Financial planning activities include, but are not limited to, reviewing operational performance, identifying key issues and trends, developing new financial approaches, preparing financial forecasts/projections, and performing financial modeling and analysis of business operations, new programs and acquisitions and presenting findings to senior leadership. Creates and reviews strategic plans and business cases for program improvement, including new product offerings, payer-level profitability, managed care business plans, interdepartmental operational analyses, cost-control initiatives, referral source profitability and forecasting models.