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Assignment 1: Biology Article
$10.00Assignment 1: Biology Article
Use the Internet to select an article from a magazine or newspaper that has something in it that pertains to biology. This will serve as the “target article” for this assignment. For instance, you can select an article about medicine, invasive species, nature, conservation, genetic technology, ecology, or any other topic that is related to biology. One purpose of this assignment is to help you become aware of how biology is related to your everyday life.
Write a two (2) page paper in which you: Please follow all instruction below
- Summarize the article in one (1) or more paragraphs, using your own words. Be sure to identify the article using an in-text citation in the body of the paper, as well as a reference in the reference section.
- Explain how the article relates to this course. Identify which biological concepts from the course and / or text are relevant to the topic covered in the article. Citing the course text, discuss the ways in which this course does (or doesn’t) provide background information to help you understand the article and the larger issues surrounding it.
- Explain why the article caught your attention. Relate the article to your life and to issues that are important to you. Discuss how or if the scientific knowledge about the topic covered in the article affects you directly or indirectly.
- Discuss your opinion on how research on this topic should be funded. State whether you think taxpayer monies should support research on this topic or whether such research in this area should be funded by the private sector. Rate the importance of research on this topic, relative to other areas of research.
2 pages
APA – 3 References
Medicaid Eligibility requirements and covered services in Florida
$5.00Compare the Medicaid eligibility requirements and covered services of your state (Florida ) of residence to those of another state.
REFERENCE/ INFO WEB SITES
Kaiser Family Foundation (2010). Health Reform: How will Medicaid Change? Available at: http://www.kaiseredu.org/tutorials/medicaid-and-health-reform/player.html (Accessed 11/21/2012)
Kaiser Family Foundation (2012). Medicaid 101. Available at: http://www.kaiseredu.org/Tutorials-and-Presentations/Medicaid-101.aspx (Accessed 11/21/2012)
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. (2011). Key Questions About Medicaid And Its Role in State/Federal Budgets and Health Reform. http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/8139.pdf (Retrieved 11/21/2012)
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. (2011). Top 5 Things To Know About Medicaid. http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/8162.pdf (Retrieved 11/21/2012 )
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. (2010). Medicaid: A Primer. Available at http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/7334-04.pdf (Retrieved 11/21/2012)
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. (2010). The Medicaid Program at a Glance. Available at http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/7235-04.pdf (Retrieved 11/21/2012)1 pages
APA – 3 References
Medicaid /Case Assignment: Explain how Medicaid is financed
$7.50Medicaid /Case Assignment: Explain how Medicaid is financed
Respond to the following:
1. Explain how Medicaid is financed.
2. Discuss the role of the federal and state governments on the operation and design of Medicaid programs.
3. Discuss the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on the eligibility and coverage of Medicaid.Current financial health and the future projection on the financial sustainability of Medicare
$7.00Once you have completed all the reading, discuss the current financial health and the future projection on the financial sustainability of Medicare.
Cite all sources and provide a reference list at the end of the paper.
The paper should be 2 pages typed and spell /grammar checked.Explain how Medicare is financed
$5.00After reading the background materials as well as additional information you find from the literature and online sources, respond to the following:
- Explain how Medicare is financed.
- Identify who is eligible for Medicare.
- Discuss the benefits of Medicare. (Note: Discuss the differences in premiums and covered services.)
Cite all sources and provide a reference list at the end of the paper.
The paper should be 2 pages typed.The Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) that did not exist at the end of WWII (1945)
$7.00Over the past half century there have been many additions to the inventory of healthcare workers. Pick three types of healthcare workers that did not exist at the end of WWII (1945) and discuss what you think the reasons for the creation/growth of this type of worker is/was, what the financial, clinical, and political implications are on the healthcare industry. Speculate if this type of healthcare worker will add to the total cost of care or will reduce the cost of care and why. How the worker will impact the availability of care. Provide specific examples that support your position, and also describe what you think the future for the type of worker you identify is going to be over the next 20 years. Example: …and you can’t use this one…Physician Assistant: reason for creation; perceived shortage of primary care physicians during the early 1970s and need for providers in economically depressed and rural areas of the country. A solution was seen in that there was an inventory of trained military hospital corpsmen returning from Vietnam with superior primary and trauma care skills but no formal university type education. … the reasons for growth and future of the PA is obvious.
Do this assignment is bullet format for each of the three types of workers:
- Type of healthcare worker
- When this type of worker entered the market or came into being (remember WWII ended in 1945, so the types of workers you decide on must have been created since then). If the type of worker you choose grew out of some other type of worker, explain how and why.
