What kind of actions could be taken to restructure this arrangement to avoid a determination that it is per se illegal?

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A physician-hospital organization (PHO) consists of 15 hospitals – with 2,247 staffed beds – and approximately 500 physicians. The PHO operates in a very large section of south Georgia, including the cities of Valdosta, Tifton, Thomasville, Moultrie, and Waycross. The PHOs’ physician members represent approximately 90 percent of all physicians practicing in the region.

The PHO served as a vehicle through which competing hospitals and physicians could bargain collectively with health plans to obtain higher fees for themselves. The owner PHOs, member hospitals, and member physicians canceled contracts with payors and informed them that the PHO would be the sole entity through which they would enter into payor contracts. To contract with the PHO, payors allegedly have had to accept the fixed physician fee schedule and fixed discount of no more than 10 percent off hospital list prices.

Explain why this arrangement would be found “per se” illegal under the FTCs’ analysis.
What kind of actions could be taken to restructure this arrangement to avoid a determination that it is per se illegal?
Discuss the alternate FTC analysis that is applied to such cases if they are suspect but not found to be per se illegal.

Limit your responses to a maximum of three pages, not including title and reference pages.
Be sure to utilize at least 3-4 scholarly references to support your discussions.
Be sure to properly cite your references within the text of your assignment and listed at the end.

What concerns do you have about the physician- patient relationship under MCOs?

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Review the paper by A. Mains, A. Coustasse, K. Lykens: Physician Incentives: Managed Care and Ethics  at this link: http://ispub.com/IJLHE/2/1/12416 and answer the questions below.

1. Consider this idea from the paper: “Medicine is a moral enterprise. Because MCOs are involved in the delivery of medical care, they too, are moral entities. However, MCOs are also businesses.”

2. Explain the idea that the authors sought to convey.

3. Discuss the physician’s dual function under an MCO model of care.

4. What concerns do you have about the physician- patient relationship under MCOs?

Expectations: 

1. Limit your responses to a maximum of two pages, not including title and reference pages.

2. Be sure to utilize at least 3-4 scholarly references to support your discussions.

3. Be sure to properly cite your references within the text of your assignment and listed at the end.

4. Be sure to apply critical thinking skills to the write-up of your assignment, especially numbers 2, 3, and 4 above.

What can the American and British education systems learn from classrooms in the developing world?

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Read the following article, “What can the American and British education systems learn from classrooms in the developing world?” from http://blog.ted.com/2014/08/14/what-can-the-american-and-british-education-systems-learn-from-classrooms-in-the-developing-world/
Research ways in how U.S. can improve the educational system and trends we are seeing in relation to the disparities faced in school-age children. Provide specific examples to the disparities as well as the solution to such rationales with APA references from scholarly resources.
The paper should be a minimum of 350 words. 

Explain why you chose this study and how you could use this information in your selected area of education (academic, staff, or patient).

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Find a research article on teaching diverse learners. Summarize the article for your classmates in one or two paragraphs. Explain why you chose this study and how you could use this information in your selected area of education (academic, staff, or patient). Be sure to include the entire CITATION AND REFERENCES  in APA format. The article you select cannot be from any of the course materials or supplemental readings. Be aware that it is a violation of copyright law to post the entire text of an article by someone else to an online discussion board. So be sure to post only the citation information so that the article can be located it if others are interested in reading it. 300-400 WORDS.