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Master’s in Healthcare Administration - AI Courses & Curriculum

36 Semester Hours

Major Area Required

HCM 733 - Finance and Managerial Accounting in Healthcare Organizations (4)

The purpose of this course is to provide students with the fundamental concepts and calculations associated with financial accounting and managerial accounting within a healthcare organization. Students will study the foundational aspects of financial accounting with a primary focus on financial statements and the uses of the information in these statements. Students will also study the functional aspects of managerial accounting to include cost behavior, cost allocation, pricing, planning, budgeting, profit analysis, and performance evaluation. Application of these concepts will include analysis of case studies.

HCM 735 - Healthcare Delivery Systems (4)

The course provides an extensive overview of leadership in the U.S. health services system. The focus of the course will be on the role health services leadership plays in the delivery of healthcare services, to include managing with professionals, financial management, services utilization, and other aspects of the U.S. healthcare system. The student will explore the key theoretical and practical elements of leadership as well as current issues clarifying how the U.S. health services system is organized, managed, and financed.

HCM 742 - Healthcare Laws and Ethics (4)

In this course students will develop a strong foundation in health law, enabling them to deal with the common legal, practical, moral, and ethical issues that healthcare organizations face on a daily basis. Topics will include statutory law, rules and regulations, tort law, criminal law, contract law, civil procedures, and trial procedure.

HCM 752 - Health Policy (4)

This course will explore the essential conceptual and analytical understanding of health policymaking and politics, including their impact on health administration and leadership. Selected policy issues will be explored through the application of political concepts and behavioral models, including a system model of policymaking. The emphasis will be on understanding the health leader?s approach to the policymaking system, become involved in it, and work through it to attain their objectives and those of their organization.

HCM 765 - Healthcare Operations Management (4)

Students will explore concepts and theories of operations management. The student will develop both knowledge and skills in solving the operational problems of healthcare organizations. This course will examine process improvement models that are aimed at improving the safety and quality of healthcare delivery within an organization.

HCM 772 - Healthcare Strategic Management (4)

The student will examine principles of strategic management applied to healthcare organizations. This Capstone course through critical assessments of the real world environment and case studies on strategy formulation, implementation, and evaluation will examine alternative strategic frameworks for healthcare organizations. Topics will include, mission, vision statement development, environmental assessments, analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, use of critical success factors, development of business plans, and other techniques for strategic planning and management.

MHA or MHA with Specialization

MHA:

HCM 762 - Global Health (4)

The student will examine demographic measurements, epidemiological methods, outcomes assessment, health promotion, and disease prevention from a global perspective.

HIM 702 - Health Information Governance (4)

This course covers the broad spectrum of strategic issues in healthcare including policies, guidelines, standards, processes, and controls required to manage and implement enterprise-level information. Treating information as a strategic asset to healthcare organizations, processes to manage various risks to the quality of information and ensure its appropriate use are covered.

AND

HIM 710 - Clinical Workflow & Applications (4)

This course explores requirements for clinical workflows in a variety of inpatient, outpatient, and emergency healthcare environments. It covers the documentation, review, mapping, and diagramming of clinical workflow information and processes. The course also covers the linkages between the improvement of patient care to workflow mapping and change management, as part of evidence based decision making in healthcare.

OR HIM 761 - Healthcare Analytics (4)

This course addresses the process of retrieving, analyzing, and reporting intelligence to make healthcare decisions. It covers the techniques of extracting, transforming and loading data from a myriad of operational databases into corporate data warehouses, as well means to ensure that decision making is based on clean and reliable information. The course also includes ways to report the healthcare intelligence gathered.

OR GRAD 770 - Lean Six Sigma (4)

The purpose of this course is to train individuals in Lean Six Sigma skills and strategies to improve processes and provide safe, effective care environments. The learner will demonstrate the practical application of tools utilized with Lean Six Sigma methodologies. Students will have the opportunity to apply the knowledge learned during this course concurrently with a case study designed specifically to use Six Sigma methodologies. Students will develop a Lean Six Sigma project plan that can serve as the foundation for completing a major project for Lean Six Sigma certification following the completion of the course. Interested students would need to apply for Lean Six Sigma certification and complete the major project with Franklin University's Center for Professional Training & Development.

