Essentials of Health Care Finance: A Primer for Board Members - Tapa dura

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Dennis D. Pointer is Austin Ross Professor at the University of Washington, School of Public Health and Community Medicine. He is one of the country’s most highly regarded governance consultants. Two of his previous books, Really Governing and Board Work have won the James Hamilton Book of the Year Award from the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Dennis M. Stillman is associate director, Program in Health Services at the University of Washington where he teaches graduate-level courses in accounting and finance. For twelve years, he was chief financial officer at the University of Washington Medical Center.

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Praise for Essentials of Health Care Organization Finance

"Finally! The book that all health care board members needed but were afraid to ask for! Those dark days of staring at incomprehensible numbers during board meetings, of nervous nodding when their financially-literate brethren make comments or ask questions, of voting on things that they do not understand are gone! This book is long overdue and should be read by every trustee who is not a finance professional."
?James E. Orlikoff, president, Orlikoff & Associates, Inc. and executive director, American Governance & Leadership Group

"Improving director financial literacy is key to increasing the quality and effectiveness of health care organization governance. Pointer and Stillman have written a ?one-of-a-kind? book for board members?long-tenured or new?needing a better grounding in the basics of accounting and finance."
?Monte Dube, chairman, Health Law Department, McDermott, Will & Emery Attorneys-at-Law, Chicago, Illinois

"This book is a must read for board members who lack grounding in the basics of accounting and finance or those needing a refresher. It lifts the financial fog that many directors experience in their boardrooms."
?R. Timothy Stack, president and CEO, Gregory Hurst, executive vice president and CFO, and Charles W. Wickliffee, board chair, Piedmont Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia

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Praise for Essentials of Health Care Organization Finance

Finally! The book that all health care board members needed but were afraid to ask for! Those dark days of staring at incomprehensible numbers during board meetings, of nervous nodding when their financially-literate brethren make comments or ask questions, of voting on things that they do not understand are gone! This book is long overdue and should be read by every trustee who is not a finance professional.
-James E. Orlikoff, president, Orlikoff & Associates, Inc. and executive director, American Governance & Leadership Group

Improving director financial literacy is key to increasing the quality and effectiveness of health care organization governance. Pointer and Stillman have written a 'one-of-a-kind' book for board members-long-tenured or new-needing a better grounding in the basics of accounting and finance.
-Monte Dube, chairman, Health Law Department, McDermott, Will & Emery Attorneys-at-Law, Chicago, Illinois

This book is a must read for board members who lack grounding in the basics of accounting and finance or those needing a refresher. It lifts the financial fog that many directors experience in their boardrooms.
-R. Timothy Stack, president and CEO, Gregory Hurst, executive vice president and CFO, and Charles W. Wickliffee, board chair, Piedmont Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia