HSA 525 Discussions:

HSA 525 Discussions:

Analyze the revenue cycle and receivables management to determine the greatest financial challenge facing small clinics and individual health care providers, as well as what steps could be taken to address that challenge.

Briefly describe a healthcare organization with which you are familiar (e.g. local hospital, dentist etc.) and how that organization could apply the lessons learned in chapter 10 concerning risk and risk aversion. Provide specific examples to support your response.

Research has shown that about 90% of the information contained in financial statements can be obtained using just 10 carefully selected ratios. Assume you are limited to a mere three ratios.

Create a brief scenario that explains the effects of debt financing on a health care organizations risk andreturns. Select a health care organization and discuss which three ratios you would select when conducting an analysis on that organization. Explain your rationale.

Analyze the steps involved in capital budgeting financial analysis to determine which step(s) would be the most challenging to the greatest number of health care organizations. Explain your rationale.

Briefly describe a project likely to be undertaken by health care organization of your choice and the best way for that organization to assess the risk associated with the project. Explain your rationale.

From the e-Activity, estimate the component costs as well as the overall (corporate) cost of capital for the health care organization you researched. Provide specific figures from the financial statements to support your response.

From the first e-Activity, discuss how the current processes used by rating agencies could be improved. Provide specific examples to support your response.

Discuss the possibility of a not-for-profit health care organization issuing stock and why the management of such an organization might want to do this. Explain your rationale.