- Reasons for creation and growth
- Financial implications: impact on overall healthcare costs, value in the market place, etc.
- Clinical implications: how does the addition of this type of worker improve clinical outcomes.
- Political implications: are or were there political issues that either brought about the creation of the type of worker, or have there been political issues that resulted from the creation of the worker?
- Impact on availability of care
- Future of this type of worker
- Impact on other healthcare workers: will the worker take work away from another worker, will the type of worker be an addition to the overall inventory of the workforce, will the worker add value to some other type of worker (go back to the PA example, the PA added revenue and value to the MD practice they work in).
NOTE OF ADVICE >> WHEN I SAY BULLET FORMAT, THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO SEE, LIST THE TITLE OF THE BULLET AND THEN ANSWER IT>> FOR EXAMPLE:
Financial Implication: provide two or three sub-billetses that outline the financial implications of this type of worker.
Sources of health insurance coverage in your home state (Texas)
$5.00After reading the background materials as well as additional information you find from the literature and online sources, respond to the following questions for this module’s SLP:
- Discuss the sources of health insurance coverage in your home state (Texas), or any state of your choosing, for the following groups:
- Seniors age 65 and older
- Children younger than 18
- Low-income families with at least one child, whose family income is below 133% of the Federal Poverty Level
- The self-employed
- Employees of large companies (more than 100 employees)
- Employees of small businesses
- Part-time, temporary, and seasonal employees
- The unemployed
- College students
- Discuss whether the groups listed above need to contribute to the premiums of their health insurance.
- Cite all sources and provide a reference list at the end of the paper.
- The paper should be 2 pages typed and double-spaced
Required Reading
RAND Corporation. (2010). U.S. Health Care Today: Coverage. Available at http://www.randcompare.org/us-health-care-today/coverage#current-levels-of-coverage (Retrieved 11/21/2012)
Choudhry, N., Rosenthal, M., & Milstein, A. (2010). Assessing the Evidence for Value-Based Insurance Design. Health Affairs, 29 (11), 1988-1994. Retrieved from ProQuest on 11/21/2012.
Eibner, C., Hussey, P., & Girosi, F. (2010) The Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Workers’ Health Insurance Coverage. New England Journal of Medicine, 363 (15), 1393-1395. Available at http://healthpolicyandreform.nejm.org/?p=12339 (Retrieved 11/21/2012)
Claxton, G. (2008). How Private Health Care Coverage Works: A Primer. A Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Report. Available at http://www.kff.org/insurance/upload/7766.pdf (Retrieved 11/21/2012)
Baicker K., & Chandra A. (2008). Myths and Misconceptions about U.S. Health Insurance. Health Affairs, 27(6), w533-43. Retrieved from ProQuest on 11/21/2012.
Blumenthal, D. (2006). Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance in the United States – Origins and Implications. New England Medical Journal, 355(1), 82-88. Retrieved from ProQuest on 11/21/2012.
Bodenheimer, T. (2005). High and Rising Health Care Costs. Part 1: Seeking an Explanation. Annals of Internal Medicine, 142 (10), 847-854. Available at http://www.cga.ct.gov/ph/HealthFirst/Docs/HFSPC/Bodenheimer%20annals%20part%201.pdf (Retrieved 11/21/2012)
1 pages
APA – 2 References
Identify the distribution of national health spending by type of financing source
$10.00After reading the background materials as well as additional information you find from the literature and online sources, respond to the following:
- Identify the distribution of national health spending by type of financing source.
- Identify the distribution of health insurance coverage among the U.S. population.
- Discuss the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on insurance coverage.
- Discuss the origin of employment-based health insurance.
- Explain the difference between fully insured and self-insured health plans.
Assignment Expectations
- Cite all sources and provide a reference list at the end of the paper.
- The paper should be 2 pages typed and double-spaced
- Prepare your work using the appropriate APA format.
- Use information from the modular Home and Background pages as well as other credible and peer-reviewed sources retrieved from a library or an Internet search.
Length: Write a 2-page paper, typed and double spaced, with 12 pt. Times New Roman font and 1-inch page margins. Use headers throughout the paper. This will aid you in not overlooking vital elements of the assignment and make the document easier for the reader to follow.
Biology Assignment Questions
$11.50Questions Answered: Biology 1 #3, Biology 2 #1, Biology 3 #4
Biology 1: Please select one of the four (4) statements below and respond in 2 paragraphs (5-6 sentences each paragraph).
- Suppose that someone used nanotechnology to build little robots (called “nanobots”) that could make copies of themselves. Discuss whether or not you believe the nanobots would be alive. Explain why or why not?
