HCS405_r10_wk1_Health_Care_Financial_Terms_and_Statements_Worksheet
Health Care Financial Terms and Statements
Understanding health care financial terms and statements is a prerequisite for academic and professional success. This assignment is intended to ensure you understand some of the basic terms and statements used.
Complete parts A and B of this worksheet.
Save the completed worksheet as a Microsoft® Word document with your name in the file name to your computer desktop.
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Part A:
Complete the table below according to the following guidelines:
· In the space provided, write the definition for each term as used in health care management. You must define the term using your own words.
· In the space provided after each definition, summarize a health care management scenario that illustrates the importance of the skill, concept, procedure, or tool that the term refers to in 125 to 150 words. In the scenario, you may wish to consider the following:
o Why is the skill, concept, procedure, or tool necessary for accurate record-keeping, operational efficiency, excellent patient services, employee management, regulatory compliance, reducing costs, forecasting, etc.?
o What successes are enabled by an adequate understanding or appropriate application of the skill, concept, procedure, or tool?
o What risks or failures are associated with an inadequate understanding or inappropriate application of the skill, concept, procedure, or tool?
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| Controlling |
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| Decision- making |
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| Organizing |
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| Planning |
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| Original records |
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| Revenue cycle |
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| Payer mix |
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| Revenue |
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| Capital expenditure budget |
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| Direct cost |
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| Flexible budget |
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| Operating budget |
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| Responsibility center |
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| Forecast |
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| Full-time equivalents |
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| Noncontrollable expenses |
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| Nonproductive time |
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| Staffing |
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| Situational analysis |
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| SWOT analysis |
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Part B:
Resources:
Complete the table below.
In 100 to 125 words, identify the purpose of the financial statement listed and provide an example of how the statement is used.
| Financial Statement | Purpose of Statement | Example of Use |
| Balance sheet |
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| Income statement |
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| Operating budget |
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HCS405 r10 Week-2 Operating Budget Worksheet
Operating Budget Worksheet
Consider the following scenario:
Imagine you are a manager of a small health care facility and in charge of developing a projected annual operating budget.
Your budgetary figures are as follows:
For fiscal year 2015 and 2016 your clinic received $3 million from the government as fee-for-services reimbursements, as well as $1.1 million from private payers. The clinic has an annual fund-raiser that historically brings in $180,000 and a grants department that brings in $1.2 million annually.
Your chief financial officer (CFO) has provided you with the following annual expenses:
| ABC Health Care Annual Expenses | |
| Annual salaries | $1.5 million |
| Annual benefits | $ 240,000 |
| Annual rent | $ 960,000 |
| Annual insurance | $ 45,000 |
| Annual depreciation | $ 780,000 |
| Annual overhead | $ 180,000 |
| Annual supplies | $ 60,000 |
Using the ABC Health Care Operating Budget template, complete a 12-month operating budget in which you include the net profit (loss).
Write a 350- to 700-word executive summary that explains to the board of directors how you developed the budget and its importance.
Include the following in your summary:
- Explain the process for creating an operating budget and its importance.
- Explain how revenues and expenses are grouped for planning and control in the financial statements.
- Explain the differences between cash and accrual financial systems.
Cite at least 2 sources, including your textbook.
Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.
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HCS405 r10 Week-3 ABC Healthcare Balancesheet
Balance Sheet Worksheet
Consider the following scenario:
Imagine you are a manager of a small health care facility and in charge of developing an annual balance sheet to help your stakeholders understand the organization's financial standing.
Your health care facilities figures are as follows:
Your facility has $700,000 cash on hand; $1,300,000 in accounts receivables; $175,000 in inventory; and $150,000 in supplies.
Your chief financial officer (CFO) has provided you with the following assets:
| Land value | $3,000,000 |
| Property value | $ 287,500 |
| Plant value | $ 287,500 |
| Investment income (loss) | $ 147,000 |
| Equipment value | $ 350,000 |
Your CFO has provided you with the following liabilities:
| Accounts payable | $1,400,000 |
| Wages payable | $ 480,000 |
| Taxes payable | $ 225,000 |
| Loans payable | $ 70,000 |
| Bonds payable | $ 68,000 |
Your CFO has provided you with the following owners equity:
| Retained earnings | $ 148,000 |
| Stock | $ 340,000 |
Using the ABC Health Care Balance Sheet template, complete a balance sheet in which you include the net profit (loss).
Write a 350- to 700-word executive summary that explains to the board of directors how you developed the balance sheet and its importance.
Include the following in your summary:
- Explain the process for creating a balance sheet.
- Explain the total assets, liabilities, and net worth (loss).
- Explain the use of profitability, liquidity, and debt ratios.
Cite at least 2 sources, including your textbook.
Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.
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HCS405 r10 Week-4 Simulation Paper
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper that analyzes the decisions you made in the simulation.
Include the following in the paper:
Phase I: Capital Shortage
- Analyze which cost-cutting options you selected and why.
- Analyze which loan option you selected and why.
- Analyze the outcome of your capital shortage decision.
