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Current Trends and Issues in Managed Care

Compensation and reimbursement models are another method of controlling access, cost, and quality in a managed care environment. An MCO doesn’t have direct control over physicians or hospitals but through contractual agreements that set incentives for meeting agreed-upon standards, it can exert influence.

This week, you are required to write an essay on the following topics:

• Managed care hospital reimbursement
• Managed care provider reimbursement

Using South University Online library (e.g. CINAHL) or the Internet, review at least two articles for each topic and write a review for each source of information. Use the following guidelines for developing your essay:

• Write a summary for each topic tying together the information learned about that topic.
• Analyze the market forces that would favor using one reimbursement method over another.
• Evaluate the key differences between different types of payment methodologies from the provider and hospital point of view.
• Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the payment methodologies reviewed from the provider and hospital point of view.
• Evaluate new payment methodologies resulting from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and discuss future changes in reimbursement methodologies.
• Compare and contrast each article to the information discussed in the course textbook.

Based on your understanding, create a 3- to 4-page Microsoft Word document that includes the answers to the questions for the above topics.

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA form.

will write a 1000 word book review on Kidd’s The Invention of Wings. 

i need to write essay about the factors and consequences of obesity in America

For the second written assignment of the course, you will continue in the design of your proposed model program by demonstrating your understanding of your selected population’s challenges, which negatively impact this group’s health and well-being. Based on this week’s research, conduct an assessment of the barriers, limitations, and other distinguishing features, as they exist within your community.

• Prepare a recap of the model program for your community that you originally shared in the week 2 written assignment.  As stated in the Week Two directions, changes to the potential program can be made as you research and develop the focus of the program.
• Analyze and discuss at least three critical barriers that impact the health and well-being of your chosen group; one must be a micro-level (individual) barrier that is financial, one must be a macro-level (community/state) barrier that relates to access and funding for care, and  the third barrier may be one of your choosing.
• Discuss at least one proposed solution for each barrier. Your solution for the micro barrier must include an analysis of various potential funding options (both independent and integrated). Your solution for the macro barrier must include an analysis of financing resources for health care.
• Research and analyze the regulatory, legal, ethical, and accreditation requirements and issues for the service(s) offered in your proposed program.  Discuss how each will impact the management of the program.

Your assignment should be a minimum of three pages in length (excluding title and reference pages) and should include a minimum of three scholarly sources cited according to APA guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Please note: All assignments in this course are progressive; therefore you should use the same population selected in your Week Two assignment. The Week Two assignment’s contents do not need to be re-submitted with this assignment.

• WORK MUST BE COMPLETED BY SUNDAY 17:00 THAT IS 52 HRS FROM NOW.  IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO COMPLETE BY THAT DATE DO NOT CONTACT ME….. ALSO I WILL GIVE A SMALL DOWN PAYMENT AND WILL PAY IN FULL AFTER CHECKING FOR PLAGERISM……WORK MUST BE ORIGINAL….

   

   

   

  Jim and Laura Buyer visit the local car dealership because they are interested in buying a new car. The car they currently have is aging and is starting to have mechanical problems. Jim and Laura would share the new car, and use it to go back and forth to work and school. Before going to the dealership, Jim and Laura decide that they can only afford $400.00 a month in car payments.

  Once at the car dealership, Jim and Laura meet Stan Salesman. Stan shows them several vehicles and Jim and Laura test-drive several of the cars. Jim and Laura particularly like the blue 4-door sedan.  Therefore, they agree to give Stan Salesman a $100.00 deposit to hold the car for a day. Stan Salesman does not give them the receipt but guarantees that the $100.00 is refundable. No documents were signed.

  The next day, Stan Salesman calls Jim and Laura to ask them when they would like to take delivery of the car. Jim and Laura, on the way home from the dealership, decided that they were not going to buy the car because they did not want to spend that money each month. Therefore, Jim and Laura tell Stan salesman that they have decided not to buy the car and request their $100.00 deposit back.

  Stan insists that the $100.00 was a deposit on the car and was meant to be part of the contract to buy the car. Stan is very persistent and insistent that Jim and Laura have contracted to buy the car; therefore, the $100.00 will be applied to the purchase price of the car. Jim and Laura are shocked and angry as not only do they not want to spend the money, but now feel as though they are being duped by Stan Salesman.

  Jim and Laura have an appointment to see a lawyer in a few days, but know you are a student taking a business law class and come to you for advice. They are very frazzled, and understandably upset that they may have just purchased a car. Since you have been taking business law, you have read and understand the elements of a contract and the defenses to a contract. Therefore, although you are not a lawyer, you provide some basic advice from what you’ve learned in your business law class.