OR PUAD 701 - Foundations of Public Service and Administration (4)

This foundational course provides an introduction to the social, economic, political, and ethical context of public administration in the United States. Students examine how public sector values differentiate government from the private sector and develop skills for critically evaluating issues faced by public administrators.

OR PSYC 603 - Managerial Psychology (4)

This course will explore the psychological influences on the development and behavior of managers and organizational leaders. Topics include: follower influences, nature vs. nurture in the development of leaders, relationship of personality to leadership style, behavioral decision- making biases, tactical, operational, and strategic decision-making , group think, and scenario planning.

OR HRM 713 - Human Resource Management (4)

This course examines the strategic role of Human Resources (HR) in driving organizational success through effective policies, practices, and human capital initiatives. Students will explore how HR contributes to enterprise-wide strategy, workforce planning, and talent management. Emphasis is placed on HR's collaboration with all types of managers in areas such as hiring, training, and compensation. The course also addresses the evolving responsibilities of HR in a global workplace and the challenges of a changing workforce, equipping students with strategies to enhance organizational performance and productivity.

OR

Organizational Leadership Specialization:

MGMT 780 - Organizational Leadership Theories (4)

This course provides an overview of the historical and current leadership concepts, theories and constructs. Application and assessment of the individual leadership style will enable the student to develop their leadership voice. This course will provide a construct that will enable the student to identify transferrable skills that align with the organization that they are serving in. This course will challenge students to assess their own leadership strengths and weaknesses and produce an in-depth plan of action to develop and refine leadership competencies. Students will conduct substantive scholarly research to address and capture relevant and cutting-edge leadership theoretical work for application in course assignments.

MGMT 785 - Change Management for Organizational Leaders (4)

This course focuses on research and evaluation of the key theoretical concepts and practices central to the leading of organizational change initiatives. Students will evaluate real-world situations in a manner that supports the ability to initiate, implement and sustain major change. The management of change is a dynamic process. This course focuses on understanding how to plan and implement change in various organizations and other settings.

PSYC 603 - Managerial Psychology (4)

This course will explore the psychological influences on the development and behavior of managers and organizational leaders. Topics include: follower influences, nature vs. nurture in the development of leaders, relationship of personality to leadership style, behavioral decision- making biases, tactical, operational, and strategic decision-making , group think, and scenario planning.

OR

Operational Excellence Specialization:

GRAD 770 - Lean Six Sigma (4)

The purpose of this course is to train individuals in Lean Six Sigma skills and strategies to improve processes and provide safe, effective care environments. The learner will demonstrate the practical application of tools utilized with Lean Six Sigma methodologies. Students will have the opportunity to apply the knowledge learned during this course concurrently with a case study designed specifically to use Six Sigma methodologies. Students will develop a Lean Six Sigma project plan that can serve as the foundation for completing a major project for Lean Six Sigma certification following the completion of the course. Interested students would need to apply for Lean Six Sigma certification and complete the major project with Franklin University's Center for Professional Training & Development.

OSCM 731 - Operations Management (4)

In today's business environment, the success of organizations depends on the effective and efficient management of operations. Methods to select, plan, and improve organizational processes will be examined. The application of optimal capacity decisions in supply chains, development production, and inventory plans and schedules will be performed. The student will learn quality management and improvement process to increase the efficiency of a process.

OSCM 780 - Introduction to Operations Excellence (4)

Operational excellence can provide an important competitive advantage for firms in today?s marketplace. This course presents the concepts in quality. It builds upon the responses of six sigma and lean principles. This course also blends qualitative and quantitative information so that organizations can capitalize on opportunities and data driven management.

OR

Human Resources Specialization:

HRM 702 - Employee Rights, Responsibilities, Discp (4)

The primary purpose of this course is to introduce the principle theories and practices in the area of employment and workplace law. Topics include the federal and state laws associated with hiring, firing and discipline, medical leave (including FMLA, ADA and worker's compensation), discrimination, harassment, immigration, labor law, unemployment compensation, workplace privacy. Additional topics may include workplace investigations, workplace violence and employment-related legal processes, including EEOC Charges and lawsuits.

HRM 706 - Organizational Development/Intervention (4)

This course addresses the need for planned change focused on an organization's ability to compete strategically. The framework of consultation as helping organizations reach a level of optimum performance will be applied. Topics addressed include individual, team, and organization-wide interventions that can raise productivity/quality, improve competitiveness, increase skills, morale, and commitment.

