Essentials of Health Care Finance stands firmly in its place as the leading textbook on healthcare finance. No other text so completely blends the best of current finance theory with the tools needed in day-to-day practice. Useful for all course levels as well as a professional reference, this text offers a comprehensive introduction to the field. The Seventh Edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect the current economic environment in the healthcare industry, with thoughtful descriptions and ‘real-world’ examples. As the not-for-profit health care sector has increasingly come under attack by legislators seeking new sources of tax revenue, this edition also features a new chapter on assessing community benefits including an examination of the new Schedule H of the IRS 990 form.Ancillary instructor materials for the Seventh Edition have been significantly expanded and updated. PowerPoint lecture slides now include selected examples from the chapters. Electronic versions of many of the charts and tables in the chapters are provided to enable the instructor to re-create and modify existing examples. An expanded set of test questions with detailed answers will be provided for each chapter. New excel spreadsheets for selected chapters will be created to help both the students and the instructors perform a variety of financial analysis tasks with spreadsheet templates. The instructor’s manual has been revised to include key learning points, chapter overviews, and guidelines for class discussion.

Chapter1 Financial Information and the Decision-Making Process
Chapter2 Billing and Coding for Health Services
Chapter3 Financial Environment of Health Care Organizations
Chapter4 Legal and Regulatory Environment
Chapter5 Community Benefit Assessment
Chapter6 Revenue Determination
Chapter7 Managed Care
Chapter8 General Principles of Accounting
Chapter9 Financial Statements
Chapter10 Accounting For Inflation
Chapter11 Analyzing Financial Statements
Chapter12 Financial Analysis of Alternative Health Care Firms
Chapter13 Strategic Financial Planning
Chapter14 Cost Concepts and Decision Making
Chapter15 Product Costing
Chapter16 The Management Control Process
Chapter17 Cost Variance Analysis
Chapter18 Financial Mathematics
Chapter19 Capital Project Analysis
Chapter20 Consolidations and Mergers
Chapter21 Capital Formation
Chapter22 Working Capital and Cash Management
Chapter23 Developing the Cash Budget