Healthcare
Consumer-directed health plans
As a health care administrator, you will likely spend a great deal of your time focused on operations. You may find yourself working in a hospital, clinic, long-term care facility, hospice, urgent care center, home health agency, or a number of other types of organizations. Regardless of the type of organization, many of the operational responsibilities are the same.Health care financing has become quite complex. Because most health care organizations are reimbursed primarily from a third party (insurance company), health care administrators must manage the communication between the patient, the insurance company, and the organization. Consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs) have increased in popularity as a way to reduce insurance premiums; however, the patient has a larger financial responsibility for services compared to managed care plans. This concept is known as cost sharing (Niles, 2021). It is very important to understand the payer mix of your organization, so you understand where and how revenue is coming in.Information technology is another huge area of focus right now for health care administrators. The health care industry has lagged behind other industries in the area of information technology. The U.S. health care system has seen a large increase in the number of electronic medical records implemented across health care organizations (Niles, 2021). In addition, other technologies such as telehealth, electronic data warehouses (EDWs), and computerized physician order entry (CPOE) are quickly expanding and improving the delivery of health care.
Reference
Niles, N. J. (2021). Basics of the U.S. health care system (4th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Demonstration of Proficiency
Health care information
Your textbook states that the number one use of the Internet is for health care information. Medline Plus (https://medlineplus.gov/) and other health information sites can provide accurate and helpful resources; however some sites are not as accurate.
Please list at least one site that you have found helpful for getting health, disease, diet or exercise information.
Provide the link and tell why you like this site.
What helpful information did you get from this site?
Is the information accurate?
What can a person learn or discover at this site? Other students might want to explore the site.
Please go to the sites posted by other students and explore the Internet.
In your response to other students please explain how you were able to make use of this information and/or explore the professionalism of the site.
Methods of Enhancing Compliance
If you were in a position of management how could you ensure compliance within your staff? In a well-organized essay, explain how you think this event impacted your credibility, your views, and your faith? Your paper will be graded based on communication, originality, critical thinking, integration, and Christian Worldview.
o Requirements: Minimum of 500 words; APA format.
Health care organization
Quality improvement
Write a 1,500-word essay about quality improvement. Include the following points in your essay:
Describe which accrediting body would be most appropriate for your health care organization.
Summarize the requirements to obtain accreditation.
Based on your research and experience, what performance or quality metrics could you focus on for a quality improvement project to present to the accrediting body?
How does the quality performance financially impact the organization?
Include at least three references, including the textbook.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
Read “Towards a Triadic Quality Measurement Framework for U.S. Healthcare,” by Chakraborty,
Health care quality and characterize quality care
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to have students research the measurement tools of NP performance. Through the use of quality patient outcomes, student will l ist and discuss three different patient interventions and how they would specifically measure the outcomes and h o w these primary care interventions result in improved patient outcomes and cost savings for the practice . In addition, students will discuss how these interventions result in improved patient ratings .
Activity Learning Outcomes
Through this assignment, the student will demonstrate the ability to:
Employ strategies to impact the development, implementation, and consequences of holistic healthcare policies using evidence-based practice principles (CO1)
Critically analyze how healthcare systems and APRN practice are organized and influenced by ethical, legal, economic and political factors (CO2)
Demonstrate professional and personal growth concerning the advocacy role of the advanced practice nursing in fostering policy within diverse healthcare settings (CO3)
Analyze social, historical, ethical and political contexts of healthcare policies and advanced practice leadership (CO4)
Advocate for institutional, local, national and international policies that fosters person-centered healthcare and nursing practice (CO5)
Due Date: Sunday of week 3 by 11:59 PM MST.
Students are expected to submit assignments by the time they are due. Assignments submitted after the due date and time will receive a deduction of 10% of the total points possible for that assignment for each day the assignment is late. Assignments will be accepted, with penalty as described, up to a maximum of three days late, after which point a zero will be recorded for the assignment. Quizzes and discussions are not considered assignments and are not part of the late assignment policy.
Total Points Possible: 200
Requirements: