UMUC HMGT372 Full Course Latest 2019 JUNE (NO Week 4 Discussion) Question # 00602067 Course Code : HMGT372 Subject: Health Care Due on: 06/07/2019 Posted On: 06/07/2019 08:47 AM Tutorials: 1 Rating: 4.8/5

HMGT372 Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care

Week 1 Discussion

Theme 1:

It is a
challenging job to be a student. All students juggle multiple priorities and
responsibilities trying to gain the highest grades at the same time. Please
offer your strategies on time management and study skills to your peers.
Provide minimum three of the most helpful tools and/or strategies that you use
to a high degree of success. Tell us how you apply those tools or skills by
sharing an example. Discuss the tips offered
by your peers and reflect how or if they will work for you. Some of the
additional information could be found in Helpful Tips overview.

Theme 2:

Discuss
with your colleagues the following questions: What is “Legality”?
What are “Ethics”? Compare and contrast legality and ethics in health care. Provide one (1)
specific real life legal case example of a violation of legality in a
healthcare organization and one (1) specific real life legal case example of a
violation of ethics in a healthcare organization that you find on the internet
or in the print media. See Discussion Expectations and Grading for rules on
discussions. Read background articles. This discussion requires additional
research beyond reading the articles.

Assigned
reading materials:

Understanding
Federal Courts – (Control>>Click>>From Drop down Menu select Open
in New Window or Copy/Paste into your URL)
http://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/court-role-and-structure

Introduction
to the U.S. Legal System- http://litigation.findlaw.com/legal-system/introduction-to-the-u-s-legal-system.html

Legal
issues facing health care
professionals-http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/13-legal-issues-for-hospitals-and-health-systems.html

Ethical and
legal analysis of health care
case-http://ijahsp.nova.edu/articles/Vol2num1/pdf/lazaro.pdf

This
educational resource is designed to help health care organization directors ask
knowledgeable and appropriate questions related to health care corporate
compliance.http://www.hcca-info.org/Portals/0/PDFs/Resources/Conference_Handouts/Clinical_Practice_Compliance_Conference/2007/Fri/601Handout.pdf

Example of
an Employee Handbook from Johns Hopkins:
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/human_resources/_docs/employee_handbook_non-union_non-represented.pdf

Health Care
Ethics – samples.jbpub.com/9781449665357/Chapter2.pdf (copy/paste into your
URL)

HMGT372 Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care

Week 2 Discussion

Patients
have a bill of rights. Patients also consent to care and have a right to
self-determine their care. Those who care for patients are to keep information
protected.

Select one
of the patient rights (ethical or legal issues) from readings this week.
Discuss with your colleagues the right, the legal and/or ethical basis for this
right and how this translates into responsibility for a specific health service
organization setting. Provide two specific real life legal case examples that
you find on the internet or in the print media. Examples: assisted living
facilities for disabled, long term care facility, a home care nursing
association, a small physician practice, a hospital, a rehabilitation center,
or a first responder/ambulance. Remember:

1. The
patient right (with proper legal citation);

2. The
setting; and

3. The
health care organization’s responsibility.

Peer
comments should compare and contrast the impact of the patient rights on each
setting. Read the background articles. This discussion requires research beyond
the above articles. See Discussion Expectations and Grading for rules on
discussions.

Assigned
reading materials:

Federal Law
on Advance
Directives-http://www.nrc-pad.org/images/stories/PDFs/fedaddirectives2a.pdf

Patients’
rights, protections and the law-
http://www.healthsourceglobal.com/docs/patient%20bill%20of%20rights_merged.pdf

Partnership
for patients- http://partnershipforpatients.cms.gov/

Shared
decision making- http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1209500

HMGT372 Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care

Week 3 Discussion

Health care
fraud is a form of white collar crime. It involves filing illegitimate health
care claims to turn an illicit profit. The 3 major laws that protect against
healthcare fraud are the Anti-kickback statute, Stark, and the False Claims
Act. From the readings and independent research, find one (1) specific real
life legal case example of how kickback arrangements would violate the Stark
Law. In addition, discuss with your colleagues how the kickback arrangements
could violate trust between provider organizations and patients. From the
readings and independent research, find one (1) specific real life legal case
example of a breach of the False Claims Act by a health-related organization.
In addition, discuss whether health care organizations are properly equipped to
ensure compliance and minimize exposure risks. If not why not?

Read the
background articles. This discussion requires research beyond the articles. See Discussion Expectations and Grading
for rules on discussions.

