Financial Management of Health Care Organizations

Financial Management of Health Care Organizations offers an introduction to the most-used tools and techniques of healthcare financial management: healthcare accounting and financial statements, managing cash, billings and collections, making major capital investments, determining cost and using cost information in decision-making, budgeting, performance measurement and pricing. The material is presented in an applied, practical, and accessible manner that readers will appreciate. Numerous examples are included from a variety of providers such as health maintenance organizations, home health agencies, nursing units, hospitals, and integrated health care systems. Spread sheet examples are used as much as possible to provide readers with tools that may be readily adapted to problems encountered in the work place. Complicated formulae are de-emphasized.