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ASHFORD HCA 311 Week 1 DQ 1 Senate vs. House
HCA 311 Entire Course
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).
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.
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ASHFORD HCA 311 Week 2 Assignment Contribution
Margin
ASHFORD 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.
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.
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ASHFORD HCA 311 Week 2 DQ Grouping Expenses
ASHFORD HCA 311 Week 2 Assignment Cost Centers
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.
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.
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ASHFORD HCA 311 Week 3 Assignment MHS Analysis
ASHFORD HCA 311 Week 3 Assignment 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.
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 d. Accumulated Depreciation
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ASHFORD HCA 311 Week 4 Assignment Capital
Expenditure Proposals
ASHFORD HCA 311 Week 3 DQ Reporting
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 Ashford Writing Center. You must use at
least one scholarly source besides the textbook,
cited in APA format.  
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.
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ASHFORD HCA 311 Week 4 DQ Capital Expenditure
Budget
ASHFORD HCA 311 Week 4 Assignment 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.
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. Respond to at least two of your
classmates posts.
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ASHFORD HCA 311 Week 5 Final Paper Business Plan
ASHFORD HCA 311 Week 5 DQ 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.
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.
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