Identify a state that has not elected to participate in the Medicaid expansion initiative under the Affordable Care Act

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Need a 4 page paper and a reference page. .

Imagine that you are a health policy analyst for a state that has not elected to expand Medicaid as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). You have just been notified that the state leaders have agreed to reconsider their decision during an upcoming session. Go to the Kaiser Family Foundation Website, atwww.kff.org, and The Commonwealth Fund website, athttp://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/‌blog/2014/mar/medicaid-expansion-alternative-state-approaches, for additional information on

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

  1. Identify a state that has not elected to participate in the Medicaid expansion initiative under the Affordable Care Act. Critically analyze the implications of the state’s decision to opt out of Medicaid expansion on the citizens of the state.
  2. Compare the potential opportunities and challenges of a state’s decision to opt into the Medicaid expansion.
  3. Explore two (2) alternate approaches to expanding access to care that have been implemented or considered by states opting out of Medicaid expansion. Compare and contrast the two (2) alternate approaches to the Medicaid expansion initiative.
  1. Provide a recommendation to the state legislature on whether or not the state should opt in to the Medicaid expansion. Provide a rationale for your recommendation.
  2. Use at least three (3) recent (within the last five [5] years), quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Develop policies that ensure compliance of healthcare delivery systems with current legislation.
  • Apply decision-making models to address difficult management situations.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in Health Care Operations Management.

  • Write clearly and concisely about Health Care Operations Management using proper writing mechanics.

Evaluate the strengths and limitations of the technology that supports the delivery of health care services

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This is the assignment that will be due Tuesday I’m going to add week Five final paper, so that you know what they are expecting so you can choose. The second part I need you to do with be the bibliography.  It’s after week five.

Review the instructions for the Final Project, located in Week Five.  In no more than one-page, submit your chosen topic and explain the reasons for why you chose this topic.  Select one of the topics from the following list:

  • Telemedicine/Telehealth
  • Technology and Public Health
  • Technology and Radiology
  • Technology and Surgery
  • Technology and Dentistry
  • Technology and Pharmacy
  • Technology and Education
  • Technology and Psychiatry or Psychology
  • Technology and Rehabilitative therapies
  • Technology and Security and Privacy

 

Week Five final paper.

 

Part I: Final Paper

For your Final Paper, you will use the topic you selected in Week One of the course and write a six- to eight-page paper explaining a branch of health care and its corresponding technology.

Address the following as it pertains to your selected topic:

  1. Introduce the topic and the pertinent forms of technology.

 

  1. Explain how technology impacts this area of healthcare as it relates to the provision of services.

 

  1. Discuss the following as they relate to your topic:

 

    1. efficiency and effectiveness

 

    1. access to care

 

    1. accuracy of services

 

    1. patient comfort

 

    1. cost

 

    1. other issues related to client/patient-centered care

 

  1. Evaluate the strengths and limitations of the technology that supports the delivery of health care services.

 

  1. Analyze current and future applications of technology for your topic.

 

  1. Predict possible areas of future research or applications of technology.

Your paper must be six- to eight-pages (excluding title and reference pages) in APA format as outlined by the Ashford Writing Center.  It must include an introductory paragraph with a thesis statement, and a strong concluding paragraph.  Include at least five scholarly, peer-reviewed references (that were used in your Annotated Bibliography) to support your explanation. Your paper should discuss the topic with critical thought.

 

This is the other assignment I need you to do for me, Thank you so much let me know if you have any questions.

For this assignment, you will submit a two-page Annotated Bibliography of the five scholarly sources that you will use for your Final Project.  Your Annotated Bibliography must be in APA format and each reference must be followed by a short summary of the source as well as an analysis of how it is relevant to the topic of your project.  Examples of an Annotated Bibliography are available in the Ashford Writing Center.

Mental Health Agency Interview Assignment 

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Mental Health Agency Interview Assignment 

 

Identify a mental health agency (a Community Mental Health Center or a local provider) or agency providing advocacy services for mental health (e.g., NAMI, Mental Health Association, etc.) in your area.  Have a conversation with someone in that agency exploring what he or she perceives to be the three most critical issues in mental health today.  Write a 2-3 page, double- spaced paper that includes whom you spoke with and their position, the name of the agency, and a summary of your conversation, focusing on the critical issues identified by that person.

