Comparing Compliance Plans

Are you ready to present the policies for your two compliance plans in a way that all employees will understand at a large medical facility where you are the Compliance Officer?

  • In 4-page paper describe the policies for each of the two compliance plans.
    • Break each policy section into 2 pages each.
    • Remember to support your policies for the two plans with a total of three research sources, cited at the end in APA format. (That’s 1-2 research sources per plan).
  • Then, summarize your plan in a 5-8 slide PowerPoint presentation.
  • Polices you should consider covering for each plan come under the key compliance elements:
    • Compliance Standards
    • High-Level (personal) Responsibility
    • Education
    • Communication
    • Monitoring/Auditing (for Safety)
    • Enforcement/Discipline
    • Response/Prevention

Look these over in your research, and then select just two of these key elements and write your policies under them for each of your two compliance plans. (Your policies for each plan can zero in on different key elements.)

Example:

  • A compliance plan about washing hands between patients might describe policies for High Level (personal) Responsibility and Monitoring/Auditing (for Safety)
  • A compliance plan about charging patients for Diabetes Management Education as a Physician Visit might describe policies for Compliance Standards and Enforcement/Discipline.

Connecting Knowledge And Research

In order to provide the appropriate intervention, social workers first need to have conducted a thorough assessment. Having a comprehensive understanding of a client and their social environment, including the influence of racism and ethnocentrism, allows a social worker to accurately identify the presenting problems and help the client develop goals to address their needs. Not completing a full assessment may result in inaccurately identifying the presenting problem and pushing goals on the client to which they do not agree. A good assessment is the best foundation for treatment planning.

In addition, evidence based practice requires social workers to use the best available evidence to inform their practice decisions. This assignment helps you prepare for the final project by beginning to identify the presenting problem and possible goals, as well as beginning the research process to inform your treatment recommendations when working with the identified client in a case study.

To prepare: Conduct research in the Walden library to locate at least 1 peer-reviewed scholarly resource(s) that could inform your assessment or intervention with the case you plan to use in your final project. (Using Dalia Case in the attachment).

Submit a 2-3 page paper in which you:

  1. Identify the case you will be using for the final project
  2. Describe the presenting problem(s)
  3. Describe 2 goals for the client based on their presenting problem
  4. Identify a specific peer-reviewed article and explain how it could inform understanding of the problem/population, development of goals, or intervention and treatment plan
  5. Explain how ethnocentrism and racism may influence the case (make sure to draw from this week’s assigned readings)

Entry–Intersection And Religious Discrimination

When pieces of cloth are sewn together, you might have trouble discerning the individual pieces of cloth that make the final garment, but by looking carefully, you can find the seams. You may have experienced similar difficulty in the first week of this course when asked to explore the individual aspects of culture that combine to create your unique self-identity. Forms of oppression can come together often in almost imperceptible ways to form the complex environment in which you and your clients live and interact. As a social worker, you must examine carefully the intersections between religious discrimination, sexism, classism, and racism so you can respond accordingly.

To prepare: Consider this week’s resources that describe how religion intersects with other forms of oppression.

Submit your response to those resources and analyze what you think is the role of religion in reinforcing sexism, classism, and racism. Provide at least one specific example for each -ism (sexism, classism, and racism). As a social worker, how can you address these issues on a micro and macro level?

Reference to use in APA Format only:

Adams, M., Blumenfeld, W. J., Castaneda, C., Catalano, D. C. J., DeJong, K., Hackman, H. W,… Zuniga, X. (Eds.). (2018). Readings for diversity and social justice (4th ed.). New York, NY: Routledge Press.

  • Section 4 Introduction (pp. 247-258)
  • Chapter 45, America’s changing religious landscape by Pew Research Center (pp. 259-264)
  • Chapter 46, Examples of Christian privilege (pp. 264-265)
  • Chapter 51, Working it out (pp. 291-298)
  • Chapter 52, Native American religious liberty: 500 years after Columbus (pp.  298-301)
  • Chapter 53, Religious freedom advocates are divided over how to address LGBT rights (pp. 302-204)
  • Chapter 56, Jews in the US: The rising costs of whiteness (pp. 312-316)
  • Ch 57, Oral history of (pp. 317-319)
  • Chapter 58, Modesto-area atheists speak up, seek tolerance (pp. 319-321)
  • Chapter 60, Creating identity-safe spaces on college campuses for Muslim students (pp.  325-328)
  • Chapter 62, Critical reflections on interfaith movement (pp. 330-339)

