Length & Format: 8-10 slide PowerPoint presentation with voice over.Role: Director of Community Care and OutreachAudience

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Length & Format: 8-10 slide PowerPoint presentation with voice over.Role: Director of Community Care and OutreachAudience: Internal, hospital leadership team(s)Topic: Financing Charity CareScenario: You have worked for ABC Hospital for several years. Recently, you were promoted to be the Director of Community Care and Outreach. In this role, you are responsible for increasing the hospital’s presence in the community, reaching new patients, and ensuring patients receive effective and coordinated care. You are aware of ABC Hospital’s current issue with charity care: there is no defined policy for who can write off an account, and no defined standards for what qualifies a patient to receive charity care. The billing department has reported multiple complaints due to the lack of a policy, and frustrations from both providers and patients. Your presentation will address how to appropriately utilize the charity care resource of financing. Review the resource within Topic 3: Principles and Practices Board Sample 501c(3) Hospital Charity Care and Financial Assistance Policy and Procedures(Links to an external site.). (HFMA, n.d.) Prepare an 8-10 slide PowerPoint presentation, with voiceover. Assume fictional information to develop your content. Address the following points in your presentation: Why ABC Hospital needs and uses charity care Patient demographics and percent of hospital patient population receiving charity care in the last fiscal year (fictional data). Define the issues that have contributed to poor management of the charity care provision. Propose a new way to move forward, providing effective care to patients, utilizing charity care properly. What is different about this approach, then what was happening previously? Using bullet points, clearly define a minimum of three benefits of your plan for moving forward. These benefits should be focused on the financial health of ABC hospital, while balancing the needs of your patient population. These points will be the cornerstone for future development of a policy on charity care. APA style should be followed throughout. A title and reference slide are required. Please include a minimum of three scholarly sources.

Reflection and Literature Review

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Part 1:

Carefully review and read both end of chapter application cases from chapters 5 and 6 from the following required book for this class.

After reading and analyzing both case studies, address all case study questions found within the case studies in scholarly detail. In addition to answering all case study questions, put yourself in these situational cases and what ideas would you have to make any operational processes or process flows better where associated in the decision-making process?

Part 2:

Knowledge and Skills Paper

Paper Section 1: Reflection and Literature Review

Using Microsoft Word and Professional APA format, prepare a professional written paper supported with three sources of research that details what you have learned from chapters 5 and 6. This section of the paper should be a minimum of two pages.

Paper Section 2: Applied Learning Exercises

In this section of the professional paper, apply what you have learned from chapters 5 and 6 to descriptively address and answer the problems below. Important Note: Dot not type the actual written problems within the paper itself.

  1. Examine how new data-capture devices such as radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags help organizations accurately identify and segment their customers for activities such as targeted marketing. Many of these applications involve data mining. Scan the literature and the Web and then propose five potential new data mining applications that can use the data created with RFID technology. What issues could arise if a country’s laws required such devices to be embedded in everyone’s body for a national identification system?
  2. Survey and compare some data mining tools and vendors. Start with fairisaac.com and egain.com. Consult dmreview.com and identify some data mining products and service providers that are not mentioned in this chapter. One of my favorites to explore is RapidMiner found at https://rapidminer.com/ and an educational license option can be found at: https://rapidminer.com/educational-program/
  3. Explore the Web sites of several neural network vendors, such as California Scientific Software (calsci.com), NeuralWare (neuralware.com), and Ward Systems Group (wardsystems.com), and review some of their products. Download at least two demos and install, run, and compare them.
  4. Important Note: With limited time for a college class, perfection is not expected but effort to be exposed to various tools with attempts to learn about them is critical when considering a career in information technology associated disciplines.

Important Note: There is no specific page requirement for this section of the paper but make sure any content provided fully addresses each problem.

Paper Section 3: Conclusions

After addressing the problems, conclude your paper with details on how you will use this knowledge and skills to support your professional and or academic goals. This section of the paper should be around one page including a custom and original process flow or flow diagram to visually represent how you will apply this knowledge going forward. This customized and original flow process flow or flow diagram can be created using the “Smart Art” tools in Microsoft Word.

Paper Section 4: APA Reference Page

The three or more sources of research used to support this overall paper should be included in proper APA format in the final section of the paper.

Paper Review and Preparation to submit for Grading

Please make sure to proof read your post prior to submission. This professional paper should be well written and free of grammatical or typographical errors. Also remember not to plagiarize!!!!!!!!!!!!

Important Reminder: Assessment of discussion boards and other writing assignments account for 75% of overall grading and below are how grades will be assessed for this assignment:

Assessment Criteria

Possible Points

Points Earned

Student included a minimum of “2” body pages of written content supported with “3” academic sources of research offering a detailed reflection and literature review of learning from chapters 5 and 6

18.75

Student in scholarly detail addressed and answered all exercises or problems demonstrating application of knowledge and skills learned from chapters 5 and 6.

12.5

Student in scholarly detail offered conclusions detailing how knowledge and skills learned from chapters 5 and 6 will support continued professional and academic growth. Student also prepared process flow or flow diagrams to visualize these conclusions.

12.5

Student included a paper professionally formatted using APA and free of grammar and spelling issues

6.25

Student successfully completed and successfully submitted this paper by the Sunday due date.

