The course project must include at least the following sections; you may want to include others if you deem them appropriate:

1. Introduction

2. Challenges and Problems (associated with your topic)

3. Review of the Literature

4. Critical Analysis of Challenges/Problems

5. Recommended Solutions

6. Implementation of Solutions

7. Justification of Solutions

8. Conclusion

9. References

Some possible course project topics for your consideration are listed below:

*Managed care impacts on healthcare finance

*The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and healthcare finance

*Hospital ownership types and impacts on healthcare finance

*Presenting hospital financial statements

*Strategic financial planning for healthcare organizations  

*Flexible budgeting for healthcare organizations    

*Capital budgeting for healthcare organizations

*Financial management of home health care          

*Information management for healthcare organizations

*Financial management of ambulatory surgery       

*Principles and practices for hospital auditing

The course project must be seven to ten pages, double-spaced, not counting the cover page and the references pages.You must use at least five outside sources for your course project beyond the course textbook. At least one reference must come directly from the CSU Online Library. Web resources and professional journal articles will be key sources in researching your topic.

All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying APA citations.

Textbook: Berger, S. (2014). Fundamentals of health care financial management: A practical guide to fiscal issues and activities(4th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.