Accounting for Healthcare Organizations

Name: Management Accounting in Health Care Organizations, 2nd Edition
Author: David W. Young
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Type of material: paperback, 600 pages
Cost of material: $90.00
Published: November 2008
Where it can be obtained: http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470300213.html

Summary: This is the second edition of the best-selling book that provides a comprehensive understanding of accounting principles, concepts, and techniques that guide health care providers. It presents tools and models available to health care managers that assist them in their financial decision support and decision-making processes as well as retrospectively evaluating and reviewing resource allocation decisions. This book reinforces the content with case-based problems throughout the chapters. Included in each chapter are learning objectives, standard introductions, key terms, and test cases for class or independent follow up.

Name: The Law of Tax-Exempt Healthcare Organizations, 3rd Edition
Author: Thomas K. Hyatt and Bruce R. Hopkins
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Type of material: hardcover, 1,130 pages
Cost of material: $233.95
Published: April 2008
Where it can be obtained: http://store.hin.com/The-Law-of-Tax-Exempt-Healthcare-Organizations-3rd-Edition_p_212-3812.html

Summary: This book provides a comprehensive, one-volume source of detailed information on federal, state, and local laws covering tax-exempt healthcare organizations. It tackles complex legal issues in a practical, down-to-earth manner by providing plain-English explanations and the appropriate legal citations for further research.