COURSE SCHEDULE
FAST FACTS
 18 credits (7 courses completed in 12 months)
 Faculty with real-world healthcare compliance
experience
 Competitive tuition and financial aid available.
 Executive format for working professionals
 Professional networking opportunities
Term
Fall
Fall
Spring
Legal Aspects of Healthcare
(online)
Spring
Privacy and Security (online)
 Ability to apply credits to Pacific University’s
MHA degree program
 Compliance Certification Board (CCB)
Accredited University
FOR PROFESSIONALS SEEKING…
This program is designed to provide those already in
Course Title
Introduction to Executive
Leadership and Ethics in
Healthcare (onsite: September)
Introduction to Healthcare
Compliance (online)
Summer
Summer
Summer
Compliance Laws and Regulations
(online)
Healthcare Compliance Practice:
Auditing, Investigations, and
Reporting (online)
Compliance Capstone Seminar
(onsite: August)
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Pacific University’s Graduate Certificate
Program in Healthcare Compliance provides
students with a comprehensive view of the
complexities of the profession. The Graduate
Certificate in Healthcare Compliance is a 12month blended online and synchronous cohort
program designed for working professionals.
PROGRAM GOALS

Educate current healthcare compliance
professionals regarding trends and
a compliance position with up-to-date information
regulations in healthcare.

and skills to face the challenges of the healthcare
Prepare students for leadership positions in
healthcare compliance.
compliance field. In addition, this program is also

designed to provide those in healthcare who are
Empower students to engage in the
authentic application of knowledge and skills.

interested in gaining a position in a compliance area
Enable students to immediately apply the
learned skills of compliance to their
the practical skills and knowledge to do so.
professional work environment.
AN INFORMED OPPORTUNITY
There have been dramatic changes in healthcare policy
Legislation such as the Health Insurance Portability and
and regulation over the past decade and as a result,
Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the federal Anti-Kickback
compliance has become increasingly important in the
and Stark Laws has created the need for compliance
industry. Compliance professionals can have a profound
professionals to increase their knowledge and education in
impact on a healthcare organization's success.
this increasingly specialized and complex field.
Program
Overview
COLLEGE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS
and necessary component of every healthcare
organization. As the world of healthcare
GRADUATE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
HEALTHCARE COMPLIANCE
becomes more complex and regulated, the
ability to adapt internal processes to meet
regulatory requirements, protect patients and
ensure a successful compliance program will
be paramount.
Pacific’s graduate-level healthcare compliance
certificate program offers students the
opportunity to learn and demonstrate a
thorough understanding of healthcare
compliance topics and apply their knowledge
through course work and in industry settings.
The courses provide a comprehensive
foundation for students to become healthcare
compliance professionals or for those already
working in compliance, to achieve a higher
level of proficiency. The program curriculum
is designed to meet accreditation
requirements and prepare students to sit for
the HCCA and AHIMA certification exams.
AURAE BEIDLER, MHA, CHC
Program Manager
abeidler@pacificu.edu
503-352-2681
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE
PROGRAM | HEALTHCARE
COMPLIANCE
222 SE 8th Ave. Suite 564
Hillsboro, OR 97123
www.pacificu.edu/healthcarecompliance
HEALTHCARE
COMPLIANCE
Compliance programs have become an integral
GRADUATE
CERTIFICATE
PROGRAM in
HEALTHCARE
COMPLIANCE