Deliverable 3 – payment models and value-based care delivery

CompetencyEvaluate the role and impact of financial principles on healthcare organizations.
Student Success CriteriaView 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.
ScenarioMetropolitan Memorial is seeking to expand its service offerings into underserved rural communities. The Board of Directors has expressed concerns given the emergence of new payment models, low reimbursement from Medicare and Medicaid, and uncertainty in terms of provider incentives offered through the Affordable Care Act. The Board of Directors has requested an executive summary outlining the organization’s financial viability given the challenges facing health organizations, particularly those operating in rural communities.
InstructionsThe CEO has asked you to prepare an executive summary to present to the Board of Trustees, discussing the following information:

Identify the different types of healthcare payment models that could be utilized by Metropolitan Memorial.
Research the Triple AIM and discuss ways the organization can achieve the goals of the Triple AIM (improving the experience of care, improving the health of populations, and reducing per capital costs of health care ).
Discuss possible ways the payer mix may impact hospital revenue.
Explain how value-based healthcare delivery could be utilized to save money.
 

OPS 400 CSUGC Operations Management Apple Company Research Paper

Common Portfolio Project Requirements: Operations ManagementThe final Portfolio Project is structured to help demonstrate your understanding of the course material, as well as the implications of new knowledge gained from outside research. You will choose an organization which may be your workplace, an organization that you are familiar with, or an organization discovered in your research. Information about the subject organization must be publicly available and properly referenced in your work. As part of the initial Portfolio Project milestone due in Module 4, you must secure instructor approval for the organization selected for your Portfolio Project.Based on your analysis, write an assessment about the subject organization’s OM strategy and practices. When writing the assessment, assume the role of a highly-regarded operations management professional commissioned to review, analyze, and describe the organization’s OM for achieving increased sustainable business value. Your assessment should address the following key elements:The purpose of the Portfolio Project is to apply your synthesis of current research about operations management (OM) to a global product-oriented organization. For your Portfolio Project, you are required to select a global organization that has a predominately product-oriented mission as the subject for your OM assessment.

Legal Research and Writing Case Study

Joe and Pete are roommates and computer consultants. In order to save money, both Joe and Pete share the same computer. Even though they are both in their forties, they spend a lot of time discussing having sex with high school age girls. Joe, unknowing to Pete, uses Pete’s screen name and initiates a relationship on-line with a 14-year-old girl. After gaining the girl’s confidence, Joe tells Pete about the situation. Pete agrees to join Joe when he goes to meet the girl. They bring their digital camera with the intent of taking compromising pictures of the girl. It turns out that the girl is really a member of the local police cybercrime police unit. When confronted Joe and Pete tell the police that they were conducting research for their computer consulting business.What federal statutes may have Joe and Peter violated?If Joe and Pete are charged with a crime(s) for the conduct described above, what possible defenses may Joe and Peter raise?Utilizing the course material, including the information provided in the eText, explain in detail the necessary methodology a researcher would utilize in locating applicable federal statutes to the possible criminal aspect of the above fact pattern. 

UAG Business Group Decision Making Techniques Essay

Making decisions as a group can be very challenging. It can lead to conflict and take up huge amounts of time, and often it is difficult to come to an agreement. Fortunately, several different techniques have been developed to overcome some of these difficulties. No one technique is considered the best for all situations, as all of the techniques have advantages and disadvantages.For this assignment, first thoroughly review the background readings and pay close attention to three group decision-making processes—the Delphi technique, brainstorming, and the Nominal Group Technique. Pay close attention to the discussion of these methods in the assigned readings, particularly Braintools (Brainstorming), CDC (Nominal Group Technique) and Haughey (Delphi).Below are three different scenarios. For each scenario, explain which group decision-making technique you would choose out of brainstorming, nominal group, or Delphi. Justify your answer with references from the required background materials.Anderson, D. R. (1990). Increased productivity via group decisionmaking. SuperVision, 51(9), 6. [ProQuest]Braintools (2017). Brainstorming: Generating many radical, creative ideas.  Retrieved on 18 March 2017 from www.mindtools.com/brainstm.html CDC (2017).  Gaining consensus among stakeholders through the nominal group technique.  Retrieved on 18 March 2018 from www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/evaluation/pdf/brief7.pdfHaughey, D. (2017). Delphi technique: A step-by-step guide.  Retrieved on 18 March 2017 from www.projectsmart.co.uk/delphi-technique-a-step-by-step-guide.php

Tragedy and Immigration Discussion

1. Watch this video that explains the events and issues surrounding the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire tragedy that occurred in New York in 1911. Please watch Segments 29-32 from the provided link. Then answer the questions below.Immigrant Labor and the Triangle Factory Fire. 11:08 min1) In a few sentences, summarize the ways in which lack of labor safety precautions led to this tragedy.2) What is the relationship between this tragedy and immigration?3) How did this tragedy influence changes to labor law and protections for laborers in the workplace?2. Examine this map that shows the portion of Eastern Europe known as The Pale of Jewish Settlement and do the following. Click here to access the map.Consult a modern map of Europe and list the names of the countries that would currently be located within the historic Pale of Jewish Settlement shown on this map.Use this map to help you get started – Focus on the large area outlined toward the center of the map between the body of water in the South and the body of water in the North. Pay close attention to the red, dark green, darker blue, and pink areas just to the east of the center of the map.

