Money to Care: Hospital Finance for Non-Financial Hospital Leaders

In today's challenging healthcare environment, no hospital can successfully achieve it's mission without knowledgeable, engaged, and empowered front line leadership. Whether your hospital is for-profit, not-for-profit, or a public institution, that leadership now requires a basic understanding of budgeting and managing hospital finances: both the finances of your departments, and the hospital as a whole. Many hospital leaders are experts in their field; whether that field is nursing, imaging, or human resources. But neither education or experience taught you how to prepare or manage the budget or finances of the department(s) that you are now held accountable for. MONEY TO CARE fills that gap. The book is written with the non-financial leader in mind. It is not an accounting book. It covers only the topics YOU need to know to manage your areas of responsibility. After starting with a foundation of hospital finance terms and acronyms, it covers basic reimbursement concepts, budgeting (from start to finish: the why AND the how), day to day financial management (including in depth coverage of productivity hows and whys), and finally month end review. When you finish the book, finance will no longer be a scary word. You will feel comfortable tackling your responsibilities, and talking with your CFO. The book is a must have to read and keep as a reference guide for any hospital leader who wants to help their organization - and themselves - succeed.