Exam 1 Flashcards

1
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Qualities of a good leader

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Communication, accountability, emotional intelligence

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2
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Fastest growing healthcare spending category

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Prescription drugs, mainly driven by specialty medications

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3
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What is the big L in leadership

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Big Ls are a formal position of authority expected to lead

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What is a little L in leadership

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Little ls don’t have a formal position of authority yet they lead by example

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List the elements of strategic planning

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Vision, values, focus area, objectives, projects, KPIs

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vision statement, focus area, project, strategic objective, values.

List in chronological order

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Vision statement
Values
Focus area
Strategic objective
Project

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What is a vision statement

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Concise statement about future state of organization. It defines what an organization does and quantifiable factors

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How does vision statement differ from mission statement

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Mission statement is more specific and explains how vision will be achieved

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Structure of a vision statement

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3-5 focus areas with no more than 6 words each.

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Strategic objective

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Action + detail + deadline
Should align with focus area and includes 3-6 objectives

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Design structure matrix

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Shows how each element in the system relates to every other element.

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12
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Activity on node diagram

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Provide a visual of networking logic. Each node indicates an activity and length reflects time.

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Gantt Chart

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Shows elements and timing simultaneously, most efficient method for project completion

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14
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Most well-known tool for strategic planning

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Gantt chart, demonstrates timing and elements together

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KPI stands for

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Key performance indicator, show progress toward objectives

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16
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KPIs are used

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to track, measure, analyze financial health of a company

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17
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Categories analyzed with key performance indicators (5)

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  1. Profitability
  2. Liquidity: How assets can be converted to cash
  3. Solvency: Ability to pay debts
  4. Efficiency
  5. Valuation: Value of company
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18
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Where are KPIs often found

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Located on balance sheets, income statements, cash flow statements, annual reports

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19
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True or False: Financial status of organizations dictate quality of their products

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False

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20
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Non-financial KPIs are associated with

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Indicators that correspond to future change. Supplement financial KPIs and are easier to incorporate into strategic planning

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Non-financial measures

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Customer satisfaction, timeliness, customer retention, new customers, productivity

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22
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Customer perspective of KPIs include

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Length of stay in hospital

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Example of internal process KPI

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, ED visits decreased so staff was relocated to other services which made it difficult to supply meds during surges

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Innovation and learning KPI involves

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Bringing in new technology or education to continuously improve service

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Internal process KPIs determine

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how to use available resources most efficiently

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26
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What category is this: Use of a closed system transfer device for chemo compounding

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Innovation and learning. Expensive but safer

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HEDIS

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Health Effectiveness Data and Information Set: ONe of most widely used performance improvement tools

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What does HEDIS measure

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Measures across 6 domains:
Effectiveness of Care
Access to care
Experience of care
Utilization
Health plan descriptive

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29
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What is the foundation for finance

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Accounting

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30
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What is accounding

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Develop financial statements to convey the financial performance of the company

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What is a balance sheet

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Financial statement reporting the company’s assets, liabilities, and shareholder equity

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What are assets

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Liabilities and equity, they are owned by a company and have a measurable value

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33
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Current vs. Noncurrent assets

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Current: Have cash value within 1 year

Noncurrent: Not expected to be converted to cash within 1 year

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34
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Type of asset: Accounts receivable

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Current asset

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35
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Type of asset: inventory

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Current asset

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36
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Type of asset: Pre-Paid expenses

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Current asset

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37
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Type of asset: cash

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Noncurrent asset

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38
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Type of asset: property

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noncurrent asset

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39
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Type of asset: Accounts receivable

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noncurrent asset

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40
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Type of asset: debt

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neither

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41
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Type of asset: employees

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neither

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42
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Type of asset: accounts payable

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neither

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43
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Liability

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Something owed such as loans, accounts payable, mortgages, tax liabilities

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44
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What is equity

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Shareholders ownership in company. Cash would be returned to shareholders if assets were liquidated and debts paid off

45
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Income statement

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Focus on revenues and expenses during a period of time

46
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Operating revenues

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Primary activities like selling products or services

47
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Nonoperating revenues

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Secondary non-business activities such as interest, partnerships, royalties

48
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Gains

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Money made from other activities such as sale of long-term assets from non-business activities

49
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What expenses are required for normal operations

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Primary expenses such as cost of goods sold, selling, general expenses, research and development

50
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What are secondary expenses

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From non-core business activities such as interest payments

51
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Cost of Goods Sold

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Direct costs of Goods Sold (such as material and labor costs)

52
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True or false: Many large companies operate with a positive net income

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False

53
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What is net income

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(revenue + gains) - (expenses + losses)

54
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Income statement conveys

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profitability and business activities of company to stakeholders relative to industry peers. They are used for comparison across different businesses and assist with decision-making

55
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Cash flow statement

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Summarize movement of cash and equivalents. It measures how well the company generates cash to pay debt obligations

56
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3 activities included in cash flow statements

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Operating (products/services)
Investing
Financing

57
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Shareholder equity statement

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Shows owner’s claims after subtracting total liabilities from assets

58
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Positive shareholder equity statement means

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Company has enough assets to cover liabilities

59
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GAAP

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Generally accepted accounting principals, regulated by the US to improve communication of financial information.

