Assignment Details in Discussion Board (TOPIC: Financial Management in Healthcare) (250 WORDS)
Time Value of Money (TOPIC)
(1) Economic uncertainty and financial instability affect the ability of patients to pay debt arising from medical bills not covered by insurance, leading to questions of medical account resolution. Health care providers are on the opposite side of this equation because patient payments affect the revenue cycle, which can vary in length depending on the size and type of organization. In reality, some patients are unable to pay the portion of their medical bills not covered by insurance, adversely affecting the organization’s bottom line.Discuss the following in regard to this:
(2) INDIVIDUAL PROJECT (1250 WORDS)
Assignment Description (INDIVIDUAL PROJECT)
You are the chief financial officer (CFO) at a community hospital.One of the comments that has come back from patient surveys is the need for a commercial 24-hour pharmacy within the hospital.In this way, patients or their families will be able to fill prescriptions and begin taking ordered medication right away instead of waiting until the following day. The chief executive officer (CEO) wants you to create aproposal for the first 3 months of operation utilizing time value of money tools for the development of this new revenue-generating department.The following points must be covered in your proposal:
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