Law-related Public Policy Research Paper  

You will be required to research and write a short paper (4 to 5 pages, double spaced) on some more specific aspect of the legal ramifications of mental health in the community.  Subject matter may be related to treatment of persons with mental illness in the criminal justice system, civil rights of persons with mental illness, consent to treatment, access to mental health care, prescription privileges for psychologists, institutionalization,   involuntary commitment laws, the not guilty by reason of insanity defense, etc.  You can use a combination of peer-reviewed articles, legal cases, and source documents, with 6-8 citations for A level work.  Make certain you cite your resources.  We urged you to refer to historic legal cases related to mental health care.  APA format must be used and points will be deducted for inappropriate citation style.  For students without an APA style manual, most APA style requirements are online (see for example,http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ orhttps://www.library.cornell.edu/research/citation/apa).  Points will also be deducted for grammatical and spelling errors (see rubric below for details).

Can a person or business treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste without interim status or a permit?

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Hazardous Waste

Question 1

  1. As part of the permit process for a TSDF, owners or operators of a TSDF must submit a closure plan. This closure plan must include all of the following except _______.
a description of what the facility will be used for after remediation
a description of planned groundwater activities
a description of planned maintenance activities
the name, address, and telephone numbers of the person or office to contact during the post-closure plan

4 points

Question 2

  1. Containment methods are directed toward prevention of migration of liquid hazardous wastes or leachates containing hazardous constituents. Which of the following is not an example of this site remedial technology?
Sheet piling cut-off walls
Grout curtains
Slurry walls
Soil vapor extraction

4 points

Question 3

  1. What does EPA call abandoned, idled, or underused industrial and commercial facilities where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived contamination?
Brownfields
Opportunity zones
Development zones
Greenfields

4 points

Question 4

  1. Which of the following is part of a Phase II assessment?
Risk assessments as appropriate for the data obtained
Air, soil and groundwater sampling on or near the property with analyses
Title search of property records and regulatory permits
Interviews with available present and past personnel at the site

4 points

Question 5

  1. The permit application for owners and operators of a TSDF is in two parts. What are those two parts referred to?
Part I and Part II
Part A and Part B
Part 8700-22 and Part 8700-23
EPA Form A and EPA Form B

4 points

Question 6

  1. Which of the following is not a part of Part A or Part B RCRA permit application requirements?
Facility security procedures, topographic map
Design capacity of waste management units, closure plans
Contingency plans, lists of wastes to be managed at the facility
Analysis of wastes to be managed, financial stability of company/corporation

4 points

Question 7

  1. EPA’s Site Inspection Plans may be carried out by consultants having appropriate expertise, or by federal, state, or local regulatory agency personnel. All of the following items are key to a successful, defensible inspection plan except which one?
Checklists, sampling plans
Summarized findings from the background report, data quality objectives
Applicable regulations, policies and guidance documents, and company financial records.
Personnel assigned and duties, site safety plans, PPE (as appropriate)

4 points

Question 8

  1. Regarding criminal actions resulting in fines or imprisonment for RCRA hazardous waste offenses, what is a key overriding legal component of these actions?
Harm to the public
Damage to the environment
Acts are committed knowingly
Financial gain is shown

4 points

Question 9

  1. What section contains authorities enabling EPA to conduct investigations at sites and facilities where hazardous substances are or may have been generated, stored, treated, disposed, or transported to and from?
CERCLA sec. 104(e)
CERCLA sec. 107(c)
RCRA sec 1004
RCRA sec 3008

4 points

Question 10

  1. Which sequence would correctly represent the highly structured progression of the Superfund process?
PA, HRS, RI, FS, ROD
SI, HRS, PA, NPL, RI, FS, ROD
HRS, SI, PA, RI, NPL, FS, ROD
PA, SI, HRS, NPL, RI, FS, ROD

4 points

Question 11 – 200 words

  1. Access EPA’s “RCRA Clean Up Baseline” webpage, www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6pd/rcra_c/pd-o/rcrabase.htm, and describe the Baseline program along with updating the current status of the program (as referred to in the text on page 230). If possible describe an action that is taking part in your part of the country, or in an area of the country that is of interest to you.

Question 12 – 200 words

  1. Can a person or business treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste without interim status or a permit? Please be specific with your explanation. 200 words response