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Executive MS - Population Health Management

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Executive MS in Population Health Management

Grow your career and a healthier world

Value-based and accountable care models have a growing impact on the way health care is delivered and reimbursed. This 12-month executive program in population health management is designed to help experienced health care professionals enhance their understanding and skills in this increasingly important area.

Providers, clinical managers, health care executives, or others with at least three years of practice experience can all benefit from the program. Develop innovative proficiencies that can position you for leadership.

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Email: vgholar@umc.edu

Develop expertise in value-based health care delivery

The executive program has a strong focus on applied learning, so you quickly put new knowledge and skills into practice. Students will gain expertise in value-based health care delivery including:

Practice redesign
Team-based models of care
Incentive payment models
Improving health care quality and safety
Working with accountable care organizations
Implementing population health management approaches
Adopting appropriate health information technology
Leveraging data to drive health care improvement
Maximizing community assets to address social determinants, and much more

The program culminates in a practice transformation practicum. Students will develop and implement projects within their practice settings aligned with the triple aim of population health: improved community health, reduced health care costs, and better patient experiences.

Benefit from an intensive, yet practical, program that fits your life

The executive program offers:

Asynchronous online classes that allow you to earn your master's while working.
Strategically aligned weekend seminars that allow for in-depth exploration of key topics.
A cohort-based class structure that fosters collaboration with other clinicians and administrators.
Courses led by respected population health leaders.