Describe in detail three (3) specific management actions or remedial steps you would take to ensure the financial management in the health care organization meets or exceeds the federal law or state law relative to the requirements of the law you cited above.

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From the topics covered in Weeks 3-4, select one law related to financial management in health care organizations. We discussed such laws as False Claims Act, Stark Law etc. Include a cover page and a list of references at the end of the paper in APA Format.  Paper will be double spaced and be 4-5 pages in 12 point New Times Roman font.

The assignment is to be written in clear, concise narrative. All sections in the outline for Assignment #2 are required.

Outline:  Must use the headings from the outline below in your paper and the paper must be in narrative form not outline or bullet format. A penalty will be deducted from paper if underlined headings not used in your paper.

1.    Name of the Law and or laws:

State the official title of the federal and/or state law, the statute and section number.  Must be either a federal statute or state statute and you must cite both if applicable. Thus if there is both a federal and state law that covers your subject picked then you must cite both. Do not assume that there is just a federal and or state law. In most cases there is both a federal and state law. You must use the laws cited in this section throughout the rest of the paper.

2.  Management’s Financial Responsibilities: 

What are the health care organization’s responsibilities under this financial management statute you stated above? Provide a comprehensive discussion of three (3) specific responsibilities under the financial management statute. State specifically after each responsibility  where this responsibility is stated in the federal or state law.  Describe the appropriate behavior and expectation. Include the citations and source of documents describing the organization’s responsibilities.

  1. Consequences for Ethical or Legal Breach:

Discuss in general the civil and criminal consequences from the law. Then identify from the news, three (3) specific case examples of health care organizations or health care providers found guilty of a legal or ethical breach relative to the law you have cited in first part of paper. Identify the specific legal and/or ethical breach and the penalties assessed to the health service organizations and/or individuals found guilty of violating the law or ethics [provide citation of law].  At the end of each case, discuss in detail whether you agree or not with the decision and why. Bring in the facts of the case to support your comments. Students should use a minimum of three (3) documented specific examples retrieved from the print media.

  1. HCO Management’s remedial steps to reverse the non-compliance organizations:

Describe in detail three (3) specific management actions or remedial steps you would take to ensure the financial management in the health care organization meets or exceeds the federal law or state law relative to the requirements of the law you cited above. Discuss specifically how each of the three management actions specifically meets or exceeds the specific federal or state law you cited. Note: These actions may include specific uses of technology, procedures, human resource training, and other management tools.  However these action steps must be within the control of a manager.

5. Conclusion: Summary your findings above

  1. Reference List [APA Format]

The paper must be:

  • Late penalties: See Course Syllabus.
  • Be sure and use the underlined headings found in the outline below in your paper. Paper must be in narrative format not outline or bullets.
  • Double spaced and be 4-5 pages in 12 point New Times Roman font.
  • Include a cover page [not counted as a page] which should have student name and title of your paper [Provide a short name for the legal responsibility the specific health care organization has for one type of patient right in a specific setting ]
  • A the end of the paper a list of references in APA Format [not counted as a page]
  • Be prepared using word-processing software and saved with a .doc, .docx, or .rtf extension. No pdf.
  • Be uploaded to your Assignments Folder by 11:59 p.m. EST on the due date.
  • The paper is to be posted in Assignment #2 drop box.
  • Must cite to the source for all your facts in the text of your paper in APA format.

Example of an in text citation:

(Ernst, & Young, 2000 p14).

Example of source cited on Reference page:

References

Healthcare Financial Management Association (U.S.), Ernst, & Young. (2000). Health care system reform: A provider perspective : survey results. Westchester, Ill.: Healthcare Financial Management Association.

Except where noted, the assignment is written in clear, concise narrative. All sections of Assignment #2 are required.

Grading Rubric for written Assignment #2 is in Assignments area of the class.

Describe ongoing documentation and data collection that will take place during the intervention

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Your Reading this week focuses on ethics in behavior analysis and management. Your Reading will define ethics and the guidelines that govern ethical behavior in clinical practice. It will also highlight specific considerations related to OBM.

You will also review the BACB professional and ethical compliance code which outlines the ethical guidelines for Behavior analysts.

