"Finally! The book that all health care board members needed but were afraid to ask for! Those dark days of staring at incomprehensible numbers during board meetings, of nervous nodding when their financially-literate brethren make comments or ask questions, of voting on things that they do not understand are gone! This book is long overdue and should be read by every trustee who is not a finance professional." -- James E. Orlikoff , president, Orlikoff & Associates, Inc. and executive director, American Governance & Leadership Group Accounting for $1.4 trillion in expenditures (13.7 percent of gross domestic product), health care is one of the nation's largest and fastest growing industries. This concise, expertly written primer on health care organization finance is a nuts and bolts guide to what has become every hospital's most sensitive topic. Health care organization board members must possess basic financial competence to govern effectively. This book will help them acquire, easily and painlessly, the basic financial literacy essential for discharging their roles and fulfilling their fiduciary duties. “Finally! The book that all health care board members needed but were afraid to ask for! Those dark days of staring at incomprehensible numbers during board meetings, of nervous nodding when their financially-literate brethren make comments or ask questions, of voting on things that they do not understand are gone! This book is long overdue and should be read by every trustee who is not a finance professional.” --James E. Orlikoff, president, Orlikoff & Associates, Inc. and executive director, American Governance & Leadership Group “Improving director financial literacy is key to increasing the quality and effectiveness of health care organization governance. Pointer and Stillman have written a ‘one-of-a-kind’ book for board members--long-tenured or new―needing a better grounding in the basics of accounting and finance.” --Monte Dube, chairman, Health Law Department, McDermott, Will & Emery Attorneys-at-Law, Chicago, Illinois “This book is a must read for board members who lack grounding in the basics of accounting and finance or those needing a refresher. It lifts the financial fog that many directors experience in their boardrooms.” --R. Timothy Stack, president and CEO, Gregory Hurst, executive vice president and CFO, and Cahrles W. Wickliffee, board chair, Piedmont Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia Praise for Essentials of Health Care Organization Finance Finally! The book that all health care board members needed but were afraid to ask for! Those dark days of staring at incomprehensible numbers during board meetings, of nervous nodding when their financially-literate brethren make comments or ask questions, of voting on things that they do not understand are gone! This book is long overdue and should be read by every trustee who is not a finance professional. -James E. Orlikoff, president, Orlikoff & Associates, Inc. and executive director, American Governance & Leadership Group Improving director financial literacy is key to increasing the quality and effectiveness of health care organization governance. Pointer and Stillman have written a 'one-of-a-kind' book for board members-long-tenured or new-needing a better grounding in the basics of accounting and finance. -Monte Dube, chairman, Health Law Department, McDermott, Will & Emery Attorneys-at-Law, Chicago, Illinois This book is a must read for board members who lack grounding in the basics of accounting and finance or those needing a refresher. It lifts the financial fog that many directors experience in their boardrooms. -R. Timothy Stack, president and CEO, Gregory Hurst, executive vice president and CFO, and Charles W. Wickliffee, board chair, Piedmont Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia Praise for Essentials of Health Care Organization Finance "Finally! The book that all health care board members needed but were afraid to ask for! Those dark days of staring at incomprehensible numbers during board meetings, of nervous nodding when their financially-literate brethren make comments or ask questions, of voting on things that they do not understand are gone! This book is long overdue and should be read by every trustee who is not a finance professional." James E. Orlikoff, president, Orlikoff & Associates, Inc. and executive director, American Governance & Leadership Group "Improving director financial literacy is key to increasing the quality and effectiveness of health care organization governance. Pointer and Stillman have written a one-of-a-kind book for board members long-tenured or new needing a better grounding in the basics of accounting and finance." Monte Dube, chairman, Health Law Department, McDermott, Will & Emery Attorneys-at-Law, Chicago, Illinois "This book is a must read for board members who lack grounding in the basics of accounting and finance or those needing a refresher. It lifts the financial fog that many direc