Healthcare

You lost your job and your health insurance benefits due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. You need insurance and decide to research the healthcare market exchanges offered by the Affordable Care Act. Research the various types of health insurance coverage available for you to purchase. In order to review your various options for health insurance coverage you gather information and review it. Assignment & Instructions: 1. Develop a table or chart to compare three (3) insurance types, along with a brief description of each (e.g. HMO, POS, PPO, EPO, etc.) 2. Under each insurance type make a list of the basic benefits provided (do not list every item offered for the plan) 3. Explain how the benefits vary from one plan to the next, what are the variations in the cost of buying the policy and identify any restrictions to purchasing the specific plan. 4. Include three (3) citations in your table to support the source of your information using APA 6th edition formatting and include a reference page in APA 6th edition formatting. You should also include a cover page.  Module 7 Table.docxPreview the document This assignment aligns with Module 7 Objectives 1, 2 Rubric Health Payors Rubric Health Payors Rubric Criteria Ratings Pts This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Identified 3 insurance types with a brief description of each, included basic benefits of each insurance type, explained variations in benefits of each plan as well as variations in cost, identified restrictions to purchasing the specific plan. 3.0 pts This criteria is linked to a Learning Outcome Table or chart is easy to understand, free from grammar as well as spelling errors and includes the required number of citations. Follows all assignment instructions. 2.0 pts Total Points: 5.0

Assignment: Please write a six-page researched essay on a piece of literature that you have ALREADY chosen for one of your shorter papers. So, you should first write your analytical essay and then build on to that for your research paper. Criteria: YOUR PAPER MUST BE AT LEAST SIX PAGES LONG NOT INCLUDING THE WORKS CITED PAGE. PAPERS SHORTER THAN THIS REQUIREMENT WILL EARN AN AUTOMATIC ZERO Your essay must contain a clear and meaningful thesis. You must provide support for all major claims (both in the form of quotations from and references to the text and from your outside sources). Your essay must demonstrate effective organization, clear transitions between paragraphs and contain correct grammar, spelling and punctuation. You must adhere to proper MLA format Your essay must contain 4 (relevant) outside sources THAT YOU HAVE FOUND VIA THE LIBRARY DATABASE IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO A CULTURAL STUDY, DO NOT COMPARE YOUR WORK WITH THE PRESENT DAY. FOCUS ONLY ON THE LITERARY WORK. WORKS CITED SHOULD BE PRIMARILY TIED TO YOUR CHOSEN PIECE OF LITERATURE. Some possible topics for your research paper: You could examine the depiction of gender roles in an author’s works You could examine the issue of class representation in an author’s works You could look at how race and/or ethnicity figure into any of the works we’ve read You could examine how a particular work depicts issues of power or control Outside Sources: An outside source can be a book or part of a book, a journal, or a review. Instructions for quoting, paraphrasing, and creating in-text-citations using MLA style: I am working with the following source: Suozzo, Andrew. “The ChicagoMarathon and Urban Renaissance.” The Journal of Popular Culture 36.1 (2002): 142-159. If I want to quote this article in my own paper using MLA style I can BLOCK QUOTE IT LIKE THIS: In his brilliant essay “The Chicago Marathon and Urban Renaissance,” Andrew Suozzo claims that Only after a somewhat shaky history in the eighties and early nineties did [Chicago’s ] marathon come together to the point that it can now attain world supremacy in the number of participants. The meteoric rise closely follows the city’s dramatic recovery from a rust-belt city whose future was in grave doubt to a revitalized metropolis capable of retaining an affluent citizenry attracting a body of tourists. (Suozzo 142) Remember: Any quotation over four lines long needs to be indented ten spaces from the left-hand margin. I could also use a short quote like this: In his essay, “The Chicago Marathon and Urban Renaissance ,” Andrew Suozzo claims that the Chicago marathon’s “meteoric rise closely follows the city’s dramatic recovery from a rust belt city…to a revised metropolis” (Suozzo 142). Here, I don’t indent ten spaces. I simply blend the quotation in with my own writing and include a parenthetical reference at the end. I could also paraphrase it like this: It has been suggested that the Chicago marathon’s rise to international fame in the 1900s directly paralleled the city’s return to affluence and fashionability (Suozzo 142). Note: Even though I’ve re-expressed Suozzo’s ideas, I still need to give him credit. Creating in-text citations: In MLA style, the author’s last name and the page number on which the quote appeared go in the parenthesis–that’s it. Never put an URL in an in-text citation. The information goes on your works cited page. Put the author’s last name in the in-text citation. If your work has more than one author, put the first author’s name (alphabetically speaking) in the in-text citation or after a quote or paraphrase. COMMON QUESTIONS: Here are some answers to a few questions that you might have: Where can I find sources? All of your sources will come from the library in either the form of hard-copy books or online articles. The first thing you should do is go the BCCC’s Library website and click on the link for online databases. There you will find a list of all of the sites. Do a quick review of all of the ones that pertain to literature. Once you have your topic, you will find articles that you can use for your paper. Most articles are available right from the source, if not, you will need to contact the library to order the source for you. And of course, you should make use of the library’s catalog to find books for your project. What is a good topic? A good topic is one that you can discuss for about seven pages. It should be interesting enough that you will want to spend time on the project. It should also focus on analyzing a piece of work and not on examining the author’s life. How do I learn how to use MLA style documentation? Your book has a chapter explaining the process. The library website also has links that can help you. I would strongly suggest spending an hour exploring that site. How do you incorporate critical articles and books into my paper? You will need to integrate your material into your paper. The way to do this is to provide a set-up (context), the actual quote, and then some analysis following the quoted material. Be sure to provide documentation following each of your quotes. For instance, you could write something like this: In agreement, {THIS IS THE CONTEXT—YOU ARE AGREEING WITH SOMETHING} in his book A Doll House: The Untold Story, Tom Muhler writes: “A Doll House appears to offer women salvation, but at the end of the day all we are left with is a giant mess” (24). {THIS IS THE QUOTE WITH PROPER DOCUMENTATION] Here we see how the play’s ending might be even more problematic than we originally might have thought {AND HERE IS YOUR ANALYSIS}. Are there a required number of quotes from the critics that I have to use? You must use a minimum of one quote from each critic that you cite in your works cited page. Will you care if the paper is short? Yes.

