In the medical field, there are many forms of caregivers that can tend to a diverse population of patients. Of these caregivers, a nurse practitioner (NP) has the ability to treat specific conditions without a doctor’s observation. However, NPs also carry with them a great amount of responsibility, especially when it comes to the business management and legal considerations that go along with patient care. NPs need to have a complete comprehension of these two aspects of as their profession grows. This paper will discuss the following: principles of fiscal management and budgeting, reimbursement issues, and several legal concepts embedded in patient care. Fiscal Management and Budgeting There are five basic principles of fiscal management and budgeting: revenue, profit, loss, expense, and a review of the year’s goals. The healthcare industry is a business like any other, and an understanding of these principles is essential in order to help the business thrive (Finkler, Jones, & Kovner, 2013). Mapping out the budget and fiscal management, for any organization, is an essential starting point in terms of making annual goals. Six to eight months before the fiscal year, the organization should begin planning its budget. Typically, the chief financial officer, or CFO, is the person who begins planning the budget for the organization. Taking into consideration the previous year’s employee supplies, promotions, service, benefits, salary, and work hours, the budget can be
In this week’s discussion I will review the ten business principles as defined by Greg Fisher. I will then choose three principles to discuss. I will then explain the business principles that are utilized in my facility, as well as those that are not currently utilized. Upon describing the ones not utilized, I will then give examples on how they can possibly be implement into the facilities practice. In closing I will discuss what principles are and which ones are not important to healthcare system.
The budget for the city of San Clemente, California, fiscal year 2011 can be found at the following link:
This research paper is a brief discussion of budget management analysis. Budgeting is the key to financial management, and is the key to translates an organization goals or plan into money. Budgeting is a rough estimate of how much a company will need to get their work done, and provides the basis for evaluating performance, a source of motivation, coordinating business activities, a tool for management communication and instructions to employees. Without a budget an organization would be like a driver, driving blinded without instructions or any sense of direction, that’s how important a budget is to every organization and individual likewise (Clark, 2005).
The government needs to take more caution creating the federal budget. Edwards stated that “Consider Canada's experience. In the mid-1990s, the federal government faced a debt crisis caused by overspending, which is similar to America's current situation. But the Canadian government reversed course and slashed spending from 23 percent of GDP in 1993, to 17 percent by 2000, to just 15 percent today. The Canadian economy did not sink into a recession from the cuts as Keynesians would have expected but instead grew strongly during the 1990s and 2000s."
The federal budget is known as the notorious economic tank from which money is distributed to various programs. The money used every fiscal year, which begins October 1st and ends September 30th the next year, belongs to the people. The government raises this money through taxes and they spend it on national defense, Medicare, and social security. The federal budget is an exercise in making choices, and those options will certainly affect individuals living in the U.S. These choices cause debt to pile up on the government, who is struggling to make it disappear. The deficit and debt of a government gauges how well it is being run and how well it has been run in the past. According to The Economist the national debt is the total
The purpose of this paper is to identify the type of facility and the resident being served. In addition, this paper will identify the role of the Nurse Practitioner (NP), and the regulatory issues as it supports this role.
The adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner (AGACNP) has many responsibilities. In addition to providing excellent patient care, the AGACNP must also know how to code for patient services, bill appropriately and know how much they should expect in reimbursement for specific treatments. Many legal issues arise for the AGACNP, including several forms of negligence; the AGACNP should be educated on the essential elements. Finally, the AGACNP must educate themselves and be prudent to avoid legal issues related to malpractice. In the following paragraphs, each of these issues will be discussed.
The federal budget is known as the infamous monetary tank from which money is distributed to various programs. Why does the federal budget plan cause such uproar of approval or disapproval when it is proposed by the President every February? The money utilized every fiscal year, which runs from October 1st of each year until the end of September of the following year, belongs to the people. The money is raised through income taxes, excise taxes (taxes on goods) and social insurance payroll taxes. Presently, the public is worried about how they will receive a fair share of money appropriations in such a slow economy. The federal deficit has returned, which means that the government’s spending
A company's budget serves as a guideline in planning and committing costs in order to meet tactical and strategic goals. Tactical goals such as providing budgetary costs for daily operations, and strategic objectives that include R&D, production, marketing, and distribution are all part of the budgeting process. Serving as a guideline rather than being set in stone, the budget is a snapshot of manager's "best thinking at the time it is prepared." (Marshall, 2003, p.496) The budget is a method in which to reign-in discretionary spending, and will likely show variances between what costs have been anticipated and what costs are actually incurred.
Based on the master budget, there have something wrong and unclear. All the numbers are the same, evenly quarter two have more sale than other quarter, at least less 30% than quarter two. We can easy to recognize with a few changes and we can achieve a goal $1.000.000
Through research, I found the following information from an article from Arthur Anderson accounting firm who has studied successful organizations, both profit and non-profit, and discovered what budgeting practices are used. Important benefits of improving the budgeting process include better companywide understanding of strategic goals, more coordinated support for those goals, and an improved ability to respond quickly to competition. A discussion of best practices used by leading companies to develop budgets follows. (Gruner & Jahr, 2003, Inc Magazine).
Budget is the major financial and economic statement. The role of the budget is to keep track of the money coming in and the money going out. It is essential part of running any business effectively. It can help make a short and long term projections about financial situation, avert a financial crisis and plan for major financial changes.
Thomas Jefferson once stated, "I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers. To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt" (Bussing-Burks, 7). A lot has changed since Jefferson was President two hundred years ago, but the need to be financially solvent is something that will always be necessary for the United States to maintain its leadership position in the world. The United States of America currently owes $16.7 trillion in debt primarily as a result of the government’s spending practices during the last ten years. Two wars, several fiscal collapses, the bursting of the bubble in the housing market, looming medical care costs from an
Budget formulation and use are tools that guide many decision making strategies in business. The measures that are least effective could create an avalanche of catastrophic events that can negatively impact the decision making strategies. It is in the best interest of the pertinent parties to draft an operating budget based on a collective set of information relating to organizational vision and mission. Ineffective measures can be catastrophic based on the foundation for measures used in creating the budget. Among the many issues organizations face that relates to creating an effective operating budget results from poor
Budgeting is crucial in the well-being of a company especially the financial health status of a company. In fact, no professionally managed firm would fail to budget, since the budget establishes what is authorized, how to plan for purchasing contracts and hiring, and indicates how much financing is needed to support planned activity. It is routine for a company to budget for its expenses. Expense budgets act as a guideline of how much revenue a company would require keeping the activities running. It is used to set the company’s targets for a certain period.