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HCA460 Operations and Risk Management in Health Care

Week 1 Assignment

Risk Management in Health Care

Trends are heavily informed by local, state, and federal health care legislation.

Write a 750-1,000 word paper that evaluates the effect of local, state, and federal health care legislation within organizations by identifying trends. Be sure to address the following:

Describe general trends in health care legislation over the past 5 years.

Describe a specific piece of legislation occurring within this timeframe across the United States. Discuss how it governs a long trending health care concern. What have been the motivating factors that have influenced this particular legislation?

Discuss the effects of the trending legislation on health care overall in the United States.

Describe how the selected legislation effects one type of health care setting (transitional care, hospital, primary care, home care, primary care).

Identify changes in your selected health care setting that have occurred during this time in order to meet the requirements or needs of this legislative trend.

Discuss how stakeholders (patients, underserved populations, health care providers, staff, etc.) have been affected by the trending legislation.

Support your paper using three to five sources.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

HCA460 Operations and Risk Management in Health Care

Week 2 Assignment

Regulatory Agencies

Regulatory agencies are physical manifestation of health care legislation. Each agency has specific mission that is carried out under the authority of Congress.

Choose a health care organization of interest to you. Write a 1,000-1,250 word paper that addresses the following:

Describe the purpose, mission, and goals of this health care organization. Provide an overview of the type of health care organization and the community it serves. Discuss the population, or stakeholders, that this organization is committed to serving.

Identify the regulating agencies that oversee the organization. Why is the role of a regulatory agency important in health care? What are the specific responsibilities assigned to regulating agencies? How do regulation agencies support heath care and the stakeholders in health care?

Identify a health care issue/topic relevant for this organization (workplace safety, patient safety, quality, fraud and abuse, injury, etc.). Discuss the relevance of this issue or topic for the organization.

Evaluate the organization’s ability to meet the legal and ethical requirements based on agency regulations.

Support your paper using three to five sources.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

HCA460 Operations and Risk Management in Health Care

Week 2 Assignment

Hospital Application: Regulatory Agencies

Read the “Hospital: Regulatory Agencies Scenario” located in the Allied Health Community. Be sure to review the Instructions and Legend information.

In a total of 250-500 words, respond to the questions located in the Hospital Scenario.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.

HCA460 Operations and Risk Management in Health Care

Week 3 Assignment

Health Care Accreditation

Using the same health care organization from the last assignment, write a 750-1,000 word analysis of licensing and accreditation governing the organization to assess the impact in the organization’s function and operations. Include the following:

Accreditation

Identify two types of accreditation governing the organization, or a branch of the organization.

Identify whether or not the accreditation is mandatory. Explain the purpose for the accreditation and how it supports the organization.

Discuss why this accreditation is important to the patient, to the organization, to the community, and to health care.

Identify accreditation requirements for the organization, and resources needed to maintain accreditation.

Describe the consequences for the organization if they were to lose the accreditation.

Evaluate which type of accreditation and licensures your health care organization requires.

Licensure

Identify two types of licensing the organization has received.

Identify whether or not the licensure is mandatory. Explain the purpose for the licensure.

Discuss why this licensure is important to the patient, to the organization, to the community, and to health care.

Identify licensure requirements for the organization, and resources needed to maintain licensure.

Describe the consequences for the organization if they were to lose the licensure.

Evaluate the consequences associated with both the accreditation process and licensing.

General Requirements

Include three to five references, to in your analysis.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

HCA460 Operations and Risk Management in Health Care

Week 3 Assignment

Home Care Application: Accreditation

Read the “Home Care: Accreditation Scenario” located in the Allied Health Community. Be sure to review the Instructions and Legend information.

In a total of 250-500 words, respond to the questions located in the Home Care Scenario.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

HCA460 Operations and Risk Management in Health Care

Week 4 Assignment

Benchmark- Health Care Legislation Enforcement Matrix

Using the same health care organization from the last assignment complete the “Legislation and Enforcement Matrix Template” for eight applicable legislations. This matrix will provide foundations information for future assignments in the course. Consider using this as a reference for future course assignments.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.

