Find an excerpt from a healthcare organization’s chart of accounts. It can be from a published source or from an actual organization. 2. Based on this chart of accounts excerpt, comment on what the structure of the organization’s reporting system appears to be

CHAPTER 1 Assignment Exercise 1–1 Review the chapter text about types of organizations and examine the list in Exhibit 1-1. Required 1. Obtain listings of healthcare organizations from the yellow pages of a telephone book. 2. Set up a worksheet listing the classifications of organizations found in Exhibit 1-1. 3. Enter the organizations you found in the yellow pages onto the worksheet. 4. For each organization indicate the type of organization. 5. If some cannot be identified by type, comment on what you would expect them to be; that is, proprietary, voluntary, or government owned.

EXAMPLES AND EXERCISES CHAPTER 1 Assignment Exercise 1–1 Review the chapter text about types of organizations and examine the list in Exhibit 1-1. Required 1. Obtain listings of healthcare organizations from the yellow pages of a telephone book. 2. Set up a worksheet listing the classifications of organizations found in Exhibit 1-1. 3. Enter the organizations you found in the yellow pages onto the worksheet. 4. For each organization indicate the type of organization. 5. If some cannot be identified by type, comment on what you would expect them to be; that is, proprietary, voluntary, or government owned.

Assignment Exercise 2–2: Chart of Accounts Review the chapter text about the chart of accounts and how it is a map of the company elements. Also review Exhibits 2-1, 2-2, and 2-3. Required 1. Find an excerpt from a healthcare organization’s chart of accounts. It can be from a published source or from an actual organization. 2. Based on this chart of accounts excerpt, comment on what the structure of the organization’s reporting system appears to be. 3. If you were a manager (at this organization), would you want to change the system? If so, why? If not, why not?