Martin Hall – Home for Health and Public Administration at MSU


Welcome!

The health services administration faculty and staff are delighted to help you pursue or enhance your health services administration career.

Vision:

To be a high value provider of health services administration education at the regional, state and national level to all types of clinical and non-clinical individuals.


Mission:
 

The Programs in Health Services Administration will provide students with tools for successful careers and personal growth through:

  • The use of both on-campus and off-campus media to enhance their skills, knowledge and abilities in health administration at a reasonable expense
  • Instruction of theoretical and conceptual frameworks for programmatic solutions in actual practice settings,
  • Instruction in the domains and competencies required by the Accrediting Commission on Education in Health Services Administration
  • Preparation for private, public, profit or non-profit health care organizations
  • Community based internships and residencies that add value to patients’ care

Goals:
 

Programmatic goals include obtaining a selection of both diverse student and faculty educational and experiential backgrounds to foster increased interdisciplinary understanding of health care. Because a health administrator supports those who provide care, it is incumbent to include both clinicians and non-clinicians in the student body to refine their analytical, verbal and quantitative skills for resolving complex health care issues. Therefore, all health services administration courses include students from the different programs.


Objectives:
 

The specific educational objectives are: (1) development of independent thinking in a complex world, (2) development of superior health care administration skills, (3) development of strong health economics/financial skills, (4) promotion of managed health care demonstration sites, (5) promotion of pragmatic application from internship (or research paper) experiences, (6) exposure to current health care systems analysis and forecasting, (7) exposure to health care ethics in a changing environment, and (8) preparation for certification/fellowship as a health care executive or nurse administrator.


Program Overview:


The Master in Health Administration (MHA) Degree from Midwestern State University is a comprehensive 45 credit hour program which brings together experienced individuals in health administration and enhances their skills, knowledge and abilities for an increasingly complex health industry. 

Through five graduate program tracks (MHA, MBA, MSN, MPA, or Graduate Certificate in Health Services Administration) we prepare students for a leadership role in health services administration that is vital to their professional and organizational development.   MHA courses meet face to face and online and are designed for persons (though not exclusively) who want to continue to work fulltime and complete a masters degree in two years.  The GCHSA track is primarily for those who are interested in health services administration, but are unsure as to which master’s degree program to complete. The GCSHA program can be completed in one year
if enrolled fulltime.


Graduate Admission Requirements:


Applicants must complete an application for admission to the Midwestern State University Graduate Programs.  In addition to completing MSU admission application materials, each applicant must also complete a separate application for admission to the Health Services Administration Program.  Application forms can be obtained form the online forms link on the page menu.
   

Entrance into the MHA program is competitive, but open to students with varied educational backgrounds. No specific baccalaureate degree is required. The applicant must have a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution and meet the respective admission requirements for each degree program.  Students who have obtained a graduate degree from a regionally accredited program - master's or doctoral - are exempt from standards above and are admitted with unconditional status.

Unconditional Admission Guidelines

Unconditional Admission may be granted to an applicant who meets the general admission requirements and has:

 

Met the department’s minimum Competency requirements:

 

a) Successful completion of a College Algebra with a B or better within the last 3 years.

                                               

OR

 

A competitive score on the analytical section of the GRE, or a passing score on the Departmental pre-admission tests, or other clear evidence of analytical skills.

 

b) Successful completion of a College level course in Technical/Report Writing with a B or better within the last 3 years.                                                                                           

 

OR

 

A competitive score on the writing section of the GRE or other evidence of graduate level writing skills.

 

c) The Master’s programs in this department rely heavily on Web-based instructional modes.  Therefore, students must demonstrate a basic knowledge of Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

 

Conditional Admission Guidelines

1. Conditional admission shall continue through the first twelve hours of graduate study.

2. If the conditional admission requires leveling courses they must be completed in the first semester of attendance with a grade of B or better, unless the department agrees otherwise.

3. Upon reaching twelve hours, the student's records will be reviewed to determine eligibility for full admission status.

4. The student must have a 3.2 grade point average in the first twelve hours and have no grade lower than a B in courses within the major

5. Any student removed from the program for academic reasons or rejected for admission to the MHA program may apply for a waiver according to directions below

Application for Admittance by Waiver and/or Re-Admittance

For incoming students application for a waiver can be made only after an admissions index has been computed.  The student must submit a letter requesting a waiver with supporting documentation of ability to perform satisfactory academic work. 

If a student has been administratively dismissed from the program, the department does recognize that in rare cases, situations may arise which result in course grades that may cause a student to be administratively dismissed from the program.  In those cases, a student may apply to the department’s academic review committee for re-admission after he or she has been officially dismissed from the program.  Approval of a waiver or a re-admission request will be based upon the student's written essay in his or her original application, the trend of undergraduate and graduate grades, professional work experience, letter of request, GRE analytical score, and consideration of letters of recommendation. Approval of a waiver moves the student to conditional status, which shall be evaluated after each attempted twelve hours of academic credit.

Requirements for Academic Good Standing

Any student who receives two grades of C or D, or a combination of C and D, or one F will be administratively removed from the program.  MHA courses in which the student earns a grade of C or lower, may be repeated one time for a higher grade, with the approval of the department’s academic review committee. A 3.0 overall grade point average is required for graduation, and students must have a grade of B or better in all courses in the major.


Core Curriculum


All MHA and GCHSA students take:

HSAD 5103 Health Services Administration

HSAD 5113 Health Care Financial Management I

HSAD 5123 Health Care Personnel

HSAD 5143 Health Care Law

HSAD 5133 Health Systems Analysis

HSAD 5153 Managed Health Care

 

MHA students take 27 additional credit hours to meet degree requirements

GCHSA students take only these core courses for their certificate completion. 

 

 

Class Meetings Schedules


The MHA program schedules face to face class meetings at the beginning and at the end of each semester.  Students are required to attend one class session at the beginning and at the end of each semester for each course they are enrolled in.



If you have any questions, please contact the MHA departments for clarification.



For further information please contact us:

 

Mrs. Sue Cook  for the MHA, MBA, MPA, or  Graduate Certificate at (940) 397-4752 or email her at sue.cook@mwsu.edu

Dr. Susan Sportsman for the MSN program at (940) 397-4597 or email at susan.sportsman@mwsu.edu


All Health Services Administration programs at MSU are graduate program members in the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA). The AUPHA is the only national organization representing health services administration programs in the United States. The MHA program is seeking accreditation and is a current candidate in the Accrediting Commission on Education in Health Services Administration (ACEHSA):

Candidacy status is an indication that a program in health services administration has voluntarily committed to participate in a plan of self-improvement and is actively progressing toward the status of accreditation. Candidacy status is not accredited status and does not guarantee eventual accredited status.

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