Category: Health Care

Assignment Content

The decade since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act went into effect in 2010 has seen fundamental shifts in the cost and practices in health care and insurance. Studying the data from this period of transformation in the United States can help us to understand the movement of health care costs in the years to come.
Review the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care 2018 Data Update.
https://data.dartmouthatlas.org/downloads/reports/2018_data_report_081821.pdf
Write a 525- to 700-word analysis that includes the following:
Identify the results for your area of the United States (state or region).
Analyze the results for your area and write a 525- to 700-word summary of why you think the trends in utilization and cost are either positive or negative.
Examine and explain whether you think the utilization and costs information for your organization or geography can be used to build a stronger brand for health care.
Cite any references to support your assignment.
Format your citations according to APA guidelines.

In this assignment, you will continue on in your role as a new office manager for a successful medical clinic. The clinic is a conglomeration of physicians offering specialized care.
One of the clinic’s physician groups wants to purchase an MRI machine. Currently, clients who need an MRI must schedule an appointment at another facility. This adds time and costs to any treatment they need. The machine will be available for all physicians in the clinic. It will require additional staff to operate the equipment. In addition, the MRI will have to be housed in an office area within the clinic.
Your task is to prepare a cost-benefit analysis for the clinic’s senior leaders, so they can make an informed decision about whether to proceed with the purchase.
Instructions
This cost-benefit analysis assignment consists of two parts.
Part 1
Complete the Cost-Benefit Analysis Template for the purchase of an MRI machine for the clinic.
Part 2
Based on your cost-benefit analysis, write a 3–4 page double-spaced summary. Address all of the following in your summary:
Explain how the cost-benefit analysis aligns with organizational needs and future growth.
In your explanation be sure to consider:
Non-monetary benefits, such as improved customer satisfaction, are associated with the purchase.
Non-monetary costs associated with the equipment purchase. For example, productivity may decrease initially as people adjust to new policies and procedures associated with using MRI equipment. At the same time, productivity is likely to increase once people adjust to the new policies and procedures.
Although these factors may be difficult to quantify, successful healthcare leaders are able to weigh nonmonetary and monetary considerations when making their purchasing and budgeting decisions.
Explain the concept of opportunity cost.
Recommend a plan of action consistent with your cost-benefit analysis.
Decide whether the clinic should purchase the MRI machine.
Be sure to reference specific aspects of the cost-benefit analysis.
Your final submission needs to include:
The completed Cost-Benefit Analysis Template (Excel spreadsheet).
A concise summary that provides (Word document):
The context for the cost-benefit analysis.
The rationale behind the recommendation.
Submission Requirements
Part 1
Format: Use the Cost-Benefit Analysis Template [XLSX] Download Cost-Benefit Analysis Template [XLSX] provided for this assignment.
Part 2
Written communication: Be sure that your summary is clear, logical, and succinct. It also needs to be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
Length: 3–4 typed, double-spaced content pages. The title page, reference page, and Cost-Benefit Analysis Template are in addition to the 3–4-page summary.
Font and font size: Use Times New Roman, 12-point type.
Title page: Include a title page in APA format as part of your summary.
Citations and references: Include references to a minimum of two current scholarly and/or authoritative sources. Current means no more than five years old.
APA format: Use APA format for the title page, summary, citations, and references. For an APA refresher, consult the APA Style and Format page on Campus.
Rubric: Review this assignment’s rubric so that you understand how your faculty member is going to evaluate your work.

Paper must have an ABSTRACT Page, Introduction, Body, Conclusion and References
A. Summarize medicare and its current status
B. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of Medicare
C. Discuss challenges and opportunities related to Medicare
D. Present recommendations for policy modification and/or program or system revisions
You must go in-depth with your assessments and provide empirical evidence from scientific literature.
Use in-text APA citation, references should be scholarly articles no more than 4-5 years old. Paper will be turned into TURNITIN. Please pay attention to the rubric and important mistakes attached. Please ensure you cite your references in APA format with a minimum of 8 academic references, including 4 peer-reviewed journal articles no more than 4-5 years old. Assignment will be graded based on the following areas: Foundation and synthesis of knowledge, application of knowledge critical thinking, writing skills, and organization of ideas and format.

