Cases in Healthcare Finance (AUPHA/HAP Book)

Cases in Healthcare Finance (AUPHA/HAP Book)

<p>With this casebook, students have the opportunity to apply finance principles and concepts to settings that simulate actual work environments. In that way, the book allows instructors to create a bridge between academic learning and applied practice.</p> <p>Each of the 32 finance cases presents relevant background on a healthcare organization, along with a financial management decision that students must analyze and then recommend appropriate courses of action. The majority of cases are accompanied by spreadsheet models to help students perform the required analyses.</p> <p>The casebook also contains seven qualitative mini-cases created to highlight the ethical dilemmas that occasionally arise in the practice of healthcare finance.</p> <p>Important changes to this edition:</p> <li>All cases have been updated, and many have been revised extensively, including new exhibits, timely topics, and new calculations</li> <li>Two new cases have been added to the book: one focuses on bond refunding while the other covers revenue cycle management</li> <li>A new mini-case has been added that focuses on the potential ethical conflicts involved with physician-owned distributors (PODs)</li> <li>The PowerPoint slides have been changed to allow instructors to first present a short introduction to the case and then, after students have competed their analyses, review each case by discussing three key learning points</li>