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HCA 270 Experience Tradition/newtonhelp.com

• HCA 270 Experience Tradition

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HCA 270 Entire Course(2 Sets)

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• HCA 270 week 1 DQ 1
• HCA 270 week 1 DQ 2
• HCA 270 Week 2 Assignment Accounting Practices
  and Entries
• HCA 270 Week 2 CheckPoint Accounting Dartboard
• HCA 270 Week 3 CheckPoint Present and Future
  Value

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HCA 270 Week 1 CheckPoint The Four Cs and Five
Pillars(2 Sets)

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• Resource Appendix B
• Due Date Day 5 post to the Individual forum
• Complete Appendix B, parts I and II.
• Post as an attachment

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HCA 270 week 1 DQ 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 week 1 DQ 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 Week 2 Assignment Accounting Practices
and Entries(2 Sets)

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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.

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HCA 270 Week 2 CheckPoint Accounting Dartboard

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• Resource
• Due Date Day 4 Individual forum
• Complete the Accounting Dartboard multimedia.
• Post a screenshot of your score.

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HCA 270 Week 3 CheckPoint Present and Future
Value(2 Sets)

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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

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HCA 270 week 3 DQ 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 week 3 DQ 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 Week 4 Assignment Interview Scheduling (2
Sets)

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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.

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HCA 270 Week 4 Assignment Financial Statement
Analysis(2 Sets)

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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 Week 4 CheckPoint Ratio Analysis(2 Sets)

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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

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HCA 270 Week 5 CheckPoint Approaches to
Valuation(2 Sets)

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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.
• Post as an attachment.

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HCA 270 week 5 DQ 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 week 5 DQ 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 Week 6 Assignment Financial Officer
Interview(2 Sets)

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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).

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HCA 270 Week 6 CheckPoint Costs and Cost
Control(2 Sets)

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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.
• Post as an attachment.

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HCA 270 Week 7 CheckPoint Revenue Variance
Analysis(2 Sets)

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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.

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HCA 270 week 7 DQ 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 week 7 DQ 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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HCA 270 Week 8 Assignment Cash Management
Services(2 Sets)

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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.

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HCA 270 Week 8 CheckPoint Short-Term Financing(2
Sets

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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.

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HCA 270 Week 9 Capstone DQ(2 Sets)

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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 Week 9 Final Project Financial
Presentation(2 Sets)

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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.

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