Choose any case that you worked on in this course. Complete a 15-20-slide presentation (not including the title or reference slide) of the case analysis. Add to this analysis for depth where needed as you may have not done this in a previous assignment. Pretend you are presenting your case findings to its organizational leadership. Use the case analysis format to include:
Title slide
Introduction (brief description of the organization or department) (1 Slide)
Definition of the problem (1-2 slides)
Identification of the stakeholders (1-2 slides)
Analysis (1-2 slides) (The SWOT is an example of what to use here)
Identification of alternative solutions (1-2 slides)
Evaluation of alternative solutions (2-3 slides)
Solution (Justification) (1-2 slides)
Implementation steps (include stakeholder issues and how to communicate the findings) (2-3 slides)
Conclusion and reflection of this process (1-2 slides)
Resources slide (APA formatted resources and reference list) (1-2 slides)
Use the noted format in PowerPoint for elaboration of slide content
Use the audio function in PowerPoint to make your verbal presentation.
To support your work, use your course and textbook readings and also use the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.
Submission Details:
Your assignment should be addressed in an 15- to 20-slide audio PPT presentation.
Submit your documents to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned.

Risk-Based Reimbursement
For your assignment, a primary care physician is often reimbursed by Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) via capitation, fee-for-service, relative value scale, or salary. Capitation is considered as a risk based compensation.
In an effort to understand the intricacies involved with physician reimbursement, particularly in an era of health care reform, identify and interview an expert in the field, such as:
Hospital Administrator
Managed Care Organization (MCO) executive
Health care Consultant
Legal Professional
Assumption: MCOs use risk-based reimbursement for primary care physicians.
Ask the following questions in the interview:
What kind of risk do the MCOs assess?
Does risk-based compensation limit the freedom of primary care physicians in any way in terms of patient care? Why or why not?
How does the capitation model of reimbursement work? Do physicians generally prefer one model over the other? Why or why not?
Why do HMOs prefer the prepaid, monthly premium?
Is pay-for-performance a better model than existing models of compensation? Are there limitations to it as well?
Feel free to add additional follow-up questions for depth and clarification as you see fit.
Create a 4- to 5-page report in Microsoft Word document, analyzing the responses provided (which should be included as part of the report) using the evidence from the literature to help support or refute the responses provided.
Submission Details:
Name your document SU_HCM4025_W5_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.
Support your responses with examples.
Cite any sources in APA format.
Submit your document to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned.

Assignment 2: Operations Planning for a Group Medical Practice
Due Week 8 and worth 190 points
Imagine that a group of physicians who are planning to open a single-specialty group practice has hired you as a consultant. Your job is to advise the physicians in creating a business plan that includes management strategies that will help ensure their success. The physicians have stipulated that the plan must promote medical excellence and limit their exposure to risks associated with the practice of medicine and the operational functions of the practice. In addition, they are aware that a public health emergency or natural disaster could have had a significant impact on their practice, and want to include a strategy for emergency preparedness as part of their plan so that they will be able to manage their patients and help serve the community as needed.
Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:
Compare and contrast the two (2) main levels (i.e., internal comparison and external comparison) of financial benchmarking. Next, analyze the strategic purpose of each level of benchmarking and specify the overall importance of benchmarking as a financial planning tool for a medical practice.
Recommend a Health Information Technology (HIT) system that includes an Electronic Health Record (EHR) for the new practice to implement. Support your recommendation by determining three (3) main benefits of having this type of system for the practice.
According to the text (page 368), some of the main areas of risk exposure for a group practice include: property (general liability and safety), technology, and financial practices. Determine one (1) specific hazard associated with one (1) of these risk categories and propose a strategy to mitigate the impact this risk could have on the practice. Support your analysis with a real-life example.
Determine the main functions of the practice that will need to remain operational before, during, and / or after a natural disaster or public health emergency. Next, suggest a strategy that the practice should take to maintain communication with employees and patients, secure patient and financial records, and ensure that resources will available to care for patients during a disaster or emergency. Provide a rationale for your response.
Use at least three (3) quality academic resources. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

Internal Disaster Plans
Click here to read about the standard operating guidelines for hospital disaster plan.
Review the elements required for a disaster plan addressing an internal disaster. Based on your review, create a 2- to 3-page report in a Microsoft Word document covering the hospital’s (internal) disaster plan for how the staff reacts and carries out their duties in the event of an internal disaster.
Your internal disaster plans should include:
Introduction
Size and type of your hospital (you decide this)
Type of internal disaster (fire, explosion, biological etc.)
Key medical and administrative staff to be contacted
Central point for communication
Particular service areas such as intensive care unit (ICU), labor and delivery unit etc.
Other hospitals in your area and how you intend to coordinate with those facilities (you decide this)
Implementation on internal transfers (moving patients from one area of the hospital to another)
Implementation of external transfers
Evacuation plan
Conclusion
To support your work, use your course and textbook readings and also use the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.
Submission Details:
Your assignment should be addressed in a 2- to 4-page document.
Submit your documents to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned.
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Topic: The Family and Medical Leave Act
The Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), a federal law, provides eligible employees with 12 weeks of unpaid leave during each 12-month period of time to use in connection with the: (1) birth or adoption of a child; (2) care of a child, spouse, or parent with a “serious medical condition; or (3) care of the employee’s own “serious medical condition.” Recent amendments apply to cases involving “military caregiver leave.” The New Jersey Family Leave Act (“NJFLA”) provides for 12 weeks of unpaid leave during each 24-month period. Many provisions of the State law are similar to the FMLA. However, under New Jersey’s law, no leave rights are provided for an employee to care for his or her own serious medical condition.
The Gerety case involves the plaintiff’s claim under the N.J. Law Against Discrimination that the employer’s unpaid medical leave policy resulted in disparate impact discrimination against women. Notably, the policy in question provided for 26 weeks of unpaid medical leave, which is more than twice as the law requires under either the FMLA or NJFLA.
Do not use the following as resources:
Law firm web sites
Law firms are trying to solicit clients. In Employment law, law firms usually represent either employers or workers – few represent both. As such, their web sites are designed to attract the clients they seek to represent. Therefore, the information contained therein may not be completely accurate as the information provided may be skewed to either a management or employee perspective.
Websites such as Wikipedia or ehow
Information found on those sites may not be reliable.
Use the following format: Overview, Opinion Statements, Resource Citations.
Use the headings to divide your work into the 3 required areas in your paper.
Overview
Provide an overview of your topic using at least two resources.
Highlight the most important concepts.
The overview should be no more than 500 words. That’s about 7 – 8 average length paragraphs.
Do not place your opinions in the overview. This is an academically oriented portion of the assignment. Your opinions are welcome in the next portion of the paper.
Your overview MUST include citation to sources within the text of the document. You are probably not the originator of the information being presented. The authors must be identified. Failing to provide citations within the content of your overview is considered plagiarism.
Example: (Last name of author, title of resource, page if available)
Opinion Statements
Given the material you’ve organized and presented in the overview, offer your thoughts on specific aspects of the topic or the topic in general. Use higher order critical or creative thought!
Your opinion statement should be approximately 150 words in length.
Resource Citations
Offer a full citation of the material used in this section of the paper.
Citations must be in MLA or APA format.
Use guides to guarantee that citations are correct.
MLA Citation Guide
APA citation Guide
NOTE: A minimum of 30 points will be deducted from content score when proper citations are not provided.
3. Title your work.
Title your writing assignment by choosing a creative and informative name. Compel your learning community to read your writing assignment! Then add your full name.
The title of your paper and your name should be the FIRST material available on the page.