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Revenue cycle and financial management

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Accounting rate of return   An evaluation method that uses averages. The annual net inflows or outflows are averaged over the project's life for each project, and the asset value or investment value is averaged over the life of the project as well.  
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Accounts receivable   The revenue(dollar amount) owed to the organization.  
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Accounts receviable turnover rate   A ratio that provides a measure of the average time that receivables are outstanding or the period for which a health care organization extends credit to its debtors.  
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Accrual basis accounting   Financial transaction processing method that uses the matching concept, enabling revenues to be matched with the actual expenses incurred to produce the revenue. Records the revenues expected as revenues although the cash has not yet been received.  
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Action steps   Define the dates when certain activities are to be completed, how much labor or funding will be required, how resources will be used, and the expected outcome of results.  
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Activity ratios/turnover ratios   Ratios that use data from the balance sheet and the statement of revenues and expenses to measure an organization's ability to generate net operating revenue in relation to its various assets.  
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Assets   Cash or cashlike items or resources that can be converted into cash. May be considered short or long-term assets.  
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Balance sheet   Financial report that displays an organization's assets, liabilities, and fund balance or equity at a fixed point in time.  
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Budgets   Detailed numerical documents that translate the goals, objectives and actual steps into forecasts of volume and montetary resources needed.  
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Business Plan   Formal written document that lists objectives that support the organizations goals The plan includes action steps, resource requirements, cash flow benefits, prediction of expected outcomes and programatic outline spanning a fiscal year or longer.  
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Capital Expenditure   Items usually having a high initial cost and a life of more than 1 year.  
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Capital expenditure committee   A committee that evaluates all capital requests so that cash resources are used to purchase the high-cost items  
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Capitalization ratios   Ratios that focus on balance sheet numbers to measure the ability of the health care organization to meet it's short and long term financial obligations.  
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Capitation   A form of reimbursement in which a fixed, prepaid amount is paid to the provider for each person served, regardless of how much or how often the patient receives health care services. Used in HMO's.  
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Cash basis accounting   A financial transaction processing method in which each transaction is recorded when cash is exchanged. Revenues are recognized when money is received for services provided and expenses are recognized when money is paid out for resources used.  
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Certificate of need   A regulatory process that requires certain health care providers to obtain state approval before offering certain new or expanded services.  
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Charge description master/charge master   A list used by HCO that reflects the charge for each item that may be used in the treatment of the patient and the charge for most services (respiratory therapy, PT, lab, etc). Usually automated and linked with billing system.  
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Chart of accounts   Used to assign transactions to designated accounts in the financial accounting process. The larger expense items are in the lower number account categories while the expenses categories with limited expenses are in higher number account groups.  
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Compounding effect   The result of applying an interest rate to the number of compounding periods in a year and the length of the term.  
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Controlling   The activites that mgt. typically pursues when what was planned does not occur financially.  
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Current ratio   Compares current assets with current liabilities to determine whether there are sufficient cash and cash like assets to cover the immediate liabilities/bills that will come due in the short term. One of the most common liquidity ratio.  
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Days of revenue in patient accounts receivable ratios   Measure of the average time that receivables are outstanding or the period that a HCO extends credit to its debtors.  
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Depreciation   Systematic allocation fo the cost of a capital asset over a predetermined time frame in a rational manner. Calculated by dividing the capital cost by the years of life.  
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Disclosure   An entity's financial statements provides a mechanism to communicate the economic activites of an organization. If supplemental data are available to better clariy information for decision makers it should be disclosed.  
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Discounting   The opposite of compounding. Used to determine how much one might invest today at a compound interested rate of x to receive a given amount at the end of n years.  
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Double distribution method   An allocation method that assumes that the allocation of costs can not be linear and that some indiret deptartments need to be allocated to less commonly dispersed statements before fully allocated.  
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Entity   Something that exists in its own right and not merely as part of a bigger thing. Separate financial statements should be prepared for each individual business entity.  
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Equity   The profits and losses resulting from the differences between revenues and expenses.  
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Fee schedule   The list that reflects the charge for each item that may be used in the treatment of a patient and the charge for most services.  
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Financial accounting/Financial Accountant   Recording past and current financial transactions (payments, orders, expenses, revenues, accruals, etc)  
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Financial analysis   The mgt. process of formulating judgements and decisions from the relationship between the numbers on two reports: the balance sheet and statement of revenues and expenses. Also known as ratio analysis.  
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Flexible budget   A type of budget predicted on volume. All supplies, labor, and other variable expenses are budgeted in proportion to the anticipated volume.  
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Fund balance   The profits and losses that result from the differences between revenues and expenses.  
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Goals   Statements of what the organization wants to do.  
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Liabilities   The debts or obligations an organization owes. May include wages accruing between paydays, mortgage payments dues to the bank, etc.  
