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PT 7510 - Health Care Management

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This course is designed to introduce physical therapy students to the health care system as a whole. This course is organized around a number of broad concepts and categories. These include the historical development of the health care system in the United States, the evolution of third party reimbursement systems and managed care, Medicare/Medicaid, the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, the legal aspects of health care, documentation, and the influence (or lack thereof) of outcomes.