HRM 708 - Strategic Human Resource Planning (4)

The course will introduce students to the field of strategic human resource management (SHRM). Current topics in SHRM that have resulted from environmental and organizational challenges, e.g., technology, globalization, legislation, restructuring, work/life balance, changing labor markets, are discussed Emphasis will be placed on problem solving issues, policies, and practices affecting HR specialists, practitioners, and managers.

OR

AI Leadership for Professionals Specialization:

AI 701 - Foundations of AI Leadership (4)

This foundational course equips non-technical professionals with the practical skills to use leading-edge AI reliably in real work?spanning predictive insights, generative capabilities, and automation-oriented workflows?without programming or deep technical implementation. It builds a clear mental model of what AI can and cannot do, then develops repeatable, auditable workflows that produce professional-grade deliverables through explicit constraints, structured formatting, verification steps, and quality controls. The course broadens from individual workflow competence to organizational leadership considerations?governance and risk, AI-enabled operating models and adoption, and controlled approaches to agentic automation?so foundational practice can be applied within team and organizational constraints. This is an AI-enabled course. AI is used extensively to draft, analyze, and iterate on deliverables, while human critical judgment, domain expertise, and structured review remain central to ensuring accuracy, appropriateness, and responsible use.

AND

At least 2 of the following courses:

AI 702 - AI Governance, Risk, and Ethical Leadership (4)

Organizations are adopting generative and automation-oriented AI quickly; the most consequential failures are typically governance failures?unclear accountability, unmanaged information exposure, weak evaluation discipline, and unrecognized bias. This course builds operational leadership capability to govern AI-enabled work in professional settings (business, healthcare, government, non-profit, etc.) through practical, defensible guardrails. Work centers on risk framing tied to measurable harm and impact; decision rights and oversight; enterprise risk assessment (including compliance/legal exposure) with owners and escalation thresholds; information boundaries for privacy, sensitive data, retention, and intellectual property; evidence-based evaluation and auditability; vendor due diligence; and incident readiness. Ethical leadership is treated as an explicit thread across these practices?clarifying who is affected, what tradeoffs are acceptable, what safeguards are required, and what recourse exists when failures occur?so decisions remain defensible under real-world delivery pressure. This is an AI-enabled course. AI is used extensively to draft, analyze, and iterate on deliverables, while human critical judgment, domain expertise, and structured review remain central to ensuring accuracy, appropriateness, and responsible use.

OR AI 703 - Leading the AI-Native Organization (4)

This course equips organizational leaders to guide the strategic and human realities of AI adoption across operations. The focus is operating-model redesign: selecting high-value use cases, defining accountability where human judgment and automated execution intersect, and managing change without degrading trust, quality, or compliance. Emphasis is placed on measurable outcomes?cycle time, quality, cost, risk, and stakeholder confidence?using disciplined evaluation, workflow design, and adoption practices suitable for real departments and functions. The course also addresses AI-enabled innovation by using AI outputs to generate options quickly, then applying practical verification steps and decision documentation so actions are evidence-based and defensible. This is an AI-enabled course. AI is used extensively to draft, analyze, and iterate on deliverables, while human critical judgment, domain expertise, and structured review remain central to ensuring accuracy, appropriateness, and responsible use.

OR AI 704 - Leading Agentic Automation (4)

This course prepares non-technical professionals to design, build, and operationalize AI-enabled workflows using no-code automation platforms. Work is hands-on and production-minded: each week advances a functioning workflow agent that executes a defined operational process through triggers, structured inputs, decisions, actions, exceptions, escalation paths, and explicit human review gates. The course emphasizes operational credibility in business and healthcare contexts?intake and triage, case routing, documentation support, approvals, and controlled downstream actions?where reliability, auditability, privacy, and safe failure behavior matter. The culminating deliverable is an operator-ready pilot package: a working workflow plus the minimum documentation and evidence required to run it responsibly in a controlled pilot (data boundaries, integration requirements, test evidence, operating procedures, monitoring signals, and an improvement backlog). This is an AI-enabled course. AI is used extensively to draft, analyze, and iterate on deliverables, while human critical judgment, domain expertise, and structured review remain central to ensuring accuracy, appropriateness, and responsible use.

