Describe international standard diagnosis classification use in the US health care reimbursement and billing system.

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• Explain cost classification
• Explain the importance of proper cost allocation in healthcare organizations
• Describe the difference between fee-for service and capitation reimbursement
• Explain the impact of revenue and cost structure on risk in healthcare organizations
Course outcome assessed/addressed in this Assignment:
HS440-2: Describe international standard diagnosis classification use in the US health care reimbursement and billing system.
Utilizing your textbook and the Kaplan Resource Library: • Describe the importance of proper coding in healthcare to ensure prompt reimbursement by answering the following questions:
1. Describe the role of finance in the healthcare system.
2. Describe the Diagnosis codes and how they are used, impacting reimbursement.
3. Describe the features of third-party payers .
4. Explain the reimbursement methods used and the effects of coding on reimbursement.

Identify a change needed in your community and what your nursing legacy for positive social change will be. Discussion: State Practice Agreements

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Identify a change needed in your community and what your nursing legacy for positive social change will be.
Discussion: State Practice Agreements
Consider the following:
During NP clinical practicum experiences, we identify, as nurses, many health care issues that need to be addressed at the local, state, or national level. Addressing the need for change in health care policy is now an intricate part of your role as a social change agent.
For this Discussion, you will identify a change needed in your community and what your nursing legacy for positive social change will be.
To prepare:
Consider the health care issues and deficits you have recognized in your professional practice.
Identify a change needed in your community in health care policy and discuss how you could impart change during your career as an NP.
Consider your future as a NP and what your nursing legacy will be. How will you impart Social Change?
Post at least 250 words (no conclusion or introduction)
1.explain A change needed in your community (a lack of assessable health care for vulnerable people)
an explanation for how you will begin to implement that change ( opening a free standing clinic in an underserved neighborhood)
Then, share with your colleagues a brief explanation of what your nursing legacy will be
and how will you impart Social Change

In a 500 – 750 word assignment, discuss the nursing home industry

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In a 500 – 750 word assignment, discuss the nursing home industry.
Nursing Home Industry
In a 500 – 750 word assignment, discuss the nursing home industry. In your paper you are to: (a) discuss the growth of the nursing home industry, (b) determine if the current supply of long-term care facilities will be sufficient to meet the rapidly expanding elderly population, and (c) discuss the overall quality of care in these facilities. Please submit as an APA formatted paper.

distinctions between strategic and operational planning, as well as why a nurse leader-manager needs to be aware of and engaged in both.