  In three to five (3-5) pages, advise Jim and Laura based on the above facts as presented, the material provided in the text, and material covered in the lecture. In your paper, be sure to address the following:

  1. Define the elements of a legal contract using examples from the scenario where applicable.
  2. Decide whether or not there was a contract for the purchase of the automobile.
  3. Identify the facts from the scenario which support your decision on whether or not a contract exists for the purchase of the automobile.
  4. Use at least two (2) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as quality academic resources.
  5. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
     • Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
     • 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 is not included in the required page length.
     • Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

  Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric

Briefly state the benefits derived from application of computer technology to controller  pilot communications.  Explore in detail the challenges or risks of using CPDLC

Assignment 2: Identifying Themes

8  pages

Submit the following assignment to the M4: Assignment 2 Dropbox by Wednesday, October 28, 2015.

Identifying themes in your literature is very important because it helps you create a scaffold for your literature review. Without knowing themes, patterns, and trends, the literature review usually reads like a meaningless list with no connection between one study and the next. Also, without identification of themes, there is no appreciation of how scholars are actually having a conversation on paper regarding their discoveries.

By now you have taken part in multiple exercises and assignments which were intended to assist you in clarifying the themes you will pull together in and through your literature review. Now is the time to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard), and to take all of the preparatory work you have done and to actualize it in a draft of your literature review.

For this assignment, you will develop a Title page, Abstract, and a References page. Articulate your main research/focal question as the opening for your paper. Be sure it is specific, researchable, and important to the field. Then go on to list a detailed outline of the body of the paper, (including all headings and subheadings). Be sure to format your entire paper, including the headings and subheadings according to APA style.

Essay1

 

Describe your educational and professional goals and tell us your specific reasons for choosing to apply to NEC/CIM as you pursue these goals.Why did you decide to pursue music as a career?

1. You must enter your essay into the following text box. Do not send your essay separately via mail or email.

2. To prevent problems with your browser timing out, please create your essay in a word processing program and then cut and paste it into position below.

3. Do not use bold, italics, underlines, indentations or any other formatting in your essay. Formatting variations will be lost when pasted into the box below.

4. Your essay must be 300-500 words. If your essay does not meet the length requirements, you will not be able to submit your application.

5. DMA:Use this space to submit your writing sample on any topic.

6. Artist Diploma:Use this space to submit your Program Proposal discussing how the AD program would assist you in the development of your career. Topics may include your reasons for choosing this program, personal plans and professional goals, and repertoire to be explored as an AD candidate (but may not consist solely of a repertoire list).

 

Essay2

• Juilliard’s Admissions Committee uses your essay(s) to learn more about you as an individual and gain a sense of who you are beyond your application, transcript, and audition.

• Essays should be 1 – 2 pages, double-spaced, and in a 12 point font.

• Please note that essays should be written in English (not translated from another language) and be your own original work; your signature upon submission of the application indicates that “all information provided on this application is honestly presented,” which includes authorship of required essays.

• All applicants to the B.M. or Diploma are required to submit one essay in the online application.

• Transfer applicants and Current or Formerly enrolled Juilliard college students have additional essay requirements (see below).

If you had the opportunity to adapt a work of visual art or literature to your own artistic medium, what would you choose? Why? What would your adaptation be like?

 

Essay3

While your audition and music credentials give us an understanding of you as a musician, we’d like to get to know you a little more outside of your musical life. You should have fun with your answer, be creative, and show us the real you! The essay should be about 500 – 750 words and it must be uploaded directly into your online application. Please do notmail us a copy of your essay. Please find the essay prompt below.

 

Tell us about your name. What does it mean? Does it have a special meaning? Do you think your name fits you? Finally, would you ever change your name; and if so, what name would you choose?

 

Essay4

Please observe the following notes:

1. There are two essays on this page. You must enter each essay in the appropriate text box or you will not be able to submit your application. To prevent problems with your browser timing out, you should create your essays in a word processing program and then cut and paste them into position below.

2. Make all text flush left.

3. Use no hard returns at the end of lines.

4. Enter one blank line between paragraphs.

5. 500 word limit for each essay.

Some students have a background or story that is so central to their identity that they believe their application would be incomplete without it. Please share yours.

 

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essay 1 = 300-500 words

essay 2 = 1 or 2 pages double spaced

essay 3 = 500 words

essay 4 = 500 words

 

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here is one of my previous essays i wrote.

Music is always around my world. Music is the most important thing for me.I was born into  a musical family. My father is a music teacher in the Music Middle School Affiliated to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. He is the director of Brass and Woodwinds. He teaches Trombones and Tubas.

