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ASHFORD ACC 281 Entire Course
ASHFORD ACC 281 Week 1 DQ 1 Basic Accounting
Equation
Economics - General Economics Basic Accounting
Equation. What are the implications of the basic
accounting equation? You must respond to at least
two of your classmates postings to receive full
credit Why is Accounting Needed? How would
healthcare companies operate without accounting?
Why do we need financial and managerial
accounting and what are the fundamental
differences between the two? You must respond to
at least two of your classmates postings to
receive full credit
Basic Accounting Equation. What are the
implications of the basic accounting equation?
You must respond to at least two of your
classmates postings to receive full credit
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ASHFORD ACC 281 Week 1 DQ 2 Why is accounting
needed
ASHFORD ACC 281 Week 1 DQ 3 Health Care Spending

• Why is Accounting Needed? How would healthcare
  companies operate without accounting? Why do we
  need financial and managerial accounting and what
  are the fundamental differences between the two?
  You must respond to at least two of your
  classmates postings to receive full credit

Health Care Spending. Review the information
provided at the following website
http//www.govspot.com/features/healthcare.htm.
Discuss the major financial challenges of Health
Care reform. You must respond to at least two of
your classmates postings to receive full credit
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ASHFORD ACC 281 Week 2 DQ Debit Credit
ASHFORD ACC 281 Week 2 Understanding Real World
Financial Reports

• Debit/Credit. Read and respond to question 31
  from page 156. You must respond to at least two
  of your classmates postings to receive full
  credit.

Understanding Real World Financial Reports. In a
1-2 page paper, respond to question ATC 4-1 on
page 166.
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ASHFORD ACC 281 Week 3 DQ 1 Enron
ASHFORD ACC 281 Week 3 DQ 2 Corporations and
Partnerships

• Business - General Business
• Enron. Read and respond to ATC 7-7 on page 285.
  This situation is similar to the Enron scandal
  from several years ago. Use the Ashford Online
  Library to research Enron accounting procedures
• In your post, discuss how these accounting
  procedures affected the company and stockholders.
  You must respond to at least two of your
  classmates postings to receive full credit

Corporations and Partnerships. Read and respond
to ATC 8-6 on page 319. In your post, describe
the advantages and disadvantages of organization
forms. Include why most large public health care
organizations use the corporate form. You must
respond to at least two of your classmates
postings to receive full credit
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ASHFORD ACC 281 Week 3 Methods of Analysis
ASHFORD ACC 281 Week 4 DQ 1 Value added principle

• Methods of Analysis. In a 2 to 3 page paper,
  evaluate the three methods of analysis
  horizontal, vertical, and ratio as explained in
  Chapter 9 of your textbook. Summarize each
  method, and discuss how the financial information
  is used to make a particular decision. Provide a
  scenario in a health care situation in which a
  given method of analysis might be used.

Value Added Principle. From Chapter 10 complete
question 2, page 382, on how the value added
principle applies to managerial accounting
information. Give at least one example of value
added information used by a health care
organization. You must respond to at least two of
your classmates postings to receive full credit.
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ASHFORD ACC 281 Week 4 DQ 2 Product costing
ASHFORD ACC 281 Week 4 Final Paper Preparation

• Product Costing. From Chapter 10 complete
  question 3, page 382, on why product costing is
  different between financial and managerial
  accounting. What advantage does product costing
  offer over financial accounting? Illustrate its
  use by using a health care example. You must
  respond to at least two of your classmates
  postings to receive full credit

Final Paper Preparation. Research and select the
journal articles you will use as sources for your
final paper. Summarize the articles and prepare a
brief outline.
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ASHFORD ACC 281 Week 5 DQ 1 Basic Accounting
Equation
ASHFORD ACC 281 Week 5 DQ 2 Master Budget

• ASHFORD ACC 281 Week 5 DQ 1 Basic Accounting
  Equation

Master Budget. From Chapter 14 complete question
2, page 516, on the master budget process. Your
post should address how this would work in a
health care setting. You must respond to at least
two of your classmates postings to receive full
credit.
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ASHFORD ACC 281 Week 5 Final Paper

• Business - General Business
• Focus of the Final Paper
• Write an 8 to 10 page Case Analysis of the
  following article (which can be found in the
  Ashford Online ProQuest database)
• Souza, M. McCarty, B. (2007). From bottom to
  top How one provider retooled its collections
  electronic version. Healthcare Financial
  Management, 61(9), 67-73.
• Include the following
• 1) Complete summary of the case study that
  identifies the key problems and issues, provides
  background information, relevant facts, the
  solution employed, and the results achieved.
• 2) Identify and explain the accounting practices
  California Sutter Health used in defining and
  solving its collection problems. Develop an
  alternative solution based on your own research
  using 3 to 5 academic sources from journals,
  professional organizations, and websites.
• 3) State your informed opinion of the approach
  used by California Sutter Health, and provide
  support using concepts from your research and
  personal experience.

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