H.
Master of Medical Management
92882
B Health Finance
Lectures 3 through 6 are on Disk 1
and Disk 2, which were mailed out during the third week of March. Please contact mariacoe@andrew.cmu.edu if you did
not receive the package.
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videos.
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Instructor:
Mark J. Giaquinto
Work: 412-692-8642
e-mail : mjgio@andrew.cmu.edu
Course WEB Site:
This course uses a Blackboard WEB
site. Assignments, readings, correspondence, etc will be posted
here.
Be sure to check this site regularly
for updates.
URL to
Course: http://www.cmu.edu/blackboard
Description:
The course is
designed to provide the students with an understanding of both the primary
accounting principles and the financial tools required to compile healthcare feasibility
studies. The material will emphasize the
following topics:
·
Accrual vs. Cash Accounting – “when
does a transaction get recorded”
·
Primary Financial Statements –
Statement of Operations; Balance Sheet and Statement of Cash Flows for both
Not-for-profit and For-profit entities
·
Operating and Capital Budgeting in a
Healthcare
·
Evaluating the Financial Statements
·
Tools to Evaluate New Initiatives –
Breakeven and Payback Analyses
Pre-assigned readings
focus on Financial Statements and important ratios in analyzing financial
results. The reading on the financial
statements breakdown the components of each statement and explains the
inter-relationship with each. The
reading on analyzing the statements addresses key ratios used by the
not-for-profit bond market in analyzing financial results and setting bond
ratings.