Optional Focus Areas

Health Informatics:

HIM 710 - Clinical Workflow & Applications (4)

This course explores requirements for clinical workflows in a variety of inpatient, outpatient, and emergency healthcare environments. It covers the documentation, review, mapping, and diagramming of clinical workflow information and processes. The course also covers the linkages between the improvement of patient care to workflow mapping and change management, as part of evidence based decision making in healthcare.

HIM 761 - Healthcare Analytics (4)

This course addresses the process of retrieving, analyzing, and reporting intelligence to make healthcare decisions. It covers the techniques of extracting, transforming and loading data from a myriad of operational databases into corporate data warehouses, as well means to ensure that decision making is based on clean and reliable information. The course also includes ways to report the healthcare intelligence gathered.

AND

Adding a focus area provides an opportunity for customization but is not required for completion of the degree. The focus area requires two additional courses.

Microcredentials Align with Job Essentials

In today's dynamic work environments, adaptive professionals thrive. A microcredential - either as a stand-alone course or integrated into your degree program - is a short, skill-specific recognition that enables you to demonstrate your competency in a distinct area. Like Franklin's degree programs, microcredentials are aligned with market and industry demand to ensure what you learn can be put to use right away. Microcredentials are easily shared via digital badges and can be stacked to create a unique portfolio of in-demand skills.

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Master’s in Healthcare Administration - AI Courses & Curriculum Program Details

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Program Learning Outcomes

A learning outcome map functions as a roadmap to help guide students' progress through their program of study. Click HERE to view the Master of Healthcare Administration matrix.

Degree Requirements

To be awarded a graduate degree, students must:

Successfully complete all required curriculum courses.
Maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.00.
Complete the residency requirement:
1. Master of Healthcare Administration students must earn least 20 of the 36 required credits at Franklin University.
Complete the payment of all requisite tuition and fees;
Not to be under disciplinary dismissal due to academic dishonesty or violation of Student Code of Conduct.

Transfer credit awarded based on experiential learning shall not count toward the residence requirement at Franklin University.

Admission Requirements

The admission process reflects Franklin University’s efforts to clearly identify the performance standards that can help predict student success in graduate level study. The selection criterion for Franklin’s graduate programs, as determined by faculty, emphasizes academic ability, contributory work experience, and personal qualities and characteristics.

Requirements for admission include having earned a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree from an institution accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, Western Association of Schools and Colleges (ACCJC), Higher Learning Commission (HLC), Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE), New England Commission on Higher Education (NECHE), Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU), Southern Association of Colleges and School Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC), or a Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)-recognized accrediting organization with a GPA of at least a 2.50 on a 4.0 scale.*

Submission of an official transcript from the educational institution where the bachelor’s, master's, or doctoral degree was earned is required. A student will not be permitted to register for courses in their initial term of registration until unofficial domestic transcripts or official transcripts are received. Official transcripts must be received before registering for the second term.

Master's Conditional Admission - GPA

Domestic applicants seeking enrollment into a Franklin University Master’s Program who do not meet the minimum GPA requirements may be considered for conditional admission into a program. An applicant must meet Franklin University’s other admission requirements to be eligible for conditional admission.
Applicants who earned a GPA between 2.250-2.499 on a 4.0 scale in their earned degree will automatically be granted conditional enrollment status. Applicants who earned lower than a 2.250 GPA on a 4.0 scale in their earned degree can petition for conditional enrollment status to the program chair by submitting a professional resume and an essay detailing other criteria that the applicant believes should be considered to demonstrate their ability to be successful in a graduate program. This petition could include details on the applicant’s work experience, work ethic, level of professionalism, personality characteristics, level of difficulty of program of study previously completed, etc.
Conditionally admitted students are required to achieve a final grade of “B” (3.0 GPA) or better in the first graduate-level course of their program, and are restricted to taking one graduate course at a time until this requirement is met. Students admitted to the programs listed below may take two 12-week classes concurrently, and would be required to earn a final grade of “B” in each course. If the terms of the conditional enrollment are not met, the student will not be allowed to advance in their program and will be unable to earn this graduate degree from Franklin University. Programs that allow for concurrent enrollment include: Business Analytics, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Health Informatics, Data Analytics, Information Technology, and Information Systems.

