Spring 2019 Course Syllabi

Dakota College at Bottineau Course Syllabus Course Prefix/Number/Title: GEO 285 Home Health Management Number of credits: 1 Semester Hour Credit Course Description: The course covers the financial practices of individuals providing home health care/home and community based services in an agency or privately as a Qualified Service Provider (QSP), as well as, the maintaining of financial records and necessary skills in managing a business. This course explores the advantages and disadvantages of being self- employed and being an employee of an agency that provides home health service/home and community based services. The course also discusses grant funded government programs, a working knowledge of the disciplines and agencies involved in the screening and assessment process for services. Lastly the course covers waived services, difference between Medicaid and Medicare and private insurance providers. Pre-/Co-requisites: None Course Objectives:  Critically analyze financial practices of self-employment and agency employment.  Analyze the skills necessary in managing a business.  Describe how grand funded program, waived services, government and private health insurance make up the health care delivery payment system.  Describe and evaluate self-employment and agency employment.  Define the disciplines and agencies involved in the assessment and screening process for services. Instructor: James (Jim) Holben LCSW,CTRS/CPRP Office: Can be reach through course e-mail or through Dakota College e-mail Office Hours: The course is checked daily throughout the semester and will answer questions at that time. Phone: None Email: James.Holben@dakotacollege.edu Lecture/Lab Schedule: Follow course calendar and weekly schedule posted in the course Textbook(s): None Course Requirements: Students must have access to a computer with specific versions of Internet Explorer or Netscape. To see which versions are compatible, please refer to our pages. Tentative Course Outline: This course follows the traditional on-campus semester timeline. It begins the first day of the semester and concludes at the end of the semester. Students are