OTHA 2335 - Health Care Management in Occupational Therapy

Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours - Lecture: 3
Explores the roles of the occupational therapy assistant in health care delivery. Topics include documentation, reimbursement, credentialing, ethical standards, health care team role delineation, and management.
Prerequisite: College Level Readiness in Reading AND Writing; OTHA 1315 and OTHA 2302
Student Learning Outcomes
1 - Delineate the roles of the occupational therapy personnel. 2 - Demonstrate legal, documentation skills; give examples of reimbursement systems. 3 - Articulate the requirements for certification and licensure. 4 - Explain quality assurance; apply ethical standards in practice. 5 - Summarize the roles of the health care team. 6 - Differentiate levels of supervision. 7 - Identify the regulations that govern the practice and reimbursement of occupational therapy services including standards of practice. 8 - Understand and demonstrate effective means for marketing occupational therapy services to consumers, potential employers and the general public. 9 - Understand effective strategies for the management of occupational therapy departments and services including time management and workload prioritization. 10 - Identify concepts used for effective evaluation of occupational therapy services including data collection for quality improvement 11 - Demonstrate skills in effective presentation of professional knowledge. 12 - Understand the importance of continuing professional education. 13 - Understand the role research plays in advancing the profession of occupational therapy. 14 - Understand the need for regular supervision and training of professional and non-professional personnel. 15 - Identify the necessary skills for the direction and management of activity programs. 16 - Utilize professional literature and other informational sources to identify current issues relevant to the provision of occupational therapy services. 17 - Identify the necessity and usefulness of participation in professional associations. 18 - Identify an understanding of the need for professional liability insurance. 19 - Understand the necessity and means by which changes are brought forth in healthcare delivery systems including the resolution of personal and organizational ethical conflicts. 20 - Advocate for the needs of the consumer and profession. 21 - Identify strategies for effective, competency-based legal and ethical supervision of non-professional personnel. 22 - Demonstrate the ability to participate in the development, marketing, and management of service delivery options.