After reading Empty Hallways: The Hidden Shortage of Healthcare Workers PDF (PDF attached), identify the two powerful factors that work together to create the staffing crisis. Briefly explain these two factors.

Module 1 Reflective Journal
Now that you have reviewed the material in this module, reflect on your reactions to what you have read.
In this reflective journal entry, be sure to address each of the following questions:
Based on the information in this chapter, reflect on whether you would consider yourself a savvy and intelligent health consumer.
As a health care consumer, do you feel that you usually get your basic rights met by your health care providers?
NOTE: This is a gradable journal. Journal entries MUST be a minimum length of 250 words to receive credit. Each week’s Reflective Journal will include specific journal “prompt” questions, which must be answered directly and specifically and must contain details, examples, and reflection in order to earn the points for the journal. Remember, there is no partial credit for journals.
Why the word count? Because this is a “writing to learn” exercise, where you will explore your thoughts and feelings and work out concerns.
Synovitz, Linda Bailey and Larson, Karl L. Consumer Health and Integrative Medicine, 2nd ed. Jones and Bartlett Learning, 2020.

Please write a 600 word discussion post on the following topic. Must have two peer reviewed sources AND on biblical integration. Textbook is: Langabeer, II, J. R. and Helton, J. (2021). Health care operations management (3rd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning. ISBN: 978-1-284-19414-2.
Instructions for post are here:
Why is productivity in health care important? What is the difference between productivity and other measures of performance (please explain)?

Reflective journal: Module 3 Reflective Journal
Now that you have reviewed the material in this module, reflect on your reactions to what you have read.
In this week’s reflective journal entry, be sure to address each of the following questions:
Based on the information presented this week, reflect on how the cost of health care can be made more affordable without limiting access to necessary care. In what ways can you take self-responsibility in controlling your own health care costs? Which of the tips on p. 46 do you follow?
How would you proceed if you wanted to find and select a physician? What are the considerations in choosing between an Osteopathic physician (D.O.) or a medical doctor (M.D.)?
NOTE: This is a gradable journal. Journal entries MUST be a minimum length of 250 words to receive credit. Each week’s Reflective Journal will include specific journal “prompt” questions, which must be answered directly and specifically and must contain details, examples, and reflection in order to earn the points for the journal. Remember, there is no partial credit for journals. Why the word count? Because this is a “writing to learn” exercise, where you will explore your thoughts and feelings and work out concerns.

Create a discussion response of at least 150 words with at least one scholarly/peer reviewed cited source to the following topics:
• What opportunities does the formal economy present to firms operating in the informal economy?
• What are the implications of the formal economy for firms that operate only in the informal economy?
• Why is it important for a firm to study and understand its internal organization?

Write a 700- to 1,050-word essay answering the following questions:
See attachments for full details and resources.
You can find your own resources too just cite them and reference them..

A 22-year-old patient presents to the clinic with secondary amenorrhea for 4 months. She has reported that she gained about 40 pounds in the past 10 months and her period started to become more and more irregular. Onset of menarche was age 13 and has had menstrual cycle from 30-45 days, but lately she’s been having menses every 35-65 days with the latest being 4 months apart. She is unsure of what’s going on. During your physical exam you noted some facial hair and acne. You suspect patient might have PCOS. Based on your working diagnosis, patient’s HPI, and your physical assessment, write a 1–2-page write-up discussing the following information: • Definition of PCOS. What is this condition? Why is this important to address? • Prevalence and risk factors • Presentation • Pathophysiology • Physical assessment and testing to confirm diagnosis • Provide at least 1 differential diagnosis and an exam and/or lab test to rule out this diagnosis. • Treatment or manage ******NO PLAGIARISM******** PLEASE PROVIDE TURNITIN SCORE