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AGNG 200 Aging Media Review: Description And Grading Rubric

The purpose of this assignment is to evaluate your ability to critically examine an aging related issue portrayed in the current media and to show your ability to apply the concepts studied in class to your analysis. For this assignment, you are asked to select a media piece from any of the following sources – news or journal article (print or web), podcast, a video or an audio segment. The topic selected in the media piece must be current and directly related to aging. You can select from any of the following age related issues: physical or mental health, spirituality, health care policy and programs, economy, retirement, management, housing, religion and spirituality, death and dying, intergenerational issues, and ethics. Carefully study the piece you have selected and construct a written analysis of the issue at hand using the following points as a guideline:  Clearly articulate the main idea/issue presented in the original source. Remember that the reader of your assignment is not familiar with the specific media piece you have selected. Therefore, you should provide a context and a background for your paper by including a succinct description of the most salient points of the original piece – 15%.  Describe how the idea/issue relates to the theories or concepts studied in the class. Be very specific in drawing these connections and provide a rationale/example to support your position. – 20%.  Describe the significance of the main idea/issue for the lives of older adults and provide a rationale for your position. Specifically, what is the positive impact of the issue on older adults? Equally important, what potential or actual drawbacks can you identify relative to this idea/issue? (Remember, every position has its merits and limitations; try to identify what these are for your selected idea). Explain in detail and with examples (Hint: since most of the points of this assignment pertain to this section, focus on placing most of your paper’s emphasis here) – 35%.  Identify one area related to the main issue that was not addressed by the media piece but that you would like to explore further. What specifically would you like to learn more about and why? Provide a strong rationale using the concepts studied in class (i.e., explain why it is important to know more about this issue) – 10%  Follow the relevant criteria in the General Grading Rubric for Writing. Be sure to write this assignment in your own words, rather than “regurgitate” the original media piece. For the purposes of grading, a well written assignment shows the writer’s solid grasp of the content through depth of analysis, rather than simple paraphrasing. Limit your assignment length to 3-5 pages. Follow APA style for writing and formatting your assignment, citations, and references. If you are not familiar with APA, use the resources provided on Blackboard to help you. Prior to uploading your file, give it a name using the following format: AGNG200_LastName_FirstName_FileName – 20%.  Submit your assignment using SafeAssign on Blackboard no later than 12 midnight on Week 5. Assignments submitted past the due date will be subject to the 5% penalty described in the Policy on Late Assignments section of this syllabus.

Describe what capacity evaluations are, what purpose they serve, who is responsible for performing them, and what role they play in the healthcare system.

Assessment

1. Summarize the effect of health literacy on the healthcare system and why it is necessary to have a general understanding of the term competency.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

2. Describe what capacity evaluations are, what purpose they serve, who is responsible for performing them, and what role they play in the healthcare system.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

3. Define competency in your own words, and summarize the impact of patient competency on the healthcare system.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

4. Describe the legal system’s involvement regarding competency decisions and the impact on the healthcare system.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Consider the characteristics of leaders described in your Learning Resources.

  • Consider the characteristics of leaders described in your Learning Resources.
  • Select two individuals from the Good Samaritan Hospital with different leadership styles.
  • Consider how the leadership styles of these individuals might have influenced their decision-making.

Write a 1- to 2-page paper that identifies the following:

  1. Explain the true value of leadership in decision-making.
  2. Describe one decision your selected leaders from Good Samaritan Hospital made or might have made. Then, describe their leadership styles and how these leadership styles might influence their decision-making.
  3. Using examples from your own personal work experience, how do employees perceive decision-making based on a healthcare manager’s leadership style?
  4. What leadership decision-making style do you believe is most effective in a healthcare setting of your choice?

Be sure to support your work with specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources and additional scholarly sources as appropriate. Refer to the Essential Guide to APA Style for Walden Students to ensure that your in-text citations and reference list are correct.