University of Dundee Translational motion for 2 marker coordinates – calculate angle, angular velocity & acceleration in biomechanics

A sportsman is riding a bicycle. The bicycle motion is translational on the ground and the sportsman’s trunk moves slightly forwards and backwards as he cycles. Two markers are used, one on the seat and the other on the shoulder of the cyclist. In order to investigate the kinematic parameters at the shoulder (as shown in the figure on the attachment) assume that the trunk rotates about the seat. The marker coordinates for a series of frames have been obtained using a motion capture system and are shown in the table overleaf.(i) Through what angle has the shoulder rotated about the seat from frame 1 to frame 4?(ii) What is the angular velocity that the shoulder rotated about the seat at frame 2?(iii) What is the angular acceleration that the shoulder rotated about the seat at frame 3?With all conditions used in question 21, continue to answer the following questions.(i) What is the velocity of the bicycle at frame 3?(ii) What is the acceleration of the bicycle at frame 3?(iii) What is the magnitude of the velocity of the shoulder relative to the seat at frame 3?(iv) What is the approximate acceleration of the shoulder relative to the ground at frame 3?

computer crime prosecution individual project

 
In preparation for a court appearance, the federal law enforcement agency wants to ensure proper forensic processes and techniques are used in a computer crime case involving identify theft.
When challenging the admissibility of the digital evidence, the defense examiner will evaluate the authentication and chain of custody techniques used. The federal law enforcement agency would like your company, AB Investigative Services (ABIS), to identify in a report the possible authentication and chain of custody techniques acceptable in the investigative process, including issues relating to First and Fourth Amendment privacy issues with respect to computer-related technologies.
Using the library, Internet, or any other credible materials, provide the following in your report to the federal law enforcement agency:

Begin the report with a one-page overview of the forensics process and the steps taken by an examiner related to identity theft and computer crime.
Provide 2–3 pages identifying the following:

2 recommended examples of authentication acceptable in the investigative process of identity theft
2 recommended examples of chain of custody techniques of digital evidence

Provide 2–3 pages explaining the following: 

What is considered legal or illegal under the guidelines of the First and Fourth Amendments in relation to the identity theft investigation

Cite your sources using APA style.

You can use this tutorial to help with the completion of this assignment.

Rape in The First Degree Elements of The Crime Discussion

For this week’s discussion forum, please review the Chapter 13 materials along with the following link: RCW (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.Directions: Select one (1) specific type of Sex Offense as listed under Chapter 9A.44 of the Washington State Revised Criminal Codes (RCWs).In your forum post, copy and paste the elements of the crime. For example…RCW 9A.44.040: Rape in the First Degree.(1) A person is guilty of rape in the first degree when such person engages in sexual intercourse with another person by forcible compulsion where the perpetrator or an accessory:(a) Uses or threatens to use a deadly weapon or what appears to be a deadly weapon; or(b) Kidnaps the victim; or(c) Inflicts serious physical injury, including but not limited to physical injury which renders the victim unconscious; or(d) Feloniously enters into the building or vehicle where the victim is situated.(2) Rape in the first degree is a class A felony.Next, locate a famous case online that in your opinion, satisfies the elements of the WA RCW for your selected sex offense.Hint: A few template cases to help get you started…..Discuss how your researched case could be criminally charged in accordance with the specific WA RCW that you selected.

Week 9 diagnosis of trauma- and stressor-related disorders and | SOCW 6090 – Psychopathology for Social Work | Walden University

 diagnosis must be a stress related or dissociative disorder from the DSM 5 TR 
Submit your diagnosis for the client in the case. Follow the guidelines below.

The diagnosis should appear on one line in the following order. Note: Do not include the plus sign in your diagnosis. Instead, write the indicated items next to each other.

Code + Name + Specifier (appears on its own first line)Z code (appears on its own line next with its name written next to the code)
Then, in 1–2 pages, respond to the following:

Explain how you support the diagnosis by specifically identifying the criteria from the case study.

Describe in detail how the client’s symptoms match up with the specific diagnostic criteria for the disorder (or all the disorders) that you finally selected for the client. You do not need to repeat the diagnostic code in the explanation.

Identify the differential diagnosis you considered.
Explain why you excluded this diagnosis/diagnoses. 
Explain the specific factors of culture that are or may be relevant to the case and the diagnosis, which may include the cultural concepts of distress.
Explain why you chose the Z codes you have for this client.

Remember: When using Z codes, stay focused on the psychosocial and environmental impact on the client within the last 12 months.

Troy University Assistant Front Office Manager at A Large Downtown Hotel Case Study

SCENARIO:Jimmy is an Assistant Front Office Manager at a large downtown hotel. His boss Becky is currently looking for a night auditor to fill a vacant position. An older lady, Dianne, came in yesterday and applied for the position. Dianne is the most qualified person to apply for the position. Becky had Jimmy interview all the potential employees for the position. Jimmy told Becky that he thought that Dianne was the most qualified and would fit into the front office perfectly.  Becky told Jimmy that she was thinking of not hiring Dianne because she would be working alone at night and Becky didn’t think that a woman should be working at the front disk in the middle of the night alone. Becky also told Jimmy that she thought that Dianne is too old to be working the night audit position.QUESTIONS:1. What type(s) of discrimination happened in this situation? 2. What should Jimmy do? Should he talk to Becky about the situation?3. What do you think the General Manager should do if he or she found out about the situation happening?4. How could a manager or member of the HR team help facilitate diversity in a workplace?5. What does stereotyping mean to you? How could you prevent this becoming a potential issue in the workplace?