HFMA Business of Health Care®
The HFMA Business of Health Care® badge earners attain an understanding of healthcare finance, risk mitigation, evolving payment models, healthcare accounting and cost analysis, strategic finance, and managing financial resources. Understanding the essential context of the business of health care and knowing why it works the way it does, and how it should work in the future, means you'll work more effectively toward the shared goal of health care today to improve patient health.
Additional DetailsSkills
- Budgeting
- Business Intelligence
- Business Strategy
- Capital Sources And Allocation
- Cost Allocation
- Cost Analysis
- Cost And Managerial Accounting
- Financial Accounting
- Financial Leadership
- Future Trends
- Healthcare Finance
- Healthcare Reform
- Health Plan
- Managed Care
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Patient
- Payment Models
- Population Health
- Reimbursement
- Role Of Financial Management
- Strategic Issues
- Trends
Earning Criteria
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Complete the Business of Health Care online study materials
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Successfully complete the end of program assessment
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Recommended for those new to healthcare finance and healthcare finance professionals with one or more years experience in the industry - Accounting, Business Development, Business Operations, Healthcare Economics, Operations Support
Endorsements
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American Council on Education
This credential has been successfully evaluated by the American Council on Education for college credit. It is recommended for a total of 3 college credits. For more information about ACE Learning Evaluations, visit www.acenet.edu. -
American Council on Education
3 semester hours in health care finance in the lower-division undergraduate category