Master’s Conditional Admission – Degree Conferral

Domestic applicants seeking enrollment into a Franklin University Master’s Program who have not yet completed their qualifying degree program may be considered for conditional admission into a program. Conditional admission may be offered up to two semesters prior to an applicant’s anticipated graduation.
Conditionally admitted applicants may register for classes prior to completing their qualifying degree, but may not begin master’s program coursework until the semester after their degree is conferred.
It is the responsibility of the student to provide an official transcript confirming successful completion of their qualifying degree program prior to the end of their first semester. If the terms of the conditional enrollment are not met, the student will not be allowed to advance in their current program.

Master’s applicants may be offered conditional admission for both low GPA and pending degree conferral.

For the following programs, transcripts are evaluated for co-requisite requirements during the admission process:
M.S. in Accounting
M.S. in Accounting-STEM
M.S. in Computer Science
M.S. in Cybersecurity
M.S. in Information Technology

English Language Testing & TOEFL IELTS

Prospective graduate students must demonstrate English language proficiency. A student who meets at least one of the following criteria is eligible for admission as a degree-seeking student:

The applicant is a citizen of a country where English is the primary language for education. A list of these countries can be found below.*
The applicant has provided official documentation that meets Franklin graduate admission requirements from an institution in which English is the medium of instruction.
Has submitted an official score report meeting the minimum requirements for admission (see Minimum Scores below) from one of the following exams approved by Franklin University: Accuplacer ESL, Cambridge English Qualifications, Duolingo English Test (DET), International English Language Testing System Academic (IELTS), Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic), Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Other officially recognized exams may also be considered. English proficiency scores must be less than two years old.

*For more information about English proficiency, including a list of English-speaking nations, please visit our International Students section.

Program Advisory Board

The University employs a team approach to planning, developing and maintaining its academic curriculum. An essential element of this process – and a key to the institution’s quality assurance practices – is the Program Advisory Board (and the associated Alumni Advisory Board). A diverse array of business and industry leaders make up these discipline-specific boards that provide guidance on theory-to-practice ideas, global business perspectives, and emerging topics in the field. Each academic year, Program Advisory Boards meet with Division Chairs and faculty for lively and engaged conversations, thus bringing members’ substantial professional experience and expertise into the classroom. In addition, some Division Chairs elect to engage Program Advisory Board members in the assessment of academic program outcomes.

Name	Organization	Title
Camille Garcia	The Metrohealth System Cancer Center	Operations Manager
Elizabeth Locke	I Am Boundless	Senior Director of Finance
Krista Maxey-Kohn	James Cancer Hospital	Service Line Administrator
Jessica McCord	Ohio Department of Medicaid	Mgr. of Network Mgmt. + Ops.
Sacha Tadros	Columbus State Comm College	Chair-Pharmacy Technician and Healthcare
Lana Uhrig	Emory University	Vice President of Cancer Nursing
Bruce Vanderhoff	Ohio Department of Health	Director
Theodore Washienko	Bon Secour Health System	Retired
Jangus Whitner	Apexus LLC	Mgr, 340B Education + Compliance

Careers & Salary Outlook

24%

From 2023-2033, jobs in Healthcare are expected to increase by 24%

Occupation

Median Salary (2023)

Job Postings (2023)

Projected Growth (2023-2033)

Occupation

Medical and Health Services Managers

$110,677

353,327

30%

Medical and Health Services Managers

Median Salary: $110,677
Job Postings: 353,327
Projected Growth: 30%

Occupation

Job Titles

Skills

Industry

Description

Medical and Health Services Managers plan, direct, or coordinate medical and health services in hospitals, clinics, managed care organizations, public health agencies, or similar organizations.

