1. Conduct a basic legal research and find a case on healthcare billing fraud.
2. Analyze the health care case to determine the existence of criminal and contractual breaches of law.
3. Describe what type of case was it? Ex: Medicare billing fraud, falsification of medical records, etc.
Based on your interview notes from this week’s discussion activity, analyze the epidemiological data surrounding the health issue that your agency addresses. Compare the epidemiological data with the information provided by the agency director/representative by addressing the following points:
How do the epidemiological data and the information provided by the agency director/representative differ? How are they similar? Based on the epidemiological information collected, what is the true effect that the agency is having on your community? Appraise the various methods that should be employed to help the agency improve its effectiveness. Analyze the 10 Essential Services of Public Health and how they are (or are not) wrapped into the service provided by this agency.
Epidemiological data consists of statistical information on your population obtained through primary sources, which are typically research studies or government survey information (such as those provided by the CDC or health department). Utilize the Ashford University Library and/or government websites to locate statistics that relate to your organization. For example, if you interviewed someone from an organization that focused on childhood obesity, you would locate research studies that provided statistical results for your county, region, or state to illustrate what was actually occurring in your area regarding childhood obesity. Once you have this data, compare it with the information provided by the agency director or representative that you interviewed. In some cases, you may only be able to find actual state statistics, but your organization may have provided only local data. This is okay; just make sure you note this in your paper and through critical thinking, infer how this might influence the effectiveness of your organization’s work.
What purpose does an understanding of the history of health care delivery serve? Which factor or factors have been predominant in shaping U.S. health care? What have been their effects.
create a thread in response to the provided prompt. Each thread must be at least 500 words and demonstrate course-related knowledge. Each thread and reply must include at least 2 peer-reviewed source citations, in current APA format. Each thread will also require integration of at least 1 biblical principle.
what are some of the risks and opportunities under the health care reform act?
Barriers to Healthcare for Women and Minorities
Poverty and lack of education are two big barriers to healthcare for women and minorities. Low levels of education are associated with low life expectancies and high mortality rates. People living in poverty often lack education about when, why, and where to access healthcare. There have been various legislative activities in the US to improve public health.
On the basis of your understanding of the access to healthcare facilities and impacts of barriers to healthcare access, answer the following questions:
Explain at least three public health campaigns targeting access to healthcare for women and/or minorities. Describe at least two aspects of their advertising strategies that have addressed income and education.
Abortion has been the subject of numerous legislative activities in the United States. How have various legislations affected low-income and minority women?
Describe the legal battle over birth control devices in the United States. Include how access to healthcare has been affected by the legal decisions.
Describe the legal barriers to healthcare access for low-income immigrant minorities.
Review the articles, “Ethnic and gender disparities in needed adolescent mental health care”, and “Overlooked and underserved: Improving the health of men of color”. Explain what it means to be “overlooked” by the healthcare system.
Discuss at least two examples that illustrate why minorities are often overlooked in the healthcare system. Do you agree or disagree with these reasons, why or why not?
Despite the fact that school-based psychological counseling is available to all students, Thomas et al., report that ethnic disparities in mental healthcare access and utilization still persist. Explain why this disparity exists. What can be done to decrease mental health access and utilization barriers for low-income and minority students?
What strategies does former U.S. Surgeon General, David Satcher, M.D., discuss that will decrease the potential for minorities to be overlooked by the healthcare system?
The basic story of Florence Nightingale is familiar to most nurses. This week we learned more about Nightingale’s life and work. Select at least one piece of the Nightingale legacy that was new to you and tell us how this changed your understanding of this great woman and her contributions to nursing.
reflection paper
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Introduction (1 paragraph)
Explain why you chose to do your internship in the area(s) you chose. (3 – 5 sentences)
Clinical Experience ( 6 – 8 paragraphs)
The following items provide some ideas to reflect upon when describing your clinical experience
Explain why or how you achieve the competencies associated with your clinical experience.
