Introduction to Healthcare Finance

Catalog description

This course is designed to provide students with an overview of basic concepts and ideas within the field of Healthcare Finance. By the end, students will have a primary understanding of these ideas and concepts. Topics include: Importance, uses, functions, and ownership structures of financial information in healthcare organizations; revenue cycle; coding; sources and uses of funding; how are healthcare organizations, providers and facilities paid; Medicare insurance plans; financial statements; and mergers and consolidation in healthcare organizations.