28 Mar Why are balance sheets important to healthcare organization finance and what area of the balance sheet would you consider the most critical?

Based on what you have learned so far in this course, create a PowerPoint presentation that addresses each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all the questions for each bullet point. Use clear headings that allow your professor to know which bullet you are addressing on the slides in your presentation. Support your content with at least four (4) sources throughout your presentation. Make sure to reference the citations using the APA writing style for the presentation. Include a slide for your references at the end. Follow best practices for PowerPoint presentations related to text size, color, images, effects, wordiness, and multimedia enhancements. Review the rubric criteria for this assignment.

• Why are balance sheets important to healthcare organization finance and what area of the balance sheet would you consider the most critical?

• Comparing organizational costs, which costs does nursing administration have little control over and why? Which costs would be most important if you are expanding your services and considering quality improvement measures?

• Compare and contrast for-profit and not-for-profit corporate structures based on the information available from a balance sheet and an income statement? Fundamentally, what are the differences?

• Goodwill and patents are considered what types of assets? Give detailed examples and explain.

• Compare and contrast assets which are the essential economic lifeblood of a healthcare organization stability. Give detailed examples and explain.

This PowerPoint® (Microsoft Office) or Impress® (Open Office) presentation should be a minimum of 10+ slides or more, including a title, introduction, conclusion and reference slide, with detailed speaker notes and recorded audio comments for all content slides. Review and use at least four scholarly sources to support your perspective and make certain to review the module’s rubric before starting your presentation.

The following specifications are required for this assignment:

Length: 10+ slides; answers must thoroughly address the questions in a clear, concise manner

Structure:

Title slide and reference slides in APA style.

Balance Sheets: at least 2 slides

Organizational Costs: at least 2 slides

For-profit & Not-for-profit: at least 2 slides

Assets: at least 2 slides

Essential Economic Livelihood: at least 2 slides

Additionally, because a good presentation has few words on the slides include a script with the verbiage you would say when presenting; script should be a minimum of 50 words per slide.

References: Use the appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. Include at least three (3) scholarly sources to support your claims.

Format: Save your assignment as a Microsoft PowerPoint document and a Word document (.pptx) and (.doc or .docx) or Open Office Impress.

File Name: Name your saved file according to your first initial, last name, and the module number (for example, “RHall Module1.pptx”)