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Post an explanation of how you view the similarities and differences between the nursing process and the strategic planning process.
Required Readings
Marquis, B. L., & Huston, C. J. (2015). Leadership roles and management functions in nursing: Theory and application (8th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
Chapter 7, “Strategic and Operational Planning” (pp. 138–161)
(Note: You may have read this in a previous course.)
This chapter describes the planning hierarchy and provides foundational information on strategic planning. As you read, think about distinctions between strategic and operational planning, as well as why a nurse leader-manager needs to be aware of and engaged in both.
Sare, M. V., & Ogilvie, L. (2010). Strategic planning for nurses: Change management in health care. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.
“Introduction” (pp. xiii–xiv)
Chapter 1, “Why Nursing Needs Strategic Planning: Professional Empowerment in the New Millennium” (pp. 3–16)
Chapter 2, “The Healthcare Habitat: The Evolving Professional Home of Nursing” (pp. 17–40)
Chapter 3, “The Business That We Find Ourselves In” (pp. 41–53)
Chapter 4, “Just What Is Strategic Planning?” (pp. 57–82)
Chapter 1 sets the context for why strategic planning is important for nurses and introduces key terms, while Chapter 2 addresses the evolving landscape of healthcare. Chapter 3 explores the merging of nursing care and business, as well as developments leading up to the current business model of care. Chapter 4 examines the nursing process and strategic planning.
Carney, M. (2009). Enhancing the nurses’ role in healthcare delivery through strategic management: Recognizing its importance or not? Journal of Nursing Management, 17(6), 707–717.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
The author examines the importance of strategic planning for nurse leader-managers and the extent to which nurses have adopted strategic planning into language and self-perception.
Fairholm, M. R., & Card, M. (2009). Perspectives of strategic thinking: From controlling chaos to embracing it. Journal of Management and Organization, 15(1), 17–30.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
This article addresses strategic planning and strategic thinking,which can be used to fill the gaps of strategic planning.
Lafley, A. G., Martin, R. L., Rivkin, J. W., & Siggelkow, N. (2012). Bringing science to the art of strategy: Leaders rarely succeed in marrying empirical vigor and creative thinking. Here’s how they could do better. Harvard Business Review, 90(9), 56–66.
Retrieved from https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/pl/57319184/57319186/32e10ac6b49a087fb3f3b290416c5148
This article outlines how to blend creativity with a scientific method to succeed in strategic planning.
Paul, J., Charles, T., & Davis, S. (2011). Plan for success. An effective planning cycle can reap big rewards. Marketing Health Services, 31(4), 13–15.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
This article describes the planning process used by Geisinger Health System.
Peled, R., & Schenirer, J. (2009). Healthcare strategic planning as part of national and regional development in the Israeli Galilee: A case study of the planning process. Health Information Management Journal, 38(3), 43–50.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
This case study demonstrates the application of three phases of strategic planning to optimally allocate scarce resources.
American Nurses Association. (2012b). The nursing process. Retrieved from http://nursingworld.org/EspeciallyForYou/What-is-Nursing/Tools-You-Need/Thenursingprocess.html
This item outlines the nursing process, which is a foundation for nurses in varying roles and different settings. The nursing process involves assessment, diagnosis, outcomes/planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Authenticity Consulting. (n.d.a). All about strategic planning. Retrieved March 8, 2013, from http://managementhelp.org/strategicplanning/index.htm
View the description of strategic planning.
Harvard Business Review. (2013). HBR blog network. Retrieved from http://blogs.hbr.org
Search for and read blog posts related to strategic planning.
Healthy People 2020. (n.d.). Retrieved January 28, 2012, from http://healthypeople.gov/2020/default.aspx
View the information related to health care-related issues in the United States and consider their significance for strategic planning.
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. (n.d.).Retrieved January 28, 2012, fromhttp://www.iom.edu
Search this site for information related to the current health care environment and strategic planning.
National Institute of Nursing Research. (2011). Bringing science to life: NINR strategic plan. Retrieved from http://www.ninr.nih.gov/AboutNINR/NINRMissionandStrategicPlan
Read the information related to strategic planning for the National Institute of Nursing Research.
Society for Healthcare Strategy & Market Development. (n.d.). Retrieved January 28, 2012, from http:/www.shsmd.org/
Discussion: Introduction to the Planning Process
The nursing process provides a cornerstone for care. Engaging in assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation helps to move the patient from his or her current state toward a desired outcome. How does this correlate with the strategic planning process?
In this Discussion, you examine similarities and differences between the nursing process and strategic planning. You also consider why it is important for a nurse leader-manager to be familiar with the planning hierarchy and to apply business principles to promote strategic change at the organizational or systems level.
To prepare:
Review the information related to the nursing process and the strategic planning process addressed in Chapter 4 of the Sare and Ogilvie text and the other Learning Resources. Think about how the nursing process is similar to and different from the strategic planning process.
Reflect on the value of nurse leader-managers’ contributions to strategic planning, as discussed by Dr. Huston in this week’s media.
Using the Walden library, identify an example from the literature that demonstrates why it is beneficial for nurse leader-managers to be familiar with the planning hierarchy and why they should be engaged in strategic planning in addition to and in contrast with operational planning.
By Day 3
Post an explanation of how you view the similarities and differences between the nursing process and the strategic planning process. Share an example from the literature that demonstrates why it is beneficial for nurse leader-managers to be aware of the planning hierarchy and why they should be engaged in strategic planning in addition to and in contrast with operational planning.