Title of video: A Balance Sheet Example

URL: http://youtu.be/U5OLe5ZpqsU

Discussion #1:

TWO (2) posts are required for each discussion forum. Try to make your first initial post (response to the discussion question) by Saturday and your next posts (response to other students’ posts) by Sunday.

Directions:

A) After reading Chapters 4: Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth, Chapter 5: Revenue (Inflow) and watching the video on Balance Sheet Basics answer  the following questions below. 

The minimum word count for all five initial post questions (total) to the discussion board question(s) should be 500 words or more (excluding reinstatement of the discussion board questions and references).

For this discussion you can do a google search or search some of the major articles/ balance sheets. Do not use Wikipedia.

1) Locate a health care-related balance sheet.

– The source of the balance sheet can be internal (within a health care facility, heath care organization, health care institution of some type) or external health care related  article that includes a balance sheet (from a published article or from a health care company’s annual report, for example). The balance sheet of choice can also be on a quarterly basis and or annual basis. 

-Post a copy of the balance sheet as a Link (URL), JPEG, screen shot, PDF or copy and paste the balance sheet within the discussion board forum with your response.

See Example Heath care Related Quarterly and Annually Balance Sheet link below:

Molina Healthcare.pdf 

2) Write your impression and or comment about the assets, liabilities, net worth, revenues, etc. found on your balance sheet. Would you prefer more details? Yes or No?  Explain your reasoning.

3) Do you think the balance sheet you have posted/reported gives you useful information? Why or Why not? How do you think it could be improved? Explain your reasoning.

4) Refer to Chapter 5: What do you believe the proportion of revenues from different sources is for any healthcare organization?Do you believe this proportion (payer mix) will change in the future? Why?Explain your reasoning.

–Your experiences may be very helpful and interesting to all of us. However, be sure that you also back up your posts with factual information from the text (when it applies to the initial discussion board question (s) and responses to peers) or other creditable sources. A minimum of one reference is required to support your response to the discussion question and reply to a classmate. You may cite the course required textbook and or other sources. Make sure your references are in APA format. 

-Your experiences may be very helpful and interesting to all of us. However, be sure that you also back up your posts with factual information from the text (when it applies to the initial discussion board question (s) and responses to peers) or other creditable sources. A minimum of one reference to your classmates posting. You may cite the course required textbook and or other sources in which you have used content from. Make sure your references are in APA format.