health care entity

This subtopic applies the general guarantee accounting model in Topic 460 to health care entities, following the scope of Subtopic 954-10. Its only substantive content points to Topic 460's guidance on minimum revenue guarantees, illustrated by a health care entity's guarantee of minimum revenue to a recruited physician.

ASC 954-10 is the Overall subtopic of the Health Care Entities Topic; it lists the industry Subtopics and defines which entities the Topic covers. The Topic supplies only incremental industry-specific guidance for investor-owned health care entities and not-for-profit, business-oriented health care entities, which must otherwise follow all other applicable GAAP (including Topic 958 for NFPs).