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At Ashworth College, your graduate-level study in Healthcare Compliance is affordable and flexible. You can manage your graduate program tuition costs because we let you choose the down payment and monthly payment that suits your budget. Then you pay as you go.
Our online programs are flexible and so are our payment options. Choose the one that works best for you.
Your Healthcare Compliance graduate program tuition costs are designed to help you get ahead in your career, affordably. Want to know more about your financial options? Call us at 1-800-957-5412 or request information today.
1 Depending on where you live, you may be charged taxes in addition to the total cost of your program.
2 The first payment match applies to the monthly pay plan and varies by program.
NOTE: Ashworth College is no longer accepting enrollments into this program.
In our Healthcare Compliance Graduate Certificate program curriculum, you’ll learn how HIPAA compliance, technology, business law, pharmaceutical manufacturing, and suppliers affect healthcare industry ethics, methods, and risk management. Before you dig into the details, a short orientation course refreshes your skills and introduces you to resources that will help you complete the program successfully.
This non-credit orientation is a foundation-building experience that introduces and refreshes the skills necessary for success in your Graduate Certificate Program. You'll learn how to navigate ProQuest, Ashworth College's online library, and review the distinguishing characteristics of academic journals and other publications. Internet research skills are polished enabling you to identify credible and unbiased Web sites for your research. Emphasis is placed on submission requirements, project structures, and writing formats used throughout your coursework, and APA writing style. The final portion of this course provides you the opportunity to research and explore the various career fields in the world of Health Care Administration.
Credit Hours: non-credit
Presents an overview of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules and details the compliance tasks, training, and technology needed to implement privacy and security policies. It covers the most recent regulations and standards, implementation cost considerations, covered entity issues, and guidelines for creating a HIPAA-compliant infrastructure. Special attention is paid to recent updates in HIPAA regulations, including the HITECH Act and the Omnibus Rule.
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed to examine the issues involved in ethical decision making within the medical community. Various historical ethical theories are examined and critical thinking methodologies are applied to ethical case studies throughout the course. Current ethical debates surrounding health care issues are evaluated in light of the student's critical thinking about ethical theory.
Credit Hours: 3
Provides an overview of the laws and regulations with which all healthcare organizations must comply. Course topics include the False Claims Act; fraud and abuse; antitrust; federal income tax; HIPAA and HITECH; Safe Harbors; Advisory Opinions; Special Fraud Alerts; corporate integrity agreements; compliance officer roles, responsibilities, and qualifications; internal investigations; repayments and disclosures; compliance training and education; and auditing and monitoring.
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides an overview of the laws and regulations with which all healthcare organizations must comply. Course topics include compliance risks and requirements for hospitals, physician practices, nursing facilities, long-term care facilities, hospices, home health agencies, clinical laboratories, ambulance providers and suppliers, third-party billing companies, Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs), pharmaceutical manufacturers, durable medical suppliers, and research facilities.
Credit Hours: 3
Your Healthcare Compliance Graduate Certificate may be a single step toward specialization or one of many toward completing a higher degree. Either way, our tools for job search prep can help you communicate your skills effectively and reach your career goals. Use them to sharpen your professional image as soon as you enroll and long after you graduate. Visit our Career Services page to learn more.
NOTE: Ashworth College is no longer accepting enrollments into this program.
There’s no doubt about it: postgraduate education can be expensive, especially for business majors. But Ashworth College isn’t your ordinary grad school. Our Marketing certificate tuition is designed to be both affordable and inclusive. Other than a small administrative cost—and shipping fees for course materials—what you need is included in your tuition.
Our online programs are flexible and so are our payment options. Choose the one that works best for you.
It could be a smart move to build on your bachelor’s with a practical, job-ready graduate certificate. It might even be the key that unlocks your full potential. But we appreciate that it’s always a big decision to enroll in higher education and invest in your future. If you have any questions about tuition, payment options, or what it’s like to study online, simply give us a call at 1-800-957-5412 or request information online.
1 Depending on where you live, you may be charged taxes in addition to the total cost of your program.
2 The first payment match applies to the monthly pay plan and varies by program.
NOTE: Ashworth College is no longer accepting enrollments into this program.
Our online Healthcare Compliance certificate program delivers specialized, graduate-level education for healthcare professionals who are targeting upper-level positions in management or administration. The accredited program covers complex laws and regulations, teaching you how to monitor changes and manage facility compliance. Upon completion, you’ll hold subject matter expertise valuable for your career growth and sought after by healthcare organizations as they strive to maintain compliance and seek to avoid government penalties.
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Professional certification
Our graduate certificate in Healthcare Compliance includes the cost of the AAPC Certified Professional Compliance Officer (CPCO™) exam.* This healthcare compliance certification validates your skills and identifies you as a credible and qualified healthcare compliance professional.
