1. Health Care Finance How the organization and delivery of health care services are paid for. Those who work for a Health Care Organization (HCO) know this can be a difficult challenge. For this reason, HCOs hire and charge CFOs to plan and monitor this process. This has become practically impossible without financially savvy managers

2. The financially challenge in health care Providers Trustees serving on Governing Boards of Health Care Organizations (HCO) Government Regulators Health Insurers and other Third Party Payers

3. Financial Information and Decision Making Information Decision Making Implementation of decision Results How does a good information system help financial managers deal with uncertainty?

4. Uses of Financial Information Evaluating the condition of an HCO Evaluating the stewardship in an HCO Assessing the efficiency of an HCO Assessing the efficacy of an HCO Determining whether the HCO complies with external or internal directives.

5. Users of Financial Information External Users (in PA) –PHC4 –Unions Capital Blue Cross –Aetna – US-Healthcare Internal Users (within the Pinnacle Health System) –Governing Board –Management

6. Financial Organization CFO answers to Controller (internal) versus Treasurer (external) functions