Health Administration, Master of (M.H.A.)/Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the University of Richmond [dual degree]

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Advanced study in health administration and law is available through a dual degree program co-sponsored by the department and the school of law at the University of Richmond. The program leads to the awarding of the Master of Health Administration and Juris Doctor degrees.

Participants are provided the necessary expertise either to represent clients within the health care industry or to function as legal policy-makers or administrators who fully appreciate the legal environment of the health care field. Applicants for this program are required to meet the admission requirements of each program. For information regarding the dual degree program, contact the director of the program.

The M.H.A./J.D. dual degree can be completed with a minimum four years of coordinated study and a minimum 123 credit hours instead of 146 credit hours. Students accepted into this program will be permitted to count 11 credit hours from the J.D. program toward the requirements of the M.H.A. program and 12 credit hours in the M.H.A. program toward the requirements of the J.D. program, for a total savings of 23 credit hours.

The credits completed in health administration include 46 hours in core curriculum and at least three credits to be earned during a 10-week summer administrative internship. Dual degree students complete this internship in lieu of the 12-month residency.

The M.H.A. curriculum sequence of the M.H.A./J.D. degree is shown below.

Course	Title	Hours
Courses
HADM 602	Health System Organization, Financing and Performance	3
HADM 606	Health Care Managerial Accounting	3
HADM 607	Financial Management in Health Organizations	3
HADM 608	Seminar in Health Care Finance	3
HADM 609	Population Health Management	2
HADM 610	Health Analytics and Decision Support	3
HADM 612	Information Systems for Health Care Management	3
HADM 614	Health Care Marketing	3
HADM 615	Health Care Politics and Policy	3
HADM 624	Health Economics	3
HADM 646	Health Care Organization and Leadership	3
HADM 647	Management of Health Care Organizations	3
HADM 648	Strategic Management in Health Care Organizations	3
HADM 649	Human Resources Management in Health Care	3
HADM 681	Clinical Concepts and Relationships	2
HADM 682	Executive Skills I	1
HADM 683	Executive Skills II	1
HADM 693	Internship in Health Administration	3
Total Hours		48

Sample M.H.A./J.D. plan of study

Year one
Fall semester		Hours
HADM 602	Health System Organization, Financing and Performance	3
HADM 606	Health Care Managerial Accounting	3
HADM 609	Population Health Management	2
HADM 646	Health Care Organization and Leadership	3
HADM 681	Clinical Concepts and Relationships	2
HADM 682	Executive Skills I	1
	Term Hours:	14
Spring semester
HADM 607	Financial Management in Health Organizations	3
HADM 610	Health Analytics and Decision Support	3
HADM 624	Health Economics	3
HADM 647	Management of Health Care Organizations	3
	Term Hours:	12
Summer semester
HADM 693	Internship in Health Administration	3
	Term Hours:	3
Year two
Fall semester
HADM 608	Seminar in Health Care Finance	3
HADM 612	Information Systems for Health Care Management	3
HADM 615	Health Care Politics and Policy	3
HADM 683	Executive Skills II	1
	Term Hours:	10
Spring semester
HADM 614	Health Care Marketing	3
HADM 648	Strategic Management in Health Care Organizations	3
HADM 649	Human Resources Management in Health Care	3
	Term Hours:	9
	Total Hours:	48