Submission and Grading Information

Sign of Positive Change Instructions

• Research a project currently being implemented by an individual/group/organization to address an issue with a nutrition or health impact studied in class. The featured project may be local, regional, national or global in scope. An organization may oversee several projects that apply to class and a brief overview of these projects may be listed as part of the assignment but one project should be chosen as the focus of this work and your class presentation.

• This will be a BRIEF (six slides, five minutes) presentation.

Presentation Guidelines: follow these grading requirements to be eligible for maximum points.

Prepare 6 NARRATED Power Point slides with the following content:

• slide one: Picture of person, project, logo, etc. to introduce the subject of your presentation.

• slide two: Nutrition/food issue AND specific population targeted by this project.

• slide three: Overview of project including mission, goals and implementation of project.

• slide four: Why you chose this as a sign of positive change.

• slide five: Your choice…something related to this project you think your classmates should know about or something that was particularly inspiring about the work being done.

• slide six: Contact info for person, group or organization including links to websites and related resources.

• NARRATED Power Point presentation required.

my sub topic is about Anna Lappé.

and the research about sugar and kids

I need a powerpoint and transcript for 5 min presentation

i have an example of that below

Public Health Discussion (Control Of Non-Endemic Communicable Diseases

In 2009–2010, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed diagnosis of locally acquired dengue infection among residents of Key West, Florida (CDC, 2010). The diagnosis of dengue was prompted when an “index” case in New York was suspected for dengue with a recent travel history to Key West. This incidence pressed increased vector control measurements including an intense door-to-door campaign to find and eliminate mosquito breeding sites (CDC, 2012). The emergence of dengue and other communicable diseases in non-endemic regions emphasizes the necessity for strong surveillance.

Then, using the Walden Library or the Internet, select a recent example of an outbreak of a non-endemic communicable disease. Consider the event, the problems that were found, and how surveillance was used to monitor the event. In addition, think about the prevention and control activities used and the strengths and limitations of the response.

With these thoughts in mind:

Post a brief explanation of the risk factors contributing to the outbreak of a non-endemic communicable disease you selected. Explain what problems were found and how surveillance was used to monitor the event. Describe two prevention and control activities that were used. Give one example of what you might have done differently to help control the outbreak and explain how this might have improved the response efforts. Support your post using scholarly resources.

MARKET RESEARCH AND SEGMENTATION

Assignment Expectations

As stated in the course and modular outcomes, you are expected to demonstrate critical thinking and a solid analytical and theoretical knowledge of all previous courses in the program.

Furthermore, emphasis should be inputted on applying what you already know to the task of developing an individual project that reflects synthesis, integration, and real-life application (action plans).

As the environment is of a real-life project team, you will be assessed as to how well you present your work to your company and peers (writing and presentations).

Feedback and comments from your instructor and peers should be implemented and early recommendations adjusted accordingly.

General Background

  1. The Mission Viejo Medical Center (in the city of Mission Viejo, California) comprises two geographically adjacent institutions:
    1. Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center: Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center, and
    2. Children’s Hospital at Mission (CHM): Children’s Hospital at Mission (CHM)https://www.choc.org/choc-childrens-mission-hospital/
  2. The two hospitals serve — within less than a 10-mile radius — the populations of the following nine municipalities: Aliso Viejo, Ladera Ranch, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, and San Juan Capistrano.
  3. Retirement Communities:
    1. The city of Laguna Woods (https://www.cityoflagunawoods.org/), is home to “Leisure World”(http://www.lagunawoodsvillage.com/), a retirement community of over 23,000 senior (55 years and above) residents.
    2. The city of Mission Viejo is home to “Casta Del Sol,” a retirement community of more than 3,000 senior (55 years and above) residents.
  4. Following the example and success of integrating a special CHOC – children’s hospital within the Mission Viejo Hospital, it is suggested for the purpose of MHA599 only, that an additional newhospital wing be built, catering to the special needs of the senior population, to be named: “Golden Age Hospital (GAH)”.
  5. The “MHA599 Consulting Team (MHA599CT)” has been tasked to research and develop a project feasibility plan for the future GAH.

