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Health Services Administration
Associate's Degree Program
21 Months / 90 Credits
The Associate Degree in Health Services Administration (HSA) at Florida Career College was created to provide the student with a broad scope of the administrative aspects of healthcare. The program is designed to prepare students for entry level administrative positions such as medical office managers, executive medical administrative assistances, hospital admissions coordinators, medical record managers, and entry level administrative positions in clinics, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities. FCC students who have graduated from the College's Medical Assistant Technician, Patient Care Technician or Medical Coding & Billing programs can advance to the HSA program with full credit for all courses passed with a minimum grade of "C". Credits from other instiutions shall be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
Program Objectives
In addition to skills obtained in the student's diploma program in Medical Assistant Technician, Medical Coding & Billing or Patient Care Technician, the HAS program is designed for the graduate to have a basic working knowledge of:
- Medical terminology, anatomy, human diseases, pharmacology
- Medical coding and billing skills
- Medical documentation
- Health information technology & management
- Global healthcare management
- Customer relations management
- Current trends and issues in health care delivery in the USA
- Healthcare compliance
- Medical organization and administration
- As well as General Education course in math, speech & presentation, writing, psychology and others.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS): "Healthcare is a business and, like every business, it needs good management to keep the business running smoothly. Medical and health services managers, also referred to as healthcare executives or healthcare administrators, plan, direct, coordinate, and supervise the delivery of healthcare. These workers are either specialists in charge of a specific clinical department or generalists who manage an entire facility or system. The structure and financing of healthcare are changing rapidly. Future medical and health services managers must be prepared to deal with the integration of healthcare delivery systems, technological innovations, an increasingly complex regulatory environment, restructuring of work, and an increased focus on preventive care. They will be called on to improve efficiency in healthcare facilities and the quality of the care provided."
The BLS calls health care the fastest growing overall field in the country with 7 of the 10 fastest growing occupations being health care related. The HSA program at Florida Career College was designed to take advantage of the current trend in the medical field to augment medical staffs with qualified personnel who may work under supervisors with higher educational qualifications. For example, physicians' assistants (PAs) are regularly working directly with patients under the guidance of physicians; certified nursing assistants (CNAs) and Patient Care Technicians (PCTs) are working under the guidance of registered nurses (RNs.)
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