Topics in Post-Acute Care
This course acquaints students with services delivered following traditional acute-care episodes or stays, providing comprehensive overview of programs, policies, services specific to post-acute care providers, facilities. The operating environment is examined with emphasis on regulations, reimbursement, care delivery, alternative delivery systems. Timely issues, challenges, dilemmas confronting long term care management explored.
Prerequisites: MHA 405, MHA 415, MHA 430, MHA 451, MHA 452, MHA 491, and MHA 492.
Outcomes: Demonstrate understanding of the basic operations of the continuum of post-acute care services, including delivery systems, consumers, providers, competitors; Discuss legal, regulatory environment surrounding post-acute care; Delineate role of financing/reimbursement
Prerequisites: MHA 405, MHA 415, MHA 430, MHA 451, MHA 452, MHA 491, and MHA 492.
Outcomes: Demonstrate understanding of the basic operations of the continuum of post-acute care services, including delivery systems, consumers, providers, competitors; Discuss legal, regulatory environment surrounding post-acute care; Delineate role of financing/reimbursement