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Prepare a Brief: Healthcare Delivery
Identify and describe a healthcare delivery organization or hospital close to you or for which you have a special interest. Review its annual report online and compile a brief that responds to each of the elements listed below:
- Name, address, Web address, organization type, and method of care delivery (out-patient, in-patient, etc.)
- The organization’s mission statement
- Who owns the organization?
- What type(s) of facility/organization is it designated (for profit, not for profit, etc.)
- How many patients are served monthly? How many beds are staffed vs. licensed for?
- What is the maximum patient load/occupancy rate daily?
- What are the major departments?
- What services does it offer?
- Does it offer charity care? If so, what are the standards used to determine who receives care?
- Does it receive any local, state, or federal subsidies?
To support your work, use your course and textbook readings and also use the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.
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Before beginning work on this discussion forum, please review the link “Doing Discussion Questions Right,” the expanded grading rubric for the forum, and any specific instructions for this topic.
Before the end of the week, begin commenting on at least two of your classmates’ responses. You can ask technical questions or respond generally to the overall experience. Be objective, clear, and concise. Always use constructive language, even in criticism, to work toward the goal of positive progress. Submit your responses in the Discussion Area.
Start reviewing and responding to the postings of your classmates as early in the unit as possible. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ initial postings. Participate in the discussion by asking a question, providing a statement of clarification, providing a point of view with a rationale, challenging an aspect of the discussion, or indicating a relationship between two or more lines of reasoning in the discussion. You can ask technical questions or respond generally to the overall experience. Be objective, clear, and concise. Always use constructive language, even in criticism, to work toward the goal of positive progress. Cite sources in your responses to other classmates.
Review your lectures. Then:
- Identify, how many Americans remain uninsured despite the PPACA (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act), using the most current scholarly resource available.
- Identify how many Americans are currently signed up for and have paid premium for the PPACA.
- Discuss the current cost to Americans in subsidies, which are financially supporting the PPACA. What is the current fine charged by the IRS to those without insurance and how much will it increase in 2016? Will this fine increase have a negative or positive impact? Explain why.
Review the following articles from South University Library:
Lurie, I. Z., & McCubbin, J. (2016). What can tax data tell us about the uninsured? evidence from 2014. National Tax Journal, 69(4), 883-904. doi:http://dx.doi.org.southuniversity.libproxy.edmc.ed…
Impact of obamacare on coverage: Reduction in the number of uninsured. (2016). Congressional Digest, 95(3), 7.
Jost, T. S., & Pollack, H. A. (2016). Making health care truly affordable after health care reform. The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 44(4), 546-554. doi:10.1177/1073110516684785
To support your work, use your course and textbook readings and also use the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.
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Week 3 Discussion
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Before the end of the week, begin commenting on at least two of your classmates’ responses. You can ask technical questions or respond generally to the overall experience. Be objective, clear, and concise. Always use constructive language, even in criticism, to work toward the goal of positive progress. Submit your responses in the Discussion Area.
Review your lectures. Then:
- Compare the difference between ER/Trauma units Designation and Verification.
- What agency is responsible for these functions?
- List detailed requirements for Level 1, 2, and 3 Trauma units as outlined by the ACS (American College of Surgeons).
- Search your state and identify how many Trauma units are designated in your own state.
Use resources from the Week 1 Assignment and South University Library as necessary.
To support your work, use your course and textbook readings and also use the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.
Week 4 Discussion
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Before the end of the week, begin commenting on at least two of your classmates’ responses. You can ask technical questions or respond generally to the overall experience. Be objective, clear, and concise. Always use constructive language, even in criticism, to work toward the goal of positive progress. Submit your responses in the Discussion Area.
Review your lectures. Then:
- Research several hospitals of your choice and identify how many Board members are on the Board and their length of appointment.
- As Boards are prohibited from managing, discuss the major duty of a Board. By what mechanism does a board understand the status of the hospital financially and operationally?
- What did the Saberness-Oxley Act demand of Boards and why?
- What is D/O (Directors/Officers) insurance and why is it needed?
Read more on “Hospital Board Infrastructure and Functions: The Role of Governance in Financial Performance”
Read more on “Physicians on Hospital Boards: Time for New Approaches“
To support your work, use your course and textbook readings and also use the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.
Sarbanes Oxley101. (2017) Welcome to Sarbanes Oxley 101. Retrieved from:
http://www.sarbanes-oxley-101.com
Merino, B. D., Mayper, A. G., & Tolleson, T. D. (2010). Neoliberalism, deregulation and sarbanes-oxley. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 23(6), 774-792. doi:http://dx.doi.org.southuniversity.libproxy.edmc.ed…
Before beginning work on this discussion forum, please review the link “Doing Discussion Questions Right,” the expanded grading rubric for the forum, and any specific instructions for this topic.
Before the end of the week, begin commenting on at least two of your classmates’ responses. You can ask technical questions or respond generally to the overall experience. Be objective, clear, and concise. Always use constructive language, even in criticism, to work toward the goal of positive progress. Submit your responses in the Discussion Area.
There is great controversy over whether a patient will be able to retain or choose his or her doctors with the advent of the PPACA. In addition, many existing plans are being ruled as incompatible with the requirements of the PPACA and discontinued or canceled as a result. Explore and explain whether the patients will be able to continue with their physicians and the rationale behind the plan cancelation. Additionally, identify the effect of expanding state Medicaid roles and the impact it has upon cost and non-reimbursable care.
To support your work, use your course and textbook readings and also use the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.
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