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In the News Blues plans form subsidiary to handle expected boost in individual, small-business claims American Medical News - January 26, 2012 Two BlueCross BlueShield-affiliated insurers have agreed to hand over administration of much of their business to a spinoff subsidiary that will in turn pay a vendor to do the work. The business processes for the individual and small group markets will differ from what these plans do now because of the creation of exchanges, said Bill Custer of the Institute of Health Administration. Read the article » PeachCare Opens To State Employees Georgia Public Broadcasting - November 10, 2011 “There are many state employees, not just in Georgia but across the nation, who have income such that these children are not getting any coverage,” said Bill Custer of the Institute of Health Administration. “So the notion is that you’re really not cost-shifting as much as you’re creating a new opportunity for people to get coverage who don’t have it.” Read the article »

In the News

Blues plans form subsidiary to handle expected boost in individual, small-business claims
American Medical News - January 26, 2012
Two BlueCross BlueShield-affiliated insurers have agreed to hand over administration of much of their business to a spinoff subsidiary that will in turn pay a vendor to do the work. The business processes for the individual and small group markets will differ from what these plans do now because of the creation of exchanges, said Bill Custer of the Institute of Health Administration. Read the article »

PeachCare Opens To State Employees
Georgia Public Broadcasting - November 10, 2011
“There are many state employees, not just in Georgia but across the nation, who have income such that these children are not getting any coverage,” said Bill Custer of the Institute of Health Administration. “So the notion is that you’re really not cost-shifting as much as you’re creating a new opportunity for people to get coverage who don’t have it.”
Read the article »

Institute of Health Administration

2012 and Beyond… This is the place where today's master's graduates in healthcare administration and management prepare to become tomorrow's executive leaders, ready to move the healthcare industry forward in the 21st century. Welcome! From our Director… The Institute of Health Administration provides quality graduate programs for education, research and career development in healthcare administration and management. The Robinson College of Business' part-time MBA programs are consistently top-ranked and the MHA is also nationally ranked. Our CAHME-accredited MBA/MHA and other degree programs produce qualified healthcare management professionals sought after by the healthcare industry. Graduate Success... The record shows that ALL of our master's graduates find employment in business and healthcare soon after graduation. Our alumni network with more than 1,000 members represents successful graduates contributing to almost every sector of today's fast-changing healthcare industry. We are committed to the highest quality in graduate education and research to improve the performance of healthcare systems and, ultimately, to create healthier communities. On this website we invite you to: View our degree programs and courses Meet our faculty See a glimpse of our growing activities in health services research Discover the Health Informatics and Process Innovation program Learn about the new PMBA/MHA and JD/MSHA dual degrees Please let us know if you have any questions or need more information. Andrew Sumner, Sc.D. Director

2012 and Beyond…

This is the place where today's master's graduates in healthcare administration and management prepare to become tomorrow's executive leaders, ready to move the healthcare industry forward in the 21st century.

Welcome! From our Director…

The Institute of Health Administration provides quality graduate programs for education, research and career development in healthcare administration and management. The Robinson College of Business' part-time MBA programs are consistently top-ranked and the MHA is also nationally ranked. Our CAHME-accredited MBA/MHA and other degree programs produce qualified healthcare management professionals sought after by the healthcare industry.

Graduate Success...

The record shows that ALL of our master's graduates find employment in business and healthcare soon after graduation. Our alumni network with more than 1,000 members represents successful graduates contributing to almost every sector of today's fast-changing healthcare industry. We are committed to the highest quality in graduate education and research to improve the performance of healthcare systems and, ultimately, to create healthier communities.

On this website we invite you to:

View our degree programs and courses
Meet our faculty
See a glimpse of our growing activities in health services research
Discover the Health Informatics and Process Innovation program
Learn about the new PMBA/MHA and JD/MSHA dual degrees

Please let us know if you have any questions or need more information.

Andrew Sumner, Sc.D.
Director

CAHME Accredited

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