Day: March 13, 2018

Ethics In The Professions

1. Comment on the following:
   1. “Ethics has no place in Business”
   2. "… ethics isn't a set of absolute principles, divorced from and imposed on everyday life. A seemingly delicate but in fact very strong tissue of endless adjustments and compromises. It is the awareness that one is an intrinsic part of the social order, in which the interests of others and one's own interests are inevitably intertwined. And what is business, you ask, if not precisely the awareness of what other people want and need, and how you yourself can prosper by providing it?” (Solomon, It's Good Business: 11)
       
2. Dennis Kozlowski: Prisoner 05A4820

   "I am absolutely not guilty of the charges brought upon me," Kozlowski says. "There was no criminal intent here. Nothing was hidden. There were no shredded documents. Nobody was told not to say anything. All the information the prosecutors got was directly off the books and records of the company" (Schorn D., “Dennis Kozlowski: Prisoner 05A4820”, CBS NEWS 22 March 2007).

   Read the transcription of the 2007 CBS News clip here (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and share your thoughts on Kozlowski’s imprisonment. Was the jury influenced by the Enron and WorldCom bankruptcies that preceded Tyco? Do you think Kozlowski’s argument that he simply did what his predecessors did was valid?
   (A copy of the video can be found here: YouTube) (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site

 

Trends In Managed Care

Throughout the course, you have been learning about managed care, both past and present. Conduct additional research on trends happening in managed care today. The following websites are a great place to start:

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• Kaiser Family Foundation (Search for the series on health care marketplace trends.)

You can also visit the following videos related to managed care trends:

Managed Care contracting and Payer Scorecards

Monitoring Performance: A Dashboard of Medi-Cal Managed Care

After conducting your research, construct a 2-page report of your findings. At a minimum, your report should

1. Identify at least two trends that you feel have a great impact on managed health care today.
2. Discuss the effect these trends have on managed care.
3. Explain how these trends will continue to influence managed care in the future.
4. Evaluate the potential impact on government and state sponsored, Medicare and Medicaid programs.
5. Analyze and provide at least two reasons why implementing Medicaid managed care is so complex.

 

Success In Medicare

Conduct research on the impact of Medicare over the past decade. Specifically look for recent literature on the Obama Administration Healthcare Act and its potential impact on Medicare programs. Share your thoughts on what you find and future outlook. Compare your findings to those of fellow classmates', with examples to support your opinion.

Validity And Reliability

APA Format/ 2 Paragraphs/ provide examples 

 

 Peruse issues associated with maintaining validity and reliability in healthcare organizations, and explain how validity and reliability can increase performance. 

 

Case Study

Performance measure data reports for the outpatient registration unit  shows that the registration process contains some inefficiency which  results in some patients being late for their appointments. Additionally  an increased number of errors in patient information were found, which  are time-consuming to correct and can delay billing for services.

As a member of the Performance Improvement (PI) team, you will work  with the unit to find the causes of the process issues and then  determine what actions will help to streamline it, saving time and  reducing data entry errors. Your PI team will use the Plan-Do-Check-Act  (PDCA) method.

In a 1 page paper:

1. Briefly describe the tools and techniques you would recommend to be used at each phase of the PDCA process:
   • Plan – Proposals or ideas for addressing the process issues
   • Do – Implementing one or more of the proposed ideas
   • Check – Evaluate the effectiveness of each idea implemented
   • Act – Choosing the idea that helped meet the goal (improved process)
2. Recommend an appropriate action for each step of the PDCA.

 

Project Management #9

Chapter 6

Questions

1. Identify and describe each of the sub-processes that make up what is called ‘Risk Management’ in the PMI’s Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) 5th edition. Which of the sub-processes do you think is the most important and why?

