Spring 2019 Course Syllabi

Relationship to Campus Theme: Home Health Management course provides an introduction to 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 importance of maintaining financial records and necessary skills in managing a business. This course explores self- employment and being an employee of an agency that provides home health service/home and community based services. The course also discusses government programs, working knowledge of the disciplines and agencies involved in the screening and assessment process for services. Waived services, difference between Medicaid and Medicare and private insurance providers. Then through class assignments the student demonstrates knowledge and application of technology as it applies to Home Health management, along with demonstrating effective communication skills Classroom Policies: •Regular participation in the class is expected. •Every assignment is done online or in your community and then sent to the Instructor through an assignment drop box located within the course. Quizzes/Tests are completed online. Students are NOT expected to come to the campus at any time. •All quizzes and exams can be taken on any computer with Internet access. •Quizzes and exams can be taken at home, in a library, and/or some other setting that has a suitable testing environment. •Students need to select a testing environment conducive for testing such as a distraction-free area at home, a computer lab at a library, etc. •Exams may be taken during set dates and times. The dates and time period are posted on the course calendar. •Each quiz/test will be available for a 3-5 day period on a date set by the instructor. Students can take a quiz/test at any time during the 3-5 day period. •Quizzes and test are given for a limited time only. •Each quiz/test will be available for a limited period of time (15-90 minutes) depending upon the number of questions. •Expectations: There are ten quizzes, a mid-term and final that is given during the course of the semester. The type of questions on the quizzes and tests are multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blank, short essay, essay and matching. •Tests are comprised primarily of multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blank and matching. Quizzes have approximately 5 questions each and mid- term exam and final have around 50 questions each.