Dr. Mary Lynne Knighten, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, is a board certified nurse executive with more than 30 years of progressive management experience in leading patient care operations, developing staff, building clinical programs, improving patient satisfaction and quality outcomes, mitigating cost inefficiencies, controlling budgets, ensuring regulatory compliance, educating, conducting research, and negotiating contracts for major medical centers and teaching hospitals and has educated in RN-to-BSN and DNP programs at private faith-based universities.Dr. KT Waxman, DNP, MBA, RN, CNL, CENP, CHSE, FSSH, FAAN, FAONL, is a national nurse leader and executive with extensive experience in healthcare and corporate settings. She is Professor and Director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program at the University of California, San Francisco’s School of Nursing. She is also the Director of the California Simulation Alliance (CSA) at HealthImpact. In addition to her work at UCSF and the CSA, she is the Editor-in -Chief for Nursing Administration Quarterly (NAQ). An internationally known speaker and author, Waxman is also a past president of the Association of California Nurse Leaders (ACNL) and past board member, serving as Treasurer, for the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL). She is a Past President of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH), a 5,000+ member international, inter-professional organization.

• ContributorsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPART I: OVERVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND HEALTH CAREChapter 1. Economics of Health CareChapter 2. Healthcare Reimbursement and InsurancePART II: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTChapter 3. Quantifying Nursing Care, Staffing, and ProductivityChapter 4. Budget PlanningChapter 5. Reporting and Managing BudgetsChapter 6. Special Purpose, Capital, and Other BudgetsPART III: FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND MAKING A BUSINESS CASEChapter 7. Cost-Benefit AnalysisChapter 8. Assessing Financial HealthChapter 9. Building a Business CaseChapter 10. Entrepreneurship, Contract Negotiation, and Practice ManagementPART IV: OTHER IMPORTANT TOPICS FOR NURSES AND NURSE LEADERSChapter 11. Grant Writing for Healthcare ProgramsChapter 12. Ethical Issues and Financial Issues in International Healthcare SystemsChapter 13. Health Policy and Future TrendsGlossaryIndex

Dr. Mary Lynne Knighten, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, is a board certified nurse executive with more than 30 years of progressive management experience in leading patient care operations, developing staff, building clinical programs, improving patient satisfaction and quality outcomes, mitigating cost inefficiencies, controlling budgets, ensuring regulatory compliance, educating, conducting research, and negotiating contracts for major medical centers and teaching hospitals and has educated in RN-to-BSN and DNP programs at private faith-based universities.Dr. KT Waxman, DNP, MBA, RN, CNL, CENP, CHSE, FSSH, FAAN, FAONL, is a national nurse leader and executive with extensive experience in healthcare and corporate settings. She is Professor and Director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program at the University of California, San Francisco’s School of Nursing. She is also the Director of the California Simulation Alliance (CSA) at HealthImpact. In addition to her work at UCSF and the CSA, she is the Editor-in -Chief for Nursing Administration Quarterly (NAQ). An internationally known speaker and author, Waxman is also a past president of the Association of California Nurse Leaders (ACNL) and past board member, serving as Treasurer, for the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL). She is a Past President of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH), a 5,000+ member international, inter-professional organization.

• ContributorsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPART I: OVERVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND HEALTH CAREChapter 1. Economics of Health CareChapter 2. Healthcare Reimbursement and InsurancePART II: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTChapter 3. Quantifying Nursing Care, Staffing, and ProductivityChapter 4. Budget PlanningChapter 5. Reporting and Managing BudgetsChapter 6. Special Purpose, Capital, and Other BudgetsPART III: FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND MAKING A BUSINESS CASEChapter 7. Cost-Benefit AnalysisChapter 8. Assessing Financial HealthChapter 9. Building a Business CaseChapter 10. Entrepreneurship, Contract Negotiation, and Practice ManagementPART IV: OTHER IMPORTANT TOPICS FOR NURSES AND NURSE LEADERSChapter 11. Grant Writing for Healthcare ProgramsChapter 12. Ethical Issues and Financial Issues in International Healthcare SystemsChapter 13. Health Policy and Future TrendsGlossaryIndex

Dr. Mary Lynne Knighten, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, is a board certified nurse executive with more than 30 years of progressive management experience in leading patient care operations, developing staff, building clinical programs, improving patient satisfaction and quality outcomes, mitigating cost inefficiencies, controlling budgets, ensuring regulatory compliance, educating, conducting research, and negotiating contracts for major medical centers and teaching hospitals and has educated in RN-to-BSN and DNP programs at private faith-based universities.Dr. KT Waxman, DNP, MBA, RN, CNL, CENP, CHSE, FSSH, FAAN, FAONL, is a national nurse leader and executive with extensive experience in healthcare and corporate settings. She is Professor and Director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program at the University of California, San Francisco’s School of Nursing. She is also the Director of the California Simulation Alliance (CSA) at HealthImpact. In addition to her work at UCSF and the CSA, she is the Editor-in -Chief for Nursing Administration Quarterly (NAQ). An internationally known speaker and author, Waxman is also a past president of the Association of California Nurse Leaders (ACNL) and past board member, serving as Treasurer, for the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL). She is a Past President of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH), a 5,000+ member international, inter-professional organization.

• ContributorsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPART I: OVERVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND HEALTH CAREChapter 1. Economics of Health CareChapter 2. Healthcare Reimbursement and InsurancePART II: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTChapter 3. Quantifying Nursing Care, Staffing, and ProductivityChapter 4. Budget PlanningChapter 5. Reporting and Managing BudgetsChapter 6. Special Purpose, Capital, and Other BudgetsPART III: FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND MAKING A BUSINESS CASEChapter 7. Cost-Benefit AnalysisChapter 8. Assessing Financial HealthChapter 9. Building a Business CaseChapter 10. Entrepreneurship, Contract Negotiation, and Practice ManagementPART IV: OTHER IMPORTANT TOPICS FOR NURSES AND NURSE LEADERSChapter 11. Grant Writing for Healthcare ProgramsChapter 12. Ethical Issues and Financial Issues in International Healthcare SystemsChapter 13. Health Policy and Future TrendsGlossaryIndex