Projected Growth

Job Title	Job Postings	% of Job Postings
Directors of Nursing	74,532	21%
Patient Care Coordinators	44,567	13%
Medical Directors	25,499	7%
Clinical Supervisors	24,187	7%
Directors of Rehabilitation	31,461	9%
Patient Services Coordinators	14,952	4%
Care Coordinators	11,875	3%
Patient Coordinators	12,025	3%
Referral Coordinators	10,538	3%
Laboratory Managers	12,562	4%
Clinical Directors	18,585	5%
Clinical Managers	12,931	4%
Referral Specialists	6,551	2%
Clinic Managers	7,456	2%
Nursing Home Administrators	10,635	3%
Directors of Nursing/Registered Nurses	8,446	2%
Clinical Coordinators	6,381	2%
Patient Care Managers	7,354	2%
Laboratory Supervisors	6,298	2%
Directors of Behavioral Health	6,492	2%

Skill	Job Postings	% of Total Postings
Nursing	96,012	21%
Care Coordination	61,088	13%
Medical Records	46,051	10%
Billing	39,906	9%
Auditing	36,715	8%
Electronic Medical Record	33,840	7%
Marketing	33,824	7%
Social Work	31,707	7%
Case Management	31,439	7%
Workflow Management	30,960	7%
Quality Improvement	29,898	6%
Project Management	27,891	6%
Behavioral Health	27,342	6%
Mental Health	26,624	6%
Home Health Care	26,190	6%
Rehabilitation	25,747	6%
Medical Terminology	25,409	6%
Clinical Experience	24,460	5%
Healthcare Industry Knowledge	24,075	5%
Medicare	23,611	5%

	Industry	% of Occupation in Industry
	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals		23%
	Offices of Physicians		13%
	Outpatient Care Centers		7%
	Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)		6%
	Home Health Care Services		5%
	Offices of Other Health Practitioners		4%
	Other		42%

Administrative Services Managers

$106,475

32,278

10%

Administrative Services Managers

Median Salary: $106,475
Job Postings: 32,278
Projected Growth: 10%

Occupation

Job Titles

Skills

Industry

Description

Administrative Services Managers plan, direct, or coordinate one or more administrative services of an organization, such as records and information management, mail distribution, and other office support services. Medical records administrators are included in Medical and Health Services Managers (11-9111).

Projected Growth

Job Title	Job Postings	% of Job Postings
Business Office Managers	17,003	53%
Administrative Managers	2,700	8%
Executive Administrators	2,049	6%
Assistant Business Office Managers	2,197	7%
Administrative Services Managers	902	3%
Directors of Administration	671	2%
Business Services Managers	523	2%
Business Managers	720	2%
Administrative Directors	1,102	3%
Administrators	787	2%
Administrative Support Managers	361	1%
Administrative Fellows	453	1%
Administrative Business Partners	370	1%
Directors of Administrative Services	330	1%
Operations Managers	370	1%
Workplace Managers	384	1%
Administrative Associates	425	1%
Fellows	187	1%
Workplace Services Managers	407	1%
Business Administrators	337	1%

Skill	Job Postings	% of Total Postings
Office Management	9,443	37%
Accounting	8,347	32%
Billing	6,374	25%
Accounts Receivable	5,678	22%
Accounts Payable	4,824	19%
Finance	4,593	18%
Administrative Support	3,967	15%
Invoicing	3,605	14%
Medicaid	3,535	14%
Auditing	2,997	12%
Medicare	2,927	11%
Financial Statements	2,776	11%
Bookkeeping	2,476	10%
Project Management	2,450	10%
Purchasing	2,216	9%
Deposit Accounts	2,047	8%
Marketing	2,004	8%
Long-Term Care	1,750	7%
Workflow Management	1,635	6%
Office Supply Management	1,625	6%

	Industry	% of Occupation in Industry
	Local Government, Excluding Education and Hospitals		8%
	State Government, Excluding Education and Hospitals		7%
	Management of Companies and Enterprises		5%
	Education and Hospitals (State Government)		4%
	Education and Hospitals (Local Government)		3%
	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools		3%
	Other		69%

Employment outlook data is provided by Lightcast and represents labor market trends in the United States. It is not specific to Franklin University graduates or any particular degree level. Franklin University cannot guarantee employment placement, salary level, or career advancement.