Legislation and Enforcement Matrix Template

Enforcement Agency

Legislation Name/Date Enacted

Brief Overview of Regulation/Legislation (Regulatory and Legislative Expectations) (5.5)

Penalties of Legislation

(Example) HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces the Privacy and Security Standards of HIPAA (Health and Human Services, 2010).

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (1986)

The Enforcement Rule…

(Example)

False Claims Act (1863)

Also known as the Lincoln Law, the False Claims Act is a federal law…

Violations of the FCA: Treble damages between $5,500 and $11,000.

References

Health and Human Services. (2010). HIPAA Enforcement. Retrieved July 30, 2010, from http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/enforcement/index.html

HCA460 Operations and Risk Management in Health Care

Week 5 Assignment

Health Assessment Evaluation

For this assignment, you will use the same health care organization that was established in previous individual assignments. Health care administrators evaluate risk in a health care organization in order to identify operational impact and develop action plans. This is accomplished through assessment tools and application of methods.

Review “Different Types of Health Assessments,” located on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website at http://www.cdc.gov/healthyplaces/types_health_assessments.htm.

Identify one type of assessment that would be used within your organization. In an essay of 750-1,000 words, explain three areas that the assessment evaluates and the role each area plays in risk management.

Incorporate a minimum of three references in the essay.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

HCA460 Operations and Risk Management in Health Care

Week 5 Assignment

Benchmark – Hospital Application: Risk Management

Read the “Hospital: Risk Management Scenario” located in the Allied Health Community. Be sure to review the Instructions and Legend information.

In a total of 250-500 words, respond to the questions located in the Hospital Care Scenario.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

HCA460 Operations and Risk Management in Health Care

Week 6 Assignment

CLC – Root Cause Analysis

This is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) assignment.

Write a 750-1,000 word paper that explains the root cause analysis process that the health care organization would use and perform a root cause analysis. Quality improvement requires multiple perspectives to identify root causes and develop optimal solutions for success. Root cause analysis is most effective when performed collaboratively.

As a team, select a health care organization that is currently having a severe adverse occurrence reported. Select an area within your organization to perform a root cause analysis that includes but is not limited to the following:

Medication errors. (drug reactions)

Surgery/Treatment errors

Patient falls

Patient elopements

Security breaches in secured areas

Prior to creating the root cause analysis consider the following in a collaborative setting that allows for dialogue.

What are the major root causes and the impact of the adverse occurrence?

Which stakeholders are relevant to your adverse effect? Why?

What information is needed to perform a root cause analysis?

Which tool would you use to create a root cause analysis? Why?

After the root cause analysis is complete address the following questions:

What other kinds of information would be helpful? Why?

What approach did the team take?

What information did you use in your root cause analysis?

Be sure to address all of the previous questions posed above in the paper in order to explain the root cause analysis process. Include the root cause analysis as an appendix.

Include three to five references, to in your analysis.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

HCA460 Operations and Risk Management in Health Care

Week 7 Assignment

Home Care Application: Quality Improvement Through Risk Management

Read the “Home Care Scenario: Quality Improvement Through Risk Management,” located in the Allied Health Community. Be sure to review the Instructions and Legend information.

In a total of 250-500 words, respond to the questions located in the Home Care Scenario.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

HCA460 Operations and Risk Management in Health Care

Week 8 Assignment

Current and Future State of Health Care Legislation Analysis

Write a 1,500-word paper on the following:

Describe the current health care environment in the United States from both the health care administrator and the patient perspective.

What are some recent changes in legislation and how does this change influence the way that an administrator would operate within the health care system?

What are current trends emerging in health care? Using the current trends, speculate on future of health care risk management from both the perspective of the health care administrator and patient.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

HCA460 Operations and Risk Management in Health Care

Week 8 Assignment

Primary Care Application

Read the “Primary Care Scenario” located in the Allied Health Community. Be sure to review the Instructions and Legend information.

In a total of 250-500 words, respond to the questions located in the Primary Care Scenario.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.