60
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Ratio analysis is used for

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Investing by evaluating the company’s overall financial performance

61
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what is a ratio analysis

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Standardized ratios to trend performance over time or compared to others

62
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Ratio analysis does not always correlate with stock price/performance. TRUE OR FALSE

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TRUE

63
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Liquidity ratios represent

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Ability to pay off current debts with existing capital

64
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To cover short-term debt, what must you do with assets

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Assets must be converted to cash quickly

65
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Profitability

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A measure of an organization’s profits relative to its expenses

66
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Solvency

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The ability of a company to meet its long-term debt. The ability to pay off long-term debts (usually longer than 1 year)

67
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Efficiency

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Peak level of performance that uses least number of inputs to achieve the highest amount of output

68
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Valuation

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Analytic process of determining the current (or projected) worth of an asset of a company

69
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Impact of Net Promotor Score

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Can use it to determine which pharmacies can dispense their medications and how much it would cost

70
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Fixed productivity

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Production is not reflective of outputs.

Example: Manager’s productivity measure is days worked, does not reflect what they did

71
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Variable productivity

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Production directly reflect output

72
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Elements of a strategic plan: Vision

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Short statement about the future and where you want to go

73
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Elements of a strategic plan: value

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Enablers of the vision statement, how you’ll behave on the journey

74
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Elements of a strategic plan: objective

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Action, detail, and deadline

75
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4 financial metrics

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Profitability, liquidity, solvency, efficiency

76
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Non-financial performance initiatives (3)

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customer, internal processes, innovation and learning

77
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Net income equation

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(revenue + gain) - (expenses + losses)

78
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What are some situations that would increase productivity

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More output with same input
OR
More output with less input

79
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Money in the present is worth [more/less] than the same amount of money in the future

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more

80
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Inventory cycle

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Amount of time it takes to produce and deliver an order. It takes into account usage rate, quantity on hand, and reorder points.

81
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Element of a good KPI

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Must be aligned with a specific project and/or objective

82
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HEDIS domains (6)

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Effectiveness of care, access of care, experience of care, utilization, health plan information, measures using electronic data system

83
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HEDIS financial implication

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how much you get paid based on performance in 6 domains

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Future domains of HEDIS

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Flexibility, accuracy, ease, insight, access

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Current ratio

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Measures a company’s ability to pay its current liabilities with its total current assets. Higher ratio is better

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Debts to total assets ratio

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Total amount of debt relative to assets owned. Higher is riskier

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Asset turnover ratio

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Efficiency of assets generating revenue. Higher is better

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Accounts receivable turnover ratio

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Evaluate efficiency of revenue collection. Measures how often a company collects money. Higher is better

89
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Inventory turnover ratio

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Number of times an enterprise sells out of its stock of costs within a period. Higher needs more inventory, lower could result in expired products

90
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Profitability ratios

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Used to assess a business’s ability to generate earnings relative to its revenue and costs

91
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Margin ratio

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Looks at gross profit, compares profit to sales revenue

92
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Return ratios

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Looks at return on assets and equity

93
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Productivity

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Universal measurement of efficacy, looks at output and input

94
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Productivity equation

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P = O/I

95
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Factors surrounding productivity

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human, tech, managerial, economic, etc

96
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Gross Domestic Product

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Single-best measure for global comparison. Labor productivity * Fraction of people in workforce

97
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What happens when supply > demand

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Create waste, expensive

98
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What happens when supply < demand

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Missed opportunities and dissatisfied customers

99
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What happens when supply = demand

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Ideal

100
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Inventory Management: Purchasing

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Buy inventory to sell for more money, do not have too much excess

101
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Inventory management: Impact on customers

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Right quantity of right goods in right place at right time

102
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Buffer inventory

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For emergency shortages

103
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Seasonal inventory

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High demand at certain times of the year

104
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Safety inventory

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Extra to prevent out of stock situation

105
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Cycle inventory

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Inventory for minimum needed. Example: Whitfield only gets 1 Orlissa a month so we only keep 1 in stock

106
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Pipeline inventory

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Products are on route

107
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Cost shifting

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Occurs when a provider charges an insured patient more than they do an uninsured patients to cover financial loss from patients not paying insurance

108
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Cause of cost shifting

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Medicare/Medicaid have decreased payments in the hospital over time

109
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Implications of cost shifting

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Commercial insurance premiums increase yearly because we are paying for people that can’t pay for themselves