PPUA 5220 — How Healthcare Works: Business and Policy Innovations
4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: falltypical days: MBostonTraditional
Offers a high-level introduction to the past, current, and future states of the U.S. healthcare system, including key business and policy innovations introduced over time to improve access, quality, and affordability. Emphasizes learning about how the business and policy of healthcare works in the United States, with comparisons drawn to other countries’ healthcare systems. Analyzes the potential contributions to health system improvement made by healthcare reform, technologies such as artificial intelligence, and other disruptive innovations. Designed for students interested in learning more about healthcare industry operations and the business and policy innovations that drive performance improvements in this sector.
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2024 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 24% | 19.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 32% | 17.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
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Common patterns: M (100% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Timothy Hoff (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
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