As the Director of Accounting, you have been tasked with briefing during the new employee's orientation on the principles of accounting and how these apply to your hospital. In addressing the principles of accounting, you are concerned with both sets of accounting information--financial and managerial. Managerial accounting has no formally adopted set of principles it relies strongly on financial accounting principles. Understanding the principles and basics of financial accounting is critical to understanding both financial and managerial accounting information.
Create a 6-8 slides with speaker notes of 100-200 words each
• Identify and explain the 5 principles of accounting and how they apply to the financial statements specific to your healthcare institution.
• Address the regulations around safeguarding your financial information to prevent fraudulent activity
Objectives
Discuss the influence of the institutional structure on the form and content of financial statements and describe how financial data are assembled and integrated onto an articulated set of financial statements.