2024-25 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Dec 04, 2024  
2024-25 Undergraduate Catalog
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HLH 461 - Health Care Finance

An analysis of health-care financing in the U.S. The course investigates payment mechanisms, cost containment efforts, and the trends in third-party payments over time. The course will explore such concepts as risk sharing, cost-shifting, capitation, capital investments, strategic financial planning in a changing health care environment. Prerequisites: ECO 111 or MGT 254, 255. Fulfills: LASR. (3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Describe health care financial accounting. 
  2. Explain how financial statements can be analyzed to assess the condition of a health care organization. 
  3. Demonstrate basic skills in financial analysis and decision-making. 
  4. Discuss basic principles of financial planning, budgeting and control, and cost accounting in health care organizations.



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