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Healthcare Management and Finance

What You'll Learn

  • Develop a foundational knowledge of healthcare organizations’ structure, management, marketing, leadership, and philanthropic work
  • Build financial models for business planning in healthcare organizations
  • Evaluate the financial performance of healthcare organizations
3-Course Series
12 weeks
13 hours per course (approx.)
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About Healthcare Management and Finance

In Healthcare Management and Finance, learn to be a transformative healthcare leader and strengthen your understanding of management, finance, and accounting. Across this three-course series, you’ll explore the structure of healthcare organizations and how they work to provide quality healthcare within their communities. Use financial analysis techniques to determine the sustainability of organizations and institutions and better understand how organizations utilize budgets to manage their finances. Physicians and healthcare professionals looking to expand their knowledge of their organization’s practices and advance their careers.

Skills You'll Gain

  • Stock Valuation
  • Decision Making
  • Strategic Planning
  • Medical Expense Performance Reporting Systems
  • Market Value
  • Cost Accounting
  • Basic Accounting Principles
  • Leadership
  • Management
  • Change Management
  • Accounting
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Healthcare Quality Management
  • Financial Analysis
  • Accrual Accounting
  • Practice Management
  • Healthcare Strategy

What You'll Earn

Certificate of Completion
Certificates of completion acknowledge knowledge acquired upon completion of a non-credit course or program.
Modality
100% Online
Format
Self-Paced
Subject
  • Health
Platform
Coursera
Portrait of Michael Rubyan
Michael Rubyan

Clinical Assistant Professor of Health Management and Policy

1 Learning Experience

Portrait of Simone Singh
Simone Singh

Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy

1 Learning Experience

Beginner Level

No prior experience required.

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Enrollment Options

Individuals

This experience is available to individual learners on the following platforms:

U-M Community

Students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan get free access.

Organizations

Special pricing and tailored programming bundles available for organizational partners.

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  • Enroll and preview courses anytime
  • May earn a non-credit certificate from Coursera

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  • Many offer a free (limited) audit option
  • May earn a non-credit certificate from edX

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3 Courses in this series

  1. Free U-M Access Course

    Introduction to Healthcare Management

    Learn key skills for managing healthcare organizations, including leadership, quality improvement, communication, and community engagement.

    based on 77 ratings
  2. Free U-M Access Course

    Introduction to Healthcare Accounting

    Understand healthcare accounting basics including costs, reimbursements, and financial decision-making to support healthcare operations.

    based on 17 ratings
  3. Free U-M Access Course

    Introduction to Healthcare Finance

    Explore finance tools and valuation concepts used in pricing, investment, and strategy decisions in healthcare organizations.

    based on 14 ratings

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