In the textbook read:

Chapter 16: “Ethics and behavior analysis in management”

Visit the following website and review the BACB Code:

Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB, 2014) Behavior Analyst Certification Board professional and ethical compliance code for behavior analysts. Retrieved from  http://bacb.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/160321-compliance-code-english.pdf

 

Assignment 2

The following course outcomes are assessed with the Unit 9 Assignment:

  • PS430-3: Design a program based on research methods and principles of Applied Behavior Analysis.
  • GEL-1.2: Demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original materials in Standard English.
  • GEL-2.1: Demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original materials in Standard American English.
  • GEL-6.6: Apply research to behavior analysis.

The work you have done during your internship at ACME has been recognized and now there are many agencies in your area looking for a comprehensive plan using behavior analytic principles and research methods. This is your chance to apply what you have learned about Organizational Behavior Management(OBM) to create an effective-evidence based intervention for an organization.

The following organization has requested the creation of a behavior analytic program to assist with some concerns:

  • Stars ABA provides clinic-based, ABA interventions for children with autism. Stars uses discrete trial training to teach children skills and appropriate replacement behaviors. Stars also creates systematic behavior intervention plans to decrease interfering behaviors. The following are some of the issues Stars has encountered:
  • Staff are not delivering reinforcers on a frequent basis when children are engaging in appropriate behavior.
  • Staff are providing a lot of attention and reacting emotionally when children engage in inappropriate behavior.
  • Many Stars’ staff arrive late for their scheduled shifts.
  • Stars has experienced a high turnover rate. They have had 3 of 15 staff leave in the last 6 months.

Your task is to create a plan for a program to address the issues that Stars is having with staff. You should create a plan detailing a behavior analytic process and solution for Stars’ concerns. Include a brief explanation of the research strategies used to support your ideas. Your paper should contain all of the following and should be separated into sections covering each step:

  1. Problem Identification:
    1. Conduct a preliminary assessment with Stars ABA personnel to identify the problems within the organization.
    2. Describe the use of at least one tool you would use to gather specific information about the problems at Stars.
    3. Identify the type of data utilized during this step.
    4. Operationally define the problem(s) requiring intervention.
    5. Discuss potential contingencies that may impact the staff behavior at Stars ABA.
      • Include a discussion of reinforcement and punishment.
  2. Identify Program Question and Research Design
    1. Select 1 program question foryour intervention.
    2. Select and describe the research design you will use to demonstrate the effectiveness of your program.
    3. Discuss the strength and weakness of your selected research design and why it is the best choice for your selected intervention.
  3. Select and Describe Your Intervention
    1. Choose one of the following interventions and describe how you would implement one of the following:
      • Competency Based Staff Training
      • Reinforcement Plan for Staff
    2. Your plan should be evidence-based and include a description of the following components:
      • Describe how the program will be implemented.
      • Discuss who will be responsible for implementing the program.
      • Identify the type of data that will be collected throughout the program.
        • Indicate specific behavior analytic measure, i.e., frequency, duration, percent correct, etc.
    3. Describe ongoing documentation and data collection that will take place during the intervention.
      • Indicate how the data will be collected and what kind(s) of data sheets will be used? Will the data be graphed?
    4. Create two SMART goals for the program.
  4. Program Evaluation
    1. Discuss how data will be evaluated, including:
      • Schedule of observation: how often will the behaviors be assessed?
      • What factors will be considered when evaluating the data?
        • How will the data be evaluated?
          • Visual Analysis
          • Calculations
    2. Discuss how you will use data to determine effectiveness of the intervention.
      • How will you conclude that your intervention is effective?
    3. Describe the steps to be taken basedon the effectiveness of the intervention.
      • Include a discussion of the variables that could impact the success of the intervention.

Your Assignment should follow APA formatting and citation style and include:

  • Title Page
  • Reference Page
  • Main body of the evaluative paper should be 6–8 pages and double-spaced
  • Included APA headings that are: left aligned, bold face, and contain upper case and lower case letter for each section of your plan
  • At least three academic references (including your course text)
  • The essay should be written using standard paragraph structure and 12 point Times New Roman font.

What are the major steps in the conceptualization stage of health services research?

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A literature review is a survey of the scholarly work in a particular subject area.  Use scholarly, peer reviewed, or refereed journals in your research. How do I know what a scholarly source is?  Review this UMUC link for clarification:  https://www.umuc.edu/library/libhow/scholarlyjournals.cfm

Defined by the UNC-Chapel Hill:

A literature review discusses published information in a particular subject area, and sometimes information in a particular subject area within a certain time period (within the past 5-7 years is preferred in our course).  A literature review can be just a simple summary of (scholarly) sources.

Why do we write literature reviews?

