Thoroughly revised, this third edition of Financial Management ofHealth Care Organizations of-fers an introduction to themost-used tools and techniques of health care financial management.Comprehensive in scope, the book covers a broad range of topicsthat include an overview of the health care system and evolvingreimbursement methodologies; health care accounting andfinan-cial statements; managing cash, billings, andcollections; the time value of money and analyzing and financingmajor capital investments; determining cost and using costinformation in decision-mak-ing; budgeting and performancemeasurement; and pricing. In addition, this new edition includesinformation on new laws and regulations that affect health carefinancial reporting and performance, revenue cycle managementexpansion of health care services into new arenas, benchmarking,interest rate swaps, bond ratings, auditing, and internal control.This important resource also contains information on the 2007Healthcare Audit Guide of the American Institute of CertifiedPublic Accountants (AICPA).
Written to be accessible, the book avoids complicated formulas.Chapter appendices offer advanced, in-depth information on thesubject matter. Each chapter provides a detailed outline, asummary, and key terms, and includes problems in the context ofreal-world situations and events that clearly illustrate theconcepts presented. Problem sets that end each chapter have beenupdated and expanded to support more in-depth learning of thechapters' concepts.
An Instructor's Manual, available online, containsPowerPoint and Excel files.
William N. Zelman
Finance & Investments Finanz- u. Anlagewesen Finanzmanagement Gesundheits- u. Sozialwesen Gesundheitswesen Health & Social Care Public Health Services & Policy Öffentlicher Gesundheitsdienst u. Gesundheitspolitik