This assignment must consist of 500 – 750 words in APA formatting. You are to compose an essay for the following topic:

• List and describe the four basic financial statements.
• What are some ways in which accounting for health care organizations (HCOs), especially not-for-profit (NFP) ones, tend to differ from accounting in other industries?
• What are the primary responsibilities of a financial manager?
• What are primary uses of financial information?

For the Module 2 SLP assignment, read the information in the required reading section of the module. Once you have completed all the reading:

1. Discuss the current financial health and the future projection on the financial sustainability of Medicare.
2. Propose initiatives that the government might take as possibilities to preserve Medicare.

SLP Assignment Expectations

Length: Write a 3- to 5-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.

Your hospital is reviewing its medical staff rules and regulations. As the Director of the HIM department, you have been asked to work with the physician Chairperson of the Health Information Committee to make a recommendation regarding a policy on authentication, dating and timing of physician orders, including verbal, telephone, electronic, and handwritten orders. The policy you develop must allow the hospital to be in compliance with the documentation requirements of the Joint Commission, CMS Conditions of Participation and the State Licensing regulations.

Requirements:

1. Research and examine the documentation requirements in each of the following standards related to physicians’ orders for an acute care inpatient facility, including authentication, dating, and timing of orders:
   1. Illinois State licensure rules (www.ilga.gov)
      1. Click on Subpart L Records and Reports
      2. Click on and Review Section 250.1510 Medical Records
   2. CMS Conditions of Participation
      1. Review the CMS Conditions of Participation provided by your instructor.
         1. 482.24 Medical Record Services
   3. The JCAHO standards
      1. Review the Joint Commission Standards provided by your instructor.
         1. RC.01.01.01
         2. RC.00.02.01
         3. RC.01.03.01

Write a paper of at least 750 words that addresses the following points about your 3-day food intake:

• Recorded intake of protein, carbohydrates, and lipids
• Which foods in your recorded daily intake provide protein? Which provide carbohydrates? Which provide lipids?
• Review how your recorded protein, carbohydrate, and lipid intake compares with the recommendations of the dietary reference intake. If your recorded protein-carbohydrate-fat intake was too high or too low, which foods might you add or remove to achieve your goal and keep other nutrients in balance?
• Is the protein in each food you ate complete or incomplete, combining to become complementary? Why is this important?
• How much of your daily recommended protein, carbohydrates, and lipid intake did you achieve? If your macronutrient intake is insufficient or excessive, what might you do to bring it into the recommended range? Provide specific recommendations.
• Macronutrient intake ranges
  • Is macronutrient intake within the recommended range important? What are the effects of too much or too little of a macronutrient? What happens if you consistently eat too little protein? What happens if you eat too few carbohydrates? What happens if you eat too few lipids?
• Fiber intake ranges
  • Does your fiber total meet 100% of the recommendation for you as calculated at iProfile®?
  • Does your diet meet the minimum number of servings of foods from each fiber-containing group? If not, which of the fiber-containing groups–fruits and vegetables–fell short of the recommended intake?
  • Which specific foods provide the most fiber in your meals? Which provide the least? Identify trends in your food choices that might affect your fiber intakes.
• Dietary modifications
  • What changes might you make to increase the fiber in your diet?
  • How might insufficient or excessive amounts of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, or fiber contribute to health or illness? Provide examples.
  • What have you learned about your diet?