Healthcare Finance: An Introduction to Accounting and Financial Management, Eighth Edition

Digital, 2025

Book Description

Instructor Resources:
Transition guide, slide decks, test banks, answers to end-of-chapter questions, and in-chapter demonstration videos.

Your comprehensive guide to financial management in healthcare settings

In today’s evolving healthcare environment, financial fluency is essential for effective leadership. Healthcare Finance, Eighth Edition, provides a thorough and integrated introduction to financial and managerial accounting, as well as corporate finance, tailored specifically to the complexities of healthcare organizations.

This trusted text has been updated with new examples and refined content to reflect current industry realities—including value-based reimbursement, Medicaid managed care, telehealth payments, and workforce challenges. By streamlining topics more commonly covered in other disciplines, this edition helps students focus on the most critical finance concepts relevant to healthcare leadership.

New and updated content includes:

  • Expanded coverage of value-based care and reimbursement methodologies
  • New discussions on private equity ownership, telehealth reimbursement, and AI in the revenue cycle
  • Revised content on equity in not-for-profit organizations and time-value analysis
  • Updated statistics, references, and conceptual frameworks

Healthcare Finance integrates key financial principles with healthcare-specific applications.

Whether students are new to the subject or preparing for leadership roles, this edition equips them to make informed, strategic decisions in real-world healthcare environments.