research an advanced topic related to this course and
apply the concepts from the advanced topic to an actual healthcare situation, ideally applying it
to their healthcare institution. Possible topics could include analyzing the impact of recent or
pending regulatory changes, analyzing a new product/service or location, developing a profit
plan/budget for your division, analyzing quality improvement/cost reduction in a department,
explanation of how product costing works at your institution, financial issues for medical groups,
financial issues in practice management trends, financial issues for physicians, describing a
recent capital project, describing how your institution manages its investment portfolio, describe
a recent consulting report, legal/regulatory issues in healthcare finance, etc. . The paper should be 6-8 pages plus appropriate tables, graphs, appendices, etc. The paper
must cite a minimum of 8 sources.
