2. Greetings from Barry Hunt, MPA, and his Health Care Finance Students Management 578, Spring 2012 Health Care Financial Management College of Business and Economics California State University (CSULA) Los Angeles, California 90032, USA

6. Course Content Assessing and improving healthcare organizations (public, for-profit and non-profit) through best practices of managerial and financial accounting (auditing, pricing, cost allocation) and analytical tools (operating ratios, key performance indicators, dashboards, common size- and trend-analysis) of financial statements (balance sheets, income statements and statements of cash flows)

7. Our Class Projects Problem solving via web-based, multidisciplinary teamwork; case studies (of health systems, hospitals, nursing homes, physicians’ offices, government programs); program budgeting; oral presentations to the Board of Directors; forecasting and managing costs, expenses, and revenues; administrator interviews and career advancement opportunities.