The Project

  1. Note: You do not need to be a physician or health care provider to complete this assignment. Address it through management lenses.
  2. As independent members of MHA599CT, you will each undertake this task and prepare said plan, following the modular guidelines and assignments.
  3. Each module will focus on different topics, building on your previous studies and based on the background materials of the courses taken in both the MBA and MSHA disciplines.
  4. The assignments for each module will be prepared and presented to the MHA599CT management (your course instructor) as follows:
    1. Case – developing and writing a segment of the plan.
    2. SLP – preparing a boardroom PowerPoint Presentation (PPT) based on the case paper.
    3. Discussion – preparing an executive summary based on the case paper, to be posted on the TD platform. Members of the Team (all students) will comment on their peers’ postings and be able to share information and data for their own plan (see guidelines in the TD platform).
  5. The Case Assignments are the crux of the coursework, whereas the SLP and TD are its derivatives. Case papers should be at least 4-5 content pages long.
  6. You will prepare and submit the sectional/modular case papers for each module, adding the preceding ones as you go (like chapters in a book); that is, in Module 2 you will combine and submit Case 1 and Case 2, and so on.
  7. You will make amends to each case paper per the feedback you will get from your instructor.
  8. Finally, at the end of the course, you will need to aggregate all chapters into one comprehensive paper, as follows:
    1. Title page – to be submitted in Module 1.
    2. Background – to be submitted in Module 1.
    3. Market Research and Segmentation – to be submitted in Module 1.
    4. Organizational Structures and Functions – to be submitted in Module 2.
    5. Finance and Budgeting – to be submitted in Module 3.
    6. Quality, Ethical, and IT Controls – to be submitted in Module 4.
    7. Conclusions and Recommendations – to be submitted in and for all modules.

Module 1 – Assignment – Market Research and Segmentation

  1. The External Environment – Data Gathering
    1. Search the Web and gather relevant general information regarding hospitals for seniors and direct data pertaining to the external environment of the proposed GAH
    2. The proposed points below are just “starter points” for you to expound upon and add to as you see fit.
    3. Common medical conditions of seniors:
      1. Overall health status
      2. Unique illnesses
      3. Other
    4. Medical institutions for seniors:
      1. Types of institutions and clinics serving seniors (their size per population served)
      2. Types of special services provided for seniors and catering to their needs.
      3. Length-of-stay of seniors at various hospitals.
      4. Other
    5. Local (Mission Viejo area) City demographics:
      1. Can be obtained from but not limited to: http://www.city-data.com/
      2. Input the nine municipalities (one by one) in the search box.
      3. Scroll through the various data sets, and glean the relevant information: Population, Gender, Age, Household income, Race, Other.
      4. Consolidate all nine city data sets into one table, total where appropriate
  2. Based on the data gathered and the general picture you have obtained, we will now focus on direct market research and segmentation of the senior community in the Mission Viejo area.
  3. In order to do so, you will need to define/address the following points:
    1. Who are your target market subjects?
    2. Where are they located?
    3. What special needs do they require?
    4. What special medical/health services do they wish to get?
    5. What type of physician specialization would they like to have?
    6. Locations: Do they prefer a single medical center (MC) hospital location, or do they prefer a medical center (MC) hospital and a community clinic (CC)?
    7. Other.
  4. Survey Questionnaire:
    1. Complete the following proposed survey table – column A, that you plan to use in order to obtain the preferences and perceptions of the seniors of your target segment, assume n=500. (Click the link to access the GAH Project tables.)
    2. Your instructor will comment on your table and fill out column B (the average response score of the 500 subjects) in his feedback to you, on the basis of which you will be able to further develop your project plan.

Module 2 – Assignment – Organizational Structures and Functions

  1. Based on the data gathered, the general picture you have obtained, and the results of the survey (as returned to you by your instructor), you will now focus on the organizational structure and functions for the proposed GAH and Community Clinic.
  2. In order to do so, you will need to define/address the following points:
    1. Define the mission statement for the GAH and Community Clinic.
    2. Prepare a simple organizational diagram, depicting the organizational structure (blocks) of the existing Mission Hospital (MVH), Children’s Hospital (CHOC), and the proposed Golden Age Hospital (GAH), and the community clinic (CC)
      1. Note what common services or functions they can share (e.g., blood bank and laboratory services, shared operating rooms, pharmacy, etc.)
      2. Explain the organizational relationships between the structure blocks.
    3. What is the recommended hospital size (number of beds)?
    4. What major services/treatments will be offered based on your survey results at the GAH and the CC? At least six detailed services/treatments are required.
    5. Physician–Hospital integration:
      1. How (if appropriate) will you integrate the services of physicians whose specialty is in geriatric treatment within the GAH /CC?
      2. Address the management aspects, not the clinical ones.
      3. You can choose and explain one of the organizational forms detailed in the following article: Cuellara, A. E. & Gertlerb, P.J. (2006). Strategic integration of hospitals and physicians. Journal of Health Economics. Volume 25, Issue 1, January 2006, Pages 1-28. http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/gertler/working_papers/hospital_vi_5_10_02.pdf
  3. Conclusions and Recommendations.

