Hospitals and long-term facilities Coretta Bradley Dr. David Tataw Health Services Organization – HSA 500 August 7‚ 2011 Hospitals and long-term facilities Hospitals can be defined as a facility that sick or injured persons are given medical treatment. Whereas long-term facilities provide rehabilitative‚ restorative‚ or continuous care to persons whom need help with day-to-day activities. Throughout this paper‚ the difference between non-profit and for-profit hospital will be described
Premium Health care Hospital Health
STERILIZATION AND DISINFECTION Definitions Bacteriostatic Agent: An agent that inhibits the growth of bacteria‚ but does not necessarily kill them. Bactericide: An agent that kills bacteria. Most do not kill Endospores. Sporicide: An agent that kills spores. Definition STERILIZATION The process of freeing an article from microorganisms including their spores. By definition‚ it effects a reduction in the number of microorganisms (more than 99.9999% are killed). Methods
Premium Bacteria Antiseptic
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
Premium Bond Financial ratios Debt
Freezing out profits Synopsis Freezing out profits is an article that discussing on one company which is Cold Cuts Ltd (CC). The managing director for this company is Mr. Dali. It produces Singapore’s only refrigeration parts and specializing in it. He is the one that is responsible for all the decision making that need to be done in the company. CC was essentially a subcontractor of components for customers who were original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). This company not only faced competition
Premium Pricing Decision making Risk
Patrick Fitzgibbons MBA 528 Case #2 11/17/2014 Mt. Sinai hospital is a Non-Profit hospital located on the West Side of Chicago that has in recent years faced increasing volumes of patients‚ demographic changes in their client’s‚ and increasing economic pressure. As a non-profit Mt. Sinai has a responsibility to provide affordable and quality care to individuals in the community despite their economic situation. This means relying increasingly on Medicaid as well as providing care to individuals
Premium Hospital Health insurance Health care
A01 Profit and loss account: A profit and loss account calculates the amount of gross and net profit that a business takes on an annual basis; it also outlines the loss which has occurred through the business‚ through necessary overheads. There are many aspects included within a profit and loss account‚ all of which I am going to briefly explain. It is important to have a profit and loss account within a business to enforce correct usage of the money. The company will be able to see where the business
Premium Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
In order for a company to be able to reach its full potential financial management must be in place. This management needs to be aware of at least the basics of financial plans which are revenue‚ cost and profit. These three things can make or break a company. Each of these things must be understood and considered before plans can be laid to create or better a company. Revenue is the amount a company receives (Marginal Revenue‚ 2009). If a company is in the business of sales‚ revenue is the
Premium Marginal cost Variable cost Economics
OPERATIONAL AUDITING: ACCT 476 / CCAU 525 Internal Auditing in Not-For-Profit Organizations TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT: .....................................................................................................................................................................2 INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................................................................2 SECTION I: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Premium Internal audit Auditing Non-profit organization
Non-Profit Analysis Project Liberty University Penny LeBaron Busi 602 Carlson Hurst Part 1: Christian World View According to Del Tackett’s article on the Focus on the Family website‚ a person with a Biblical world view “believes his primary reason for existence is to love and serve God” (Tackett‚ 2012). Barna Research Group asks the following questions to determine if a person has a Biblical worldview: “Do absolute moral truths exist? Is absolute truth defined by the Bible? Did Jesus
Premium Experiential learning Christian worldview
media portray accounting numbers‚ such as profits‚ as some sort of ‘hard’ and objective performance indicator? Why do you think they might do this‚ and‚ if they do‚ what are some of the implications that might arise as a result of this approach? In making this judgement‚ students should consider the various articles that frequently appear in newspapers and various discussions that occur on television and radio in relation to an organisation’s profits.
Premium Financial statements International Accounting Standards Board International Financial Reporting Standards