What you get
job growth
through 2026
Job opportunities
The U.S. Department of Labor reports that medical and health service manager jobs will grow 20% through 2026.** Healthcare is a dynamic field with many opportunities for professional success in management, administration, consulting, and more. Online education in healthcare compliance prepares you for future success as the industry grows and regulations evolve.
Complete your coursework stress-free and at your own pace.
You’re qualified. Certification proves it to strengthen your career path.
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Frequently asked questions
You may be taking your first steps into higher education. Or you may be considering online study for the first time. Whatever your situation, we’re here to guide you through the process and answer any questions you have.
Earning a Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Compliance makes sense for busy people who are ready to gain advanced-level knowledge for a highly sought-after career. The convenience of home study means you can continue working while learning. Your Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Compliance will be an important asset that sets the stage for potential leadership roles, making it very worthwhile.
After you graduate, you'll retain access to your account on the Ashworth College Central Network. The online toolkit for job search preparation is integrated with your lessons so you can be fully prepared to make a good impression on potential employers. As an alum, you'll be able to brush up on your Ashworth College Central Network and use your account as much as you like.
The expected completion time to earn your Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Compliance is about eight months, but you can take up to 16 months to complete your studies and earn your Graduate Certificate. This flexibility is a wonderful advantage of Ashworth College.
Related programs
Enroll in our online Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Compliance, or explore our range of affordable, flexible, and accredited career programs that can boost your skills in healthcare.
State requirements
A career in this field may require you to meet certain licensing, training, and other requirements that can vary by vocation and state. You should check with your state, local government, and/or licensing board to find out which requirements may be applicable in your state. Click here for contact information on state licensing/regulatory boards and certain professional licensing information.
NOTE: Ashworth College is no longer accepting enrollments into this program.
With courses designed by industry experts, our Graduate Certificate in Marketing curriculum is set apart by its real-world relevance. Combining primary texts, independent research, and outside sources, you’ll build a comprehensive marketing skill set that’s not only job-ready but also highly valued by marketing teams all over the world.
This non-credit orientation is a foundation-building experience that introduces and refreshes the skills necessary for success in your Graduate Degree Program. You'll learn how to navigate ProQuest, Ashworth College's online library, and review the distinguishing characteristics of academic journals and other publications. Internet research skills are polished enabling you to identify credible and unbiased Web sites for your research. Emphasis is placed on submission requirements, project structures, and writing formats used throughout your coursework, and APA writing style. The final portion of this course provides you the opportunity to research and explore the various career fields in the world of Marketing.
Discover how marketing serves as a foundation for making critical decisions related to identifying customers, delineating which needs to satisfy, developing products and services that satisfy these needs, setting prices, using appropriate communications, staging sales promotions, managing the sales force, selecting channels of distribution, maintaining funding and coordinating partnerships. Concepts presented are directed to the marketplace realities of the 21st century, including global marketing.
Credit Hours: 3
This course explores the fascinating realm of consumer behavior. This discipline borrows from several social sciences including psychology, sociology, and anthropology to explain behavior in the marketplace. Students will explore how perceptions, learning, memory, personality, and attitudes influence consumption behavior, how consumption changes during one’s life cycle, and how powerful cultural and subcultural influences impact consumers.
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces the student to advertising and the other supplemental aspects of integrated marketing communications, including the development of integrated marketing communications plans and their component parts. To effectively plan, implement, and evaluate advertising and promotional programs requires an understanding of the overall marketing process, consumer behavior, communications theory, and the media of advertising and promotion. Attention will be given to the environment in which advertising and promotion operate and to how managers make promotional decisions. In addition, regulatory, social, and economic factors that influence, and are in turn influenced by, an organization’s advertising and promotional program will be considered.
Credit Hours: 3
Brand Management provides the student with opportunities to research the topic of branding and apply the strategic concepts to increase their skills in managing brands. Brand management involves planning and strategies to make more developed marketing decisions. This course not only provides the student with an opportunity to learn brand marketing strategies, but he or she will also learn to apply this information to case examples in order to practice application of the course information.
Credit Hours: 3
Services are intangible. They cannot be seen, felt, or heard. In this course, students explore the special challenges associated with the marketing of services as opposed to marketing tangible goods. Emphasis is given to the implementation of service strategies to gain a competitive advantage, increase customer satisfaction, strengthen customer relations, and enhance service quality.
Credit Hours: 3
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Your Marketing Graduate Certificate may be a single step toward specialization or one of many toward completing a higher degree. Either way, our tools for job search prep can help you communicate your skills effectively and reach your career goals. Use them to sharpen your professional image as soon as you enroll and long after you graduate. Visit our Career Services page to learn more.
Graduate Certificate programs provide specialized knowledge within a focused discipline at the graduate level. Start with an orientation followed by four elective courses for a customized program of study. Graduates may apply credit, equivalent to a semester, toward a corresponding master’s degree at Ashworth College.
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