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Finkler, Steven Alan was born on May 30, 1949 in New York City. Son of Joseph and Shirley (Blumenreich) Finkler.
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Covering the financial topics all nurse managers need to know and use, this book explains how financial management fits into the healthcare organization. Topics include accounting principles, cost analysis, planning and control management of the organization's financial resources, and the use of management tools. In addition to current issues, this edition also addresses future directions in financial management. • Nursing-focused content thoroughly describes health care finance and accounting from the nurse manager’s point of view. • Numerous worksheets and tables including healthcare spreadsheets, budgets, and calculations illustrate numerous financial and accounting methods. • Chapter opener features include learning objectives and an overview of chapter content to help you organize and summarize your notes. • Key concepts definitions found at the end of each chapter help summarize your understanding of chapter content. • Suggested Readings found at the end of each chapter give additional reading and research opportunities. • NEW! Major revision of chapter 2 (The Health Care Environment), with additions on healthcare reform, initiatives to stop paying for hospital or provider errors, hospice payment, and funding for nursing education; plus updates of health care expenditure and pay for performance; provide a strong start to this new edition. • NEW! Major revision of chapter 5 (Quality, Costs, and Financing), with updates to quality-financing, Magnet organizations, and access to care, provides the most up-to-date information possible. • NEW! Reorganization and expansion of content in chapter 15 (Performance Budgeting) with updated examples better illustrates how performance budgeting could be used in a pay-for-performance environment. • NEW! Major revision of the variance analysis discussion in chapter 16 (Controlling Operating Results) offers a different approach for computation of variances that is easier to understand. • NEW! Addition of comparative effectiveness research to chapter 18 (Benchmarking, Productivity, and Cost Benefit and Cost Effectiveness Analysis) covers a recently developed approach informs health-care decisions by providing evidence on the effectiveness of different treatment options. • NEW! Addition of nursing intensity weights, another approach for costing nursing services, to chapter 9 (Determining Health Care Costs and Prices), lets you make decisions about what method works best for you.
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Examines basic tools of cost accounting common to all industries, using health care examples. Material is oriented toward the generation of useful cost information to aid managers in making decisions. Coverage includes foundations of cost accounting, cost accounting for planning and control, cost ac
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( Covering the financial topics all nurse managers need t...)
Covering the financial topics all nurse managers need to know and use, this book explains how financial management fits into the healthcare organization. Topics include accounting principles, cost analysis, planning and control management of the organization's financial resources, and the use of management tools. In addition to current issues, this edition also addresses future directions in financial management. • Nursing-focused content thoroughly describes health care finance and accounting from the nurse manager’s point of view. • Numerous worksheets and tables including healthcare spreadsheets, budgets, and calculations illustrate numerous financial and accounting methods. • Chapter opener features include learning objectives and an overview of chapter content to help you organize and summarize your notes. • Key concepts definitions found at the end of each chapter help summarize your understanding of chapter content. • Suggested Readings found at the end of each chapter give additional reading and research opportunities. • NEW! Major revision of chapter 2 (The Health Care Environment), with additions on healthcare reform, initiatives to stop paying for hospital or provider errors, hospice payment, and funding for nursing education; plus updates of health care expenditure and pay for performance; provide a strong start to this new edition. • NEW! Major revision of chapter 5 (Quality, Costs, and Financing), with updates to quality-financing, Magnet organizations, and access to care, provides the most up-to-date information possible. • NEW! Reorganization and expansion of content in chapter 15 (Performance Budgeting) with updated examples better illustrates how performance budgeting could be used in a pay-for-performance environment. • NEW! Major revision of the variance analysis discussion in chapter 16 (Controlling Operating Results) offers a different approach for computation of variances that is easier to understand. • NEW! Addition of comparative effectiveness research to chapter 18 (Benchmarking, Productivity, and Cost Benefit and Cost Effectiveness Analysis) covers a recently developed approach informs health-care decisions by providing evidence on the effectiveness of different treatment options. • NEW! Addition of nursing intensity weights, another approach for costing nursing services, to chapter 9 (Determining Health Care Costs and Prices), lets you make decisions about what method works best for you.
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Covering the financial topics all nurse managers need to know and use, this book explains how financial management fits into the healthcare organization. Topics include accounting principles, cost analysis, planning and control management of the organization's financial resources, and the use of management tools. In addition to current issues, this edition also addresses future directions in financial management. • Nursing-focused content thoroughly describes health care finance and accounting from the nurse manager’s point of view. • Numerous worksheets and tables including healthcare spreadsheets, budgets, and calculations illustrate numerous financial and accounting methods. • Chapter opener features include learning objectives and an overview of chapter content to help you organize and summarize your notes. • Key concepts definitions found at the end of each chapter help summarize your understanding of chapter content. • Suggested Readings found at the end of each chapter give additional reading and research opportunities. • NEW! Major revision of chapter 2 (The Health Care Environment), with additions on healthcare reform, initiatives to stop paying for hospital or provider errors, hospice payment, and funding for nursing education; plus updates of health care expenditure and pay for performance; provide a strong start to this new edition. • NEW! Major revision of chapter 5 (Quality, Costs, and Financing), with updates to quality-financing, Magnet organizations, and access to care, provides the most up-to-date information possible. • NEW! Reorganization and expansion of content in chapter 15 (Performance Budgeting) with updated examples better illustrates how performance budgeting could be used in a pay-for-performance environment. • NEW! Major revision of the variance analysis discussion in chapter 16 (Controlling Operating Results) offers a different approach for computation of variances that is easier to understand. • NEW! Addition of comparative effectiveness research to chapter 18 (Benchmarking, Productivity, and Cost Benefit and Cost Effectiveness Analysis) covers a recently developed approach informs health-care decisions by providing evidence on the effectiveness of different treatment options. • NEW! Addition of nursing intensity weights, another approach for costing nursing services, to chapter 9 (Determining Health Care Costs and Prices), lets you make decisions about what method works best for you.
