Direction of Health Care 1 Future Direction of Health Care Caroline Walker HCA: 421 Health Care Planning & Evaluation Instructor: Debra Storlie October 8‚ 2012 Direction of Health Care 2 For the past 30 years‚ health care spending has risen at a faster rate than
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Competition in Healthcare Melissa Aranda HCA/421 Professor Denton September 17‚ 2012 In all industries‚ competition among businesses has long been encouraged as a mechanism to increase value for patients. In other words‚ competition ensures the provision of better products and services to satisfy the needs of customers (Glover & Rivers‚ 2009). In the health care industry‚ competition has an impact on many relational perspectives. There have been several studies examining the relationships
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Communication in the Strategic Planning Process Judy Gay HCA 421 Health Care Planning & Evaluation Instructor: Harold Engle October 27‚ 2014 Communication is a very intricate part of a successful strategic plan. Collaboration with the board‚ executive leaders‚ management team all the way to front-line staff must be informed what the strategic plan is and how it relates to the mission and vision. The mission‚ vision‚ values‚ goals and objectives of the organization must be an organizational-wide
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II.Key Issues2 III.Recommendations6 IV.References7 I.Introduction Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) is propriety‚ hospital management company founded in Nashville‚ Tennessee in 1968 with only one‚ 150-bed hospital and then grew to become the nation’s largest hospital management company. As of 1981‚ HCA owned or managed 349 hospitals in the United States and overseas. During the 1970s‚ HCA achieved its growth by acquisition of existing hospitals and construction of new ones. During the period
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Deanna Kitzke Future Direction of Health Care HCA 421: Health Care Planning and Evaluation Instructor: Michele Reed October 23‚ 2010 Future Direction of Health Care The future direction of health care has begun to make dramatic changes in the last year. With the new Healthcare Reform Bill in effect‚ many of those Americans that do not currently have health care coverage are going to be able to have it now. There has been a lot of controversy over whether or not this bill is a good idea
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Assignment Cover Sheet When submitting your assignment it must be accompanied by this Assignment Cover Sheet. Please make sure that you complete all of the details correctly. Provide ALL details requested on this form. Use one form for each assignment. Given name Hui Leen Surname Lau Student number 17620987 Email 7E3A1662@student.curtin.edu.my Unit name Business Law 100 Unit code 11011 Assignment title Assignment Two Date submitted 5 MAY 2014 Student‟s comment to tutor Mr. Ariffin
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Executive Summary Statement of Problem Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) is a proprietary hospital management company that owns and manages chains of hospitals on a for-profit basis. HCA is currently facing a complex financial situation with their ratio of debt to total capital approaching 70%‚ as opposed to a target ratio of 60%. While some investors welcome HCA’s more aggressive use of leverage‚ others are worried that HCA’s capital structure could decrease the company’s current A bond
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marking to market (or pure FVA) in times of financial crisis‚ it is less clear that these problems apply to FVA as stipulated by the accounting standards‚ be it IFRS or U.S. GAAP. Third‚ historical cost accounting (HCA) is unlikely to be the remedy. There are a number of concerns about HCA as well and these problems could be larger than those with FVA. Key words: fair value accounting; historical cost accounting; financial crisis 1. Introduction The recent financial crisis has turned the spotlight
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Challenges in Health Care Maggie Clark HCA 421 September 25‚ 2010 Between health care reform and the sagging economy; health care organizations have to adapt their direction and strategies in order to insure their future. Although these are challenging times they also present great opportunities. If an organization can be highly adaptive then they will have the competitive advantage. In this time of health care reform and legislation organizations need be highly adaptive to change‚ able
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Introduction Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) is a proprietary hospital management company. The company has been following an acquisitive strategy by taking over hospital companies and not-for-profit hospitals. The firm is also considering expanding into new health service areas like home health care and outpatient surgery. The company is at a crossroads with regard to its financial goals; HCA currently faces the likelihood of adverse changes to the Medicare/Medicaid policy which could strain
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