complete an analysis of the concepts and learning outcomes from this
course in a presentation to the class based on one real healthcare organization. This is your opportunity
to use creativity, concept review/research, and critical thought process and apply to an established
healthcare organization. The overall goal of this assignment is to present an overview of the selected
organization based on the main components listed below.
The following healthcare systems will be used for this assessment. You will select one:
Tenet Healthcare (for‐profit)
Scripps Healthcare (non‐profit)
Ascension Health (non‐profit)
HCA Healthcare (for‐profit)
ASSSESSMENT COMPONENTS & MAIN ELEMENTS
Healthcare Organization Overview & Environment: This section will address an overview of the
organization selected, relevant healthcare basics to the organization, paying for healthcare services.
Concepts such as insurance impact, revenue & reimbursement, health reform challenges, value‐based
purchasing, and financial risk to providers.
Financial Management Concepts: This section will address concepts such as time value analysis and
financial risk and required return.
Capital Investment, Acquisition & Allocation: This section will address concepts such as debt financing,
equity financing, and lease financing and related concepts. Also include capital structure, capital
budgeting, and project risk analysis.
Financial Analysis, Reporting & Forecasting: This section will address Financial Condition Analysis and
Forecasting. Cover topics such as strategic planning, mission and values, forecasting (revenue, expense,
project), financial planning, KPI’s, financial statement analysis, capacity planning, and any other relevant
discussion. Sum this section up with the overall health of the organization. You must include the
selected companies annual or financial reports in your discussion in this section. Relevant current data is
required.
Healthcare Current Challenges & Technology: This section is open ended and can be anything you feel is
applicable or valuable to the analysis of the organizations you selected. Technology has impact in all
areas of healthcare finance.
PROJECT FORMAT AND GRADING
Select one of the noted healthcare organizations for study. This is not a research project, but be mindful
of using research for presentation, and noting that research used on one slide at the end.
1. This assignment is a presentation. It is not a research paper.
