Description
- NEW! Information about the Affordable Care Act details how changes and developments affects coverage for millions of Americans.- NEW! Value-Based Payment reimbursement information details what nurse executives need to know in order to use this new system- NEW! Coverage of Accountable Care Organizations provides current information on one of the emerging forms of managed care and how it works within the financial system of healthcare.- NEW! Team-and Population-Based care information covers how to work with healthcare professionals outside of nursing.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction and Overview PART I: A FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK2. The Health Care Environment 3. Paying Health Care Providers (NEW)4. Key Issues in Applied Economics 5. Quality Costs and Financing PART II: FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING6. Accounting Principles 7. Analysis of Financial Statement Information PART III: COST ANALYSIS8. Cost Management 9. Determining Health Care Costs and Prices PART IV: PLANNING AND CONTROL10. Strategic Management 11. Budgeting Concepts 12. Operating Budgets 13. Revenue Budgeting 14. Performance Budgeting 15. Controlling Operating Results 16. Variance Analysis: Examples, Extensions, and Caveats17. Benchmarking, Productivity, and Cost-Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness AnalysisPART V: MANAGING FINANCIAL RESOURCES18. Short-Term Financial Resources 19. Long-Term Financial Resources PART VI: LOOKING TO THE FUTURE20. Forecasting 21. The Nurse as Entrepreneur 22. Nursing and Financial Management: Current Issues and Future Directions
