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2. GBM 489 uop Course Tutorial HCA 270 Entire Course HCA 270 Assignment Accounting Practices and Entries Accounting practices and principles are at the heart of financial management. To understand the financial transactions of health care organizations, it is necessary to understand the different types of accounting practices and how entries are made and items recorded using each practice. Due Date: Day 7 [Individual forum] • HCA 270 Exercise: Interview Scheduling • HCA 270 Capstone Discussion Question • HCA 270 CheckPoint: Costs and Cost Control • HCA 270 Assignment: Accounting Practices and Entries • HCA 270 CheckPoint: Accounting Dartboard • HCA 270  Week 1 Discussion Question 1

3. GBM 489 uop Course Tutorial HCA 270 Assignment Cash Management Services HCA 270 Assignment Financial Officer Interview Resources: Appendix E Due Date: Day 7 [Individual forum] Interview a financial officer within a health care organization. Use the questionnaire provided in Appendix E, and be sure to record in detail the answer to each question (space has been provided for additional questions, but be sure to record any additional questions you ask as well as the responses). • Due Date: Day 7 [Individual forum] • Research the cash management services available at three different commercial banks. • Detail the different services available, the features of one particular service you believe to be the best, and the fees involved. • Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in APA format addressing the following and explaining each of your answers: • What are the advantages and disadvantages of each bank’s offering?

4. GBM 489 uop Course Tutorial HCA 270 Assignment Financial Statement Analysis HCA 270 Capstone Discussion Question Due Date: Day 3 [Main forum] Post your response to the following: What are two principles of financial management that you will likely use in your future career? How will you use them, and why are they important? Explain your answer. • The analysis of financial statements is critical for determining the financial health of any organization. Financial statement analysis, however, demands a thorough understanding of accounting rules and principles; if the information on these statements is to be interpreted accurately, a firm knowledge of the uses and limitations of these statements is vital. • Due Date: Day 7 [Individual forum]

5. GBM 489 uop Course Tutorial HCA 270 CheckPoint Accounting Dartboard HCA 270 CheckPoint Approaches to Valuation Resource: Appendix C Due Date: Day 5 [Individual forum] Review the valuation choices presented in Ch. 6. Complete Appendix C, parts I and II. Post as an attachment. • Resource: http://corptrain.phoenix.edu/axia/hca_270/hca270_darts.html • Due Date: Day 4 [Individual forum] • Complete the Accounting Dartboard multimedia. • Post a screenshot of your score.

6. GBM 489 uop Course Tutorial HCA 270 CheckPoint Costs and Cost Control HCA 270 CheckPoint Present and Future Value Resource: Ch. 5 of the text Due Date: Day 5 [Individual forum] Calculate the future value of the following: $5,000 compounded annually at 6% for 5 years $5,000 compounded semiannually at 6% for 5 years $5,000 compounded quarterly at 6% for 5 years • Resource: Appendix D • Due Date: Day 4 [Individual forum] • Review the classifications of cost presented in Ch. 7 of Financial Management. • Complete Appendix D, parts I and II. • Post as an attachment.

7. GBM 489 uop Course Tutorial HCA 270 CheckPoint Ratio Analysisb HCA 270 CheckPoint Revenue Variance Analysis Resource: Ch. 8 of Financial Management Due Date: Day 5 [Individual forum] Review variance analysis in Ch. 8 of the text. Determine the revenue variance from Arcadia Hospital’s 2005 budget. Address the following: Is the variance positive or negative? Which is desirable, a positive or negative variance? Why? What do you think are some of the possible causes for this variance? • Resource: Table 4-2 on p. 71 of the text • Due Date: Day 4 [Individual forum] • Compute the following ratios from Arcadia Hospital’s 2005 financial statements: • Current ratio • Total asset

8. GBM 489 uop Course Tutorial HCA 270 CheckPoint Short Term Financing HCA 270 CheckPoint The Four C’s and Five Pillars Resource: Appendix B Due Date: Day 5 [post to the Individual forum] Complete Appendix B, parts I and II. Post as an attachment • Short-term financing is essential to the business operations of any organization, and obtaining this financing is an integral part of financial management. Financial managers in health care must have a good understanding of the various types of short-term financing available to their particular organizations. • Resource: Ch. 19 of Financial Management.

9. GBM 489 uop Course Tutorial HCA 270 Exercise Interview Scheduling HCA 270 Final Project Financial Presentation Resource: Appendix A Due Date: Day 7 [Individual forum] Create a 15- to 17-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation detailing the hospital’s current status and comparing this year’s statements with the previous year’s statements. Include the following: Ratio analysis from the 2005 and 2006 financial statements Current ratio • Due Date: Day 4 [Individual forum] • Contact a financial officer in a health care organization, preferably one familiar with the organization’s revenue centers, cost centers, and cost allocation methods, and schedule a meeting for an interview to be completed by Week Six. • Post the name and title of the person you are going to interview, and the date and time of the interview, as a message to your instructor

10. GBM 489 uop Course Tutorial HCA 270 Week 1 Discussion Question 1 HCA 270 Week 1 Discussion Question 2 Due Date: Day 4 [post to the Main forum] Post your response to the following: What types of agency problems do health care organizations in particular have to face? How are agency relationships (such as that between patient and physician) related to cost? What are some possible methods of resolving these agency problems? • Due Date: Day 2 [post to the Main forum] • Post your response to the following: What are some of the common roles and functions of financial managers? Describe the basic differences between a comptroller and a treasurer. How important do you think an internal auditor is to an organization? Explain your answer

11. GBM 489 uop Course Tutorial HCA 270 Week 3 Discussion Question 1 HCA 270 Week 3 Discussion Question 2 Due Date: Day 4 [Main forum] Post your response to the following: What are annuities, and why is it necessary to calculate their present value? Why is the calculation of the present value of any future amount important? Why is the present value of any future amount greater when the discount rate is lower? Explain your answers. • Due Date: Day 2 [Main forum] • Post your response to the following: Why is time such an important factor in financial matters? How does the frequency of interest compounding, regardless of the rate of interest or period of accumulation, affect the future value of any given amount? Explain your answer. How might you use the principles of the time value of money to your financial benefit?

12. GBM 489 uop Course Tutorial HCA 270 week 5 Discussion Question 1 HCA 270 Week 5 Discussion Question 2 Due Date: Day 4 [Main forum] Post your response to the following: How does discounted cash flow valuation work? How does it differ from the other valuation methods? Why do you think the text refers to discounted cash flow as the valuation method “best justified by financial theory”? Explain your answer. • Due Date: Day 2 [Main forum] • Post your response to the following: Compare and contrast adjusted book value with market value. What are some of the strengths and weaknesses of each approach? Which method do you think is more accurate? Explain your answer.

13. GBM 489 uop Course Tutorial HCA 270 week 7 Discussion Question 1 HCA 270 week 7 Discussion Question 2 Due Date: Day 4 [Main forum] Post your response to the following: What do you think are some of the more important components of a budget? Why? What are some criteria you would use to choose between a fixed and a flexible budget? Why do you think the use of zero-base budgeting remains uncommon? Explain your answers. • Due Date: Day 2 [Main forum] • Post your response to the following: Why is budgeting so important? What are the appropriate uses of a budget? How can budgets be mismanaged or misunderstood? Why do you think the text states that many health care organizations handle their budgets very poorly? Explain your answers

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