- Go to The Economist website to read the article titled “A Game of Cat and Mouse”, dated June 3, 2010. Discuss what you believe are the main points of the article. Explain how it relates to this week’s lessons. Give examples with your response.
- A person is declared to be dead upon the irreversible cessation of spontaneous body functions: brain activity, or blood circulation and respiration. However, only about 1% of a person’s cells have to die in order for all of these things to happen. Explain how a person can be dead when 99% of his or her cells are still alive, and provide examples with your explanation.
- In 2005, researcher Woo-suk Hwang reported that he had made immortal stem cells from human patients. His research was hailed as a breakthrough for people affected by degenerative diseases, because stem cells may be used to repair a person’s own damaged tissues. Hwang published his results in a peer-reviewed journal. In 2006, the journal retracted his paper after other scientists discovered that Hwang’s group had faked the data. Discuss the implications of the incident. In your brief discussion, determine if the incident shows that results of scientific studies cannot be trusted or if it confirms the usefulness of a scientific approach, because other scientists discovered and exposed the fraud.
Biology 2: Please select one of the four (4) statements below and respond in 2 paragraphs (5-6 sentences each paragraph).
- In an essay of the universal nature of biochemistry, located at http://www.pnas.org/content/98/3/805.full), Norman Pace argues that carbon is the only chemical element that can form the backbones of molecules that make up living things. Determine what Pace’s argument is and explain why he believes this.
- The bonding properties of water give it certain characteristics: surface tension, capillary action, universal solvent, high specific heat, and a high heat of vaporization. Indicate three reasons why you believe these properties are important to organisms that live underwater. In your own words, explain one of the following everyday phenomena in regard to the bonding properties of water, and propose one other everyday phenomenon that demonstrates the bonding properties of water:
- Why do you feel cool when you sweat?
- Why do paper towels (made of cellulose, another polar molecule) absorb water?
- How can a water strider walk on water?
- A group working at the University of California, Berkeley has developed “nanothermometers,” little nanoparticles that can be injected into cells to measure the temperature in various places in the cell. So far, they have been used in cells growing in a culture dish. Indicate what you think the group will discover about the temperature in different parts of the cell. Discuss whether you believe it will be the same or different, and explain why.
- The 1992 movie Lorenzo’s Oil recounts the story of six-year-old Lorenzo Odone and his battle with adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), which is caused by a malfunctioning organelle called a peroxisome. A peroxisome is an organelle that ordinarily contains enzymes capable of breaking down long-chain fatty acids. In ALD, the enzyme is missing, and when long-chain fatty acids accumulate, muscle weakness, and loss of control result. Select the organelle in the cell that is the most similar in structure and function to a peroxisome, and explain why you chose that organelle. Describe the function and structure of the organelle that you chose. Give examples of how a dietician might be able to help a person with ALD.
Biology 3: Please select one of the four (4) statements below and respond in 2 paragraphs (5-6 sentences each paragraph).
- The breakdown of ATP releases energy, which is utilized by other reactions that require energy. Identify other examples where inventions have utilized a similar principle, where energy released during one reaction is utilized elsewhere. List three reasons why either one of the processes is more efficient than the other.
- Go to one (1) of the Websites listed below to read the blog post of your choice. Discuss the main points of the blog post you chose to read. Explain how it relates to this week’s lessons. Give examples with your response.
- Go to the Dive Discover Website and review the Web page titled “Vent Biology: Introduction to Photosynthesis vs. Chemosynthesis”. Analyze the major similarities and differences between chemosynthesis and photosynthesis. Determine what you believe is the most significant step in regard to harnessing energy within each process, and explain why.
- Go to The Guardian’s Website to read the article titled “GM microbe breakthrough paves way for large-scale seaweed farming for biofuels”, dated January 19, 2012. Discuss the main point of the article. Determine at least three (3) benefits of the genetically modified organism(s) described in the article. Give your opinion about what risks the genetically modified organisms pose to society, and explain how non-scientist citizens can arrive at an informed opinion in such matters.
What will hospitals need to do to adapt from volume based to value based models
$5.00Health Reform: On-Line PodCast.
Listen to the following PodCasts located at the Health Reform tab on the podcast link at Hospitals and Health Networks:
“From Volume to Value” by Valinda Rutledge
“Embracing Healthcare’s Age of Uncertainty” by Mary Graysonhttp://www.hhnmag.com/hhnmag/html/Podcasts.html and answer the following questions:
- What will hospitals need to do to adapt from volume based to value based models?
- What did Valinda reference as being a community Role model?
