Discussion: Financial Management In Healthcare
I. Describe the key issues associated with managed care and its reimbursement methods. How does managed care impact hospital net revenues?
II. Explain how to calculate the allowance for doubtful accounts and the bad-debt expense in a hospital.
III. List and briefly describe the most important areas of the healthcare revenue cycle.
IV. A key aspect of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was rewarding hospitals for strong performance and penalizing them for quality issues, such as high infection rates and high readmission rates to the facility. Explain the details of how PPACA rewarded and punished hospitals for their performance.
The response must include a reference list. One-inch margins, double-space, Using Times New Roman 12 pnt font and APA style of writing and citations.