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Liquidity ratios   Ratios that focus on balance sheet numbers to measure the ability of the HCO to meet its short term and long term financial obligations.  
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Long term debt/total assets ratio   A capitalization ratio that compares the amount of long term debot the organization has with the amount off assets it has to pay for those debts.  
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Managerial accountant   Helps record what is happening currently or previously (variance analyses) against what was anticipated and what is still anticipated to happen (budget).  
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Managerial finance officer   Plans for the future by working with financial organizations (banks, investors, etc.) to obtain funding and financing for an organization's plans. Also called CFO.  
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Master budget   A consolidation of all dept. operating budgets with each of the operating account's combining balances.  
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Master charge list   List used by a HCO that reflects the charge for each item that may be used in treatment and the charge for most services (lab, PT, etc.) Also known as CDM or fee schedule.  
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Matching concept   Any associated expenses such as labor, supplies, and travel would be recorded in the same accounting period and matched with revenue for that accounting period.  
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Medicare   Government subsidized health care program that provides health insurance for elerly people and certain other groups.  
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Mission   A broad-term statement of the organization's purpose. The mission statement defines the geographical environment and population that the organization serves.  
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Net   Income from revenue reduced by all relevant deductions.  
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Net operating revenue   The amount of revenue expected to be received or total charges less the deductions expected by third-party payors resulting in revenues net of deductions or net operating revenue.  
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Net present value   Discounted or present value of all cash inflows and outflows of a project as a given discount rate.  
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Objectives   Specific statements that define the expectations or outcomes given the goal direction. Provide clear guidelines for mgt. and supervisors to define the action steps to achieve the objective. Are usually measurable.  
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Objectivity   Objectivity concept states that historical cost is a more objective measure than its current value.  
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Operating budget   A budget that predicts the labor, supply, and other expenses required to support the work volume predicted.  
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Operating margin ratio   A common performance ratio that displays the relationship between the net revenues received and the expenses required to supply the revenues.  
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Opportunity costs   The benefits that would be received from the next best alternative use of the investment funds.  
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Participating provider   Agrees to provide services to covered plan members, or Medicare beneficiaries, and must abide by established pay rates.  
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Payback method   The payback period determines the number of years it will take for the cash inflows from each project to pay back the initial investment.  
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Per case   A fixed payment system  
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Per diem   Established payment for a day's worth of services.  
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Performance ratio   Ratios that evaluate the use of resources to achieve a goal based on data from the statement of revenues and expenses.  
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Productive time   The time during which a worker is present and working.  
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Profit   The amount of money actually received from the payer less the actual cost to do the service.  
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Prospective payment system   A reimbursement program where the amount of payment is determined in advance of services rendered. Rates are established annually by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.  
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Ratio analysis   The mgt. process of formulating judgements and decisions from the relationship between the numbers represented on two reports; the balance sheet and statement of revenues and expenses.  
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Revenue   Money earned from the service provided.  
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Rolling budget method   A budgeted method that requires mgt. to prepare a budget for a period of timeand add to the end of that period another month when a month is consumed.  
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Simultaneous equations method   An allocation method that permits multiple allocations to occur through sophisticated mathematical software and the use of simultaneoud mathematical equations.  
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Stable monetary unit   Acconting entities use a stable monetary unit of measure to record and report financial transactions. Represented by the U.S. dollar in the United States.  
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Statement of cash flow   A financial report that provides additional detailed information about the source and use of funds. It documents the change in cash balance for a given accounting period and is useful for HCO to determine ability to pay bills.  
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Statement of revenues and expenses/income statement   Reports expected or earned income and the associated expenses for an accounting period. Revenue - Expense = Net Income  
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Statistics budget   Budget based on historical data regarding the volume and type of health care services provided, data about the community and future projection of need for heatlh care services.  
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Step-down method   An allocation method in which the indirect department that receives the least amount of service from other indirect departments and provides the most service to other departments has its costs allocated first.  
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Third-party payor   Private insurance company's, MCO's and fiscal intermediaries that process clamins for Medicare and Medicaid.  
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Time value of money   A basic concept of money mgt. that says its more beneficial to receive a dollar today than to receive it 1 year from now. The dollar received today can be investsed for 1 year longer than a dollar received a year from now.  
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Turnover ratio   Ratios that use data from the balance sheet and the statement of revenues and expenses to measure an organizaiton's ability to generate net operating revenue in relation to its various assets.  
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Variance report   A document that reflects the budget that was prepared and approved and shows the actual results on at least a monthly basis.  
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Whole service   When facilities or indiciduals are paid for all service rendered at the rate the facility or individual charges with no discount applied.  
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Zero-based budget   A type of budgeting approach that requires mgt. to complete a program assessment and define conseqences if specific programs are terminated or reduced.  
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