UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO | SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH | HEALTH POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION
MASTER of HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION RESIDENTAL TRACK
60 SEMESTER HOURS
12 MONTH
53 SH Core Courses 7 SH School-Wide Requirements
Preceptorship Program
94% PERCENT The average placement rate for our graduates
2 ACCREDITATIONS CAHME accredited CEPH accredited
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PRECEPTORSHIP PROGRAM
Unique to the UIC MHA program is a 12-month, 25 hours per week Preceptorship that provides students the opportunity to work with senior management in healthcare organizations that align with the student’s career goals. Students go through a matching process and are placed in a healthcare organization within the Chicago healthcare industry where they apply the knowledge they have gained during their first year in the program. The culminating activity within the Preceptorship is the completion of the Capstone Project which analyzes and provides recommendations for a major programmatic initiative within the preceptor organization.
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO | SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH | HEALTH POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION
MASTER of HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION 2021 Administrative Fellows
Lindsay Cunnigham
Billy Diamandopoulos
Our 2020-21 class of administrative fellows
The UIC MHA program's Fellowship Support Program is offered to current students through assistance in their applications to administrative fellowships for the upcoming year. Nearly 80 percent of students who participate receive and accept offers to Local and national Administrative Fellowship Programs. Our 2021-22 class of administrative fellows will engage at NorthShore University Health System, UI Health, Emory Healthcare, Hospital Sisters Health System, Vizient and Community Health Centers, Inc.
Samantha Yang
Vanessa Rodriquez
Megan Coffinbargar
Mansi Mehta
Get to know our Executive in Residence The MHA program is proud to welcome Karen C. Teitelbaum, president and CEO of Sinai Health System, as the inaugural Executive in Residence with the School’s Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) program in the division of health policy and administration.
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Karen C. Teitelbaum
The Executive in Residence is a senior healthcare leader with a distinguished career of leading transformational change in the healthcare industry. They are uniquely positioned within the healthcare administration program to foster professional relationships with key external stakeholders, serve as a practitioner resource to faculty in their healthcare research efforts, and contribute to students’ career development. This role is also designed to ensure that the MHA course curriculum addresses relevant trends and issues and prepares students to enter the healthcare industry as future leaders.
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO | SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH | HEALTH POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION
MASTER of HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION RESIDENTAL TRACK
2021 Golden Apple Winner MHA Research Faculty Dr. Nicholas (Nick) Tilipman, Assistant Professor in Health Policy and Administration was awarded the Bernard H. Baum Golden Apple Award in Spring 2021. This award is presented each year to a faculty member in recognition of outstanding graduate level teaching and unusual service to students at the School. The recipient is chosen by the student body as facilitated by the Public Health Student Association (PHSA). Beyond winning the award, it should be noted that Nick also received the most nominations of any candidate in recent years. Dr.Tilipman is an economist with expertise in health care and industrial organization. His research focuses on consumer and firm behavior, insurance benefit design, and provider competition. In 2012-2013, Nick served as a Staff Economist for the White House Council of Economic Advisers, working on issues related to unemployment insurance and Affordable Care Act implementation. His current research grant is titled, Advancing a Model of Predicting Marketplace Enrollment and Premiums.
INSTITUTIONS WHERE OUR ALUMNI WORK
Nicholas Tilipman
MEET MHA ALUMNUS Sarah received her Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) in Health Policy and Administration (HPA) in 2014. She transitioned from the MHA program into an administrative fellowship with Kaiser Permanente based in Portland, Oregon where she then continued to work for three years, before returning to Chicago.
Sarah Carter Senior Manager Northwestern Medicine
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO | SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH | HEALTH POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION
MASTER of HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION RESIDENTAL TRACK
SAMPLE COURSE SEQUENCE / SCHEDULE
HPA 463 Managerial Health Economics (3 credits) HPA 452 Healthcare Finance II (3(3 credits) HPA 525 Population Based Healthcare Services Planning (3 credits) EPID 403 Intro to Epidemiology (3 credits) HPA 495 MHA Preceptorship (1 credit) HPA 496 MHA Capstone I (1 credit)
Spring Semester, 1st year (13 credits) HPA 451 Healthcare Finance I (3 credits) HPA 470 Quantitative Methods for Healthcare Managers (3 credits) HPA 430 Introduction to Health Policy (3 credits) HPA 425 Healthcare Human Resources Management (3 credits) HPA 495 MHA Preceptorship (Professional Development) (1 credit)
Full Time
Fall Semester, 2nd year (14 credits)
Fall Semester, 1st year (14 credits) ACTG 510 Financial and Managerial Accounting for Healthcare Management (3 credits) BSTT 400 Biostatistics (4 credits) HPA 403 U.S. Health Care System (3 credits) HPA 410 Healthcare Organizational Leadership (3 credits) HPA 490 Topics in Healthcare Leadership (1 credit)
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Spring Semester, 2nd year (14 credits) HPA 417 Quality Management in Health Services (3 credits) HPA 434 Healthcare Law (3 credits) HPA 505 Strategic Planning/ Marketing (3 credits) HPA 509 Physician Relations (3 credits HPA 495 MHA Preceptorship (1 credit)
Summer Semester, 1st year (5 credits) HPA 495 MHA Preceptorship (2 credits) HPA 461 Information & Decision Support Systems for Healthcare Administration (3 credits) HPA 496 MHA Capstone (1 credit)
*We offer a two-year full time and a part time schedule with three and four year completion options. Classes are held primarily in the early evening to accommodate our preceptorship program and part time students.
PROGRAM ELEMENTS
PRACTITIONER FACULTY The UIC MHA program believes that "real-life" experience and connection to the community are critical parts of the curriculum and delivery of a quality education to prepare future leaders in Healthcare. Half of our faculty are from industry and bring their daily work practice in the classroom to showcase theory into practice. Organizations where our adjunct practitioner faculty work are: UI Health, Jones Day, Baddler Group, Carow Consulting, United Health Group, Hinsdale Orthopaedics, NorthShore Health Systems, and Crowe Consulting.
MHA ADMINSTRATIVE FELLOWSHIPS In 2020, the MHA program offered a Fellowship Support Program for current students. This program offered students assistance over the summer with their applications to administrative fellowships for the upcoming year. Nearly 89 percent of students who participated this year have received and accepted offers to fellowship programs.
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Program Delivery Campus based; some online courses
Application Deadlines
Domestic applicant: March 15 International applicant: December 15
Application Platforms SOPHAS / HAMPCAS
Enrolling Semester Fall
THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO IS AN ACCLAIMED RESEARCH ONE INSTITUTION
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