•Develop a health system improvement plan to include applicable Federal standards. •Propose a risk analysis strategy addressing appropriate laws and regulations.

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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Violations  Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read Chapters 9 through 11 from the Wager, Lee, & Glaser (2017) text, and the articles by Adjerid, Acquisti, Telang, Padman, & Adler-Milstein (2016), Cartwright-Smith, Gray, & Thorpe (2016), Marvin (2017), and Richesson & Chute (2015).  HIPAA is a law that was enacted to protect patients’ private health information (PHI). The HIPAA law was enacted in 1996. This law has since been amended to include more specifics on PHI as it relates to technology. Most recently, in 2009, HITECH, a segment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, has been enacted to include an expansion to electronic PHI (ePHI). HITECH provides benefits for providers to encourage the adoption of ePHI systems.  Select a resolution agreement from the Health and Human Services’ Resolution Agreements (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. website that is no more than two years old. For this assignment, you will provide an analysis on the HIPAA violation of patient health information (PHI) that was present in the case you selected. Be sure to include in-text citations and a reference entry for your chosen case from the Resolution Agreements page.  In your case analysis, •Analyze the specific HIPAA privacy and security rules that were broken. •Explain the penalties (if any) that were imposed as a result of the ruling on the case. •Develop a health system improvement plan to include applicable Federal standards. •Propose a risk analysis strategy addressing appropriate laws and regulations. •Apply the lessons learned from this particular case to your Proposal and Final Presentation.  The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Violations assignment •Must be two to three double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. •Must include a separate title page with the following: ◦Title of paper ◦Student’s name ◦Course name and number ◦Instructor’s name ◦Date submitted  •Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement. •Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought. •Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis. •Must use at least three scholarly and/or peer reviewed sources, including a minimum of one from the Ashford University Library. •Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. •Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.  Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Revise to make sure sentences make sense and sufficient details are provided; take out sentences that stray from the topic or do not make sense.

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Descriptive Essay Topic – Describe, in detail, what it means to have a football GIANT such as Deion Sanders, a.k.a. “Coach Prime” to be the Head Coach at Jackson State University. Keep in mind that you are describing from your own perspective. Utilize your knowledge of what you have learned about descriptive writing. Remember, your essay must be formatted according to the guidelines outlined below. No exceptions.Instructions:

  1. Write an essay based from the topic below and according to the corresponding pattern.
  2. Begin the essay with an introduction before the thesis statement.
  3. At the end of the introduction paragraph, include a thesis statement that expresses some type of attitude or opinion.  BE SURE TO UNDERLINE YOUR THESIS STATEMENT.
  4. Include your three supporting points within or immediately after your thesis statement.
  5. Write supporting paragraphs in the same order the points were listed in the introduction paragraph. Open each body paragraph with the topic sentence that lines up with the thesis statement.  Each body paragraph must be a minimum of 10 sentences and no more than 15 sentences long.
  6. Provide an effective conclusion.
  7. Revise to make sure sentences make sense and sufficient details are provided; take out sentences that stray from the topic or do not make sense.
  8. Be sure the essay has a title and you have properly labeled your paper. Double space your essay.  Do not single space.
  9. Proofread carefully to catch grammar, spelling, punctuation and other errors.

REFER TO THE ESSAY TOPIC BELOW AND WRITE A WELL DEVELOPED, FIVE PARAGRAPH ESSAY.  YOUR ESSAY MUST HAVE AN INTRODUCTION, THREE BODY PARAGRAPHS AND A CONCLUSION.

EACH BODY PARAGRAPH MUST HAVE A MINIMUM OF TEN (10) SENTENCES.

THE INTRODUCTION AND CONCLUSION MUST HAVE A MINIMUM OF FIVE SENTENCES.

Directions:

Description: Carefully and fully watch the three videos.  After watching the videos, write a descriptive essay based on the topic that follows.

https://youtu.be/3Ag7F_aAX8Y

https://youtu.be/efHjzhOA2po

Must they choose one of these goals and abandon the other? Or is there a way for them to achieve both goals?

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1. Worked with cotton suppliers to produce high quality fabric and engineered details of design and fit

2. Created high quality, durable product whose production added value to the US supply chain

3. Adopted a different business model than traditional clothing brands — web only sales, no retail, no advertising; leveraged word of mouth marketing

4. clearly understood their target market and continued to adapt products that matched customer needs and values

5. focused initial production in south eastern U.S.

6. took advantage of existing resources in the US for growing and processing the cotton and the producing the garments

7. started with small production operation, minimized the costs by not going through retail channel

8. used cheaper oversea~

9. saw change in consumer~

PartiQuestion 18.57 / 30 ptsMatch the statement that BEST fits how American Giant demonstrated each of thecharacteristics of Entrepreneurial MarketingOppotunity drivenWorked with cotton suppliersProactive approachCreated high quality, durable |+InnovationProactive approach. You selected Created highquality, durable product whose productionadded value (jobs) to the US supply chain..Customer IntensityClearly understood their targe +Risk managementFocused initial production in s +Resource leveragingTook advantage of existing resValue creationStarted with small production

Topic: Profit and Responsibility in the Media

There are two major driving forces for the Mainstream News Media: the professional responsibility of informing the public, and the marketing objective of being profitable. Must they choose one of these goals and abandon the other? Or is there a way for them to achieve both goals?

