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(10?PAGES)?ASSIGNMENT:?You?are?a?senior?financial?executive?in?the?field?of?health?care.?Although?you?are
happy?in?your?current?position,?you?have?been?extremely?fortunate?to?be?asked?to?interview?for?the?Chief
Financial?Officer?position?at?Stanford?Health?Care.?The?interview?will?occur?in?early?2015,?shortly?after?Stanford
Health?Care?closed?out?its?books?for?Fiscal?Year?2014.?The?interview?process?will?include?three?separate
interviews?with?the?following?groups/individuals:?the?CEO,?the?Finance?Committee?for?the?hospital?s?Board?of
Trustees,?and?the?external?audit?team?(who?recently?completed?their?audit?of?the?FY?2013?and?FY?2014?financials
for?the?hospitals).
In?order?to?demonstrate?your?in?depth?knowledge?of?health?care?accounting?and?finance,?and?to?ensure?that?you
have?as?much?information?as?possible?in?order?to?determine?if?you?want?to?accept?this?position?if?it?were?offered
to?you,?you?will?develop?a?series?of?five?questions?for?each?of?the?interview?sessions?listed?above?(for?a?total?of
15?questions?and?answers).?In?order?to?anticipate?the?responses,?and?based?on?some?research?you?have?done?using
the?Consolidated?Financial?Statements,?Auditor?s?Report,?and?Notes?to?the?Consolidated?Financial?Statements,
you?will?develop?your?anticipated?responses?to?each?of?your?questions.
INSTRUCTIONS:?
Note:?You?only?have?to?utilize?the?actual?Consolidated?Financial?Statements?from?Stanford?Health?Care?that?are
posted?to?the?Readings??list.?Any?other?information?that?you?develop?related?to?your?questions?and?answers?may
be??made?up/fictitious,??though?you?are?more?than?welcome?to?do?further?research?on?Stanford?that?would
provide?factual?information.
Be?certain?to?consider?not?only?your?prior?experience?and?accounting?knowledge?as?you?make?a?list?of?your
questions?(15)?relating?to?the?accounting?at?the?organization,?but?also?a?careful?ear?and?eye?for?hints?of?the?type?of
problems?that?MAY?exist?(or?that?you?may?make?up)?related?to?the?accounting?and?financial?aspects?of?Stanford.
?Use?APA?formatted?headings.?You?will?have?three?Level?1?headings,?for?each?of?the?three?interviews,?and?10
Level?2?headings?under?each?Level?1?headings.
?You?must?include?at?least?10?peer?reviewed?or?professional?sources?(HFMA?and?the?textbook?may?be?included
as?sources)..
?The?body?of?your?paper?will?consist?of?your?15?questions?and?responses.?It?will?look?a?little?like?this:.
CEO?Agenda???Five?Questions?and?Anticipated?Responses
Question?1
How?do?you???
Response?1
This?is?how?I?would?answer?question?1.
Auditor?s?Agenda???Five?Questions?and?Anticipated?Responses
Question?6
How?do?you???
?Chapter?16:?Investment?Analysis???What?Should?We?Do?Next?
?Chapter?17:?Capital?Structure???Long?Term?Debt?and?Equity?Financing
Articles?and?Websites
?Analyzing?Information?Technology?Value,?HFMA,?March?2003,?by?John?Glaser
?Weighted?Averages?(related?to?WACC?from?Chapter?17):?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slFqL86q3EA
?Trends?in?Healthcare?Philanthropy?and?the?Use?of?Separate?Foundations,?The?Wilmington?Trust,?2012
?Prioritizing?Capital?Projects?When?Cash?Is?Scarce,?HFMA,?March?2010,?by?Cara?Casolari?and?Steve?Womack
?Squeezing?the?Funding?You?Need?from?Today’s?Capital?Sources,?HFMA,?April?2010,?by?Deborah?C.?Gordon
?Seven?Strategies?for?Improving?Your?Hospitals?Capital?Structure,?HFMA?October?2009,?by?Andrew?J.?Majka
?Seven?Strategies?for?Improving?Your?Hospitals?Capital?Structure.pdf
Stanford?Health?Consolidated?Financial?Statements?for?2014?(retrieve?from?the?Web?via?Google