Phase II: Funding Options for Equipment Acquisition
- Evaluate which cost-effective equipment selections you made and why.
- Evaluate the outcome of your cost-effective equipment acquisition decision.
Phase III: Funding Options for Capital Expansion
- Evaluate which source of funding for capital expansion you selected and why.
- Evaluate the outcome of your source of funding for your capital expansion decision.
Summary and Conclusions
- Explain what you learned from this simulation.
- Explain what you would do differently if you performed the simulation again.
- Explain how you will apply what you learned from the simulation at your current or future job.
Support your ideas, analysis, and conclusions with references to scholarly external sources, such as the textbook and journal articles.
HCS405 r10 Week-5 ABC Healthcare Income Statement
Income Statement Worksheet
Resource: Week Two Operating Budget Assignment
Consider the following scenario:
A month after submitting and receiving approval of the ABC Health Care Operating Budget, you receive an email from the chief financial officer (CFO) informing you the financial data of the organization has been reported and it shows the organization reported a loss for the month. He is requesting you to complete and review the income statement to determine what category(s) suffered a loss and adjust your expenses to show a profit for the incoming month. You will be responsible for presenting the adjusted budget to the board of directors showing a profit and will need to explain your new budgetary figures.
Complete an income statement using the ABC Health Care Income Statement Template.
The CFO provided you with the following figures to input in the income statement:
Your clinic received $175,000 from the government as fee-for services reimbursements, as well as $80,000 from private payers. The clinic had a fund-raiser that brought in $26,000 and the grants department brought in $25,000.
| Categories | Monthly Expense |
| Monthly salaries | $165,000 |
| Monthly benefits | $ 42,500 |
| Monthly rent | $ 80,000 |
| Monthly insurance | $ 3,750 |
| Monthly depreciation | $ 1,700 |
| Monthly overhead | $ 18,000 |
| Monthly supplies | $ 4,500 |
| Monthly utilities | $ 7,600 |
Write a 700- to 1,050-word executive summary that explains the adjusted budget showing a profit and your new budgetary figures.
Include the following in your summary:
- Summarize the scenario.
- Analyze the monthly revenues you think need to be adjusted.
o Which revenues can be increased and by how much?
o How will the adjustments affect the organization?
- Analyze the monthly expenses you think need to be adjusted.
o Which expenses can be cut and by how much?
o Are the expenses variable or fixed?
o How will the adjustments affect the organization?
- Explain your budgetary recommendation to your CFO.
o Are you recommending a profit or a breakeven point?
o How much of the expenses do you propose should be cut to make a profit?
o How much of the revenues do you propose to increase to make a profit? If applicable.
- Analyze how you determine if your recommendations are ethically sound.
Cite at least 2 sources, including your textbook.
Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.
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HCS405 r10 Week-5 Future Issues in Health Care Funding
Write a 500- to 700-word paper that discusses what impact technology and finance have on a health care manager.
Include the following in your paper:
- Explain what impact technology has on a health care manager.
- Explain what impact finance has on a health care manager.
- Explain what impact the federal and state government in health care have on health care and the health care manager.
Week-1 Discussions
Question-1
Why is it important that financial accounting systems report performance fairly and factually?
Question-2
What are the titles and functions of the four financial statements usually included in an audited financial report?
Question-3
What does health care finance mean?
Quwstion-4
Explain the three major sections of a balance sheet and how they are related.
Question-5
Week-1 Weekly Overview
WEEK-2 Discussions
Question-1
What are the largest expense categories incurred by health care service organizations?
Question-2
Mission Statements
Question-3
CVP Analysis
Question-4
Week-2 Overview
Question-5
As an employee, what revenue information do you need, and why is accuracy of this information important to you?
Question-6
How does Medicare reimburse hospitals for:
a. Inpatient stays
b. Physician services
Question-7
Watch "How to Decipher Accrual Accounting" and review additional resources on the Investopedia website.
Week-3 Discussion
Question-1
Before granting a loan, bankers closely evaluate an organization's debt-to-equity ratio. Explain why this ratio is so important to bankers.
Question-2
Read the Preparing Financial Statements section on the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) website.
Question-3
How does the balance sheet differ from a:
a. Income statement?
b. Budget?
Week-4 Discussions
Question-1
How do FTE's help a health care manager prepare and staff their departments
Question-2
Week-4 Weekly overview
Question-3
A response to Week-4 weekly overview
Question-4
What are the differences in goals and financial reporting between nonprofit and for-profit businesses?
Question-5
Give an example of a sunk cost and what impact the cost has on the organization's financial statements and financial decision making.
Question-6
Watch "Costing Methods" on the Films on Demand website.
Discuss your thoughts with the class.
Week-5 Discussion
Question-1
Week five weekly overview
Question-2
Discuss the history of health care reform. What solutions would you offer?
Question-3
Explore the Income Statement section and watch the accompanying video on the Investopedia website.
Discuss your thoughts with the class.
Question-4
Explain the structure of the cash flow statement, and how this statement can help the manager understand the organization's sources and uses of cash.