In other words, do mainstream media companies exist just to make money or do they have a responsibility to keep society informed? These are the questions you’ll have to discuss. The essay should show you have understood relevant points covered in this course.

General Instructions:

Length:

1,000 –

·      all sources referred to are cited in the paper and listed in an Mla Works Cited page.

In this particular case, was the Belcher Manufacturing Company guilty or innocent of safety violations that resulted in the death of William Carlson?

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This case involves a workplace safety issue.

·       Read “Incident: The Safety Problem” below on p. 254 of Nkomo, Fottler, and McAfee.

·       Consider the questions associated with the case to help you identify relevant issues.

·       Locate resources on the Internet or in the Walden Library to aid you in making a decision in the case.

Post a response (at least 250 words in APA format) containing a recommendation for addressing the problem. As part of your proposal, include a description and evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of each of the alternatives for dealing with the problem. Support your recommendation with proper APA citations from the Learning Resources and any other sources.

87 Incident: The Safety Problem

Belcher Manufacturing Company employs 300 workers at its main plant in the upper Midwest. One of its major product lines is compressors for air conditioners. All compressors are tested when they come off the assembly line. Two years ago William Carlson was 28 years old, a high school graduate, and had been employed in the compressor division for five years. His job was to test each compressor using a standard procedure. Each inspector goes through an extensive training program where proper procedures for testing compressors are explained and demonstrated. Also, inspectors are required to follow the detailed procedures for testing each unit specified in the company manual. No deviations from those procedures are permitted by company policy.

Two years ago Carlson was testing a compressor when it exploded, and he was killed on the spot. The Belcher Manufacturing Company expressed sympathy to the family but also indicated that the company had provided proper training, proper clothing, proper warnings, and appropriate procedures. It reiterated its commitment to employee safety and implied that the cause of the explosion was probably due to improper employee testing procedures, which were neither known nor approved by the company.

Carlson’s family hired an attorney on a contingency basis to pursue a lawsuit against the Belcher Manufacturing Company. Recently, the case was heard in federal district court. During court testimony, it was revealed that most of the inspectors, including Carlson, had developed various “shortcuts” to reduce the time required to test each compressor. Some continued to use the shortcuts even after the accident. The plaintiff’s lawyer argued that it was not clear that Carlson had violated procedures, but if he did, the company had an obligation to know about the deviations and take steps to bring inspectors back to the proper testing procedures. Also, he argued the company was responsible for providing training, periodically reinforcing proper procedures, and monitoring practices to assure conformity to proper procedures. The jury then retired to consider a verdict and, if the company was found guilty of safety violations, to assess appropriate penalties.

Belcher Manufacturing then brought in an attorney from corporate headquarters to defend the company. Thomas King had a law degree from Northwestern University School of Law and had been practicing law for 27 years, and 12 of those years he had been the counselor for Belcher Manufacturing with an excellent track record of defending the company in areas of safety and health. King had focused his law practice in the field of health and safety and was always up-to-date with information regarding data and trends in this area. For example, he knew the following:

There are approximately 4.3 million injuries per year among private sector firms.

Each year the cost of occupational injuries and illness total more than $165 billion.

In any year, approximately 80 million working days are lost because of on-the-job injuries.

In the most recent year, 6,480 employees died from work accidents.

King knew that Congress passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) in 1970 to ensure the safety and health of American workers by setting and enforcing standards; providing training, outreach, and education; establishing partnerships; and encouraging continual improvements in workplace safety and health. The most recent fatality numbers were only about one-third of the number of worker deaths reported in the late 1960s. Consequently, most observers believed the Act has been effective in reducing workplace injuries.

King was also aware that a supervisor at another company’s construction site was charged with criminal negligence because he had failed to take “reasonable steps to prevent bodily harm” that caused a worker’s death on his watch. Five years ago the supervisor pleaded guilty to eight counts of failing to ensure compliance with OSHA and received a $50,000 fine. Subsequently, the same company was charged with criminal negligence for causing another death related to failure to package cement blocks on pallets correctly. The company later pleaded guilty and paid another fine of $110,000. King knew he needed to prove to the jury that Belcher Manufacturing had done everything they could to develop safety policies, communicate these policies to all employees, and train new and current employees periodically regarding safety procedures.

Questions

1.   In this particular case, was the Belcher Manufacturing Company guilty or innocent of safety violations that resulted in the death of William Carlson?

2.   Irrespective of the jury’s decision in this case, what should the company do now to avoid a similar incident in the future?