The Assignment: Budget Development (2 Part Assignment) Develop and analyze a budget for your proposed healthcare product or service. To do this, complete the following: Part 1: Develop the Budget Worksheet: Open your Excel Assignment Workbook and navigate to the “W6A4 Budget Development” worksheet. Using the Healthcare Budget Request Guide for guidance, create a 5-year budget for the healthcare product or service that records the projected expenses and revenues associated with the healthcare product or service you have proposed. Be sure to include startup and operating expenses in your budget. You may bring forward the work from the W4A3 Estimated Expenses assignment and add to it. Calculate the budget ratios as directed in the Healthcare Budget Request Guide. APA 7th edition Part 2: Summary of Analysis and Interpretation of Results: Create a brief (1- to 2-page) description of your budget and analysis that clearly describes the budget. Be sure to address the following: During the course of 5 years, is there an estimated surplus or deficit? What percentages of the budget are dedicated to various categories you have defined, such as startup costs, etc.? What does this budget mean for your organization?

Group Blog should be 400 – 500 words Your group will create a Group Blog using the Group Blog tool in the Group Discussion area. In each Group Blog, your group must address an issue related to a specific legislative policy that affects healthcare. Each blog entry must include the following: • Description of the legislative policy with a negative or positive impact on healthcare or public health • Explanation of why the policy is harmful or helpful to healthcare and ultimately to the delivery of quality patient care • Impact of the policy from a cost perspective • Recommendation(s) for policy revision or replacement Each blog entry must be 400–500 words, cite at least 2 current peer-reviewed journal articles (published in past 5 yrs.) for support, the textbook, integrate a biblical worldview, and follow current APA format. Each Group Blog must address a different legislative policy. In addition to the blog entry, your group will compose an email template for those concerned about the issue addressed in the blog entry to personalize and send to the appropriate legislator(s). Each email template must outline the issue and recommendation(s) for policy revision or replacement and seek the endorsement of the legislator(s). Each email template must be 200–250 words. Review the Grading Rubric for the Blog & email template so that you will be sure to include all components for which you will receive points toward your group’s grade! EACH member of the group needs to check APA formatting (not just for your part) and ensure that you have included every component covered in the grading rubric prior to the assignment being submitted.

