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www.tutorialrank.com MHA 618 Week 1 DQ 1 Value and Consumer Preference
MHA 618 Week 1 DQ 2 The Importance of Economics for Health Care Leaders
MHA 618 Week 2 DQ 1 Finance, Risk, and Cost
MHA 618 Week 2 DQ 2 Overinsured, Underinsured, and Uninsured
MHA 618 Week 2 Assignment Feasibility Study Topic and Area of Interest
MHA 618 Week 3 DQ 1 Demand Theory and Its Application
MHA 618 Week 3 DQ 2 Appreciating Supply and Demand Analysis
MHA 618 Week 4 DQ 1 Economic Analyses and Interventions
MHA 618 Week 4 DQ 2 Pricing and Transparency
MHA 618 Week 4 Assignment Concept Paper Submission
MHA 618 Week 5 DQ 1 Inseparability of Markets and Regulations
MHA 618 Week 5 DQ 2 Applying Game Theory to Strategy
MHA 618 Week 6 DQ 1 Consumer Incentives
MHA 618 Week 6 DQ 2 Opportunism in Healthcare
MHA 618 Week 6 Final Paper ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MHA 618 Week 1 DQ 1 Value and Consumer Preference
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www.tutorialrank.com Value and Consumer Preference. Prior to engaging in this discussion, read Chapters 1 and 2 in the text and review any relevant Instructor Guidance. It is suggested that you also review the recommended articles to glean any helpful information. The idea that value depends on consumers’ preferences is often considered radical. In your initial post, analyze the economic theories that are germane to the provision of health services, and comment on how one or two specific model(s) might explain the framework or context of patient/consumer preference with regard to the health care services they have experienced. Compare and contrast economic challenges and incentives within health care’s organizational models that might influence patient preference. How would value (both in quality and impact of care) differ where you have increase in access and decrease in reimbursement rates set by most insurance companies? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MHA 618 Week 1 DQ 2 The Importance of Economics for Health Care Leaders
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The Importance of Economics for Health Care Leaders. Prior to engaging in this discussion, be sure to review the Chapters 1 and 2 in the text as well as any relevant Instructor Guidance. It is suggested that you also review the recommended articles to glean any helpful information. In the present paradigm, it has become evident that operational leaders and strategic leaders in health care must be able to appraise how economics impacts health care in the United States. Furthermore, it is critical successful leaders to possess an understanding of the variables and nuances that shape how supply and demand in this heavily regulated industry so they may observe trends and opportunities that lead to a functional organizational system.
Imagine that you are a manager running a unit in a rehabilitation center. Up to this point, your primary population of payers has been elderly patients who come into the center for physical therapy. Recently, there has been a demographic shift in the community. A large number of your primary population has moved out of the area or died, which has caused a shift in your revenues. You have been tasked by your director to illustrate the cost and revenue numbers relative to insurance payouts to ensure that your cost does not exceed your revenue. Drawing on your current professional expertise and understanding drawn from the required resources for this week, create an initial post in which you communicate how the potential payer mix relates economically to changing demographics in your given community. What potential solutions would you suggest to your director that might overcome the demographic shift? Analyze economic theories that are germane to your provision of services and identify one theory that might apply to this specific situation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MHA 618 Week 2 Assignment Feasibility Study Topic and Area of Interest
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www.tutorialrank.com Feasibility Study Topic and Area of Interest. A detailed feasibility study is an essential element in the process of diligently assessing any health services business venture. According to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the health care industry is currently one of the fastest growing fields in the United States, and it is projected that the field will grow by 22 percent by 2018. This is compared to an 11 percent average growth rate for all other industries (United States Department of Labor, 2012). Whether you are considering medical service lines, an expansion of your current operation, or any other type of health care business venture, a feasibility study is an essential planning tool for any future health care leader.
In this assignment, you will be taking the first step toward the completion of your final assignment by settling on the topic for your feasibility study. Please read the Leff, et al (2005) article, “Hospital at Home: Feasibility and Outcomes of a Program to Provide HospitalLevel Care at Home for Acutely Ill Older Patients.� Reflect on the procedures and content found in the article to aid you in choosing and shaping a topic for your feasibility study. The topic you select should be
of interest and meaningful to you and your career, and it must be related to health care delivery.
Create a document that includes the following:
Title: Proposed title for the feasibility study
Topic: Topic of the feasibility study
Description: A brief description (250-500 words) of how the proposal will impact the quality, availability, accessibility, and affordability of care
List of Resources: A list of five scholarly sources that you plan to use as you complete your feasibility study. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MHA 618 Week 2 DQ 1 Finance, Risk, and Cost
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Finance, Risk, and Cost. Prior to engaging in this discussion, read Chapters 3 and 4 from the text review any relevant Instructor Guidance. It is suggested that you review the recommended resources to glean any helpful information. You are an associate director in a 300-bed hospital located in an urban area. For the purposes of your presentation, the location will be the closest city to your current residence (this may be your city of residence). A sum of money is available for investment in the facility. You have been tasked by the hospital CEO to present a possible investment scenario in which you renovate your existing facility, expand the current facility, or clinically integrate your electronic health records (EHRs). There is only enough money to fund one of the potential projects. Your primary sources of data and information may or may not be reliable. Please see the “Finance, Risk, and Cost� document for the data needed to create your presentation.
