Financial Management in Health Care for Non-Financial Managers is designed increase healthcare leaders’ competence in the critical area of financial management and control.  

Participants in this online program, led by Harvard experts, will benefit from a combination of learning approaches, such as case studies and interactive classroom discussions.  By the end of the program, you will have the understanding and skills to more effectively manage the planning- and control-related activities of your department or division. This includes the ability to interact more effectively with the finance personnel in your hospital and practice settings.  

Note: While much of the framing focuses on the U.S. system, the concepts are universally applicable. Key financial concepts covered in this course include: 

• Differential Costs 
• Full Cost Accounting 
• Management Control Structure 

You will learn methods for determining the full cost of delivering healthcare, examine fixed costs, variable costs, direct costs, indirect, as well as when differential costs should be used rather than full costs.