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Master of
Business Administration- MBA Semester 3
MH0054-Finance,
Economics and Planning in Healthcare-4 Credits
(Book ID: B1215)
Assignment (60 Marks)
Note: Answer
all questions must be written within 300 to 400 words each. Each Question
carries 10 marks 6 X 10=60
Q1. Explain the various financial
functions within the healthcare organisations.
Answer. Mentioning the categories of
financial functions in healthcare organizations:
Financial
functions in healthcare organisation can be categorized under the following
categories:
1.
Controllership
2.
Treasurership
Explanation of various functions:
1.
Controllership
• Planning
for control: This covers the function of establishing budgetary systems.
• Reporting
and interpreting: includes the preparation of financial statements.
• Evaluating
and Consulting: involves conducting cost analyses.
Q2. Explain the claims process in healthcare
organisations.
Answer. Explaining the claim process
for cashless hospitalization and claim reimbursement:
Cashless
hospitalization
To avail
cashless hospitalization treatment at network hospitals:
Step 1: The
insurance company provides the list of network hospitals offering cashless
facility for treatment.
Step 2: The
claimant needs to produce the insurance health card at the hospital.
Q3. Discuss the types of taxes. Add a
note on service tax on healthcare organisations.
Answer. Types of taxes:
There are
basically two types of taxes, Direct and Indirect taxes. Direct taxes are
collected by the government directly from the tax payer through levies such as
income tax, wealth tax and interest tax. Whereas indirect taxes are collected
indirectly as a part of prices of goods and services on which these are levied.
Some of the taxes that are levied in India by the government:
Income Tax: The Income Tax Act of 1961
stipulates that any person who qualifies as an assessee and whose gross income
is more than the exemption limit is required to pay Income Tax in accordance
with the rates indicated by the Finance Act.
Q4. Explain different methods of
evaluation of healthcare services.
Answer. Listing the different methods
of evaluation of healthcare services:
1. Marginal
analysis
2.
Cost-effectiveness
3.
Cost-benefits analysis
4.
Cost-utility analysis
Q5. Define cost accounting. Explain
the various categories of costs.
Answer. Definition of cost
accounting:
Cost
accounting is the classification, recording and appropriate allocation of
expenditure for the determination of the products or services, and for the
suitable presentation of data for the purpose of control and management. The
cost accounting normally includes the cost of job or contract, batch, process and
so on. Cost accountancy is the combination of both the application of costing
and cost accounting principles, methods, techniques to science, art and
practice of cost control and ascertainment of profitability.
Q6. Explain the importance of
healthcare planning. Add a note of types of healthcare planning.
Answer. Importance of healthcare
planning:
Healthcare
planning is done to meet the health care needs of target population. There are
a wide variety of health care systems around the world. In some nations, the
healthcare system planning is distributed among market participants, while in
others planning is made more centrally among governments, trade unions,
charities, religious, or other coordinated bodies to deliver planned health
care services targeted to the populations they serve. However, health care
planning has often been evolutionary rather than revolutionary.
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