What is the financial impact these changes have on the company’s financial viability currently and in the future?

  • What is the financial impact these changes have on the company’s financial viability currently and in the future?

Download and review the financial statements of Ascension Health, a nonprofit, religious-based healthcare system, from

http://www.ascensionhealth.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article
&id=45&Itemid=160.

 

In a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, prepare a vertical analysis of the company for the years 2012 and 2013 and a horizontal analysis from 2012 (base year) to 2013 (subsequent year).

 

Discuss your findings. Here are a few, but not all, the questions you should consider.

 

  • Is Ascension Health growing?What line items reflected the largest-percentage increases and/or decreases?
  • What is the financial impact these changes have on the company’s financial viability currently and in the future?