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Benchmarking in a healthcare facility is extremely important because it will show where improvements need to be made. In other words, there are certain performance measures that should be monitored for the purpose of maximizing reimbursement. The performance measures include days in accounts receivable (A/R) and claims at first pay rate. First, there is days in A/R, which is important to strive to have it over 90 days. In other words, this relates to having patient claims being paid within 90…

are associated with current marginal tax rates, all have contributed to the impetus for tax reforms. 2. Many of the problems of the income tax system have arisen because too much has been asked of it. It was supposed to provide economic incentives (e.g., to invest, to save, to encourage health insurance, to support state and local governments) and redistribute income, as well as raise revenue. 3. The 1986 Tax Reform Act decreased the highest marginal tax rate, removed those in poverty from…

There are many budgets that accountants and business people like to use. Three of the business budgets that are most common and that are used often, especially in my business are the sales,expense and purchase budget. A sales budget is a plan of a business sales outlook based on the number of units that are expected to produce within a specified time period. Expense budgets are non- manufacturing departments such as the sales,marketing,accounting, engineering, and facilities department. A…

par with the industry average during 2013 , therefore from an investor standpoint there 3 isn't an immediate cause of concern. However to get a true idea of how well management is using outside funding to the company, investors would need to review income statements from the last three years or continue keep an eye on any changes to ROE. Relying solely on ROE for investment decisions isn't wise as management can manipulate…

BUSN642: Nonprofit Chart of Accounts A chart of accounts in the most basic definition is a list of accounts that is used to show the various accounts that meet the needs of the organization; and although all chart of accounts may contain some general areas of focus and categories, each organization may vary in some of the details of the accounts listed. The larger and more complex an organization may be, the more accounts it may have, which is why it is important that chart of accounts be…

Cash is a very important asset in a business. Without it the business would cease to be able to operate. It is required to make purchases and to pay expenses. This means that having a healthy cash flow every year is essential to the Rocky Mountain’s success. Over the years Rocky Mountain has been slowly decreasing its cash intake, to the point where the company is losing cash every year. Beginning with 2011 the company had an increase in cash of $13.893 million. In 2012, it dropped to $3.145…

preparers furthering their education and getting more training this will in fact improve and ensure less room for error. Anyone preparing a tax return of 11 or more forms during a calendar year must use an IRS e-file. If a member of a firm has 11 or more income tax, all the members would have to e-file the returns that they had prepared. Individuals or businesses who are under the e-file requirements are called specified tax return…

Force readiness is dynamic process, encompasses many functions, and influenced by many qualitative and quantitative factors affecting force readiness. The readiness of the Army is costly process due to its established force structure, as measured by its ability to station, control, man, equip, replenish, modernize, and train its forces in peacetime, while concurrently planning to mobilize, deploy, employ, and sustain them in war to accomplish assigned missions. Meanwhile, current unstable…

he Income Summary account is used to Close the revenue and expense accounts. The income summary account is a transitional account into which all income statement revenue and expense accounts are transferred at the end of an accounting period. The net amount transferred into the income summary account equals the net profit or loss that the business incurred during the period. Thus, shifting revenue out of the income statement means debiting the revenue account for the total amount of revenue…

and equity it creates, which makes the progressive tax likely to happen and continue in the country. Teddy Roosevelt once said, “I believe that there should be a very much heavier progressive tax on very large incomes, a tax which should increase in a very marked fashion for the gigantic incomes.” History supports progressive taxes. They were effective in the 1950s and 1960s, when we had a 90% top rate and a strong middle class. There's a clear correlation: when the top tax rate decreased,…