Understanding Healthcare Financial Management, Sixth Edition (AUPHA/HAP Book)

Understanding Healthcare Financial Management, Sixth Edition (AUPHA/HAP Book)

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<p>Today's healthcare managers are placing increased emphasis on financial implications when making operating decisions. <i>Understanding Healthcare Financial Management</i>, sixth edition, provides the financial theory and the "nuts and bolts" managers in a variety of provider settings need to make better decisions. Real-world examples and spreadsheet analyses are featured throughout the book.<p> <p><b>The sixth edition features new and expanded material:</b></p> <p><ul> <li>Medicare reimbursement methods</li> <li>Pay-for-performance and consumer-directed health plans</li> <li>Revenue cycle</li> <li>Credit enhancement</li> <li>Business unit forecasting</li> <li>Merger activity in the health services industry</li> <li>Antitrust regulation</li> <li>Overview of derivatives</li> </ul></p> <p><b>Companion website enhances learning and clarifies concepts</b></p> <p>Go online to access additional tools for financial decision making:</p> <p><ul> <li>Spreadsheet models that illustrate text calculations</li> <li>Spreadsheet problem sets that cover new concepts</li> <li>A bonus chapter, "Distributions to Owners: Bonuses, Dividends, and Repurchases"</li> <li>Tutorial on using a financial calculator</li> </ul></p> <p>New online resources:</p> <p><ul> <li>A healthcare reform primer that explains how new reform legislation - the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - affects healthcare financial management</li> <li>Mini-cases that provide more detailed real-world practice with concepts</li> </ul></p>