Master’s in Healthcare Administration-AI Knowledge & Skillsets

Gain in-demand skills sought by employers with curriculum that teaches you:

Healthcare Leadership & Strategy

Assure delivery of high-quality, equitable and patient-centered care
Coordinate with boards of directors, medical staff and senior management in the development of strategic plans
Participate in strategic planning, ensuring resources are aligned with mission
Oversee strategic and tactical plans for ensuring competitive positioning
Inform stakeholders on business, market and political factors affecting healthcare environments
Identify new business opportunities that benefit organizations while meeting community needs
Represent organizations in relationships and negotiations with healthcare agencies, partners and communities
Monitor trend analyses, medical cost-containment strategies, provider network evaluations, rate-setting support analyses, provider reimbursement and risk-sharing strategies

Healthcare Operations Management

Foster smooth, efficient operations by anticipating problems and ensuring timely resolutions
Lead operations in accordance with customer needs, government regulations and organizational policies
Direct, supervise and coordinate staff activities in support of strategic plans, providing cost-effective, quality care
Ensure high-quality healthcare delivery that meets or exceeds standards within a reasonable cost structure
Develop roadmaps and implementation plans for capitalizing on strategic opportunities
Evaluate vendors, provide recommendations for selection, and manage post-selection vendor relationships
Define and implement management execution systems strategies for global supply chains using business governance models that support short- and long-term supply chain goals
Act as primary operational expert, ensuring smooth operation of strategic processes
Oversee initiatives that address societal issues contributing to poor health, toward the betterment of global and national communities
Implement process improvement methodologies to enhance operational efficiency and patient experience

Healthcare Law & Policy

Implement patient care, staffing and other policies and procedures to remain compliant with local, state and federal regulations, and facility bylaws
Oversee facility inspections, including obtaining required data from accrediting agencies and working with functional areas to facilitate continuous flow of information
Provide leadership and guidance for quality assurance and utilization review programs
Interface with government and non-government regulatory and accrediting agencies to advocate on behalf of clinical programs
Analyze state and local budget proposals to determine impact on healthcare and public programs
Track budget development throughout legislative processes
Manage legislative policy and budget research, data analyses and coalition work
Develop and implement policies that promote ethical decision-making and social responsibility

Healthcare Accounting & Finance

Prepare and monitor annual budgets, demonstrating expected revenues and expenditures in conformity with fiscal programs and policies
Oversee preparation of administrative budgets and the development of transparent and relevant fiscal and operational reports
Ensure sound fiscal operations while promoting cost-effective production of services
Implement effective financial models, and cost and revenue allocation strategies
Monitor key metrics, such as operational volumes, expenses, service utilization, market share and profitability
Analyze cost performance, administrative costs, and financial performance to identify opportunities for improved profitability
Make key business decisions based on financial-related data, such as cost projects, premium rate filing, provider contracts, medical and administrative expenses, benchmarking and performance
Leverage data analytics to optimize financial performance and resource allocation

Management

Attract, recruit, manage and inspire A-list employees who move organizations forward
Use innovative assessment tools to assist in making optimal hiring decisions
Analyze job evaluations, salary surveys, and individual and group performance-based pay
Drive best-in-class management and succession planning processes, ensuring the right talent for the right roles at the right time
Design and develop competitive compensation and reward strategies
Establish and maintain fair and equitable compensation and benefits programs
Create long-term human capital development initiatives to establish and maintain global competitiveness
Manage strategic roadmaps for maximizing employee performance and creating business value
Identify key forces impacting future workforce, such as skill shortages, economic conditions and changes to business strategies
Understand current workforce in terms of metrics and trends, developing key insights into the story behind the data
Develop and maintain employee relations, ensuring coordination of quality patient care and service delivery to achieve business development goals
Promote a diverse, inclusive and equitable work environment that supports employee well-being and engagement

AI Leadership, Workflow Design & Responsible Use

Diagnose appropriate and inappropriate uses of AI for professional and industry deliverables by identifying capabilities, limits and likely failure modes
Structure repeatable AI-assisted workflows that improve efficiency, consistency, service delivery and quality
Evaluate and improve AI outputs using rubric-based quality control, verification practices and explicit assumption management
Apply responsible information-use and governance controls by defining permitted inputs, escalation triggers and risk mitigation processes
Develop adoption-ready AI use-case briefs that connect value, feasibility, success metrics and change impacts to an operating context
Specify controlled agentic workflows with permissions, approval checkpoints, stop conditions and escalation paths
Translate research findings and data insights into actionable recommendations

