This archive file of HCA 340 Week 3 Discussion Question 2 Managing Financial Budgets shows the solutions to the following problems:

Health care financial management is complex and an effective health care administrator must understand what makes up the foundation to financial operations. This includes: health insurance (private and social) and reimbursements, private vs. not-for profit entities, costs and expenditures, capital, materials management, and budgeting.

1. Outline and discuss the major categories of reimbursements and costs in a health care organization. How do they influence each other?

2. In addition, how do expenses and revenues affect the specific types of budgets outlined?