Assess the efficiency of the types of economic incentives available to providers in the delivery of healthcare services in your own state.
Analyze the current health care delivery structure in your state. Compare and contrast the major determinants of healthcare market power.
Analyze the main competitive forces in the your healthcare delivery system in your state, and compare the major factors that influence the fundamental manner in which these competitive forces determine prices, supply and demand, quality of care, consumerism, and providers’ compensation.
Evaluate the positive benefits and negative aspects, respectively, of HMO managed care from the provider’s point of view—i.e., a physician and a healthcare facility—and from a patient’s point of view. Provide a rationale for your response.
Assess the efficiency of the types of economic incentives available to providers in the delivery of healthcare services in your own state.
Propose who bears the financial risk of a capitation payment system: the provider, the patient, or the consumer-driven health plan itself.
Use at least five (5) current references. Three of these references must be from current peer-reviewed sources to support and substantiate your comments and perspectives.

 

Research online at least 3 existing health care organizations for examples of mission and vision statements. Use them as a reference point when creating your own strategic plan.You are to complete the following portions of your healthcare organization strategic plan:
• Name your health care organization.• Describe the health care organization for which you are creating a strategic plan.o Include details about the population it serves and the services provided.
• Identify the organization’s core competencies.o How are core competencies giving the organization an important difference in providing customer benefits and perceived value?o Identify the expectations and needs of the health care customer within that population.
• Define the organization’s vision statement.o Where do you want this organization to go?o What is your personal vision for this organization?o Does the organization address customer service within the vision statement?o Does the organization address the commitment to quality and value?o Does your vision statement involve the employees?
• Craft the organization’s mission statement.o What is the reason that this organization was created?o Does the organization address customer service within the mission statement?o Does the organization address the commitment to value and quality?
• Describe the health care organization’s service strategy. Include strategies to create a healing environment within your organization that affects patients, visitors, and employees.
Be sure to address the following:• How does your service strategy develop a culture of customer service?• How does your service strategy create an environment for employees?• Identify how your service strategy is linked to the organizational vision and mission• Create a management performance plan that links action plans to the following issues:o Motivationo Empowermento Trainingo Co production with patients and families
• Create an employee hiring, training, and retention plan that links action plans to the following issues:o Motivationo Empowermento Trainingo Co production with patients and families
• Identify how your action plans are linked to the following within your organization:o Vision statemento Mission statemento Service strategy

 

Well-conceived advocacy efforts can provide the opportunity for true social change. Advocates must think strategically about who to contact, who the stakeholders are regarding their particular issue, how to involve the media, and how to influence people who can pave the way to change. Most importantly, advocates must ensure that they work together with the members of their communities. In doing this, advocates can increase their opportunities for a successful advocacy campaign.
In previous weeks, you explored potential health policies and how to establish them in order to improve the public health issue in your community. This week, you create a public health advocacy plan including policy details, media advocacy ideas, and a Letter to the Editor or Ministry of Health advocating your cause for social change.
To prepare for this section of the Course Project:
• Review the Avery et al., Dorfman et al., and Galer-Unti et al. articles. Reflect on the process of creating a public health advocacy plan.
• View the media “Advocacy in Creating Public Health Policy.”
• Think about the details of your advocacy plan.
• Consider the policy change you will request. Reflect on how the policy can bring change to your community, why it is appropriate for your particular community, and why your community might adopt the change.
• Think about the use of media advocacy within the plan.
• Decide whether you will voice your cause in a letter to the editor of a publication or an elected official in your community. Think about a persuasive argument for the passage of your public health policy supported with statistics and information that is unique to your community.The Project (2–3 pages)
To complete this section of your Course Project, address the following:
• Describe your public health advocacy plan.
• Describe the policy change you are requesting, including details such as how the policy might bring change to your community.Explain why the policy change is appropriate for your particular community and why your community might adopt the change.
• Explain how you might implement media advocacy strategies within your plan.
• Write a letter to the editor or an elected official in your community advocating your cause. Be sure to write a persuasive argument for the passage of your public health policy supported with statistics and information that are unique to your community. Refer to the guidelines provided in the “Writing Letters to the Editor” and “Writing Letters to Elected Officials” articles.
Support your Project with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are asked to

 

, you will purchase CSBI study materials. This week you will focus on Domains I and II of the Certified Specialist Business Intelligence (CSBI) Study Materials.
Go to www.hfma.org (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Sign in with your username and passwordClick My AccountClick My eLearningA new window or tab will open. Find the title of the course “Certified Specialist Business Intelligence” and click Launch/Continue to begin, and complete Domains I and II.If you have any questions with this process, contact HFMA’s Member Services at [email protected] Domain I: Industry Understanding
HealthCare delivery modelsKey healthcare driversHIPAA/HITECH -PHITerminologyUseful business intelligence requires people with the capabilities to inspect, clean, transform, and model data with the goals of highlighting useful information, suggesting conclusions, and supporting decision-making. We will reference HFMA’s CSBI course throughout this course. The CSBI course presents methods and tools for data review in support of effective information gathering and decision-making in healthcare organizations.
CSBI Domain II: The Business of Providing Healthcare Services
The three business functions in the context of a healthcare provider organizationDelivery of Healthcare: A multidisciplinary professional practice involving: clinical, finance, payers (others?); (internal stakeholder analysis; tied to data within each stakeholder channel)Understanding financial processes, data available and its use – financial & operationalRevenue CycleABC costingProductivityKPI’sBudgeting & PlanningUnderstanding clinical work & processes, data available & and its use – financial & operational business managementDuring this course, you will spend two to four hours per week preparing for the CSBI exam, which will be taken in Week Six. As you prepare, you will reflect on what you’ve learned in the form of a journal.
A journal entry containing your reflections on the CSBI content should be submitted for each domain completed. This week, your journal should contain one page on Domain I and one page on Domain II, and should include the following information:
Title Page according to APA formatting.Describe what you learned from the Domain.Describe how you may apply the information in your current or future career.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