AI Governance, Risk & Ethical Decision-Making

Diagnose AI failure modes using harm-and-impact framing
Construct governance models that assign decision rights, controls and monitoring signals
Assess enterprise AI risk, including compliance and legal exposure, using structured risk registers and escalation thresholds
Establish information boundary rules for privacy, sensitive data handling, retention and compliance with healthcare laws
Validate AI use cases through evaluation plans with targeted tests, acceptance thresholds and audit-ready traceability
Justify approval recommendations by documenting safeguards, residual risk and ethical tradeoffs

AI-Enabled Healthcare Operations, Adoption & Automation

Prioritize AI opportunities using value, feasibility and risk criteria
Quantify expected operational impact using benefits-and-tradeoffs models
Redesign workflows to define human-AI task boundaries, decision rights and review gates
Construct adoption plans that address change risks, communications, implementation, training and trust safeguards
Operate controlled pilots using documentation, evidence, monitoring signals and improvement recommendations

Master’s in Healthcare Administration-AI FAQs

What is an online master’s in healthcare administration with an AI Leadership for Professionals specialization?

Franklin's online Master of Healthcare Administration with an AI Leadership for Professionals specialization combines a 24-credit MHA core with 12 credits of applied, non-technical AI leadership coursework. You'll build healthcare administration expertise while learning to lead AI adoption, establish governance, manage risk, redesign workflows, and guide organizational change – without becoming a programmer or AI developer.

What can you do with a master’s in healthcare administration online with an AI leadership specialization?

Graduates are prepared to lead AI-enabled transformation across hospitals, health systems, physician organizations, insurers, public health agencies, consulting firms and other healthcare organizations. Career-aligned roles include AI strategy and innovation manager, director of digital transformation, and healthcare AI program manager, along with broader healthcare leadership roles in operations, governance, strategy, innovation and organizational change.

Why earn a master’s in healthcare administration with a focus on AI in healthcare?

AI is already changing how healthcare organizations approach quality care, patient outcomes, operational efficiency, regulatory compliance and value-based care. This specialization prepares experienced healthcare professionals to evaluate where AI adds real value and to lead the shift without letting quality, trust, or accountability slip.

What makes Franklin’s online Master of Healthcare Administration with AI leadership unique?

Franklin combines a healthcare administration foundation with an applied, non-technical approach to AI leadership. Instead of focusing on programming or AI development, you'll build the judgment to guide AI-enabled healthcare transformation. You'll also have the flexibility to build deeper expertise in areas such as AI governance, organizational transformation and agentic automation.

When can I start an online master’s in healthcare administration with AI leadership at Franklin?

Choose from eight start dates each year: fall (August, September and November) or spring (January, February and March) or summer (May and June).

How much will my online master’s in healthcare administration with AI leadership cost?

Franklin University offers a quality education at a competitive cost so you can afford to invest in your future. Our per credit hour tuition rates (vs. per year or per term rates) enable you to get a realistic estimate of exactly how much your degree will cost. Our 2026-2027 tuition rate is $690 per credit hour. Use Franklin’s free MyCost Estimator to get a personalized estimate of your total degree cost. If you have any questions, ask our helpful staff about available financing options and financial aid programs.

How long does it take to earn an online master’s in healthcare administration with AI leadership?

Franklin's Master of Healthcare Administration with an AI Leadership for Professionals Specialization is a 36-credit program with a completion pathway of approximately 14 months for students who stay on pace. Both the MHA core courses and the AI Leadership courses are offered in convenient six-week formats, helping you move efficiently through the program by taking one class at a time.

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2026 - 2027 Tuition	Cost Per Credit
Standard tuition per credit hour	$690
RN-MSN Pathway (NURS 500)	$298
Current service members	$536
Master's Prerequisite Courses (500 level)	$398
Master's Prerequisite Courses (500 level) - International Students	$526
2026 - 2027 Tuition	Cost Per Credit
Standard tuition per credit hour	$690

Other Fees and Charges	Cost
Resource fee (each semester)	$100

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Lead Responsible AI Implementation with a Healthcare Administration Master’s

14-Month Completion

Learn From Healthcare Professionals

Apply What You Learn

Govern AI Responsibly

Redesign Healthcare Workflows

Use AI for Max Impact

Add AI leadership to your healthcare expertise

Bring AI into the work you already lead

Practice the decisions AI leaders have to make

Prepare for the roles healthcare is creating

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English Language Testing & TOEFL IELTS

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