Your United States Senator or Representative and your State of Florida Senator or Representative, and Their Health Policy Involvement Legislators at the federal and state levels are potential suppliers of new health policies. Legislators are elected, and may be motivated to serve the public interest or their own self interest. As a concerned citizen, and especially as a health professional, it is important that you know where the legislators that represent you stand on various health issues. What types of health policies do they favor, and which policies are they likely to oppose? You are to prepare a paper discussing: Your United States Senator or United States Representative and their health policy involvement Your State Senator or State Representative and their health policy involvement Part 1: Identify the United States Senator or United States Representative that represents the district in which you reside (they work and represent you in Washington D. C. and can be identified by visiting the U.S. Senate (Links to an external site.) or U.S. House of Representatives (Links to an external site.) web site). Provide a brief biography of your U.S. Senator or U.S. Representative. (10 points) Describe a federal level health related policy he or she is currently proposing or publicly supporting, or recently proposed or supported. (35 points). Remember all the determinants of health when looking for policies. For the policy: identify and provide some background on the health related problem the policy addresses or addressed. explain how the policy is a potential solution to the problem. identify whether it is it an allocative or regulatory policy, and for whom the policy will have consequences and why. identify the groups and/or individuals (including other legislators) that are opposed or were opposed to the policy and why. Part 2: Identify the Florida State Senator or Florida State Representative that represents the district in which you reside (they work and represent you in Tallahassee as part of the state government and can be identified by visiting the Florida Senate (Links to an external site.) or Florida House of Representatives (Links to an external site.) web site). Provide a brief biography of your State Senator or State Representative. (10 points) Describe a state level health related policy he or she is currently proposing or publicly supporting, or recently proposed or supported. (35 points). Remember all the determinants of health when looking for policies. For the policy: identify and provide some background on the health related problem the policy addresses. explain how the policy is a potential solution to the problem. identify whether it is it an allocative or regulatory policy, and for whom the policy will have consequences and why. identify the groups and/or individuals (including other legislators) that are opposed or were opposed to the policy and why. Be concise; the body of the paper must be three pages or less. Only three pages of content will be read and graded. The paper must be referenced and in APA format with no spelling, grammatical, or sentence structure errors. You must list your references, and those references must be cited in the text of the paper. (10 points) See the APA Style web site or the Library Services site for information on APA format. Note: The seventh edition of the APA guidelines was recently published. You may use these updated guidelines or the previous sixth edition, which has been in use for several years. For information on the seventh edition, see the sample paperPreview the document and new guidelines site. Important: APA checklist: includes a cover page; every component double spaced; margins at least one inch; abstract no longer than 150 words and on a separate page; all references are listed and cited, and the reference list begins on a separate page. The paper should be based on published literature, and not your opinions. You should have at least 5 references. Your references do not need to be peer reviewed journal articles for this assignment. However, they must be reliable sources. The required textbook for this course will not be counted as one of the 5 required references. No more than 10% of your paper may consist of quoted material. Points will be deducted in proportion to the amount of quoted material exceeding 10% of your paper. Your paper should be concise and to the point. The body of the paper must be three pages or less, and a maximum of three pages of content will be evaluated.

An important part of treating patients, on any level is good communication. Sometimes the use of medical jargon can get in the way. Please read the following article and discuss and base it on your own experience as a patient. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/doctors-use-of-medical-terminology-can-leave-patients-poorly-informed/2014/07/14/f440ae02-aac1-11e3-98f6-8e3c562f9996_story.html

Thread must be 300–500 words and demonstrate course-related knowledge. Each thread and reply must cite at least 2 current peer-reviewed sources (published in past 5 yrs.), the textbook, include at least 1 biblical integration, and follow current APA format. Discussion Board Forum 6 If the US government (i.e., the taxpayer) contributes financial and scientific assistance to a pharmaceutical firm in its research and development of a prescription drug, do you believe the US government should be able to require that the price of any resulting drug must be affordable? Include a Christian worldview or a Biblical integration where you explain how Scripture is integrated into the assignment. Include at least 2 current (published in past 5 yrs.). peer-reviewed journal articles as your references and include (Morone, J.A., & Ehkle, D.C. (2014 or 2015) Health Politics and policy 5th edition) as a source.

The Need for Emerging Trends The basic elements of quality improvement, organizational responsibilities and the overall changes in health care delivery is central in the promotion effective heath care delivery. In a brief narrative of 3-5 pages, define and render an opinion regarding the need for the emerging trends designed to improve care and the anticipated and their respective outcomes. Use 3-5 resources to support your position. Upload your narrative on the discussion board.

This paper will focus on crisis mental health services and clinician and patient decision making. Observe the decision making styles , power structures , decision impediments and outcomes that are related to the decision making . This should be a max of four page outline that describes and assess the effectiveness of decision input, process and dynamics . Discuss what can improve this process .

Public health differs from healthcare in that public health focuses efforts on achieving and maintaining the health of populations. In contrast, healthcare uses diagnosis and treatment to achieve health in an individual. For this assignment, you will write a 3-page APA style paper discussing the purpose of public health and some of the key public health services. Please address the following points: Define public health. What is it and how it is used? Describe the core functions of public health Describe the public health system in the United States and provide two examples of representative stakeholders in this system. Describe two of the essential public health services in the United States and explain why they are important. Your paper must include: A title page and reference page formatted according to APA At least one citation per page. A minimum of three outside references A minimum of three pages of content formatted according to APA.