Description
Healthcare Finance: An Introduction to Accounting and Financial Management, Fifth Edition is the recent book from essentially the most relied on name in healthcare finance, Dr. Louis C. Gapenski. Like its predecessors, this book introduces readers to the fundamental concepts of healthcare finance, including accounting and fiscal management.
Fifth Edition Features
- New or expanded coverage of
- The affect of taxes and depreciation on for-profit providers
- Medical coding
- Monte Carlo simulation
- Form 990
- Fund accounting
- Recent information on healthcare reform includes coverage of accountable care organizations (ACOs) and medical homes with up to date real-world examples
- Updated financial accounting coverage conforms to the recent AICPA formats
- New learning aids, including on-page definitions, For Your Consideration scenarios and Key Equations quick-reference tools
Companion Website
Go online to get entry to additional learning tools, including:
- Bonus chapter on distributions to owners of for-profit businesses
- Bonus chapter that covers capitation, rate setting, and risk sharing
- Appendixes that offer lists of economic and operating indicator ratios and their definitions