Essentials Of Health Care Finance

Essentials of Health Care Finance stands firmly in its place as the leading textbook on healthcare finance. No other text so completely blends the best of current finance theory with the tools needed in day-to-day practice. Useful for all course levels as well as a professional reference, this text offers a comprehensive introduction to the field. The Seventh Edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect the current economic environment in the healthcare industry, with thoughtful descriptions and ‘real-world’ examples. As the not-for-profit health care sector has increasingly come under attack by legislators seeking new sources of tax revenue, this edition also features a new chapter on assessing community benefits including an examination of the new Schedule H of the IRS 990 form. Ancillary instructor materials for the Seventh Edition have been significantly expanded and updated. PowerPoint lecture slides now include selected examples from the chapters. Electronic versions of many of the charts and tables in the chapters are provided to enable the instructor to re-create and modify existing examples. An expanded set of test questions with detailed answers will be provided for each chapter. New excel spreadsheets for selected chapters will be created to help both the students and the instructors perform a variety of financial analysis tasks with spreadsheet templates. The instructor’s manual has been revised to include key learning points, chapter overviews, and guidelines for class discussion.

Stands firmly in its place as the leading textbook on health care finance.

"Finally! The book that all health care board members needed butwere afraid to ask for! Those dark days of staring atincomprehensible numbers during board meetings, of nervous noddingwhen their financially-literate brethren make comments or askquestions, of voting on things that they do not understand aregone! This book is long overdue and should be read by every trusteewho is not a finance professional." --James E. Orlikoff, president, Orlikoff & Associates,Inc. and executive director, American Governance & LeadershipGroup Accounting for $1.4 trillion in expenditures (13.7 percent ofgross domestic product), health care is one of the nation's largestand fastest growing industries. This concise, expertly writtenprimer on health care organization finance is a nuts and boltsguide to what has become every hospital's most sensitive topic.Health care organization board members must possess basic financialcompetence to govern effectively. This book will help them acquire,easily and painlessly, the basic financial literacy essential fordischarging their roles and fulfilling their fiduciary duties.

Essentials of Health Care Finance stands firmly in its place as the leading textbook on healthcare finance. No other text so completely blends the best of current finance theory with the tools needed in day-to-day practice. Useful for all course levels as well as a professional reference, this text offers a comprehensive introduction to the field. The Seventh Edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect the current economic environment in the healthcare industry, with thoughtful descriptions and ‘real-world’ examples. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition.

In this thoroughly revised and updated third edition of Fundamentals of Health Care Financial Management, consultant and educator Steven Berger offers a practical step-by-step approach to understanding the fundamental theories and relationships guiding financial decisions in health care organization. Set in a fictional mid-sized hospital, the book is written in diary form, taking the reader into the inner workings of the finance executive's office. This introduction to the most-used tools and techniques of health care financial management includes health care accounting and financial statements; managing cash, billings and collections; making major capital investments; determining cost and using cost information in decision-making; budgeting and performance measurement; and pricing. As in the previous editions, this book introduces key practical concepts in fundamental areas of financial management.

Completely updated and revised chapters to reflect recent developments! This new edition covers financial management of hospitals and other health care organizations complete with financial information in management decision making, and planning and control. Written in easy to understand language, Essentials of Health Care Finance, Fourth Edition is provided with illustrations and examples to relate theory and practice. Two new chapters cover working capital management and cash budgeting. Instructor's Manual is available.

Revision of: Fundamentals of healthcare finance / Louis C. Gapenski. c2013. 2nd ed.