UT Dallas 2019 Undergraduate Catalog

HMGT3311 - Healthcare Accounting

HMGT 3311 Healthcare Accounting (3 semester credit hours) This course will help students develop the critical ability to make financial decisions that reduce risk and create economic value. Using hospital and physician group practice data, participants learn how to: read and interpret healthcare financial statements, using discounted cash flows to make investment decisions that create economic value, financially evaluate a proposed healthcare acquisition, partnership or joint venture, determine how much a medical practice or healthcare organization is really worth, and review internal controls. Prerequisite: ACCT 2301. (3-0) Y