University at Buffalo School of Management

MGF 657 MGF 658 MGF 661 MGF 685 MGF 691 MGF 696 LAW 688 Financial Innovation Mergers and Acquisition Strategy and Financing Management of Financial Institutions International Financial Management Special Topics Portfolio Theory and Strategy Securities Regulation (must request registration from Law School registrar) **Only MGF 644 or MGF 645 (not both) may be used toward the finance concentration Healthcare Management Concentration The objective of this concentration is to prepare MBA students for significant responsibilities as professional managers in healthcare organizations, including hospitals, long-term care facilities, and insurance companies. The combination of an MBA education with specific training in healthcare management is a valuable asset to graduates seeking to contribute to managerial competence in an increasingly competitive, complex, and demanding sector. Anticipated enrollment in this option would be 10-15 full-time students as the MBA admissions team has fielded many questions about the availability of such a concentration. There is also meaningful interest among PMBA students; several PMBAs have already taken MGH 641 and MGH 642. This concentration is a direct response to the findings of a regional study, "Graduate healthcare Management program Market Analysis" commissioned by the School of Management and conducted during summer 2012. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 27 healthcare leaders; following these interviews the report recommended the development of a healthcare concentration within both the full-time and Professional MBA programs. The concentration, they recommended, should focus on the needs for clinical leadership, innovative approaches to industry challengers, health analytics, health informatics, and the tie between quality and cost. The reinvigoration of a MBA concentration in healthcare is also important to the school's role in Realizing UB 2020, which includes "health" as one of four key themes of the plan's academic strategy. The concentration would enable the school to offer a defined cluster of classes for students working toward health science professional degrees, including MD, DDS, MPH, Nursing, and Pharm.D, or for those already employed as clinicians or healthcare managers who are pursuing the PMBA. Required Courses: • Complete three required classes (9 credit hours total): o MGH 641: The Business of Healthcare o MGH 642: Innovators in Healthcare o MGS 632: Seminar in Health Information Systems • Select and complete two of the following for full-time MBA students and one for PMBA students (each course is 3 credit hours): o MGS 634: Integrative Approaches to Healthcare Management o MGH 648: Healthcare Practicum (internship) o MGH 632: Healthcare Strategy and Operations o MGH 633: Healthcare Economics o MGH 634: Health Policy in the U.S. o LAW 606: Introduction to Health Law o MGH 647: Supervised Research o An equivalent course approved by the chair of the MBA/MS Program Committee 10

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