- What are all the “U” words Mary Grayson references?
website: http://www.hhnmag.com/#Podcasts
1 Pages
Introduction to Skilled nursing care facility
$13.00- Definition of Skilled nursing care facility
- Eligibility criteria for admission to a skilled nursing facility
- Strengths and weaknesses
- Influence of federal laws on skilled nursing facilities
2 pages
Skilled nursing facilities: How regulation affects your setting
$10.00The focus is on the regulation in your specific setting. You will also need to discuss how regulation affects your setting. In addition to your assigned readings, It is expected that you review the literature to understand how these issues have been examined and discussed by researchers and legislatures
2 pages
APA 2 references
Timeline of the historical development of nursing science, starting with Florence Nightingale
$10.00Create a 500 to 700 word timeline paper of the historical development of nursing science, starting with Florence Nightingale and continuing to the present.
Format the timeline however you wish, but the word count and assignment requirements must be met.
Include the following in your timeline:
- Explain the historical development of nursing science by citing specific years, theories, theorists, and events in the history of nursing.
- Explain the relationship between nursing science and the profession.
- Include the influences on nursing science of other disciplines, such as philosophy, religion, education, anthropology, the social sciences, and psychology.
Must be APA format
Questionnaire – Option 2: Homeless men and health care service
$5.00The learning objective of this assignment is to practice designing a structured survey versus an unstructured interview. These are different. For guidance on structured survey questions, please see pages 189-193 and 196-200 of your text. For guidance on interview questions, please see pages 190-191 and 194-196 of your text.
There are two parts to this assignment. You must complete the first part in order to have access to the second part.
Prepare and submit your response (see topic below for more guidance).
Complete two peer reviews . The peer reviews will be automatically assigned to you as soon as the due date for submission has passed – so these should be completed between Thursday and Saturday. Again, if you do not complete the first part you will not have access to the peer review process. Unlike our other peer review assignments, you will NOT be resubmitting again for instructor review so do your BEST JOB the first time around.
TopicSubmission
This week you will be designing both a: 1) five question survey AND 2) five interview questions.
You have two options to complete this assignment.
Option 1: The first option is that you develop the survey versus interview questions around your research topic of interest (i.e., on the topic for which you completed your problem statement and literature review). Please prepare and submit:
Five questions and a response scale for each question that would be administered as a survey to your study participants.
Five open-ended interview questions. These would be administered during an interview or discussion with your study participants. Remember that these should not be framed as “yes” or “no” questions. If you do not know how to do this, please revisit last week and this week’s learning modules, as well as chapters 7 and 8 of your text.
– OR –Option 2: If you do not want to use your research topic of interest, you may use the following scenario instead to develop the survey versus interview questions. The topic is homeless men and health care services. More specifically, you are trying to gather information on how they access health care services; the barriers to accessing health care services; and the quality of the services they receive. Please prepare and submit:
Five questions and a response scale for each that would be administered as a survey to a homeless man.
Five open-ended interview questions. These would be administered during an interview or discussion with a homeless man. Remember that these should not be framed as “yes” or “no” questions. If you do not know how to do this, please revisit last week and this week’s learning modules, as well as chapters 7 and 8 of your text.Report on making the facility a good place
$40.00Background:
You are a new healthcare administrator having just graduated from UCF with a bachelor’s degree in HSA. Your first job is the director of a 250 bed skilled nursing facility located in Orlando, Fl. You are really excited about your first job as a healthcare administrator and show up early on your first day. When you arrive you find the facility in complete disarray, phones are ringing, patients call buttons are going unanswered, and trash cans are overflowing. You find very few of the night shift employees are still there, those employees still in the building appear to be napping on the job.
After you help answer the phones and direct clinical staff to assist patients, you finally make it into your office where you realize that the issues do not stop on the patient care floor! Bills are unpaid, accreditation requirements are unmet, and nine notices from the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are lying unopened on the desk, and you find a resignation on the desk from your administrative assistant. It is obvious that you have just walked into a disaster area.
Just then your phone rings and on the other end of the line your boss, the corporate VP for Operations, she sounds very angry. She explains that she just got a report on your facility and you are over budget, your vacancy rates are up, your predecessor did not submit any input to the capital budget process which was due two weeks ago, several employees have complained about the facility and one even suggested that she is being sexually harassed by her supervisor, in a nut shell your facility is falling apart at the seams. You try to explain that you just got to the job but she doesn’t want to hear it, instead she wants to meet with you in two weeks to hear how you are going to fix this and what progress you have made in a two week’s time.
