Health Care Financial Management II

Catalog description

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. This is an intermediate course on health care financial management which covers several topics from PHPM 623 in depth and introduces new topics and tools relating to capital financing, financial evaluation, and developing forecast financial statements. Several special topics are included that deal with current trends and issues (e.g., mergers and acquisitions, physician integration, and new payment mechanisms). The course consists of lectures and case studies. As a team project, students develop a long-range financial plan for a hypothetical hospital. Prerequisites: Graduate classification.