Assignment 1: Cost of Debt Purpose: This assignment aims to help students examine how the cost of c ...

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Assignment 1: Cost of Debt Purpose: This assignment aims to help students examine how the cost of capital is calculated within healthcare infrastructures. Instructions: The cost of debt is calculated based on the interest rate (return) that lenders require borrowers to pay, also known as debt financing. When a healthcare organization engages in debt financing, the process can help alleviate potential medical and healthcare-driven expenses. For this assignment, you are to write a 2-4 page APA formatted paper discussing the following key points: What is the difference between debt financing and equity financing? Discuss how debt financing can alleviate medical debt within healthcare institutions? Should health organizations aim to have zero debt? Discuss the pros and cons of having long-term and short-term debt. Should you use external scholarly articles to support your responses, do ensure to use appropriate APA format and include a references page. Resources Reiter, K. L., & Song, P. H. (2018). Gapenski's fundamentals of healthcare finance (3rd ed.). Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press. Assignment 2: Pay Sources in Long-Term Care Purpose: To distinguish the differences in pay sources utilized in long-term care. Instructions: There are several options when it comes to paying for long-term care. First, review the required materials about Competition, Integration, External Control and Payment, utilize the information from the text, previous chapters read, and your own external research to evaluate currently available long-term care payment options. Take note of the pay sources located in Chapter 11 of your textbook. Next, prepare a 5-7 slide presentation using a resource of choice (PowerPoint, Google slides, Prezi, etc.) to showcase each of the available long-term care payment options (Chapter 11). Your presentation should be designed for an audience of seniors and their family members. Please keep this in mind as you develop your assignment. The presentation should be clear and easy to follow, without the use of medical jargon or acronyms. Be sure to include speaker notes for your presentation. This can be done in either the speaker notes section of the powerpoint slides or on a separate document. Be sure to follow APA guidelines for your presentation including in-text citations and a reference slide (not counted towards minimum slide number). If you use Google slides, Prezi, or another software be sure to download the file and submit it to Canvas. Do not submit a URL. Resources FACHCA, S.C.M.H. L. (2020). Pratt's Long-Term Care (5th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning. https://reader2.yuzu.com/books/9781284229615