BUSN 278 Budgeting and Forecasting

Week 7

Week 7 DQ 1

Discuss the differences in the reports prepared for upper management compared to the reports prepared for lower-level managers. Why do these differences exist?

Week 7 DQ 2

The sales forecast is often the starting point of the budgeting process. Identify and discuss key assumptions that are made in the creation of the sales forecast. How would you defend these assumptions when presenting your budget to the budget committee?

 Part 1 – 2 pages
Instructions: This assignment involves a 3-step process. Keeping in mind what you have learned in Chapter 10 (Value-based Purchasing), submit one document in which you mention how you would address each of the points.

You are a health information management professional at Happy Hospital. Since the hospital is moving toward adopting more value-based initiatives, you are tasked with the following:

  1.  Nurse X and Nurse Y are confused about the sections and requirements needed in clinical documentation. They have come to you with the sections listed below. How would you educate and inform them as to what needs to be added or changed regarding what they have done thus far? What the nurses have done thus far is gather the points listed below. The document to be designed is the clinical document itself. All relevant sections should be included in this document.
        Medications
        Physical exams
        Laboratory results
        Diagnoses
        Current immunization record

 2. Happy Hospital is in need of someone proficient in data analytics. What sources of data would you work with? What skills would you use to perform this job? Recommend at least one software tool that would help in      performing this task.

 3.  Only recently has Happy Hospital introduced the Physician Quality Reporting System(PQRS) to its clinicians.   Which clinicians would be considered “eligible professionals” under PQRS? List the eligible clinicians under PQRS. Also, keeping in mind the most recent PQRS requirements, what measures and sections would you include when reporting? Designing the report mainly involves including the necessary measures and sections that would be included in the report.

Be sure to cite your sources.

Note: In this assignment, you are helping the nurses gain an understanding of how to align the clinical quality care with the hospitals financial performance goals relative to VBP. To do so, you will complete each step in the assignment.

In question #1, you will explain to the nurses in your own words what VBP is and then create a check list of things to include in a clinical document to be used when reviewing clinical documents for improvement relative to VBP. You may find it helpful to get an understanding of the PQRS and complete question #3 before completing question #1. You do not have to, but it may help (maybe).

Number of Pages: 2 Pages

Academic Level: College

Paper Format: APA
 

Part 2

 Instructions: Preparing a community health center to be come Joint Commission accredited is no small undertaking. More on, preparing dental clinics for accreditation is challenging because the Joint Commission Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Ambulatory Care (CAMAC) does not specify exactly how standards are to be interpreted for oral health programs. At first glance, it may seem that many of the standards do not apply to dental, however, most Joint Commission ambulatory care standards do in fact apply to dental clinics.

Complete Tracer Methodology Case Study(5.8) in ” HIM Case Studies” by Diana Foley in Domain 5 on page 235. (paragraph minimum)

1. Consider the role that health information management has on preparation for tracer methodology surveys.

 2. Determine at least three ways that HIM can assist in tracer preparation.

Number of Pages: 1 Page
Academic Level: College
 

discussing the bulleted pointers below. You will need to cite at least one academic reference in APA or IEEE style:

· According to quantum field theory, all the elementary particles in the universe are the excited states of the fundamental quantum fields that exist everywhere. There is no such thing as empty space, nor it is the ether of classical notion. The quantum fields permeate everywhere, all over the universe, and they are real (albeit unobservable).

· Some consider the concept of zero-point energy as the basis for exploring the possibility of perpetual motion machines, such as energy-free motors that run on nothing but the Earth’s magnetic field.

· Your research on zero-point energy, vacuum energy, dark energy, Casimir force, the fundamental quantum fields, and their inter-relations, if any.

· Possibility or impossibility of designing perpetual motion machines from zero-point energy

· Design ideas, if any, for these perpetual motion machines, such as nanomachines and molecular machines.

2pages of information

Research Draft

This week we you will develop your research draft paper.  You will include the information you presented in your week 1 proposal for the first part of this draft. Be sure to include your thesis statement in your introduction. You will then include the subheadings sections you created in week 4.  You will also develop and present your results in the discussion section (download research template). You must meet the following requirements:

·  Your paper should range from 6-8 pages.

·  The paper should have 6-8 peer-reviewed references.

·  Your paper must combine information from two different disciplines.

·  Your paper should be written in third person and past tense.

·  Your paper must be in APA format.

Criteria for Research Draft:

·  Title – not just a topic name – should capture the research problem and tell the reader what the research investigates

·  Introduction – 1-2 paragraphs – gives your reader adequate background information and includes your main thesis statement

·  Problem Statement – 1 paragraph – describes the overarching problem to include your main (supported) problem statement

·  Purpose Statement – 1 paragraph – describes the intent of the research to include your main purpose statement 

·  Research Questions – include your research question(s)

·  Study Significance – 1 paragraph describes the importance of the study to include your main significance statement 

·  3-5 Subheadings – Include topic sentences that describe what is covered under each subheading (the subheadings make up to main research body)

·  Discussion – Present your conclusions and results based on the research you presented in the subheadings. This is where you clearly answer your research question(s)

·  Conclusion – 1 paragraph to summarize the key points to include a rephrasing of your thesis statement

·  References – 6-8 peer-reviewed sources

Note** We are not writing a proposal anymore, we have completed our research. Therefore, this paper should be written in past tense.

To prepare for this section of the Course Project:

• Review the Course Project Guidelines in the Learning Resources.
• Reflect on the Marchildon et al. (2018) article that you read in preparation for this week’s Discussion. Again, consider how public health issues have been addressed through the use of policy.
• Review the “Healthy People 2030 Framework” and the “National Prevention Strategy” articles. Note that the U.S. government has some specific ideas about objectives for improving the health of the population. For those of you who reside outside the United States, review the United Nation’s “Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” resource.
• Consider public health issues in your community and select an issue that you would like to address (e.g., obesity, violence against a particular group, alcohol abuse, tobacco use, etc.).
• Think about any questions that you might have about your Course Project.

Week 1 Course Project: Topic Selection

To complete this section of your Course Project, write a 1–2-page paper that includes the following:

• A description of public health issues in your community.
• An explanation of an issue that you would like to address (e.g., obesity, violence against a particular group, alcohol abuse, tobacco use, etc.
• Locate 4–5 appropriate resources that support the topic you selected. If the resources are not from a scholarly journal, ensure that you use those from only reputable websites and organizations. Provide an APA reference to each resource and write 1–2 sentences about why you selected each resource and how it will help inform your Course Project

The topic that you select will be the focus of your Community Advocacy Project. Within your submission, include any questions that you may have about your Course Project. Your Instructor will answer your questions along with the feedback on your topic.