HSCS 3330 Health Care Finance

Provides an understanding of financial information, revenue streams, and stakeholder (providers, consumers, and policy makers) needs to analyze financial position and make management decisions in a health care setting.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

BUSA 1210 (required); ACCT 2010 and ACCT 2020 (recommended); or instructor permission

Typically Offered

Demorest Campus: spring

Student Learning Outcomes

At the conclusion of this course the student will be able to:

1. Discuss the importance of financial information in the health care process.
2. Analyze the relationship between coding, reimbursement and financial processes in health care.
3. Assess methods of health care delivery and the financial implications of each.
4. Evaluate basic health care pricing formulas and determine whether prices are defensible.
5. Examine the major types of asset valuation.
6. Summarize the kind of decisions that are made in capital investment decision analysis.