Evaluate and explain the role of human resources in healthcare organizations
Examine how human resources can enhance organizational performance in various types of healthcare organizations
Explain how issues related to the regulation of human resources by federal, state and other regulatory bodies affects organizational performance in healthcare management
In this assignment, you will analyze the Affordable Care Act (ACA), comparing and contrasting several different scenarios and analyzing how the ACA influences financial decision making and ethical considerations for healthcare insurance coverage.
President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law on March 23, 2010 (White House, 2013). Since its inception, the debate has continued about the pros and cons of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
For this assignment, you will research the ACA from several different perspectives. You are to compare the ACA relative to the following scenarios:
• A 45-year-old morbidly obese person with a Body Mass Index (BMI) ≥ 30 is seeking bariatric surgery for weight loss with an anticipated cost of $15,000 to $35,000 depending upon the region of the U.S. The individual has not tried other measures such as a weight-loss program or exercise.
• An employer that is considered a small business with 49 full-time employees is seeking to hire 5 more employees in the next year. The employer currently does not offer health insurance for employees, but does provide a stipend of $200 a month for each employee.
• A college-graduate young adult is currently 25 years of age and will turn 26 in two months. The young adult is employed part-time but is seeking full-time employment.
Based on your analysis of the scenarios and the module readings, Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, address the following:
• Analyze the aspects of the Affordable Care Act that are applicable to each of the aforementioned individuals relative to the following:
o What are the potential benefits of the ACA?
o What is the potential negative impact of the ACA?
o What, if any, ethical considerations might there be for any of the three scenarios?
• Identify at least three websites where consumers can learn more about the ACA. Provide a short synopsis about each explaining your choice and the benefit of the information to consumers.
Scope and Standards of Practice
Discuss the following:
Does your facility provide ANA Scope and Standards for practice to all nurses? (general practice as well as specialty practice)
If you do not know, you may need to interview a nurse who is in a leadership position at your facility.
Describe one example of how your facility promotes one of the ANA Standards of Nursing Administration Practice in promoting quality patient care
Identify the Standard
Describe the example
How would you strengthen the use of professional standards in your facility?
If ANA Scope and Standards are not available for a specialty area, what resources would you use to locate such standards for practice?
(I work in the outpatient surgery center at the Veteran Affairs, VA. – prescreening / preop / post op and cross train with PACU)
Assume that you have been hired as a consultant for a skilled nursing facility to help with its strategic planning process. The organization has never made a strategic plan, and many of the employees are resistant to take part in the process. They have hired you to help walk them through the process and guide them through each step. Before you can begin the process, you will need to plan out how you will guide them through it.
Identify and discuss how you will prepare the nursing facility’s staff to go through the strategic planning process.
For example, who will you involve, and what steps will they take, etc.?
In addition, what will you say to them to get them to understand the importance of the strategic planning process?
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