Creating Better Financial Outcomes Through Improved Communications
Track
:
Finance & Accounting Operations & Results
Program Code:
C07
Date:
Tuesday
,
June
16,
2009
Time:
10:15 AM to 11:30 AM
EST
Location:
Room 608, WSCTC
SPEAKER
:
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Steven Berger, FHFMA, FACHE, CPA, President, Healthcare Insights
Steven Berger is Founder and President of Healthcare Insights, LLC, which specializes in the training of healthcare financial and general management issues. In addition, Healthcare Insights has developed INSIGHTS, a management accountability and decision support software solution for the healthcare industry.
He has been a Vice President of Finance at four hospitals over a twenty year span. In total he has 36 years of healthcare financial management experience. He holds a BS degress in History and an MS in Science in Accounting from SUNY Binghamton. He is a CPA, a Fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (FHFMA) where he has served as President of the First Illinois Chapter. Mr. Berger also served a three-year term on the HFMAs National Board of Examiners and was the Regional Executive of Region 7 of the HFMA. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE).
Mr. Berger is the author of Fundamentals of Healthcare Financial Management, 3rd Edition Mr. Bergers 2008 book, Understanding Nonprofit Financial Statements, 3rd Edition, was published BoardSource. His book written for hospital administrators, The Power of Financial and Clinical Metrics: Achieving Superior Results in Your Your Hospital was published in March 2005.
Learning Objectives:
Apply state of the art tools and techniques to bridge the gap.
Evaluate the gap between the financial information typically provided to operating managers and their administrators and the information needed to produce higher level results.