In this discussion, you will be create a five-minute presentation using PowerPoint and Jing, Screencast-o-matic, or an alternative program with audio, wherein you propose one of the potential projects and defend its viability as the best option at the present time. Your PowerPoint presentation slides must include the following information:
A basic design of the projected service/project (i.e., the option you are promoting)
An analysis of the role of public policy in terms of your provision of health care services and provide justification of your choice
An explanation of the relevance of the current financial data in terms of the projected outcome of the project
A compare and contrast discussion of the economic challenges and incentives related to your project
Once you have created your PowerPoint presentation, use Jing, Screencast-o-matic, or an alternative program with audio, to create a screencast of your presentation with voiceover. Include a title for your presentation in the description box when you publish your screencast. The hospital CEO has limited your presentation time to three to five minutes, so you will need to incorporate as many characteristics of an effective speaker as you can within this timeframe. These characteristics may include but are not limited to storytelling, facts only, pace, and volume. Since there is no video of the presenter (just the
presentation itself), you will not have the benefit of body language, so be sure to create a convincing screencast. Do not read your slides; rather, elaborate on your bullet points and/or financial maps within the slides.
Copy and paste the URL to your screencast into your discussion board response section and attach your PowerPoint (.ppt) file to the post prior to submitting it. Your presentation must utilize at least two scholarly sources, in addition to your textbook, that are cited in APA format as
outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. All sources used within the presentation must be cited properly on the slides and included on required reference slide, which will be the last slide of the PowerPoint presentation. Due to the time limit of your presentation, you are not required to speak or read through the reference slide. However, you must include your reference list within the discussion post along with the URL for your screencast and submit your PowerPoint presentation by attaching the PowerPoint (.ppt) file to your initial discussion post. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MHA 618 Week 2 DQ 2 Overinsured, Underinsured, and Uninsured
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www.tutorialrank.com Overinsured, Underinsured, and Uninsured. Prior to engaging in this discussion, be sure to read Chapters 4 and 5 from the textbook and review the information included in the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act� detailed summary, the information provided on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services website, and any relevant Instructor Guidance.
Presently, the United States is a fragmented system that offers a misdistribution of “haves” and “have nots” which impact the cost of delivering health care. The United States is currently a nation of overinsured, underinsured, and uninsured people. In light of the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), how do you see these issues being corrected so that a majority of the population has access to quality health care? In an initial post of 250-300 words, communicate the relevant aspects of the ACA that will impact these issues. Analyze and describe how the role of public policy will affect changes in this distribution. Evaluate and explain some of the social-cultural issues that might present potential problems as this plays out across the country. What implications associated with the ACA might lead to a paradigm shift in the ways in which we view access to health care? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MHA 618 Week 3 DQ 1 Demand Theory and Its Application
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www.tutorialrank.com Demand Theory and Its Application. Prior to engaging in this discussion, please read Chapters 6 and 9 in the text and review any relevant Instructor Guidance. It is suggested that you review the recommended
articles to glean any helpful information. In this discussion, you will be taking on the role of an associate director of a hospital who is considering the proposed opening of an urgent care clinic about 20 miles from your main campus. You have been charged with gathering demographic information that might affect the demand for the clinic and creating a presentation that will be delivered to the hospital
CEO. Consider what data might be relevant and why. What would you want to show the CEO to prove that this project would be feasible for the organization? As with the “Finance, Risk, and Cost” discussion in Week Two, you will be creating a five-minute presentation using PowerPoint and Jing, Screencast-o-matic, or an alternative program with audio, to present your findings on the feasibility of this project to your CEO.
Today’s health care landscape is placing importance on the economics of health care. Reflecting on the exercises you have completed thus far and incorporating information from the text, analyze how demand theory applies to public policy and the economics of health services. What elements, responsive to the specific health care service demands of your given population, would you want to present as you develop a microeconomic model based on this proposed opening of an urgent care clinic?
Your PowerPoint presentation slides must include the following information:
Your basic microeconomic model of the projected service/project
An analysis of the role that public policy plays in terms of your provision of health care services
A justification of your model
The relevance of the current financial data in terms of the projected outcome of the project
A compare and contrast discussion of the economic challenges and incentives related to your project
Once you have created your PowerPoint presentation, use Jing, Screencast-o-matic, or an alternative program with audio, to create a screencast of your presentation with voiceover. Include a title for your presentation in the description box when you publish your screencast. The hospital CEO has limited your presentation time to three to five minutes, so you will need to incorporate as many characteristics of an effective speaker as you can within this timeframe. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MHA 618 Week 3 DQ 2 Appreciating Supply and Demand Analysis
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www.tutorialrank.com Appreciating Supply and Demand Analysis. Prior to engaging in this discussion, please review Chapters 6 and 9, read Chapter 10 in the text, and review any relevant Instructor Guidance. It is suggested that you review a few of the recommended articles to glean any helpful information. Supply and demand analysis aids health care leaders in ascertaining the effects of changes in policy on service lines that impact a community’s health (e.g., whether to expand existing services or perhaps close services). Identify and evaluate publicly available tools that provide data and assist in formulating the basic shapes of demand and supply curves. Communicate and elaborate on the relevance of these economic indicators in terms of pricing. Evaluate and comment on the social-cultural implications of value-based care. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MHA 618 Week 4 Assignment Concept Paper Submission
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