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Financial Resource Management –
hcs571
(3 credits)
Processes of budget preparation, analysis, and monitoring are essential for analyzing the financial performance of an organization, service, or system. Concepts of financial accounting and reporting, as well as basic economic principles, are applied. Students use budgetary and economic concepts and principles for financial decision-making for a health care service or unit.
This graduate-level course is 6
weeks.
To enroll, speak with an Enrollment Advisor.
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Financial, Accounting, and Economic Principles
- Define generally accepted accounting principles as related to health care organizations.
- Explain the relationship between financial information and decision making for health care organizations.
- Describe the financial and economic environment of health care organizations.
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Financial Performance
- Assess financial performance of a health care organization.
- Explain the valuation process of assets, depreciation, and inventory.
- Perform a ratio analysis.
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Financial Management Methods
- Describe methods of assessing service line productivity.
- Create a budget forecast for a health care service line.
- Explain the capital project process.
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Budget Management
- Determine strategies for control of budgets.
- Perform a cost variance analysis.
- Analyze benchmarking techniques.
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Compliance and Risk Management
- Explain management roles and responsibilities in compliance and risk management.
- Analyze financial risk factors in health service and education organizations.
- Analyze risk avoidance and reduction strategies.
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Future Trends and Issues
- Describe trends in health care payer systems.
- The University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses.
- While widely available, not all programs are available in all locations or in both online and on-campus formats. Please check with a University Enrollment Advisor.
- Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice.
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