discussion questions 3 part

part one

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

• part two
• Your book this week discussed financial reporting, and the balance sheet. Discuss the interrelationship among the income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows.
• • Write a minimum of 250 and 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.

  part 3Based on your readings this week, explain the purpose of financial statement analysis, describe the primary techniques used in financial statement analysis, and finally, discuss the problems associated with financial statement analysis.

  • Write a minimum of 300 and a maximum of 350 words.
  • Support your post by citing one reference (other than the text) in the discussion.
  • Submit your original post by Monday before midnight EST.
  • Respond to at least 1 other post by the last day of class (please refer to snapshot).
  • 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 do not use quotes.