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2. HCA 311 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp HCA 311 Entire Course HCA 311 Week 1 Assignment Decision Making Decision Making. From your text, complete Assignment Exercise 1-2, page 355. Required: 1. Refer to the Metropolis Health System case study appearing in Chapter 25. Read about the various types of services offered by MHS. 2. The MHS organization chart has seven major areas of responsibility, each headed by a senior vice president (refer to page 291). Select one of the seven areas (Information Systems, Finance, Human Affairs, etc.) and indicate the additional levels of management that would fall under this area. Examples of organizational charts are located in Figure 1-2 (pg. 7) and Figure 25-1 (pg. 290). • HCA 311 Week 1 DQ 1 Senate vs. House • HCA 311 Week 1 DQ 2 Government Revenue • HCA 311 Week 1 Assignment Decision Making • HCA 311 Week 2 DQ Grouping Expenses • HCA 311 Week 2 Assignment Cost Centers • HCA 311 Week 2 Assignment Contribution Margin

3. HCA 311 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp HCA 311 Week 1 DQ 1 Senate vs. House HCA 311 Week 1 DQ 2 Government Revenue Government Revenue. Referencing Chapter 4 in the text, create a discussion on the following: 1. Identify 3 sources of government revenue 2. In your opinion, are these sources of healthcare resourceful? 3. How do you think they can be improved? 4. Include a minimum of one scholarly reference, in APA format to support your discussion. 5. Initial post must contain a minimum of 250-300 words. 6. Respond to at least two of your classmate’s postings. • Senate vs. House. Listen or review the slides on Health Insurance Exchanges. In general, what is the main difference in opinion of the House and the Senate? Whose viewpoint do you agree with? Discuss the reasoning of your response and support your response with a citation in APA from a minimum of one scholarly reference.

4. HCA 311 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp HCA 311 Week 2 Assignment Contribution Margin HCA 311 Week 2 Assignment Cost Centers Cost Centers. Complete the Assignment Exercise 5-1 on page 360-361. Answer the questions in the text, and submit your responses to your instructor. • Contribution Margin. Complete the Assignment Exercise 7-2 on page 365. Answer the questions in the text, and submit your responses to your instructor. You must show your work of how you computed the contribution margin.

5. HCA 311 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp HCA 311 Week 2 DQ Grouping Expenses HCA 311 Week 3 Assignment Business Plan Topic Business Plan Topic. A business plan is a document, typically prepared in order to obtain funding and/or financing. For your Final Paper in Week 5, you will assume the role of an entrepreneur and create a business plan to present to an investment company, seeking funding/financing for a type of health care business. In the scenario you choose, you may already own a company you are looking to expand, or you may focus on a start-up company. • Grouping Expenses. Referencing Chapters 5 and 6 in the text, and using evidence in your text or from other sources for support, discuss the three ways to group expenses: • 1. Traditional cost centers, diagnoses/procedures, and care settings. • 2. Compare and contrast the different types of groupings. • 3. Discuss the pros and cons of each. Provide and explain at least two examples/scenarios in which you would use specific groupings. Justify your response. • 4. Which type of grouping do you think is better to use for control and planning? Why? • 5. Are there situations/circumstances where certain groupings would be completely inappropriate? Why? Respond to at least two classmates’ postings. Do you agree/disagree with your classmates’ opinions? Why or why not? Support your response in at least 250-300 word post.

6. HCA 311 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp HCA 311 Week 3 Assignment MHS Analysis HCA 311 Week 3 DQ Reporting Reporting.Referencing Chapter 10 in the text, and using evidence from other sources for support answer the following questions. If you owned your own business, how would you utilize the information reported on your balance sheet, statement of revenue and expense, and statement of cash flows? What determinations or decisions can be made with the information reported? Please discuss your response, and include an APA citation from a minimum of one scholarly reference to support your 250-300 word post. • MHS Analysis. Refer to the Metropolis Health System Supplemental Information at the back of the Examples and Exercises section. Use the MHS comparative Balance Sheet, Statement of Revenue and Expenses, and Statement of Fund Balance (pgs. 404 – 407) • 1) Identify the amounts for the current year for the following categories: • a. Current Liabilities • b. Total Assets • c. Income from Operations

7. HCA 311 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp HCA 311 Week 4 Assignment Capital Expenditure Proposals HCA 311 Week 4 Assignment Operating Budget Operating Budget. Review Mini-Case Study 1 in Chapter 26 in your assigned course textbook. In a one-to-two page paper, explain why you would or would not accept the proposal to add a retail pharmacy to a hospital. List at least three improvements that could be made to the proposal to make it more effective. • Capital Expenditure Proposals. Refer to Assignment Exercise 16-1 on page 393 in your assigned course textbook and submit your answers to the questions in the text. In your response, include at least four requests Ted should make. Justify the requests and explain the strategy. Your paper needs to be two-three pages (not including title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA guidelines as outlined in the Writing Center. You must use at least one scholarly source besides the textbook, cited in APA format.

8. HCA 311 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp HCA 311 Week 4 DQ Capital Expenditure Budget HCA 311 Week 5 DQ Lease or Buy Lease or Buy. Referencing Chapter 23 in your text, and using evidence in your text or from other sources for support, discuss the following in a minimum of 250-300 words: In the examples used in the chapter, there is not much monetary difference between owning versus leasing. In these circumstances, which method would you recommend? Why? Support your assertions with a minimum of one scholarly source, cited in APA format. • Capital Expenditure Budget. If you were assigned to prepare a capital expenditure budget request to add a retail pharmacy in the hospital, which two individuals from your department(s) would you want to have on your team to help you? How would you utilize them to help you? Justify your response and include a minimum of one scholarly reference to support your answer. Respondtoatleasttwoofyourclassmates’ posts.

9. HCA 311 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp HCA 311 Week 5 Final Paper Business Plan • Refer to Chapter 24 of the text. Utilize the health care business you selected in Week One as well as the answers to the Basic Information questions. Create a Business Plan proposal for your health care company that includes the following sections: • 1. Executive Summary: 1 – 2 pages, concise summary of a business report. It restates the purpose of the report, it highlights the major points of the report, and it describes any results, conclusions, or recommendations from the report. • 2. Service and / or Equipment Description: 1 page minimum • 3. Organizational Plan: 1 page minimum, include a chart that illustrates the structure of the organization. In addition, provide a summary of your management (i.e. background, responsibilities, etc.) • 4. Marketing Segment: 1 page minimum, include demographics, target market, any incentives, competitors, advertisement, etc. • 5. Financial Analysis: Projected income statement and types of assumptions made to compute the figures. • a. Typical Income Statement assumption information requirements. • b. What types of revenue? • c. How many services will be offered to produce the revenue (by month)?

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