Financial Management in Health Care for Non-Financial Managers
“It’s amazing how many talented, well-educated physicians and clinical leaders experience the ‘imposter syndrome’ because they were never formally taught financial skills. Being able to speak the language of the CFO is a requisite to be a leader in healthcare today. ”
—Bonnie B. Blanchfield / Program Director Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
About the Program
Increase your financial literacy as a high-level healthcare stakeholder by learning financial management and control, and how to interact effectively with finance personnel.
Program Fees
- Standard Price $2,200.00
Program Overview
Enhancing Financial Literacy for Healthcare Professionals
Despite having extensive expertise, high-level healthcare stakeholders have not always developed the financial literacy needed to manage organizations and create financially sound strategies for delivering healthcare.
Healthcare has many unique aspects that make financial control as critical as it is challenging to manage. In the U.S., this includes recent shifts in healthcare policy towards payment structures that provide incentives for high-quality and efficient care, and shift of focus to a value-based care from traditional volume-based care. Similar complexities are impacting the financial part of healthcare management around the world. To help ease the impact, Financial Management in Health Care for Non-Financial Managers will increase healthcare leaders’ competence in the critical area of financial management and control.
Participants in this online program, led by Harvard experts, will benefit from a combination of learning approaches, such as case studies and interactive classroom discussions.
Upcoming Program Details
Within a learning environment that will facilitate career growth, you will develop an understanding in the following critical areas:
- The practical application of cost accounting and management control concepts in healthcare
- Basic knowledge of cost accounting, including full cost and differential cost accounting
- Management control structure and processes
All Times are Eastern Time (ET).
| Tuesday, March 3, 2026 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 7:30–8:00 am | Welcome and Introduction (optional) | |
| 8:00–10:00 am | The Management Control Function | |
| 10:00–10:30 am | Break | |
| 10:30 am–12:30 pm | Full Cost and Differential Cost Analysis | Wednesday, March 4, 2026 |
| 8:00–10:00 am | Differential Cost Analyses | |
| 10:00 am–10:30 pm | Break | |
| 10:30 am–12:30 pm | Management Control Structure, Responsibility Centers & Transfer Pricing | Thursday, March 5, 2026 |
| 8:00–10:00 am | Integrating the Management Control System | |
| 10:00–10:30 am | Break | |
| 10:30 am–12:30 pm | Volume to Value Transition |
This agenda is subject to change.
This program has been specifically designed for high-level healthcare stakeholders, both in the U.S. and internationally, with the following titles:
- Administrator
- Assistant VP
- Professor, and Associate or Assistant Professor
- Chair
- Chief Administrative Officer
- Chief Medical Officer
- Chief Operating Officer
- Chief Nursing Officer
- Chief Nursing Executive
- Clinician
- Director
- Division Chief
- Dyad Partner
- Executive Director
- Healthcare Administrator
- Physicians
- Senior VP
- Service Line Leader
- VP
Individuals interested in this program may also benefit from our online program Conflict, Feedback, and Negotiation in Health Care.
Credits & Logistics
All participants will receive a Certificate of Participation upon completion of the program.
The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 12 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The American Medical Association (AMA) has an agreement of mutual recognition of continuing medical education (CME) credit with the European Union of Medical Specialties (UEMS). Additional information regarding this agreement may be found on the American Medical Association (AMA) website.
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health will grant 1.2 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for this program, equivalent to 12 contact hours of education. Participants can apply these contact hours toward other professional education accrediting organizations.
All credits subject to final agenda.