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Evaluate the changes, if any, you would make in the compensation of your current MAs.

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Fair and adequate compensation is critical for attracting the most qualified employees and retaining and motivating staff. When determining compensation, consideration should be given to fair and equitable compensation among all workers in the same company (internal equity) and fair and equitable compensation relative to the external market (external equity).

Consider the following scenario:

You have two medical assistants (MAs) who earn $15 per hour at your medical practice. When you hire a new MA, you discover that the current market pays $16 per hour for medical assistants.

Respond to the following discussion points in relation to equity conflicts and compensation:

  • State what you would offer the new MA and provide your reasons.
  • Discuss the implications of your decisions on internal and external equity.
  • Evaluate the changes, if any, you would make in the compensation of your current MAs.
  • Recommend strategies for resolving similar equity conflicts with compensation.

Performance evaluations can be stressful for both employers and employees. Nevertheless, performance appraisals have a number of benefits for both employers and staff.

Respond to the following questions in relation to performance evaluation:

  • In what ways do performance evaluations benefit employers?
  • In what ways do performance evaluations benefit employees?

HR departments play an essential role in developing an agency’s staffing strategy and handling employee-centered activities of an organization. The presence of an HR department, however, does not absolve individual managers within the agency of human resources responsibilities.

Respond to the following questions in relation to HR issues:

  • What role, if any, do managers have in addressing HR issues or concerns?
  • How does this differ from the role of the HR department staff?

Describe your findings and proposed solutions in 1,050-1,750 words from the information and articles collected in the Health Care Reform Project, Part I assignment.

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Resources: Results from Health Care Reform Project, Part I

Research three possible solutions to your selected health care economic issue, as determined in Week Two. The solutions do not need to be extensive, but must represent solutions identified in your research.

Describe your findings and proposed solutions in 1,050-1,750 words from the information and articles collected in the Health Care Reform Project, Part I assignment.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

. What are the reasons for this decision? Why did you not select the other plans offered?

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Review the Health Care Economics Issues HMO Simulation.
Select either Constructit or E-editor to analyze for your paper.
Prepare a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you present a profile of the chosen company, including the demographics of the employees, the health care risk factors or potential areas of high utilization, and the premiums the company is willing to pay.

As a representative of Castor Insurance, your job is to maximize profit and minimize risk for the company. Based on your analysis of potential utilization, provide at least two reasons why each plan could be selected. Then state which plan you would select to sell to your chosen company. What are the reasons for this decision? Why did you not select the other plans offered?

Discuss how such methods and tools relate to health care reform.

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Resource:Health Care Reform Projects, Parts I and II

Prepare a Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation in which you summarize health care reform material.
Assume you are making a presentation to the board of directors concerning your investigation into the economic issue you submitted for your Learning Team assignments in Weeks Two and Three.
Have a minimum of 10 to 15 slides with extensive speaker notes, augmenting and expanding on the information presented in each slide.
Include the following in your presentation:

  • Use methods and tools common to addressing economic challenges in the health care industry.
  • Discuss how such methods and tools relate to health care reform.
  • Determine and explain which solution is most effective. Mention the payment sources involved.
  • List the steps needed to implement your solution.