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Suggested
Curriculum
Healthcare
Finance
This course focuses on accounting, operational,
utilization and financial systems as they apply to the financial
management and strategic assessment of healthcare entities
with current information technology. Key areas of instruction
include financial statements of different types of healthcare
entities, financial viability, medical technology, hospital
closures, physician performance, patient treatment profiles,
short-term financing, management of patient accounts, payor
analysis, long-term financing, issuance of tax-exempt securities,
and bond ratings. Topics are:
1. Healthcare
institutional factors, legal statutes, regulatory procedures,
and administrative rules providing the framework in which
diverse healthcare entities operate.
2. Key
financial and operational ratios examined in the context of
assessing financial viability of healthcare entities.
3. Comparative
analysis of healthcare service areas and marketplace analysis
using secondary data.
4. Financial
and economic assessments of healthcare entities engaged in
mergers, closures, distressed facilities and bankruptcy.
5. Physician
performance and forecasting healthcare services by marketplace.
6. Application
of short-term finance concepts in cash management, credit
and collection monitoring, management of patient accounts,
and electronic claims processing.
7. Long-term
financing, bond ratings, debt insurance coverage and financial
service expenses.
8. Role
of regulatory bodies and agencies in the context of collection
patterns, monitoring of insurance and managed-care companies,
guaranty funds and liquidation of health insurance companies.
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