12.5

Total Earned points

62.5

Comments:

Any topic (writer’s choice)

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Assignment:

Choose an issue in higher education that is controversial and take a position on it to argue. It may connect to one of the topics from the class readings such as whether some majors or courses are more valuable than others, whether teaching and assessment practices neglect the needs of some students (such as introverts), or whether the use of technology in the classroom is hindering or advancing learning. Other possible issues might connect to the cost of higher education, the relevance of college curriculum to current jobs, or the college application process.

Notes:

Your argument should include the following general structure:

Introduction: Briefly define or describe the higher education issue that you are investigating and explain 1) why it is important and 2) what makes it controversial. 

Thesis: Assert your position regarding the issue you have chosen to focus on and provide a rationale for this position.

Body: Provide credible evidence that supports your position and refutes opposing arguments. Use appeals (logos, pathos and ethos) to strengthen your argument. Make sure to also acknowledge and respond to the opposing argument/s.

Conclusion: Bring your paper to a satisfactory end by referring again to your position using different wording and emphasizing the relevance of your position to society and your audience.

You are writing for an educated audience and must maintain your credibility throughout the paper. Use evidence from the class readings and credible outside research to support the assertions you make. You may also use personal examples and observations. Use a minimum of four sources. No more than two sources can be from class readings.

This essay will require you to conduct library research and acknowledge sources using the MLA research format. It will also require you to submit two drafts and participate in the class peer review activities.

Length: 4-6 pages (1,200 words minimum) + Works Cited page

Note: Draft 1 is an exploratory draft and does not need to be the full length or have all four sources, but it should include a full introduction and thesis, as well as two well developed body paragraphs. It should also cite at least two sources . The Final Draft must meet the minimum length, have a well developed conclusion and have a Works Cited page with four sources. Draft 1 will not receive a grade but is a required part of the Research Paper. Failure to submit draft 1 will affect the grade on the final draft.

American jazz served as the foundation for rock and roll music. American jazz is explored in the discussion this week.

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ANSWER THIS POST 250 WORDS MIN

American jazz served as the foundation for rock and roll music. American jazz is explored in the discussion this week.

Select one jazz composer that is not covered in the course text. (These are some in the text: Scott Joplin, Sippie Wallace, Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Louis Armstrong, and Jelly Roll Morton.) Write the post from the perspective of the chosencomposer. Discuss the style of his or her music.Explain how this composer influenced the development of jazz. Also show how his or her contributions have impacted popularAmerican music.

Write from the composer’s perspective–using first person voice. Do not just include a biography of the composer. The focus is to be on the style ofmusic, contributions to the evolution of jazz music, and the impact this composer’s music has had on popular American music.Include a YouTube link featuring a performance of the composer’s music. Write in your own words. Cite all sources/provide links to your source. Initial postsare to be a minimum of 250 words.

REPLY TO EACH POST 100 WORDS MIN EACH

1. Hello, I am Duke Ellington. I was born April 1899 and was raised by two very talented parents. I have been in the music industry for more than half a century, and I like to think that I have brought many great things to the table with my music. I tend to lean towards more of a western music sound that I call “American Music” (Biography Editors, 2020). I wrote my first composition, “Soda Fountain Rag”, when I was 15. I was eventually awarded an art scholarship to the Pratt institute in Brooklyn, New York, but turned it down. At 17 I decided to follow my passion and I began to play professionally. In the 1920’s I was the bandleader of a sextet, which eventually turned into a 10-piece ensemble. After making a bunch of video recordings of my band, I had the opportunity to tour Europe twice in the 1930’s. In the 1940’s is when my career really started to take off. I composed “Concerto for Cootie”, “Cotton Tail” and “Ko-Ko”. I had quite a few hits during this decade.

Ellington’s stood out compared to many others due to his sense of musical drama. “His blend of melodies, rhythms and subtle sonic movements gave audiences a new experience—complex yet accessible jazz that made the heart swing” (Biography Editors, 2020). He had a different way of approaching the composition of music and everyone latched onto it. He later died in 1974 from lung cancer and pneumonia.

“Music is how I live, why I live and how I will be remembered.” – Duke Ellington

Example Composition:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb2w2m1JmCY

References:

https://www.biography.com/musician/duke-ellington

2. I’m Chick Corea, I was born Armando Anthony Corea June 12 1941 in Chelsea, Massachusetts. I gained the nickname “chick” after an aunt of mine called me Cheeky. My interest in music started early in life as my father was a jazz trumpeter who led a band in the ’30s and ’40s. I began playing piano at the age of four and by eight I had taken up drums as well. I’ve spent my entire life performing or composing jazz music with very little in the way of a music based education. I had moved to New York to pursue this path at Columbia University, but I left after a month and tried out Julliard School. I didn’t fair much better there as I was still disappointed and left after six months. When people ask what I’ve contributed to the world of jazz music I just laugh a little. I don’t like to brag but I’ve composed and performed music in the styles of fusion, straight ahead, avant-garde, bebop, chamber music. I’ve even dabbled in children’s songs and some symphonic pieces. Throughout my career I’ve undergone several reinventions, hence all the styles. Apparently I’m striking a cord with different audiences since I’ve been awarded 23 Grammys and nominated 65 times making me the 4th most nominated artist. In addition to the 23, I’ve won 3 Latin American Grammys. Id like to think I’ve had a positive impact of the jazz genre and will try to continue well into the future.

-Chick

Biography