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New York Univ., New York City. Text, for health care administrators, covering the basics of cost accounting common from a health care perspective. Also can be for graduate and undergraduate students in health administration. Added to B/H List in March 2003.
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Covering the financial topics all nurse managers need to know and use, this book explains how financial management fits into the healthcare organization. You'll study accounting principles, cost analysis, planning and control management of the organization's financial resources, and the use of management tools. In addition to current issues, this edition also addresses future directions in financial management. • Chapter goals and an introduction begin each chapter. • Each chapter ends with Implications For The Nurse Manager and Key Concepts, to reinforce understanding. • Key Concepts include definitions of terms discussed in each chapter. • A comprehensive glossary with all key terms is available on companion Evolve® website. • Two chapter-ending appendixes offer additional samples to reinforce chapter content. • Four NEW chapters are included: Quality, Costs and Financing; Revenue Budgeting; Variance Analysis: Examples, Extensions, and Caveats; and Benchmarking, Productivity, and Cost-Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. • The new Medicare prescription bill is covered, with its meaning for healthcare providers, managers, and executives. • Coverage now includes the transition from the role of bedside or staff nurse to nurse manager and nurse executive. • Updated information includes current nursing workforce issues and recurring nursing shortages. • Updates focus on health financing and the use of computers in budgeting and finance. • New practice problems are included.
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Essentials Of Cost Accounting For Health Care Organizations, Third Edition Is A Comprehensive Text That Applies The Tools And Techniques Of Cost Accounting To The Health Services Field. It Is An Essential Tool For All Professionals Who Need To Deal With The Challenges Of Managing Health Facilities In A Difficult Economic Environment. The Third Edition Has An Increased Emphasis On Managed Care As Well As A New Computer-Based Component. It Has Been Thoroughly Revised To Reflect The Recent Changes In Medicare/Medicaid And Includes An All New Chapter On Activity-Based Costing.
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Offers a collection of articles focusing on critical issues in health care cost accounting. Each article provides insight about a specific potential problem area in the management of health care organizations. Many articles incorporate the latest costing techniques, such as the application of Activi
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For all entrepreneurs and nonfinancial professionals with budget and/or P&L responsibilities, Finance and Accounting for Nonfinancial Managers provides the basics necessary to make a solid contribution to the financial goals and success of their companies. This indispensible and easy-to-read primer gives all entrepreneurs and managers in nonfinancial areas--sales, marketing, production, and more--a complete understanding of financial terms, statements, and ratios and how they affect the operations of a business or corporation. With this information, financial managers will be able to understand: owners' equity, ratio analysis; balance sheets; income statements; LIFO liquidations; asset valuation; cash flow statements; capital leasing; liabilities; present value; operating leverage; breakeven analysis; and more. New to the third edition are chapters covering: basic tax concepts; capital structure; business plans; working capital management and banking relationships; personal finances; and accountability and controls. This edition also comes with a CD-ROM with interactive Excel templates that lets managers immediately apply the concepts and techniques covered. Topics covered include: 1. An introduction to financial management 2. A primer on taxes 3. Accounting concepts 4. An introduction to key financial statements 5. The role of the outside auditor 6. Valuation of assets and equity 7. Recording financial information 8. Reporting financial information 9. Business plans 10. Capital structure--long-term debt and equity financing 11. Leverage 12. Strategic planning and budgeting 13. Investment analysis 14. Lease or buy? A taxing question 15. Depreciation: Having your cake and eating it too! 16. Working capital management and banking relationships 17. Inventory costing 18. Cost accounting 19. Accountability and internal control 19. A closer look at financial statements 21. Notes to the financial statements 22. Ratio analysis 23. Personal finance
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Essentials of Cost Accounting for Health Care Organizations, Third Edition is a comprehensive text that applies the tools and techniques of cost accounting to the health services field. It is an essential tool for all professionals who need to deal with the challenges of managing health facilities in a difficult economic environment. The third edition has an increased emphasis on managed care as well as a new computer-based component. It has been thoroughly revised to reflect the recent changes in Medicare/Medicaid and includes an all new chapter on activity-based costing.
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Finkler, Steven Alan was born on May 30, 1949 in New York City. Son of Joseph and Shirley (Blumenreich) Finkler.
Bachelor of Science in Financial and Accounting summa cum laude, University Pennsylvania, 1971. Master of Science in Accounting, University Pennsylvania, 1972. Master of Arts in Economics, Stanford University, 1976.
Doctor of Philosophy in Business, Stanford University, 1978.
Junior auditor Ernst & Young, New York City, 1972—1974. Assistant professor Wharton School, University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1978—1984. Associate professor Robert F. Wagner Graduate School Public Service, New York University, New York City, 1984—1987, professor, since 1987.
Consultant numerous hospitals & health care associations.
(For all entrepreneurs and nonfinancial professionals with...)
(Essentials Of Cost Accounting For Health Care Organizatio...)
(Essentials of Cost Accounting for Health Care Organizatio...)
( Covering the financial topics all nurse managers need t...)
( Covering the financial topics all nurse managers need t...)
( Covering the financial topics all nurse managers need t...)
(Covering the financial topics all nurse managers need to ...)
(Examines basic tools of cost accounting common to all ind...)
(Offers a collection of articles focusing on critical issu...)
(Finance & Accounting for Nonfinancial Managers PaperbackS...)
(New York Univ., New York City. Text, for health care admi...)
Member American Accounting Association, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Institute ofCost Analysts, Association for Health Services Research.
Married Lillian Ruth Fluek Finkler, October 8, 1977. Children: David Saul, Gary Andrew.