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HEALTH CARE FINANCE
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HCS 385 Week 1 Terminology and Stakeholders Worksheet
Complete the Terminology and Stakeholders worksheet in which you define the provided terminology as well as identify and describe various stakeholders in the health care payer system.
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Terminology and Stakeholders
Define the following terms using your text or other resources. Cite all resources according to APA guidelines.
| Term | Definition | Resource you used |
| Time value of money | ||
| Efficient market | ||
| Primary versus secondary market | ||
| Risk-return tradeoff | ||
| Agency (principal and agent problems) | ||
| Market information and security prices and information asymmetry | ||
| Agile and lean principles | ||
| Return on investment | ||
| Cash flow and a source of value | ||
| Project management | ||
| Outsourcing and offshoring | ||
| Inventory turnover | ||
| Just-in-time inventory (JIT) | ||
| Vender managed inventory (VMI) | ||
| Forecasting and demand management |
List and describe at least 5 stakeholders in the health care payer system.
| Stakeholder | Description (at least 50 words each) |
HCS 385 Week 2 Finance Environment Matrix
Create a matrix in which you:
- Identify at least 3 economic trends of the health care payment system.
- Identify ethics and compliance issues associated with those trends.
Cite 3 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references to support your chosen trends and issues.
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Note: This assignment is meant to be a high-level look at these issues where you primarily identify what the issues are. You will cover the issues in more depth in the Week Five Finance Trends assignment.
HCS 385 Week 2 Week Two Financial Exercises
Complete the Week Two Financial Exercises.
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HCS 385 Week 3 Capital Investment Decisions
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that explains the objectives of capital investment decisions.
Cite 3 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references to support your paper.
Format your paper according to APA guidelines.
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HCS 385 Week 3 Week Three Financial Exercises
Complete the Week Three Financial Exercises.
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HCS 385 Week 4 Financial Planning
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that describes the following:
- Relationship between strategic and financial planning
- Key activities that are a part of both processes
Cite 3 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references to support your paper.
Format your paper according to APA guidelines.
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HCS 385 Week 4 Week Four Financial Performance Worksheet
Complete the Week Four Financial Performance worksheet.
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HCS 385 Week 5 Week Five Financial Exercises
Complete the Week Five Financial Exercises.
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HCS 385 Week 5 Capital Management Presentation
Create a 10- to 15-slide presentation in which you:
- Evaluate effective working capital management techniques.
- Evaluate alternative capital projects.
- Analyze risks associated with capital projects.
- Identify the decision-making factors in lease versus buy.
- Identify the effect of financing strategies on cost of capital.
- Identify benefits and risks of debt financing.
Format your presentation according to APA guidelines.
Cite 3 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references to support your paper.
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HCS 385 Week 5 Benchmark Assignment—Finance Trends
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you:
- Analyze a financial and economic issue in the health care industry.
- Choose a current financial or economic issue in the health care industry. Consider the following:
- What are the economic trends of the health care payment system?
- What are the supply and demand challenges for health care services?
- Why are costs increasing in the health care system?
- What regulatory issues are affecting, or will affect, the health care industry?
- Analyze the issue and its financial impact on the health care industry.
- Provide recommendations for improving the issue. Consider current strategies being used or presented for improving the issue.
- Include what you believe would be the outcome of these recommendations if implemented.
- Choose a current financial or economic issue in the health care industry. Consider the following:
Cite 3 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references to support your paper.
Format your paper according to APA guidelines.
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Note: While you identified issues in the Week Two Finance Environment assignment, you must explore them in more detail and depth in this assignment.