Healthcare and Medical Services Management

The healthcare and medical services management concentration focuses on how to effectively manage all aspects of a healthcare or medical services practice. In our program, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of the healthcare industry, operations management, finance, and law and regulation.

Concentration Overview

Our program offers you a practical curriculum that covers leadership, management, communication and regulation specific to the healthcare industry.
  • Where can Healthcare and Medical Services Management take me?

    A Bachelor of Professional Studies degree with a concentration in healthcare and medical services management will strengthen your skills in leadership, communication, management and finance. The strategies you will learn in the B.P.S. core classes and in the healthcare and medical services management classes will help you enter a new industry or advance your career in organizations of all kinds.

    According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), medical and health services managers – those who plan, direct, assess and coordinate the non-clinical side of medical and health services – earned a median annual wage of $101,340 in 2021. By 2030, the BLS predicts that jobs in this field will increase by 32%.

  • Career Opportunities

    • Practice administrator
    • Health informatics managing director
    • Medical practice manager
    • Healthcare marketer
    • Patient advocate
    • Public health educator

  • Required Coursework

    First, in order to declare this program of study, you must have completed an associate’s degree or be at least 21 years of age and have completed a series of prerequisite courses. Most students come to this program with some college credit; however, if you are interested in this program and do not have college credit or have not completed the pre-requisite courses, please speak with an advisor to discuss your options.

    In addition to prerequisite coursework, the B.P.S. program requires that students complete a core curriculum of 20-22 hours.

    Then, each student is required to complete 21 credit hours within the concentration and 9 hours of electives.

    The courses in the healthcare and medical services management concentration include:

    • ECON 200 Principles of Microeconomics
    • HMSM 302 Structure of the US Healthcare Delivery System
    • HMSM 303 Healthcare Law and Regulation
    • HMSM 320 Healthcare Financial Management
    • HMSM 346 Leadership and Management in Healthcare Organizations
    • HMSM 402 Healthcare Operations Management
    • MGMT 301 Management & Organizational Behavior

    Finally, depending on the number of transfer credits awarded, students will need to complete additional electives to reach the 122 credits required to graduate.

    View the Academic Catalog: Professional Studies, Healthcare and Medical Services Management Concentration