2. Greetings from Barry Hunt, MPA, and his Healthcare Accounting Students Accounting 571, Winter 2011 Accounting for Healthcare Managers College of Business and Economics California State University (CSULA) Los Angeles, California 90032, USA

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, managing and controlling costs, expenses, and revenues; administrator interviews and career advancement opportunities

8. 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, DuPont-, common size- and trend-analysis) of financial statements (balance sheets, income statements and statements of cash flows)