Scenario You have worked as a healthcare administrator for an assisted living facility for the past 10 years. In your role as administrator, your organization has achieved enormous growth and you have received accolades for your part in that growth. You have also gained an appreciable amount of experience in all facets of the operations. … Read more
Scenario Health resources are finite. Therefore, it is incumbent on all health organizations to exercise responsible fiscal decision making when allocating their financial resources. As the senior cost analyst for a local, nonprofit hospital, you are charged with determining the most appropriate use of financial resources and making recommendations. Your organization is seeking to secure … Read more
As a health care manager, you will be involved in strategic management. Discuss the following in regard to this: Does strategic management involve long-term or short-term activities? Describe how strategic management helps your facility control the future.
For a health care manager, it is important to develop good communication skills with employees, peers, and supervisors. Discuss the following in regard to this: Discuss the types of communication and the barriers to communication. Does good communication build trust in an organization? Does electronic communication help or hinder organizational communication?
Competency Evaluate the importance of affecting and managing relationships. Student Success Criteria View the grading rubric for this deliverable by selecting the “This item is graded with a rubric” link, which is located in the Details & Information pane. Scenario Recall a time when you were involved with a conflict in the workplace, or witnessed … Read more
hapter 14 addresses the future of health services delivery including health reform initiatives, politics, innovation, and global threats to the U.S. health care delivery system. Our country’s health care delivery system cannot be separated from health policy (see Ch. 13). Health policy is developed within the political levels of our government (e.g., legislative and executive … Read more
(2) From the perspective of an LTC provider, what actions could be implemented to help lower the overall industry claims losses for the LTC insurers in order to preserve the availability of LTC policies to the provider’s residents. Consider that with viable LTC insurance, more consumers can afford expensive LTC services such as assisted living … Read more
Competency Design value-driven operational processes aligned with creating an effective balance among costs, quality, and access to care. Scenario Assume the role of the chief operations strategist for a multi-specialty health care organization. You have determined that the organization could benefit from creating a workforce management strategy for the purpose of optimizing staffing levels. With … Read more
COMMENTARY AND QUESTIONS: Chapter 6 of your textbook discusses cost shifting, which is a mechanism common to health care providers whereby they charge certain payment categories of patients more than others in order to make up for revenue shortfalls from government payers such as Medicare and Medicaid. Typically, it is the patient with commercial insurance … Read more
Assignment Content Competency Assess the efficacy of quality improvement processes. ScenarioYou lead the Assurance Think Tank, “Quality 4 Our System” comprised of several other leaders from within the Oakridge healthcare system. Some of the Assurance Think Tank members were debating the relevance of quality improvement initiatives and influences on patient safety and outcomes. During the … Read more