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Bachelor’s Degree Specialization in Health Services Management

Put Your Passion for Healthcare to Work

Combine your ambition to improve lives with your interest in business and earn a Bachelor’s Degree with a Specialization in Health Services Management from DeVry University. Coursework in this program addresses the political, social, cultural, economic and technical influences that shape today’s healthcare system.

Get To Know Our Health Services Management Program Specialization

You’ll examine important topics such as health rights and responsibilities, healthcare policy, records management, insurance claims billing and healthcare financing. Our knowledgeable faculty of professors will give you real-world insight of what it’s like to manage comprehensive healthcare billing systems, facilities and patient accounting, drawing from their years of experience working in the field.

The Health Services Management Specialization can be earned as a part of the following bachelor's in business degrees:

  • Bachelor’s in Business Administration

  • Bachelor’s in Business Management

  • Bachelor’s in Technical Management

Classes Start Every 8 Weeks

Earn your  Bachelor's Degree in Business with Health Services Management Specialization in as little as 2 years + 8 months*—or even more quickly with qualifying transfer credits.

*Not including breaks. Assumes year-round, full-time enrollment.
Minimum Completion Time*
2 years
8 months
OR
Normal Completion Time**
4 years

ACCELERATE ON YOUR SCHEDULE

Earn one of our Bachelor's Degrees in Business with Health Services Management Specialization in as little as 2 years + 8 months*, or follow a normal schedule and complete your program in 4 years.**

*Minimum schedule does not include breaks and assumes 3 semesters of year-round, full-time enrollment in 12-19 credit hours a semester per 12 month period.
**Normal schedule assumes 2 semesters of enrollment in 12-19 credit hours per semester per 12 month period.

Knowledge & Skills

What You'll Learn

The Health Services Management Specialization covers the following:

  • Business affairs and strategies
    Learn about business affairs and strategies such as billing and collection.
  • Budget, Technology and Human Resource Planning
    Learn to achieve corporate goals by surveying current trends and best practices in use of technology in the human resources field and studying policies and procedures for short- and long-range human resource planning, recruiting and selection.
  • Organizing Patient Flow
    Learn about continually evolving healthcare systems, technological innovations, complex government regulations, and preventive care initiatives to assist with organizing patient flow.
  • Supervising and Hiring Nonmedical Staff
    Understand the fundamental management theories and traditional managerial responsibilities in formal and informal organizational structures, including planning, organizing, directing, controlling and staffing.

Accreditation and Recognition Matter

Being accredited means we’ve met rigorous quality standards and are committed to giving you the education you deserve. We're proud to be accredited by The Higher Learning Commission (HLC), www.hlcommission.org.1 

Our Bachelor’s in Technical Management, Business Administration or Business Management with a Specialization in Health Services Management is accredited2 by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) www.acbsp.org.

1DeVry University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission (HLC), www.hlcommission.org. The University’s Keller Graduate School of Management is included in this accreditation.

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Career

Career Opportunities in Health Services Management

Graduates with our Health Services Management Specialization may consider the following careers:
  • Medical office supervision

  • Patient accounting and billing systems

  • Managed care coordination

  • Medical computer sales

  • Management of provider networks

  • Facility direction and marketing

Academic Catalog
2023 - 2024 Academic Catalog
Program Guides
Business Management: Health Services Management
Technical Management: Health Services Management
Business Administration: Health Services Management

*Minimum schedule does not include breaks and assumes 3 semesters of year-round, full-time enrollment in 12-19 credit hours a semester per 12 month period.
**Normal schedule assumes 2 semesters of enrollment in 12-19 credit hours per semester per 12 month period.
1DeVry University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission (HLC), www.hlcommission.org. The University’s Keller Graduate School of Management is included in this accreditation.
2Conferral and Assessment Data - Available for all of DeVry and Keller's ACBSP accredited programs. For a full list of DeVry University's business and accounting degree programs accredited by ACBSP, please see the Accreditation page.