Healthcare Management

AIU’s bachelor’s in healthcare management online program allows you to study courses such as healthcare finance and healthcare marketing.

If you want to expand your understanding of business administration and healthcare applications, an online health management degree from AIU may be rewarding. Whether you want to be in the forefront, or behind the scenes, our accredited online healthcare administration degree program is designed to teach you how to plan, direct, and coordinate medical and health services.

Our healthcare management online classes can help you study how to adapt to and grasp changes in healthcare laws, regulations, and technology. The specialized curriculum can teach you how to recognize management issues relevant to non-medical healthcare professionals such as the environment of care, performance improvement, and risk assessment.

Requirements to complete an online bachelor’s degree in healthcare management program include general education courses, general electives, core business administration courses, and healthcare management specialization courses. AIU's bachelor’s in healthcare management online degree program is programmatically accredited by ACBSP.

AIU provides students with convenience, flexibility, and support to accommodate busy lives. We offer full and part-time program options and transfer-in credit for eligible college, work, and military experience.² This could reduce the time it takes to earn a degree and save you money in the process.

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1. “Occupational Outlook Handbook: Healthcare Occupations,” U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, last modified April 12, 2019, https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/home.htm. This data represents national figures and is not based on school-specific information. Conditions in your area may vary.
2. Transfer credit is evaluated on an individual basis. Not all credits are eligible to transfer. See the University Catalog for transfer credit policies.

Total tuition for this degree program may vary depending on your educational needs, existing experience, and other factors.

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For an online BBA in Healthcare Management, your classes may include:

Risk Management

The course deals with uncertainties of outcome resulting from the financial market and the strategies that enable an organization to manage the risk associated with it. Topics include identifying major financial risks such as interest rate risk, foreign exchange risk, credit, commodity, and operational risks, how they are measured and global initiatives in financial risk management.

Survey of Healthcare Management

This course explores management issues in healthcare such as the environment of care, performance improvement, risk assessment, and managing diverse workforces in healthcare.

Ethical and Legal Issues in Healthcare

This course is designed to provide a working knowledge of law and ethics in a wide variety of healthcare topics, enabling students to deal with common legal and practical problems facing patients, their families, practitioners, caregivers, and society within the healthcare industry. Students must possess a basic knowledge of ethics and the law as it applies to their areas of responsibility.

Healthcare Finance

This course covers an analysis and evaluation of the economic, financial and payment environment of the healthcare consumer, provider, institution and the different organizations found in the healthcare industry. These areas will be integrated and are designed to provide a complete understanding of the managed care organization's economic, financial and payment objectives to provide health services to all healthcare clients.

Healthcare Information Systems

This course is designed to assist healthcare students in understanding principles of analysis, design, evaluation, selection, acquisition, and utilization of information systems in the healthcare organization. A focus on technical detail on computer hardware, software, networks, and data management is included to help the student to become conversant with modern information technology and its use in healthcare organizations.

Healthcare Resource Allocation and Policy Making

This course focuses on the impact healthcare policy has on resource allocation. Students will have the opportunity to develop a better understanding of the public policy formulation and modification processes in addition to an awareness of critical issues in American health policy impacting healthcare managers to balance costs, quality, and access to care in various settings.

Program Capstone

The emphasis in this course is on applying and synthesizing concepts and techniques from all previous business/specialization courses. The class sessions are designed to familiarize students with the many dimensions of business, with special emphasis on the area of specialization.

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What is a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Degree with a Specialization in Healthcare Management?

AIU’s online BBA degree program with a specialization in healthcare management is designed to provide knowledge, skills, and abilities relevant for pursuing potential job opportunities in the healthcare field. This unique degree program is designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of healthcare management, ethical and legal issues in healthcare, and resource allocation and policymaking.

How long does it take to earn a BBA with a specialization in healthcare management?

Our bachelor’s degree programs are designed as 48-month programs. However, many factors can impact your time to completion. The time it may take you to earn your BBA degree can be influenced by course loads proficiency and/or transfer credits, and breaks.

What kind of courses will I take to earn a degree in healthcare management?

As you work to complete your BBA degree with a specialization in healthcare management, you will be immersed in courses such as: Legal and Ethical Environment of Business; Healthcare Finance; Healthcare Information Systems; and Global Operations Management.

When can I begin my healthcare management classes?

Courses for the Bachelor of Business Administration Degree with a Specialization in Healthcare Management start approximately every five weeks. Your actual start date is based on several factors, including receiving academic and financial documentation.

How many credits will I need to graduate with a degree in healthcare management?

The BBA degree program consists of 180 credits. You may be eligible for transfer credit, which is evaluated on an individual basis. Not all credits are eligible to transfer. Please see the University Catalog for transfer credit policies.

Why should I pursue a BBA with a specialization in healthcare management degree?

Upon earning your healthcare management degree, you should be equipped with the know-how to plan, direct, and coordinate medical and health services. Our healthcare management online classes can help you learn how to adapt to and grasp changes in healthcare laws, regulations, and technology. The specialized curriculum can teach you how to recognize management issues relevant to common legal and practical problems facing patients, their families, practitioners, caregivers, and society within healthcare.