Online MHA

Specifically designed for working professionals who want to advance their careers in US healthcare, the Online Master of Health Administration is a part-time program that you can complete in 28 months (seven terms). Live class sessions are held from 7-8 pm and/or 8:30-9:30 pm on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. In addition to the live classes, there are lessons and coursework completed asynchronously.

The courses are a compilation of the most important facets of US healthcare management. You’ll learn multiple and overlapping skills required to effectively lead complex US healthcare organizations.

Curriculum plan for students starting in the 2022-2023 academic year.

Total Credits: 45

Term 1

Managing Healthcare Organizations

Increase your effectiveness in managing, leading, and designing organizations in healthcare.

Health Policy & the Health System I

Analyze key issues in the distribution of health and illness in society, the organization of the healthcare system, and the relationship of one to the other.

Term 2

Immersion: Skill-Building for Healthcare Managers

An in-person, two-and-a-half day workshop to build students’ skills in leadership; communications; evidence-based decision-making; and managing careers.

Analyzing Data for Healthcare Management

Key principles in statistical analyses.

Health Policy & the Health System II

A deeper dive into major health policy issues and the role of the government in the US healthcare system.

Term 3

Data Visualization

Leveraging data to generate insights for healthcare organizations.

Advanced-Data Analysis

Gaining familiarity with the complexities inherent in working with data.

Advanced Topics in Health Policy

Recent developments in health policy from strategic, economic, and political perspectives.

Healthcare Law, Governance and Ethics

An overview and analysis of legal, policy, and ethical issues encountered by healthcare professionals.

Term 4

Accounting for Healthcare Management

The fundamentals of financial accounting for healthcare organizations.

Continuous Quality Improvement

Skills to improve quality outcomes and accountability, based on the tools and philosophy of continuous improvement.

Operations Management for Healthcare Organizations

A lens to perceive, examine, and understand operational processes and systems.

Term 5

Managerial Accounting for Healthcare Organizations

Planning and financial decision-making for healthcare organizations.

Strategic Management for Healthcare Organizations

Learn how to formulate and implement strategy in healthcare organizations.

Healthcare Information Technology: Public Policy and Management

Understand the government’s role in the development of information technology in healthcare organizations.

Term 6

Introduction to Health Economics

Builds on data and communication skills to demonstrate how economists think about healthcare issues.

Principles of Human Resources Management for Healthcare Organizations

A comprehensive foundation for all aspects of human resources planning, development, and management.

Term 7

Capital Financing and Advanced Issues in Financial Management

Long-term financing, capital investment, and corporate finance in healthcare organizations.

Healthcare Marketing and Strategic Communications

Branding and communications for healthcare organizations.

Entrepreneurship for Healthcare Organizations

An entrepreneurial approach to healthcare challenges.

Culminating Experience: Advanced Simulation in Healthcare Management

A strategic simulation where you will practice working in top-management teams, thinking strategically, drawing on evidence, and making trade-offs under time pressure and constraints.

Upon completion of the Online Master of Health Administration, you will be able to:

• Develop strategies and align organizational design to support and achieve an organization’s mission and vision.
• Manage and lead diverse people, teams, and organizations to build inclusive healthcare institutions.
• Use data and evidence-based management practices to improve decision-making and organizational performance to provide the highest quality of patient care and equitable access to services.
• Develop and manage innovative solutions to improve organizational performance and population health.
• Influence and respond to policies that promote optimal performance of the US healthcare system and healthcare organizations, based on understanding and analysis of the system’s history, organization, and financing.
• Apply knowledge about the social determinants of health, and work collaboratively with leaders across sectors—including housing, education, transportation, and others—to reduce disparities and inequities and to promote population and community health.
• Provide effective financial management for healthcare organizations.
• Communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders.
• Manage and behave legally and ethically in a complex, highly regulated healthcare environment.

NYU Wagner’s Online MHA degree will help you achieve your immediate and long-term goals to advance your career in healthcare.

Immediate: You will gain the skills and knowledge to enable you to move from an entry-level management position to a more advanced leadership role.

Long-term: You will develop your skills and acumen and be able to lead complex organizations, making an impact on US healthcare systems.