HSA 525 Discussions:
Analyze the revenue cycle and receivables management to
determine the greatest financial challenge facing small clinics and individual
health care providers, as well as what steps could be taken to address that
challenge.
Briefly describe a healthcare organization with which you
are familiar (e.g. local hospital, dentist etc.) and how that organization
could apply the lessons learned in chapter 10 concerning risk and risk
aversion. Provide specific examples to support your response.
Research has shown that about 90% of the information
contained in financial statements can be obtained using just 10 carefully
selected ratios. Assume you are limited to a mere three ratios.
Create a brief scenario that explains the effects of debt
financing on a health care organizations risk andreturns. Select a health care
organization and discuss which three ratios you would select when conducting an
analysis on that organization. Explain your rationale.
Analyze the steps involved in capital budgeting financial
analysis to determine which step(s) would be the most challenging to the
greatest number of health care organizations. Explain your rationale.
Briefly describe a project likely to be undertaken by health
care organization of your choice and the best way for that organization to
assess the risk associated with the project. Explain your rationale.
From the e-Activity, estimate the component costs as well as
the overall (corporate) cost of capital for the health care organization you
researched. Provide specific figures from the financial statements to support
your response.
From the first e-Activity, discuss how the current processes
used by rating agencies could be improved. Provide specific examples to support
your response.
Discuss the possibility of a not-for-profit health care
organization issuing stock and why the management of such an organization might
want to do this. Explain your rationale.
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