Literature reviews provide you with a handy guide to a particular topic. If you have limited time to conduct research, literature reviews can give you an overview or act as a stepping stone. For professionals, they are useful reports that keep them up to date with what is current in the field. For scholars, the depth and breadth of the literature review emphasizes the credibility of the writer in his or her field. Literature reviews also provide a solid background for a research paper’s investigation. Comprehensive knowledge of the literature of the field is essential to most research papers.

References

The University of Maryland University College. Retrieved from: https://www.umuc.edu/library/libhow/scholarlyjournals.cfm

The University of North Carolina-Chapel, The Writing Center.  Retrieved from:  http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/literature-reviews/

Theme #2:

Topic 1: There are four themes in health science learning and teaching which all become more prominent in recent years, for this discussion pick up one of them and discuss:

– Evidence-based practice
– Research-based learning
– Learning research methods
– linking staff research activity and teaching

Background:
Evidence-based practice

https://chalderan.umsu.ac.ir/uploads/Evidence-based_practice_119.pdf

Evidence-based practice step by step: Critical appraisal of the evidence: part I
http://journals.lww.com/ajnonline/Fulltext/2010/07000/Evidence_Based_Practice_Step_by_Step__Critical.26.aspx

Evidence-Based Practice: Step by Step: Igniting a Spirit of Inquiry
http://journals.lww.com/ajnonline/Abstract/2009/11000/Evidence_Based_Practice__Step_by_Step__Igniting_a.28.aspx

The following link is the useful book for most of the class discussion, please remember to review class material as well.

Field Trials of Health Interventions: A Toolbox

http://oxfordmedicine.com/view/10.1093/med/9780198732860.001.0001/med-9780198732860

Topic 2: Health Services Research and Research Question

The goal of health services research is to acquire and disseminate relevant evidence that can advance population health, improve health services and inform health policy in governments and organizational policies in health care for this week pick up one of the following areas and discuss:

  • What are the major steps in the conceptualization stage of health services research?
  • What is Health Services Research? What are the overall goals of health system research? What are the functions of health research systems?
  • Discuss main components of a research question (this is a general discussion and you can discuss health system research as a general term)
  • What are the unique characteristics of medical care services compared with other market products or services?

Background: Ten steps for conceptualizing and conducting qualitative research studies in a pragmatically curious manner
http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR16-6/chenail.pdf

Arrow and the Information Market Failure in Health Care

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http://www.smith.edu/econ/documents/ArrowandtheInformationMarketFailure.pdf

Participatory Research Methods: A Methodological Approach in Motion
http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/1801/3334

How may the outcomes change in relation to the application of a different leadership theory? Post a brief description of the event you selected. 

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For this Discussion, consider some of the unique characteristics of team leadership. Using the Learning Resources, reflect on the challenges associated with team leadership and consider whether or not team leadership may actually exist within organizations.

Post a description of team leadership and its characteristics. Then, describe two challenges teams may face when leading an organization. Finally, explain whether team leadership is an effective approach. Justify your response.  APA in-text citations and References

Nahavandi, A. (2014). The art and science of leadership (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
Chapter 6, “Current Era in Leadership”
Chapter 8, “Leading Teams”

Anonson, J. M. S., Ferguson, L., Macdonald, M. B., Murray, B. L., Fowler-Kerry, S., & Bally, J. M. G. (2009). The anatomy of interprofessional leadership: An investigation of leadership behaviors in team-based health care. Journal of Leadership Studies, 3(3), 17–25.
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Ilgen, D. R., Hollenbeck, J. R., Johnson, M., & Jundt, D. (2005). Teams in organizations: From input-process-output models to IMOI models. Annual Review of Psychology, 56(1), 517–543.
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

van Dierendonck, D. (2011). Servant leadership: A review and synthesis. Journal of Management, 37(4), 1228–1261.
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Discussion 2

 

*For this Discussion, select an event, not previously used in the course, that highlights techniques of servant leadership.

*For the event, consider whether or not the leadership techniques were effective. *Also, consider the possibility of applying another leadership theory to the selected event.

* How may the outcomes change in relation to the application of a different leadership theory? Post a brief description of the event you selected.

*Then explain whether servant leadership was the most effective leadership perspective in the event you selected. Justify your response. Finally,explain how event outcomes might have been different with another leadership  perspective current events in Public Health Leadership Servant Leadership

APA-In-text citations and References

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Current Events in Public Health Leadership—Servant Leadership

 

Current Events in Public Health Leadership—Servant Leadership