis
University: University of California, Berkeley
Department: School of Public Health
Location: Berkeley, CA, USA
HSPA is an interdisciplinary Doctoral Program at the University of California, Berkeley, with students receiving their PhD from the campus Graduate Division. The program is within the jurisdiction of the Graduate Council and is administratively located in the School of Public Health. Students are required to take advanced course work in research methods, health economics, health care organizations, and health politics and policy analysis. Students receive a thorough grounding in research methods and in the application of these methods to the analysis of health policy issues. The Program requires a specialty field in one of the following areas: health economics, health care organizations, or health politics/policy analysis. Dissertation research is empirically based and relevant to the provision, financing, and evaluation of health services.
For more details about the program, please visit:
http://socrates.berkeley.edu:7047/cgi-bin/dbi_view?old_idx=div954851776.dtl
http://www.berkeley.edu
University of California, Berkeley: Concurrent MBA/MPH degree
University: University of California, Berkeley
Department: School of Public Health
Location: Berkeley, CA, USA
School of Public Health offer a 2.5-year concurrent MBA/MPH degree. In this highly rated program students take courses in both schools and receive a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) and a Masters of Public Health (MPH). As part of their training, they also complete a three-month internship in a health organization.
Students come to the program with an average of five years of health-related work experience, and have made a substantial commitment to the industry by entering the 2.5-year program. Graduates of the joint degree program are prepared for leadership roles in both business and delivery aspects of health and technology industries. During the joint degree program's 20-year history, alumni have gone on to hold senior management positions in internet, biotechnology and medical device firms, pharmaceuticals, managed care and insurance companies, consulting firms, and health care delivery systems. Some have gone on to start their own firms.
For more details about the program, please visit:
http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/advantage/health/index.html
http://www.berkeley.edu