Steven A. Finkler

Ideal for an introductory course in financial accounting for health care, this essential text provides current and future healthcare managers with a solid foundation in the financial accounting and analysis skills needed within health care organizations. With Accounting Fundamentals for Health Care Management, students will learn how to assess financial information, ask the appropriate questions, and understand the jargon-laden answers.Key Features:Updated throughout to reflect the new Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) accounting standards, including implicit and explicit price concessions. Additional end-of-chapter questions and practice problems give student opportunities to apply chapter concepts.Microsoft® Excel instruction has been enhanced with additional Excel screen shots and explanation.Helpful instructor resources include an instructor manual with solutions for all the questions and problems PowerPoint presentation slides for each chapter and a test bank of questions organized chapter.Enriched Navigate eBook (available stand alone or with the printed text) includes the digital text enhanced with flashcards, chapter review slides, an interactive glossary, and chapter quiz questions for self-study.

Accounting Fundamentals for Health Care Management is ideal for an introductory course in financial accounting in both undergraduate and graduate programs. With a focus on basic accounting in health care management, this essential book contains the vocabulary of and an introduction to the tools and concepts employed by finance officers. Students will learn how to assess financial information, ask the appropriate questions, and understand the jargon-laden answers. The Third Edition reflects the changes since the enactment of health care reform. It also brings the book in compliance with recent and near-term changes to accounting standards by the Financial Accounting Standards Board including how bad debts are reported, the presentation of cash flow statements, and the presentation of net assets on the balance sheet. All Excel tables and screenshots have been updated to more recent versions of the program to make it more accessible to readers. All the problems, solutions, and cases have been updated and are compliant with current FASB standards.

Essentials of Cost Accounting for Health Care Organizations, Third Edition is a comprehensive text that applies the tools and techniques of cost accounting to the health services field. It is an essential tool for all professionals who need to deal with the challenges of managing health facilities in a difficult economic environment. The third edition has an increased emphasis on managed care as well as a new computer-based component. It has been thoroughly revised to reflect the recent changes in Medicare/Medicaid and includes an all new chapter on activity-based costing.

Learn how financial management fits into the healthcare organization. Financial Management for Nurse Managers and Executives, 5th Edition covers the latest accounting and financial management practices distinctly from the nurse manager's point of view. Topics include how financial management fits into the health care organization, financial accounting, cost analysis, planning and control management of the organization's financial resources, various management tools, and the future of financial management with respect to healthcare reform and international accounting standards. This new edition includes updated information on the Affordable Care Act, Accountable Care Organizations, Value Based Payment, and Team and Population Based Care. Nursing-focused content thoroughly describes healthcare finance and accounting from the nurse manager's point of view. Numerous worksheets and tables including healthcare spreadsheets, budgets, and calculations provide you with specific examples of how to apply financial management principles to nursing practice. 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.

An in-depth guide to preparing accurate nursing budgets, this book will help you improve your financial skills and contribute to your organization's strategic planning. It discusses the different types of budgeting, the budgeting process, forecasting, variance analysis, and costing out nursing services. A variety of settings are included: hospitals, long-term care, home health, community health, managed care, and others. With this guide, you'll learn how to communicate effectively with financial managers, succeed in your role in the budgeting process, and assist in the delivery of high-quality patient care at the lowest possible cost. Each chapter includes Learning Objectives to focus your study and a Summary and Implications for Nurse Managers to reinforce what you've learned. Additional Suggested Readings provides helpful resources for further research and study. An appendix includes numerous sample budget forms and instructions, allowing you to see firsthand the various types of budgeting forms used in day-to-day practice. New "Budgeting for Information Systems" chapter describes how to budget for information technology (IT), what kind of personnel you should consider hiring to support the nursing IT function, and how to evaluate IT products. New "Budgeting for the Operating Room" chapter covers key stakeholders in the budget development process, developing the prioritization process, and specialized aspects of the operating room budget. A discussion of magnet hospitals has been added, including the cost implications of applying for "magnet" status. Coverage now includes different delivery care models and their potential budgetary impact to a health care organization, along with Clinical Ladders and the budgetary implications of nurses "testing-up" the ladder. Budgeting for clinics and same-day surgery facilities is described. Updated and expanded content discusses budget variance analysis and interpretation of budget reports that differ from the planned budget. Includes the budget implications of outsourcing, and how to determine whether outsourcing is cost-effective for a particular service.