My family lived on campus since my mother became pregnant. My father’s colleagues always said I am growing with music. When I was three years old, I learned violin with my neighbor who taught violin in The Shanghai Conservatory of music. Since I was going  to school, I did not have time for practice, but I still watched the musical and opera on the way to school in my father’s car. Fantasia is still my favourite musical. There is one piece that influenced me a lot — “Rhapsody in Blue” by George Gershwin. This piece had an amazing piano part. I heard a lot of piano music before, but that one made me interested in piano. When I was six years old, my first instrument moved to my room: a piano. At the beginning, It was not very good start. I did not know how to read the music until I had lessons with my piano teacher for about three months. My dad was really mad about this, or he can not believe it. I could play a sonata, but I could not read music. I watched my teacher’s hand moving carefully and listened to the music around and around. The I could play it and without sheet music.

When I was 3rd grade, my school work was getting harder. That reduced my happiness.I did not have enough time for practice,but I still kept practicing everyday. On my eighth birthday party, my father’s friend who was my first harp teacher gave me the best gift a little harp. I always said the harp was my favourite ‘toy’.

A lot of people asked me, ‘your father is a trombone teacher, why didn’t you choose trombone?’ Although I did not learn trombone with my father, I learned a lot of things from him. He always gave some suggestions for practice and choosing music. I went to my father’s school since I was in the 4th grade. Then everything changed, I became more confident and more outbound. I went abroad for exchange programs many times. I went to different countries. I learned different cultures and the different ways of study. I want to Europe every summer for summer camp. Since I went to Europe, I knew how the composers were thinking and feeling because classical music is not from my country. I wanted know more about the real classical music. Music changed my life and made me better.

Annonymous

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Assignment 3: Recruiting

Imagine you are presenting a new global recruiting strategy to your boss. Choose either Japan or Saudi Arabia, and research business strategies for recruiting in your chosen region. Identify the top three to five (3-5) factors that would need to be considered when recruiting in the country you chose. Close with a persuasive summary on why you believe these factors are important. Close with a persuasive summary that explains why these factors are important. Demonstrate your findings to your boss in the form of a PowerPoint presentation.

Create a four to eight (4-8) slide PowerPoint in which you:

Summarize your findings about recruiting in either Japan or Saudi Arabia.
Identify the top three to five (3-5) factors that would need to be considered when recruiting in your chosen region.
Develop a persuasive closing summary that describes why the factors you identified are important.
Include links or references to one to three (1-3) quality resources based on your research. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:

a. Format the PowerPoint presentation with headings on each slide and one (1) relevant graphic (photograph, graph, clip art, etc.). Ensuring that the presentation is visually appealing and readable from up to 18 feet away. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

b. Include a title slide containing the title of the assignment, your name, your professor’s name, the course title, and the date.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Analyze international business strategy to identify human resource requirements and formulate supporting HRM plans that can improve productivity and contribute to the firm’s competitiveness.
Propose staffing alternatives for foreign operations and address the considerations for the use of expatriates versus localization or third-country nationals.
Assess recruiting and selection strategies that can be used to effectively meet organizational requirements for operating in multiple countries.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in global HRM.
Write clearly and concisely about global HRM using proper writing mechanics

CAM—Application and Caution

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The term “alternative medicine” implies that CAM treatments fall outside the realm of medicine.

Using South University Online Library or the Internet, research on the following practices included under CAM:

Chinese medicine
Herbalism

From your experiences and knowledge in the health care field, answer the following questions:

Does the promotion or lack of promotion of CAM techniques confirm this gap in healing modalities? Explain how?
Why might traditional health care providers be reluctant in suggesting or implementing CAM techniques?
The side effects of traditional medicines are becoming increasingly referenced, especially in the media. Conversely, one rarely hears about the cautions of selecting alternative treatments, leading individuals to seek more natural treatments found in CAM practice. What is the problem of polarizing healing techniques in this way?

You will apply the knowledge and techniques of CAM models, specifically traditional Chinese medicine, including herbal medicine for a selected illness. Using the perspective of traditional allopathic medicine, answer the following questions:

What is the overall philosophy behind the treatment methods?
According to the treatment paradigm, what are the possible causes of the patient’s symptoms?
What additional information may the practitioners require?
What interventions may be utilized through these methods (how will the condition be treated)?
What are the benefits and risks of using these methods of treatment?

Based on your understanding, create a 5- to 6-page Microsoft Word document that includes the answers to all the above questions.

Your response should adhere to the following guidelines:

It should have 5- to 6-pages not including a cover page, an abstract and a reference list.
There should be a title or a cover page.
The title or the cover page must be followed by an abstract of 100–200 words.
The paper must use the APA style for citing sources and references.
The paper must have a minimum of eight current references. Note that primary, peer-reviewed references are preferred.

On a separate page, cite any sources you used in the APA format. Click here to learn how to cite sources using APA guidelines.

Note: Peer-reviewed refers to the articles reviewed and approved by author’s professional peers who are experts on that topic.

Support your responses with reasoning and examples.