Describe your perception about the opportunity to explore the particular area of respiratory care. Was this enough time? Why or why not?
Based on your experience and observations, do you see yourself practicing in the specific area of respiratory care? Why or why not?
Describe what you found most challenging or exciting about the area of respiratory care specialty?
Describe the drawbacks to practicing in this respiratory care area?
Describe the pros and cons of working in the particular respiratory care environment?
Describe the nature of the work? (Interesting, difficult, boring, and etc.)
Describe what you enjoy the most? The least?
Was the experience different from what you expected it to be?
Describe the most valuable skills you gained during your specialty rotation? These can be patient, interpersonal, professional or combinaiton.
Surprise or Aha Moments (6 paragraphs)
Describe the “aha” moments and your reaction.
Describe the most surprising aspect of the specialty rotation
Professionalism (4 – 6 paragraphs)
What are your observations of the hospital as an organization, the department of respiratory care, the respiratory therapists, and the patients, the nurses, the doctors, the interaction among and between these groups?(provide examples)
What have you learned about the professional responsibility of respiratory therapist?
Did you feel there was a gap in the theory and the practice of respiratory care?
Did you feel the respiratory therapists you worked with/observed were effective, professional/knowledgeable/excited about the career?
What is your evaluation of the effectiveness of the respiratory care department?
Comparison (3 – 6 paragraph)
Compare your classroom/clinical experience with the practical aspects of the specialty rotation.
Conclusion (2 paragraph)
Write a summary or conclusion for this paper.
Analyze the fundamental financial and budgeting responsibilities of a group practice manager. Suggest the most important competency that a practice manager must demonstrate in order to effectively manage the practice’s financial accounts. Support your rationale. Compare and contrast the main different types of budgets that practice managers use. As a practice manager, determine two (2) types of budgets that you think would be most effective for managing the practice’s income and expenses. Justify your response
Planning for Data Collection
Data collection is an important part of both quantitative and qualitative research. Although the actual approach to gathering information may vary, for either research design, researchers need to plan in advance how the data will be gathered, reported, and stored, and they need to ensure that their methods are both reliable and valid. As nurses review research when considering a new evidence-based practice, it is important to be familiar with sound collection practices in order to ascertain the credibility of the data presented.
Consider the following scenario:
Nurses and other health care professionals are often interested in assessing patient satisfaction with health care services. Imagine that you are a nurse working in a suburban primary care setting that serves 10,000 patients annually. Your organization is very interested in understanding the patient’s point of view to help determine areas of care that can be improved. With this focus in mind, consider how you would create a survey to assess patient satisfaction with the services your organization provides. You may wish to consider variables such as the ease of accessing care, patient wait time, friendliness of the staff, or the likelihood that a patient would recommend your organization to others.
For this Discussion, you generate questions and an overall plan for data collection that would be appropriate for a patient satisfaction survey in relation to the above scenario.
To prepare:
Consider the guidelines for generating questions presented in this week’s Learning Resources.
Review the scenario and formulate at least five questions that you could use to evaluate patient satisfaction.
Reflect on the different methods or instruments that can be used for gathering data described in Chapter 13 and Chapter 22 of the course text. Which methods or instruments would work well for the scenario?
Determine an appropriate sample size for the scenario.
By Day 3
Post the questions that you created for gathering information about patient satisfaction based on the above scenario. Explain which method or instrument you would use to gather data. Describe the sample size appropriate for the population and how you would select participants. Provide a rationale for your choices, and explain how you can ensure high standard of reliability and validity.
Hypertension continues to be a major US health problem; it is underdiagnosed, undertreated, and even when treated, often poorly controlled; over one-third of patients on antihypertensive medications have uncontrolled disease. Poor hypertension control has been attributed to provider factors, such as clinical inertia in prescribing adequate medications and patient factors, including poor adherence to medications and lifestyle management. Few interventions to improve hypertension control have had resounding, sustained effects. Thus, finding ways to improve hypertension self-management remains a significant challenge.