Certified Specialist Accounting and Finance (CSAF)

Get recognized as a valued contributor to your organization’s financial performance when you earn HFMA’s Certified Specialist Accounting and Finance (CSAF) certification.

Those who earn this certification have demonstrated mastery in reading and analyzing financial reports and statements, risk-sharing arrangements, managed care contracts, and profitability ratios.

Course Outline:

• Cost Analysis and Management
• Reimbursement and Managed Care
• Financial Planning and Budgeting
• Capital Planning and Financing
• Investments and Cash Management
• Accounting Oversight and Internal Control
• Financial Reporting: Liabilities and Long-Term Debt
• Financial Reporting: Relationships and Procedures
• Medicare and Medicaid Reimbursement Systems
• Fraudulent Acts and Other Compliance Risks
• Malpractice Insurance and Risk Management
• Financial Reporting: Revenue and Assets

Estimated course completion time: 12-14 hours

Learning Objectives:

After this program, you will be able to:

• Compare various types of budgets
• Identify types of cost behaviors
• Recognize the types of risk-sharing arrangements in managed care contracts
• Identify capital investment evaluation techniques

CPE Information:

CPE Award Amount: 14.0

Program Level: Intermediate

Program Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of cost accounting principles, budgeting concepts, cash management, financial reports, and internal control concepts.

Recommended Experience: General accounting experience and familiarity with finance functions in various healthcare settings.

Advanced Preparation: None

Instructional Method: Self-Study

Delivery Method: QAS Self-Study

Field of Study & Topic in hours: 3.5 Accounting – 10.5 Finance

Content last revised: December 2021.

CPE Sponsor– Healthcare Financial Management Association is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org.

For more information regarding refund policies, as well as any program concerns, please contact our offices at 800.252.4362 or, [email protected].

ACE College Credit for Students:

A Student member? The American Council on Education’s College Credit Recommendation Service (ACE CREDIT®) has evaluated and recommended college credit for the Certified Specialist Accounting and Finance (CSAF).

Earn college credit. Take one less class! Student members of HFMA can earn 1 college credit outside the classroom when successfully completing the Certified Specialist Accounting and Finance (CSAF) course.

Level: Lower-Division Baccalaureate

Credits: 1

Subject: Introduction to health care finance

Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) (acenet.edu) – ACE National Guide

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