Identify a health care law that you must uphold and comply with in your work setting or industry

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Complying with Health Care Law

Identify a health care law that you must uphold and comply with in your work setting or industry, such as HIPAA, for example. Consider your role as a health care leader with respect to accountability from individual, organizational, legal and regulatory perspectives. Research the Capella University Library, your course texts, or the Internet for resources that might be applied to manage the requirements of the law. You might wish to include frameworks for decision-making models and risk management or compliance related tools, such as the Framework for Information Assurance Policy Compliance, found in one of your readings from this unit.
In your post, clearly and succinctly state the law and the problem. Integrate concepts from the course regarding: Applicable legal and regulatory considerations, institutional policies and procedures, and industry or professional guidelines, standards, or concepts which may apply. Exemplary posts will be succinct, state the problem, cite the model utilized, provide bullet point or other summary recommendations, and include references cited using the APA Style and Formatting guidelines.

Response Guidelines

Respond to the posts of at least two of your classmates, providing your observations and analysis of their chosen tool or model. Responses should be 250–500 words in length and include a minimum of four credible references, cited using the APA Style and Formatting guidelines.

Explain the major components of the U.S. health care system, their functions, and the relationships among these components.

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EXPLAIN THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE U.S. HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, THEIR FUNCTIONS, AND THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG THESE COMPONENTS.

ssignment 3: The Pharmaceutical Industry and Health Professional Services
Due Week 8 and worth 160 points
Imagine you are the head administrator at Well Being Hospital, a hypothetical local health care facility. Your task is to communicate with Get Well Drugs, a major U.S. pharmaceutical manufacturer, in order to determine if the drugs supplied by this manufacturer are within benchmark standards set forth by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and are thus suitable for use at your hospital. Specifically, you have to report your findings to the health care professionals who use these medications.
 
Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.
 
Write a  six (6) page paper in which you:
 

  1. Recommend a strategy for communication with Get Well Drugs in order to determine if the drugs supplied by this manufacturer are within benchmark standards set forth by the FDA.
  2. Outline a plan for asking questions directed toward Get Well Drugs about any FDA regulations which may be applicable to your local hospital.
  3. Outline a plan for communicating these findings to a local consortium of nurses and physicians at your hospital. This plan must include, at a minimum, the cost of the drugs, as well as the types of drugs for use in mental, behavioral, and general services.
  4. Conclude your findings, in which you suggest the pros and cons of using Get Well Drugs.
  5. Use at least four (4) recent (i.e., last five [5] years), quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

 
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; citations and 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 assignment page length.

 
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Explain the major components of the U.S. health care system, their functions, and the relationships among these components.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in health services organization.
  • Write clearly and concisely about health services organization using proper writing mechanics.

Examine the various applications of the law within the health care system.

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Due Week 9 and worth 200 points
As the head health care administrator at USA Community Hospital, you are required to review compliance reports on issues relating to the ethical conduct of the professional staff at your hospital, patient review registries, and standard procedures surrounding the ethical treatment of patients with HIV / AIDS. Intermittently, complaints surface from patients with HIV / AIDS concerned with ethical treatment and denial of services.
Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.
Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

  1. Devise a plan to investigate the validity of patients’ claims of denial of services. This plan should include, but not be limited to, establishing mechanisms to address service denial claims, a human resources component, and a review of related policies and procedures.
  2. Analyze the primary way in which different staffing levels may play pivotal roles in upholding ethical conduct, including treating patients with dignity. Justify your position.
  3. Formulate a plan to relate the primary legal ramifications to the professional staff regarding ethical treatment of the hospital’s HIV / AIDS patients.
  4. Devise a community relations plan that tout’s the hospital’s unique ways of serving persons with HIV / AIDS, including a focus on de-stigmatizing those afflicted.
  5. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

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; citations and 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 assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Examine the various applications of the law within the health care system.
  • Identify the principles and legalities of ethical issues within the health care system.
  • Identify a plan that addresses legal and ethical issues in a health care policy.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in health care policy, law, and ethics.
  • Write clearly and concisely about health care policy, law, and ethics using proper writing mechanic

Explain how you would apply the three elements of risk management that you selected in the “Elements of a Risk Management Program”

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Max Points: 140 Please note that this paper is based on a previous paper. Attached is the previous writing. Attached is the book being used for this assignment. Details: This assignment builds on the review of risk management in the “Elements of a Risk Management Program” assignment. In a 1,250-1,500-word paper, discuss techniques for maintaining a successful risk management program by doing the following: 1    Refer to chapter 7, “Techniques for Managing Safety,” in Risk Management in Healthcare Institutions: Limiting Liability and Enhancing Care. 2    Identify two major categories of risk in your health care organization. (needle sticks from some nurses recapping, trying to put needle in a fully disposable etc; extreme hot indoor temperatures during the summer. Promises to fix the air condition unit). 3    Explain how you would apply the three elements of risk management that you selected in the “Elements of a Risk Management Program” assignment. Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required. This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment. •    Rubic: Identification of two major categories of risk in your health care organization is provided. The explanation of application of the three elements of risk management that you selected in the “Elements of a Risk Management Program” assignment is offered in detail, and demonstrates insightful thinking. •    Thesis and/or main claim are comprehensive. The essence of the paper is contained within the thesis. Thesis statement makes the purpose of the paper clear. •    Clear and convincing argument presents a persuasive claim in a distinctive and compelling manner. All sources are authoritative. You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.
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