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Principles of Financial Decision Making

Self-Study

Gain the skills and knowledge needed to navigate the economic side of health care. Become familiar with the basic principles of finance and understand the documents that reveal the fiscal health of an organization. By the end of the course, physician leaders will have covered strategies for managing costs and revenue in evolving payment systems.

Topics include:

  • The economic pressures in the health care industry (and response to these pressures by health care organizations)

  • The relationship between operating results and the financial health of an organization

  • The economics of managing the cost structure and revenue function of the operating budget process in volume-based and fixed-pay environments.


Key Dates

Access to Course Expires:

365 days from purchase date of course.

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For over 45 years.

The American Association for Physician Leadership has helped physicians develop their leadership skills through education, career development, thought leadership and community building.

The American Association for Physician Leadership (AAPL) changed its name from the American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) in 2014. We may have changed our name, but we are the same organization that has been serving physician leaders since 1975.

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PO Box 96503 I BMB 97493
Washington, DC 20090-6503

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PO Box 745725
Atlanta, GA 30374-5725
(800) 562-8088
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