BUS 57603 - Healthcare Finance

The main purpose of this course is to demonstrate to MBA students who are interested in pursuing careers in the healthcare industry the application of modern financial analysis, including but not limited to net present value, portfolio theory, Capital Asset Pricing Model, real options analysis, and decision trees. In this course, greater emphasis is given to the issue of evaluating and financing new therapeutic products to facilitate their faster adoption by the healthcare industry to increase market efficiency and product affordability.

Cr. 3.
Student Learning Outcomes

1. Understand how innovations are financed and introduced to the healthcare market.
2. Identify the capital budgeting process in the healthcare industry and the methods of raising capital for new products.
3. Utilize analytical tools to identify pricing strategies and product affordability.
4. Assess the risk in the market and develop the appropriate hedging strategies.
5. Forecast the impact of new products on stock and portfolio valuations.