Directions

Initial Posting

For this weeks discussion question, we will explore the impact of various rules and regulations that govern the healthcare industry. Healthcare administrators are responsible for facilitating patient care. They plan, direct, and coordinate services so that doctors, patients, insurance providers, and medical facilities stay on the same page throughout treatment. Their primary purpose is to interpret laws and regulations as they apply to individual patient profiles.

Consider the following: You are the Director of the Business Office for Winding River General. You have just read about Hospital Value-based Purchasing (VBP), an initiative of the ACA. The Medical Center director has expressed some concerns with how this will impact our operations. He wants to be sure that we have a true understanding of it prior to implementation. He has asked you to prepare a PPT (non-narrated) that outlines the new initiative. You will need to briefly summarize the law; what are the pros and cons; which departments should we train on the new program; and the potential financial ramifications He wants you to also make a recommendation for the membership of the committee being convened to prepare the organization for implementation (list department titles).

The initial posting should be prepared as a PowerPoint, and then attached to the unit discussion thread. There is no minimum or maximum in terms of the word count; however, the response should explicitly address all required components of this discussion assignment. The document should be prepared as a practical business deliverable (single-spaced) and reflect higher-level cognitive processing (analysis, synthesis, and evaluation).

Support the initial posting with at least 3 references of credible or peer-reviewed sources. The in-text citations and the list of references should be consistent with the APA writing style (7th ed.).