Keep it short and sweet (less is more) in your own words. Points for this are:

• 1 point for Bullet Format,
• 2 points for Financial Topic/Data and
• .5 points each for link to article URL and your opinion on this subject.

Homework Due: 9/17 11:59 P.M.

Your Article (not a Blog or Advertisement) must be

• under 1 year old,
• written in Bullet Format (not sentences or paragraphs) and
• must have a link to the article (no bibliography/references),
  • identify the author’s key points, usually problems/issues and solutions, and
  • Your thoughts on the subject and how it might impact your career…
  • all in 1 to 2 pages.

Remember, this is a Financial Class, so your paper must be on the financial matters of a current topic in “Current HC Financial Trends” that can include the following or other if first approved:

• Shifting of healthcare from hospitals to alternate face to face outpatient settings (e.g. Urgent Care Centers, Ambulatory Surgery Centers) and how this impacts current the financial prospects for healthcare providers, payers and patients.
• Shifting of healthcare from face to face outpatient, urgent care, emergency room and physician office visits to telehealth and telemedicine and the revenues and cost issues this represents.
• How non-healthcare businesses like Amazon, Walmart and others are taking over healthcare and the financial implications of how they will change what is expected of managers.
• Mergers and Acquisitions to achieve greater financial and marketing leverage continue to grow and employ greater numbers of physicians and other providers. What is the financial impact of this on healthcare?