This program offers two options for study (view the curriculum):

• A graduate certificate (five on-line courses over two and a half years)
• An MBA degree with a Health Services Administration concentration (13 courses over two and a half years)

Courses in the concentration:

• The Health Care Delivery System
• The Application of Legal and Ethical Principles to Health Care Management
• Managing in the Complex Health Care Environment
• The Financing of Health Care
• Managing Conflict and Human Resources in Health Care

Recent research indicates a rapid growth in the health care sector, and a growing demand for innovative leadership in Health Services Administration. Organizations are asking for this specific type of leadership development which will not only assist them in achieving their organization’s goals, but will also provide a vehicle for their succession planning as a significant number of their leaders reach retirement age.

The Health Services Administration concentration was developed to aid in the growing awareness that health care matters need to be addressed across the broad church constituency, and to respond to the needs of church-related organizations and other individual health and retirement organizations who are in need of health care leaders.

The program will serve practicing health care providers who desire to earn a graduate degree while they more deeply meld their values with their professional work as a manager, and will serve a wide geographic audience that can benefit from the courses.

The five on-line courses focus on five specific areas judged to be the most critical in preparing a person for leadership within the health care and retirement industry. The student will have the option to obtain an MBA with a concentration in Health Services Administration (36 total credits), or a student could take these five courses on a stand alone basis, for a Graduate Certificate (15 credits) in Health Services Administration.

A unique feature of the concentration is attendance at the annual Mennonite Health Alliance convention. In addition to meeting classmates face-to-face, students will have the opportunity to attend workshops and network with other health care personnel.