Module 3 – Assignment – Finance and Budgeting

  1. Based on your proposed organization and structure for the GAH and the Community Clinic, we will now focus on financing and budgeting issues.
  2. In order to do so, we will need to define the following requirements and assumptions:
    1. Cost of facility construction, initial medical equipment, and instrumentation, will not be calculated – as they will be fully paid by the state as a grant.
    2. All senior patients will be above the age of 65, and will have only the Federal Medicare health insurance. Research the major constructs of Medicare health coverage as defined by the “Medicare Prospective Payment System.”
    3. The hospital and clinic will be financially balanced, that is, income from Medicare payments will cover in full all operating costs.
  3. “Medicare Prospective Payment System”
    1. The hospital is reimbursed by the government per procedure and/or treatment by a predefined sum and not by the actual expenses performed for and on a particular patient.
    2. For example – a patient requiring open heart surgery will utilize the services of physicians, nurses, OR, laboratory, pharmacy, and occupies a hospital bed on average for six days. If a certain patient is discharged after four days, the hospital will still be paid the six-day amount. Hence, the incentive to operate efficiently and effectively, enabling the hospital to “save money.”
  4. Based on the services you have decided to provide – at least six, complete the table (GAH Project):
    1. Input services/treatments in column A.
    2. Input estimated and rounded Medicare reimbursement to GAH (in thousands of dollars) for each treatment in column B (assign for each a figure between $10,000 to $60,000).
    3. Your instructor has inputted the projected number of procedures/treatments performed annually at GAH in column C.
    4. Calculate the total income for GAH by multiplying columns B*C in column D.
    5. Your instructor has inputted the GAH Projected Performance percentage, relative to the Federal standard (100%) in column E.
    6. Calculate the total GAH gain or loss by D-(D*E) in column F.
  5. Assume a $250,000 annual miscellaneous expense.
  6. Prepare (based on the table), a forecast of profit or loss for GAH for the first year of operation.
  7. Conclusions and Recommendations.
  8. Your instructor will comment on your table in his feedback to you, on the basis of which you will be able to further develop your project plan.

Determine whether the study used an experimental or non-experimental approach.

After reading the posted study, use the Quantitative Research Critique Template to compose and organize your assignment.

In your paper,

  • Summarize the research question, hypothesis, methods, and results of the assigned quantitative study.
  • Determine whether the study used an experimental or non-experimental approach.
  • Evaluate the appropriateness of the research methods and analytical approaches used in the study. Support the position with evidence cited from the textbook and at least one other scholarly/peer-reviewed source about the research design or method.
  • Analyze ethical issues pertaining to how the study was carried out.
  • Critique the strengths, weaknesses, and limitations of the study.
  • Recommend a research question and methods for a follow-up study on the topic.
  • Utilize the provided template with section headings.

The Quantitative Research Critique paper

  • Must be four to five double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) using the template provided and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)’s APA Style (Links to an external site.) The template is a Word document that is pre-formatted in APA style. If unable to use the pre-formatted template, see the following instructions for formatting.
  • Must include a separate title page with the following:
    • Title of paper
    • Student’s name
    • Course name and number
    • Instructor’s name
    • Date submitted

For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.).

For the Week Four Assignment, you will create another article critique. As with last week, please ensure that the critique is in your own words. Refrain from copying information verbatim from the article. While quoting is not prohibited, it should be minimal and all quoted material must be enclosed in quotation marks and cited according to APA guidelines. Again, please use your own words as much as possible.

You will need to access the University library and locate the following article to critique: