Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 512 pages
- Published by: Jossey-Bass
- Edition: 3rd Edition January 2, 2008
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0787997501
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0787997502
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Book Dimensions:
8.7 x 6 x 1.6 inches
- Weighs: 1.3 pounds
Product Description
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.
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Fundamentals of Health Care Financial Management
Third Edition
In this thoroughly revised and updated third edition of basics 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 organizations. 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's 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, such as:
Rules, regulations, policies, and procedures that influence health care
financial management
Changes in the tax laws, reimbursement patterns, and an update on privacy regulations
How to analyze financial statements of a health care organization as a basis
for assessing the profitability, liquidity, asset efficiency, capital structure, and sustainable growth of the organization
The preparation of a basic financial forecast using baseline financial statements and projection assumptions
Application of the principles of cost behavior and cost allocation to the
preparation of a basic budget
The elements of working capital management
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Fundamentals of Health Care Financial Management, 2nd Edition (Hardcover)
Great book for basic understanding of hc accounting, presented in a practical format that makes it helpful to understand applications, i read this over the weekend to brush up on the financial/accounting/rev cycle aspects of hospitals and found it a very good use of my time.
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