UT Dallas 2016 Graduate Catalog

HMGT6322 - Healthcare Cost Management and Control

HMGT 6322 Healthcare Cost Management and Control (3 semester credit hours) Examines how healthcare organizations allocate and report costs and use that information for managerial decision-making. Additional topics include how activity based costing can be used to more accurately determine the true cost of medical services and the use of the balanced scorecard to manage the conflicting imperatives of controlling costs and improving care. Prerequisite: ACCT 6305 (3-0) T