contact a health care professional who has experience with mandatory reporting requirements and arrange to conduct an interview. Use the interview to gain a better understanding of mandatory reporting requirements and associated actions needed for suspected abuse and neglect. Create 10 interview questions and attach as an appendix to the assignment. You do not have to include answers with interview questions as these will be discussed.

Write a 1,250-1,500 word paper based on the interview in which you address the following:

1. What are the laws in your state regarding mandatory reporting related to suspected abuse and neglect?
2. Describe the impact of reporting requirements on management strategies.
3. Describe an example provided during the interview regarding a case of suspected abuse and neglect.
4. Describe what was done by the facility to attempt to resolve the suspected abuse and neglect.
5. How does this align with laws in your state and ethical considerations?

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Benchmark Information

This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competency:

MS Health Administration

1.5: Describe reporting requirements for the health care marketplace and their impact on management strategies.

Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professionals

Pozgar, G. D. (2020). Legal and ethical issues for health professionals (5th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett Learning. ISBN-13: 9781284144185

Answer preview

Each year, approximately two thousand children die because of mistreatment, and more than half a million are seriously injured (Pozgar, 2020). As a result, the government has put in place measures to try and protect children from maltreatment by enacting mandatory reporting requirements for professionals. The Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) mandates states to make statutory provisions to require certain individuals like healthcare professionals to report cases of neglect or abuse. Since healthcare professionals are required by law to refer to any obvious or ostensible instances of abuse or neglect, it is a matter of concern for the management of healthcare institutions, and therefore these institutions have developed policies and procedures for their staff concerning such mandated reports.

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