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HCA 270 UOP Course Tutorial

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HCA 270 UOP Course Tutorial

• HCA 270 Assignment Accounting
  Practices and Entries
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• 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
• Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in APA format
  comparing and contrasting the different types of
  accounting, namely accrual, cash flow, and fund
  accounting. Be sure to consider the following

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HCA 270 UOP Course Tutorial

• HCA 270 Assignment Cash
  Management Services
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• 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
  banks offering?

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HCA 270 UOP Course Tutorial

• HCA 270 Assignment
  Financial Officer Interview
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• 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).
• Complete part II of Appendix E once all answers
  have been recorded.
• Post Appendix E as an attachment.
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HCA 270 UOP Course Tutorial

• HCA 270 Assignment Financial
  Statement Analysis
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• 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.

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HCA 270 UOP Course Tutorial

• HCA 270 Capstone
  Discussion Question
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•           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.

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HCA 270 UOP Course Tutorial

• HCA 270 CheckPoint Accounting
  Dartboard
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  xia/hca_270/hca270_darts.html
• Due Date Day 4 Individual forum
• Complete the Accounting Dartboard multimedia.
• Post a screenshot of your score.

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HCA 270 UOP Course Tutorial

• HCA 270 CheckPoint Approaches
  to Valuation
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• Resource Appendix C
• Due Date Day 5 Individual forum
• Review the valuation choices presented in Ch. 6.
• Complete Appendix C, parts I and II.
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HCA 270 UOP Course Tutorial

• HCA 270 CheckPoint Costs and Cost
  Control
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• 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.
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HCA 270 UOP Course Tutorial

• HCA 270 CheckPoint Present
  and Future Value
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• 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
• 5,000 compounded annually at 6 for 6 years
• Answer the following What conclusions can be
  drawn

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HCA 270 UOP Course Tutorial

• HCA 270 CheckPoint
  Ratio Analysis
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• Resource Table 4-2 on p. 71 of the text
• Due Date Day 4 Individual forum
• Compute the following ratios from Arcadia
  Hospitals 2005 financial statements
• Current ratio
• Total asset
• Compare these ratios with the 1999 median for all
  U.S. acute care hospitals listed in Table 4-2.
• Answer the following and explain your

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HCA 270 UOP Course Tutorial

• HCA 270 CheckPoint Revenue
  Variance Analysis
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• 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
  Hospitals 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?
  How would you adjust Arcadia Hospitals 2006
  budget in light of your variance analysis?
  Explain your answer.
• Post the variance and your answers as a
  Microsoft Word attachment
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HCA 270 UOP Course Tutorial

• HCA 270 CheckPoint Short
  Term Financing
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• 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.
• Due Date Day 4 Individual forum
• Address the following regarding the various types
  of short-term financing available to health care
  organizations
• Explain the differences between accounts payable
  and trade credit.

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HCA 270 UOP Course Tutorial

• HCA 270 CheckPoint The Four Cs and
  Five Pillars
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• Resource Appendix B
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• Complete Appendix B, parts I and II.
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HCA 270 UOP Course Tutorial

• HCA 270 Entire
  Course
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• 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
• HCA 270  Week 1 Discussion Question 2
• HCA 270  Week 3 Discussion Question 2
• HCA 270  Week 3 Discussion Question 1
• HCA 270  Week 5 Discussion Question 2

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HCA 270 UOP Course Tutorial

• HCA 270 Exercise
  Interview Scheduling
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• Due Date Day 4 Individual forum
• Contact a financial officer in a health care
  organization, preferably one familiar with the
  organizations 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
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HCA 270 UOP Course Tutorial

• HCA 270 Final Project
  Financial Presentation
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• Resource Appendix A
• Due Date Day 7 Individual forum
• Create a 15- to 17-slide Microsoft PowerPoint
  presentation detailing the hospitals current
  status and comparing this years statements with
  the previous years statements.
• Include the following
• Ratio analysis from the 2005 and 2006 financial
  statements
• Current ratio
• Inventory turnover
• Total asset

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HCA 270 UOP Course Tutorial

• HCA 270 Week 1 Discussion
  Question 1
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• 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
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HCA 270 UOP Course Tutorial

• HCA 270 Week 1
  Discussion Question 2
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•   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?

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HCA 270 UOP Course Tutorial

• HCA 270 Week 3 Discussion
  Question 1
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• 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?
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HCA 270 UOP Course Tutorial

• HCA 270 Week 3 Discussion
  Question 2
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• 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.
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HCA 270 UOP Course Tutorial

• HCA 270 week 5
  Discussion Question 1
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• 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.
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HCA 270 UOP Course Tutorial

• HCA 270 Week 5 Discussion
  Question 2
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• 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.
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HCA 270 UOP Course Tutorial

• HCA 270 week 7
  Discussion Question 1
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• 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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HCA 270 UOP Course Tutorial

• HCA 270 week 7
  Discussion Question 2
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• 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.
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