Discussion Forum 6: Financial Statements

Note: For all discussions, students must submit their initial post before any other students’ posts will be visible.

This week, your book discussed the importance of financial statements. For your post this week, I want you to discuss the importance of financial statements to managers, and to outside parties. Also, I would like you to explain the difference if the hospital is a for-profit, or not-for-profit organization.

• Write a minimum of 250 and a maximum of 300 words.
• Submit your original post by Thursday before midnight EST.
• Respond to at least 1 other post by Sunday before midnight EST.
• Failure to submit posts in a timely manner, meet the assigned minimum word count, include citations and references for external sources, or respond to an instructor or peer comment will result in a loss of points.
• Note: Cite paraphrased information obtained from another source but do not use quotes for this assignment.
  

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  Standard HSA Discussion Instructions

  • To avoid point loss, carefully follow all assignment instructions and the HSA Discussion Rubric Guidelines.
  • Review this Discussion Sample to get a better sense of what is expected of your discussion content and participation.
  • Complete your original post before 11:59 p.m. Thursday, EST.
  • Complete at least 2 peer replies before 11:59 p.m. Sunday, EST.
  • Note that responses to instructor comments do not count toward the minimum number of peer replies.
  • Provide properly formatted citations/references for all source material (see HSA Style Guide).
  • Do not use any quoted or copied material.