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A HeadNew to This Edition
Preface
Acknowledgements
A HeadAbout the Authors
A HeadAbout the Contributor
PartI Health Care Finance Overview
Chapter1 Introduction to Health Care Finance
Chapter2 Four Things the Health Care Manager Needs to Know About Financial Management Systems
PartII Record Financial Operations
Chapter3 Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth
Chapter4 Revenues (Inflow)
Chapter5 Expenses (Outflow)
Chapter6 Cost Classifications
PartIII Tools to Analyze and Understand Financial Operations
Chapter7 Cost Behavior and Break-Even Analysis
Chapter8 Understanding Inventory and Depreciation Concepts
Chapter9 Staffing: The Manager's Responsibility
PartIV Report and Measure Financial Results
Chapter10 Reporting As a Tool
Chapter11 Financial and Operating Ratios as Performance Measures
Chapter12 The Time Value of Money
PartV Tools to Review and Manage Comparative Data
Chapter13 Trend Analysis, Common Sizing & Forecasted Data
Chapter14 Using Comparative Data
PartVI Construct and Evaluate Budgets
Chapter15 Operating Budgets
Chapter16 Capital Expenditure Budgets
PartVII Tools to Plan, Monitor and Control Financial Status
Chapter17 Variance Analysis & Sensitivity Analysis
Chapter18 Estimates, Benchmarking & Other Measurement Tools
PartVIII Financial Terms, Costs and Choices
Chapter19 Understanding Investment Terms
Chapter20 Business Loans and Financing Costs
Chapter21 Choices: Owning versus Leasing Equipment
PartIX Strategic Planning: A Powerful Tool
Chapter22 Strategic Planning and the Healthcare Financial Manager
Appendix22-A Sample SWOT Worksheets and Question Guides
Chapter23 Putting It All Together: Creating a Business Plan That Is Strategic
PartX Technology as a Financial and Strategic Tool
Chapter24 Information Technology & EHR: Adoption Requirements, Initiatives & Management Decisions
Appendix24-A The E-Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program for Physicians and Other Eligible Prescribers: A Matured Initiative
Chapter25 Electronic Health Records Framework: Incentives, Standards, Measures & Meaningful Use
Chapter26 New Information Systems: ICD-10 Implementation & the Manager's Viewpoint
Appendix26-A ICD-10 Conversion Costs for a Midwestern Community Hospital
PartXI Case Studies
Chapter27 Case Study: Strategic Planning in Long Term Care - by Dr. Neil Dworkin
Chapter28 Case Study: Metropolis Health System
Appendix28-A Metropolis Health System's Financial Statements & Excerpts from Notes
Appendix28-B Comparative Analysis Using Financial Ratios & Benchmarking Helps Turn Around a Hospital in the Metropolis Health System
PartXII Mini-Case Studies
Chapter29 Mini-Case Study 1: Proposal to Add a Retail Pharmacy to a Hospital in the Metropolis Health System
Chapter30 Mini-Case Study 2: The Economic Significance of Resource Misallocation: Client Flow through the Women, Infants, and Children Public Health Program
Chapter31 Mini-Case Study 3: Technology in Health Care: Automating Admissions Processes
A HeadAppendix A Checklists
A HeadAppendix B Web-Based and Software Learning Tools
A HeadGlossary
A HeadExamples and Exercises, Supplemental Materials, and Solutions
