Main description:

Gain a thorough understanding of the business side of health care with the practical approach in Harrison/Harrison/Taylor's INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH CARE FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING, 2E. This health care finance book is specifically designed for readers with little or no accounting or finance background. The latest discussions detail cost reimbursement programs, economic factors driving the rising costs of medical services and health care reform -- from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 through future trends. Health care-related examples show you the importance of what you're learning as you study the basics of health care accounting and finance, from accounting fundamentals, operating the cash drawer and bank reconciliation through more complex issues of cash management, budgeting and variance analysis and revenue cycle management. Engaging case scenarios, helpful learning features and optional MindTap digital further reinforce what you learn.

Contents:

Preface.
SECTION I: OVERVIEW OF THE AMERICAN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.
1. The Environment of Healthcare Finance
2. Paying for Health Care
3.. The Rising Costs of Medical Service and Healthcare Reform.
SECTION II: ACCOUNTING FOR HEALTHCARE FACILITIES.
4. Basic Accounting Concepts.
5. Accounting and the Financial Management Process
6. The Balance Sheet.
7. The Income Statement.
SECTION III: HEALTHCARE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.
8. Budgets.
9. Cash Management.
10. Investing, Borrowing, and the Time Value of Money
11. Revenue Cycle Management.
12. Managing Financial Risk.
13. Financial Management of Health Information Technology
Glossary.