2. Develop a work breakdown structure (WBS) for a project to build a new park in Southfield, Mi. The WBS should have at a minimum 4 levels and should cover all areas associated with designing, building and opening a new park. The park will sit on 52 acres and will have a pavilion, restrooms, lighted baseball diamond, lighted tennis courts, slides, swings, nature trail, volleyball nets, small kids play area, parking lot, limited road access, lighting, drinking faucets, exercise trail, and walking paths in the woods. Complete the assignment using Visio, Microsoft Power Point, or some other electronic drawing tool.

 

Employment Law

Analyze the case of SeaWorld of Florida v. Perez, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 6660 (D.C. Cir.) located in your textbook on pp. 554–558, including the opinion of Judge Rodgers as well as the dissenting opinion of Judge Kavanaugh. 

Write a case study review of the court’s opinion that answers the questions below. Support your review with analysis and evidence from the unit reading and outside sources. 

 

1.  What are the legal issues enforced by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and presented in this case? 
2. How did the plaintiff establish a valid violation under the General Duty Clause of the OSH Act? Explain how the elements of a valid claim were satisfied under the OSH Act. How does OSHA enforce workplace safety and health standards? 
3. Do you agree with the court’s decision? Should or could SeaWorld have done more to abate the hazard? Support your position. 

 Your case study should be written in APA style and must be a minimum of two pages, not including the title and reference pages. You must us a minimum of three sources, one of which may be your textbook. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. Information about accessing the grading rubric for this assignment is provided below. 

 

Economic Factors

Write a 2-page Paper

Reflect upon the economic factors that would lead a CIO to consider outsourcing or offshoring critical IT segments (i.e., help desk support, software development, and quality assurance) as a viable option for an organization. Analyze three economic factors that could lead the CIO down the path of outsourcing or offshoring. Assess whether or not economic factors lead to the same level of IT outsourcing or offshoring decisions, despite the business or industry. Explain your answer.

 

DQ

According to the assigned article, "Health Disparity and Structural Violence: How Fear Undermines Health Among Immigrants at Risk for Diabetes," narratives tell the story of the interconnectedness between fear and health. Thematically, the issue of fear is a dominant feature that affects how an individual approaches day-to-day living and health. Explain the relationship between fear and health identified by the researchers in the article. Do you agree that structural violence perpetuates health disparity? 

Assignment 2: It May Not Work In Politics

1. Congressional Ethics: Identify one (1) member of Congress who has been charged with ethics violations in the past 2 years (include the date). Briefly discuss the reason for the charges and provide two (2) reasons why you agree or disagree with the verdict and any penalties. Provide examples to support your answer. Consider how the verdict and penalties impacts your trust of the members of Congress.
2. Third Party Candidates: Discuss two (2) political reasons why a third party candidate has never been successful in winning a presidential election. Provide examples to support the answer. Consider the political impact of the Republican and Democratic Party if a third party was successful.
3. Federal and State Authority: Identify one (1) current issue facing the United States today (from the past 6 months). Analyze the respective roles of federal and state authorities in addressing the issue. Determine whether the U.S. Constitution constrains the federal and state responses to the issue. Explain.

In your research, you cannot use Wikipedia, online dictionaries, Sparknotes, Cliffnotes, or any other Website do that do not qualify as an academic resource.

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; 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 page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are to:

 

• Identify informed opinions on issues and questions involving the U.S. government, national political processes, policy making, and the notion of democracy.
• Employ terminology used to study political science and American government.
• Develop reasoned written and spoken presentations on issues and questions involving the U.S. government and national political processes using information in the course.
• Describe the basic values of American political culture.
• Explain how the federal system of government works.
• Explore different perspectives on issues and questions about the U.S. government and national political processes.
• Describe the importance of an informed, effective citizenship for the national government and political processes.
• Use concepts from our study of U.S. national government and politics (such as models of democracy) to discuss government and politics in state, local, and international contexts.
• Examine the evolution of presidential power in military affairs.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in the field of U.S. government and politics.
• Write clearly and concisely about U.S. government and politics using proper writing mechanics.