What are you going to do? Make sure that you include your immediate response (what you have done during the first and second week), your immediate plans short term plans, your intermediate plans, and your long term goals. Prepare the report that you will present to your boss that walks her through the steps you have already taken and that you will take in the short, intermediate and long run to bring this facility back to life. Be creative about your facility and the issues that you are confronting.
Tips:
- Use theories from the book and other sources as necessary
- Cite using APA style:
- List references in APA at the end
- Make sure that you address all parts of the question and address all issues in depth, don’t skip over issues addressed above
- Follow assignment guidelines!
- Check all spelling & grammar (it sometimes help to read your presentation aloud)
I want you all to approach this case study assignment from a professional presentation view point.
By that I mean you should have your report in a format that is easy for your “new boss” to read/understand/and assess your potential for continuation in the job.
What I want to see is a power point presentation that lays out your initial reaction/observations/actions and then presents your goals and action steps (and metrics) for making the facility a good place to be a patient, to work and for making the facility profitable.BE SURE TO READ GUIDANCE IN THE SYLLABUS CAREFULLY
You will need to develop a tactical plan and execution plan for the immediate response and a Strategic Plan to turn the organization around. Think Product, process, metrics, and outcome.
Remember that I will grade this as if I were your new boss… I will be deciding if I am going to keep you in your position, and give you the resources and latitude to execute your plan (that will be an A for a great plan and great confidence or B for a good plan but one I have some concerns about), immediately fire you because I do not have any confidence you or your plan and do not believe you have shown that you have the managerial and leadership skills, knowledge, and planning ability to be successful (this will be a F), or send you help from my team (this is never a good thing, help from above is a statement that your supervisors don’t have faith in your plan or ability to execute it, but are not ready to just fire you and pick another leader), (this will result in a C for a plan I consider workable but needs more specifics to be successful and I will assign a more senior leader to be your consultant in the execution, or D for a plan that is marginal but could work, but I think the corporation will be better served with someone else on site, overseeing the tactical actions and strategic planning and execution to be successful). The grades I will assign are as follows: 200 points for an A, 170 points for a B, 150 points for a C, 125 points for a D, and 100 points or less for an F.This assignment is worth 20% of your grade, so you should plan to invest 12 to 20 hours in the process of researching, developing, presenting and completing the assignment.
The assignment is also a dry run for something that is likely to happen to you in the first two years of your employment as a healthcare manager. Nearly every new manager is faced with taking over from a failing manager. You should see this as a real opportunity, not a threat. On a personal note, I always found that going in behind a manager who had failed or taking over a troubled organization was a great position and an outstanding career opportunity. There is only one way to go and even small improvements in the short run are likely to make you a hero in the eyes of your leaders.Assignment Guidelines:
I want to see is a power point presentation
Cover page that includes name, class and topic of presentation.
Final page with credits, cite appropriately and list references
Typed in Times New Roman with a minimum of 12 point font, you may use bold but no italic. Larger fonts are fine … but nothing smaller than 12 for any part of the slides.
No animation or double click formats, let the slide present in one click only.
Professional looking backgrounds, no dark colors or busy backgrounds. Don’t need pictures that add nothing to the message. This is a professional presentation to your boss. Don’t let him or her think you are not very serious about your presentation. Your job and ultimately your career depend on it.
This should be an impressive and informative presentation that will gain you the trust and confidence of your new boss that you have the planning, personnel, financial, budgeting, leadership and managerial skills to be successful and progress in the organization.
There is no page limit but follow the rule, long enough to cover the subject and short enough to still be interesting… in short, tell me what time it is, don’t tell me how to build a watch.HSA 4180; Case Study #4 Medical Group Management Association
$10.00Professional Development – Worth 100 points
Select four of the organizations listed below and discuss the purpose of the organization, the specific healthcare professionals it is likely to attract, provide a synopsis of the professional development opportunities offered and the certifications offered along with the requirement and your personal opinion of the organization and value of the credential(s) and certifications. You may also select another Healthcare Professional Organization that serves as a credentialing and/or certifying organization for any other group of healthcare professionals for one of your selected organizations. If you do clearly specify the name of the organization and what specific group of professionals the group represents. Your response is to be in a word document format ( doc. or docx. only). Cover all of the issues for each organization you choose and use good writing and presentation techniques and address the issue(s) in detail. Answer in bullet format where possible.
- (HIM Majors MUST use HIMSS as one of the four)
- American College of Healthcare Executives
- Health Information Management Systems Society
- American College of Physician Executives
- American Association of Medical Administrators
- American Organization of Nurse Executives
- Healthcare Financial Management Association
- Medical Group Management Association
- American College of Medical Practice Executives
- The Managed Care Executive Group
You must cite references used in your submission