1.

a. What is meant by the term healthcare finance as we will be using it in this course?

b. What are the two broad areas of healthcare finance?

c. How does healthcare financing differ from our definition of healthcare finance?

2.

a. Briefly describe the role of finance in the healthcare industry and some of the

activities financial managers might undertake.

b. What are the 4 Cs of finance activities (name and describe them).

c. Has the roll of finance increased or decreased in importance in recent years? Why?

3.

a. Describe each the following healthcare settings:

Hospitals

Ambulatory care

Long-term care

Integrated delivery systems

b. What benefits are attributed to integrated delivery systems

4.

What are the regulatory issues/concerns we discussed in this topic?

5.

What is the primary legal issue facing providers today?