Online Doctor of Behavioral Health (Management)

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The Doctor of Behavioral Health program with an emphasis in management through the College of Health Solutions, prepares current and future healthcare managers for the newly transformed medical care marketplace, one in which evidence–based, cost–effective behavioral interventions replace treatment that results in undercare, overcare, or misuse.

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ASU Online offers start dates every 7.5 weeks.
Multiple enrollment sessions throughout the year.
Required number of credits to complete this degree.

The Doctor of Behavioral Health program with a concentration in management focuses exclusively on management and behavioral care in the integrated primary care environment. This program concentration is designed to designate students with additional management didactics, training, and experience, thereby establishing their potential for leadership roles in an evolving healthcare marketplace.

The DBH management concentration is an 84–credit doctoral degree (students receive 30–credits towards the program based on their master’s degree) offered through ASU Online that prepares graduates to be future leaders in integrated care. The curriculum includes ASU Online courses that include synchronous (live) chat with instructors and students, internship training with live streaming video consultation with experts in the field, and a capstone research project that includes a business plan specific to the students’ professional career interests. Students are required to complete 240 internship hours.

The curriculum is unique in that it focuses on:

  • an integrated behavioral health program designed to meet the "Triple Aim" of improved patient experience of care, better clinical outcomes, and reduced over-utilization and cost of care
  • quality and performance measurement to meet the needs of the new Accountable Care Organization model and improve the efficiency of health care delivery
  • business entrepreneurship that enables students to maximize earning potential by identifying and filling organizational and/or market demands.

ASU also offers an online Doctor of Behavioral Health (Clinical) program.

Developing the health workforce of the future:

At the College of Health Solutions, students and faculty research solutions to global pressing health challenges while preparing the health workforce of the future.

  • In the fall 2016, the College of Health Solutions had 247 Barrett Honors scholars, 146 faculty, 5,813 students and 9 million in research expenditures.
  • Embedded partnerships in the community give students additional resources and networking opportunities including the Mayo Clinic, Barrow Neurological Institute, HonorHealth, Dignity Health, Health Care Sector Partnership and more
  • $9 million in research expenditures

Calendar

Next Start Date:

03/11/19
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Required Core (12 credit hours)

IBC 614 Quality and Performance Measurement, Improvement, and Incentives (3) IBC 712 Population Based Health Management (3) IBC 718 Healthcare Systems: Organization, Delivery and Economics (3) IBC 720 Behavioral Health Entrepreneurship (3)

Concentration (18 credit hours)

IBC 601 Models of Integrated Primary Care (3) IBC 626 Behavioral Healthcare Management (3) IBC 630 Topic: Healthcare Information Management (3) IBC 660 Healthcare Legal, Ethical, and Professional Issues (3) IBC 691 Seminar or IBC 730 Topic: Financial Management in Healthcare (3) IBC 691 Seminar or IBC 740 Topic: Cost Offset and ROI for Behavioral Intervention (3)

Electives or Research (18 credit hours)

Other Requirements (3 credit hours)

IBC 684 Internship (3)

Culminating Experience (3 credit hours)

IBC 793 Applied Project (3)

Additional Curricular Information

Previously awarded master's degree from a regionally accredited university or other courses approved by the supervisory committee (30 credit hours)

Faculty

Faculty in the Doctor of Behavioral Health Program and Integrated Behavioral Health graduate certificates continue to practice and actively engage with the medical community. Faculty highlights include:

  • Joint appointments within the Mayo Clinic
  • Leadership positions within the leading professional organization in integrated behavioral health care, the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association
  • Research on the effectiveness of integrated behavioral health in primary care
  • Research on workforce development and training in screening, brief interventions, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) for substance use concerns
  • Ongoing clinical practice and consultation with HonorHealth and the S.H.O.W. Clinic at ASU, among others
  • Partnerships with regional behavioral health authorities (RBHAs) related to the development and dissemination of integrated behavioral health curricula across Arizona.
  • International initiatives aimed at assisting in the implementation of integrated behavioral health in South East Asia
  • Diverse interdisciplinary backgrounds

Program Summary

Total Hours:

84

Related Careers

Graduates with an ASU Online Doctor of Behavioral Health with an emphasis in management have career opportunities illustrated in the following list. Career examples include but are not limited to:

  • Health care administrator
  • Health care manager
  • Health care executive
  • Health care consultant
  • Medical and health services manager
  • Clinical manager Project manager

Requirements

Applicants must fulfill the requirements of both the Graduate College and the College of Health Solutions.

Applicants are eligible to apply to the program if they have earned a master's degree, in any field, from a regionally accredited institution.

Applicants must have a minimum of a 3.00 cumulative GPA (scale is 4.00 = "A") in the last 60 hours of a student's first bachelor's degree program, or applicants must have a minimum of 3.00 cumulative GPA (on a 4.00 scale) in the applicable master's degree.

All applicants must submit:

  1. Graduate admission application
  2. Official graduate transcript
  3. Personal statement
  4. One professional letter of recommendation
  5. Updated curriculum vitae or resume
  6. Program policies acknowledgements
  7. Video or webcam admissions interview (if indicated)
  8. Proof of English proficiency

Additional Application Information

An applicant whose native language is not English (regardless of current residency) must provide proof of English proficiency.

Applicants with master's degrees in business administration, public health, nursing, counseling, health care administration and social work, among others, are encouraged to apply. Applicants must be master's degree-level professionals who are either currently employed or aspire to be employed in a clinical capacity within integrated health care.

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