Creating a Budget

Create a realistic budget for your proposed project( mental health evaluation with stress levels) . Make sure to include both the Revenue (sponsorship, gifts, grants, participant fees, sales) and Expenditures (personnel, equipment, supplies, space, subcontracts, etc.). Even if there are zeros, you need to include all elements. The budget summary should be limited to 1 to 2 pages and presented in a table format. The narrative does not have a page limit.

TOPIC:

   health information technology and EMR

Assignment #4. Roots of Organizational Policy

The Comprehensive Final Project (Assignment #4) has been designed for the student to identify federal and state policy roots in a specific health services organization.  Each student will select a specific management area for a specific organization.  The student will identify a health services setting where they have access to the policy manual (or a sample policy manual).  The setting may include a single location or an organization with many types of services and many service delivery settings. Select one of the following spheres where you will map out and describe a minimum of five (5) organizational policies linked to federal or state legislative mandates. Note some policies may be required for accreditation and also related to public policy.  This is the case with many NCQA standards.

Prepare a final PowerPoint presentation with no more than 10-15 content slides. A cover and reference slide must be provided.  Draw on what you have learned throughout the class including:

-a summary of each (5 in total) organizational policy and the federal/state legislative roots for each policy (by name and statute),

-any pending changes to the legislation (to each)

-and your metrics for the organization in terms of performance (for each)

A preliminary outline must be posted by Sunday (Week 7) for peer review in a dedicated conference and also for Instructor review.

Health Management Areas (select one): 

• facilities planning and maintenance
• occupational health & safety
• prevention programs for health disparities
• payment processing and billing
• human resources
• health information technology and EMR
• pharmacy services
• laboratory services
• supply chain  Medical Equipment/ Technology
• patient/customer and community relations
• patient support services
• strategic planning and new service development
• advertising or marketing
• Internal Quality Control
• Direct Patient Care

A marketing campaign would not be successful without gathering sufficient data. Surveys and questionnaires are a great and inexpensive method for retrieving data. During this week’s assignment, please identify the ultimate goal of your survey by focusing on the questions below:

• What would you like to know about the stakeholders of      the organization?
• What information can help the hospital stay      competitive?

These questions will assist you during the creation of your survey or questionnaire.

Coaching Session 2

People often seek the assistance of coaches for support when they are trying to make positive changes in life. These changes can be as simple as arriving at work on time each day or more complex objectives encompassing time or life management, motivation, decision making, lifelong learning, and behavior modification. 

Week 3 Assignment

Last week, you helped your coachee identify a couple of professional objectives and the importance of those objectives. This week, continue to discuss with your coachee the relevance of the objectives you have identified as priorities. What short-term and long-term benefits might your coachee realize when these objectives are achieved? Is your coachee facing any challenges, roadblocks, or resistance? Is your coachee fearful or resistant, on any level, to make changes necessary to achieve these objectives? What does the coachee need to do to overcome the challenges, fear, or resistance?

As you ask meaningful and thought-provoking questions, gently guide your coachee to the answers that lie within. Avoid directing your coachee or offering solutions before the coachee has had ample time to explore and develop answers and solutions. The focus of this week’s session is not on developing action plans to achieve the objectives. Rather, it is to assess the things that might prevent the coachee from achieving them.

For this second coaching session, submit a coaching report that provides the following information: 

• Recap the coaching session (1 to 2 pages)
  • Where did the session occur?
  • When did it occur?
  • Who was being coached?
  • Who was the coach?
  • Summarize the conversation. Who said what?
  • Any key details about the relationship or interaction that need to be recorded? (e.g., impressions, difficulties, opportunities, things that were missed, things to explore in the future, boundaries, parameters, etc.).
• Analyzed the short- and long-term benefits to the coachee for achieving the objectives (½ to 1 page).
• Assessed the challenges, resistance, and fears that might prevent the coachee from achieving the objectives (½ to 1 page).
• Assessed what the coachee might need to do to overcome the challenges, resistance, and fear (½ to 1 page).
• Clarify the action steps that you (as coach) need to complete prior to the next coaching session. For example, what information do you need to research? What resources do you need to locate? What follow ups do you need to complete? What skills do you need to refine? (¼ to ½ page). 

Submission Details:

• Submit your report in a three page Microsoft Word document, using APA style.

Competency

Evaluate the role and impact of financial principles on healthcare organizations.

Scenario

Metropolitan 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.

Instructions

The 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.

Resources

This link has information about creating an executive summary.

Grading Rubric

1. Comprehensive identification of the different types of healthcare payment models that could be utilized by Metropolitan Memorial. Includes multiple examples or supporting details per topic. 

2.  Clear and thorough explanation of the ways the organization can achieve Triple AIM of improving the experience of care, improving the health of populations, and reducing per capital costs of healthcare. Includes multiple examples or supporting details per topic. 

3.  Clear and thorough identification of the impact of the payer mix on the revenue. Includes multiple examples or supporting details. 

4. Comprehensive explanation of how value-based healthcare delivery can be utilized to save money. Includes multiple examples or supporting details.