Assigned
reading materials:

Medicare
Fraud and Abuse: Prevention, Detention, & Reporting –
https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNProducts/downloads/fraud_and_abuse.pdf

Stark and
AKS Chart-http://oig.hhs.gov/compliance/provider-compliance-training/files/StarkandAKSChartHandout508.pdf

Breakdown
of False Claims Act-(Control>>Click>>From Drop down Menu select
Open in New Window or Copy/Paste into your URL)
https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/civil/legacy/2011/04/22/C-FRAUDS_FCA_Primer.pdf

The Stark
Truth about the Stark law Part I http://www.aafp.org/fpm/2003/1100/p27.html

Deficit
Reduction Act-http://www.crowell.com/documents/docassocfktype_articles_919.pdf

Brown,
J. (2008). Develop a policy for amended records. Journal of Health Care compliance, January-February, 37- 38. [must
use UMUC library]

Mekel, M.
(2012). The Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 Meets the Era of Health
Care Reform: Continuing Themes and Common Threads. Journal of Legal Medicine,
(33), 106. [must use UMUC library]

HMGT372 Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care

Week 4 Discussion

Discuss
with your colleagues how a health care organizations can promote a culture of
compliance and responsibility? Through your research, identify a specific
organizational structure or program that could serve as a “best practice” for
other health organizations. What
specific health care organization currently uses the program or structure you
picked? Describe the program in a paragraph. Is it a training program? A
handbook? An immunization program? A patient care involvement program? A
financial management practice? Penalties for fraud detection and reporting in
the organization? Policy development? Procedure (SOP) creation? Benchmarks?
External QA/QC consultants? Is this “best practice” specific to just this
setting? Peer comments should compare and contrast their findings with others
presented. See Discussion Expectations and Grading for rules on discussions.

Assigned
reading materials:

It is
important that managers understand the responsibilities of operating within the
tax-exempt structure-http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/eotopice00.pdf

Corporate
Responsibility and Corporate Compliance: A Resource for Health Care Boards of
Directors
(n.d)]-http://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/docs/complianceguidance/040203CorpRespRsceGuide.pdf

Facts about
The Joint Commission’s Hospital Accreditation –
https://www.jointcommission.org/accreditation/accreditation_main.aspx

Benefits of
The Joint Commission Accreditations –
https://www.jointcommission.org/benefits_of_joint_commission_accreditation/

Joint
Commission: Conflict of Interest –
https://www.jointcommission.org/conflict_of_interest_policy/

HMGT372 Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care

Week 5 Discussion

Health
executives have a code of ethics and policy statements which guide their
behavior. Examine one of the policy
statements provided by ACHE.org and comment on how this code may differ in
nature than the health care provider codes. Be specific. Do you see any ethical
issues emerging out of health care reform yet are not consider in the ACHE
documents? Peers are expected to demonstrate critical thinking in their
questions related to the classmates’ descriptions. See Discussion Expectations
and Grading for rules on discussions.

Assigned
reading materials:

Patient
Privacy and Genetic Testing-http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/genetic.cfm

Standards
for Ethical Behavior Among Health Care Executives-
http://www.ache.org/ABT_ACHE/code.cfm

Teaching
Clinical Ethics Using a Case Study Family Presence During Cardiopulmonary- http://ccn.aacnjournals.org/content/25/1/38.full.pdf&embedded=true

HMGT372 Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care

Week 6 Discussion

Find a
newspaper or scholarly article where a health care organization or a provider
was found guilty of malpractice, criminal negligence, false credentials,
failure to treat or patient abandonment. Provide specific details of the case.
Discuss with your colleagues: 1. Which critical health care error does the
article address? 2. Explain the setting and details using your own words. 3. Drawing from your readings and experience
to date, what do you assess are factors leading up to the error? Touch on
duties and standard of care. Peers are expected to demonstrate critical
thinking in their questions related to the classmates’ descriptions. See
Discussion Expectations and Grading for rules on discussions.

Assigned
reading materials:

Credentialing
and Privileges-http://ctel.org/expertise/credentialing-and-privileging/

Summary of
Credentialing and Privileges-
http://www.hcca-info.org/Portals/0/PDFs/Resources/Conference_Handouts/Compliance_Institute/2013/Tuesday/600/607print1.pdf

A Short
Overview of Medical Malpractice
http://malpractice.laws.com/medical-malpractice-law/medical-malpractice-overview

Medical
negligence: Criminal prosecution of medical professionals, importance of
medical evidence: Some guidelines for medical practitioners-
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2779964/

HMGT372 Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care

Week 7 Discussion

Bow-Tie
Analysis is one of many effective tools for communicating risk assessment. Discuss the bow-tie method and then provide
another specific example of an effective tool that hospitals use for risk assessment.
Which one would you implement in your area and why? Must provide specific
examples of each being used and results.
Discuss in what areas you feel a risk management analysis could be effective
and why? Peers are expected to demonstrate critical thinking in their questions
related to the classmates’ descriptions. See Discussion Expectations and Grading
for rules on discussions.

Assigned
reading materials:

Bow tie
-http://www.r4risk.com.au/Bow-tie-Analysis.php

Bow tie –
(Control>>Click>>From Drop down Menu select Open in New Window or
Copy/Paste into your URL) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19591531

Risk
Management, Quality Improvement, and Patient
Safety-(Control>>Click>>From Drop down Menu select Open in New
Window or Copy/Paste into your URL)
https://www.ecri.org/components/HRC/Pages/RiskQual4.aspx

The Purpose
of Risk Management in
Healthcare-http://elearning.scranton.edu/resource/health-human-services/purpose-of-risk-management-in-healthcare

HMGT372 Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care

Week 8 Discussion

Research
and discuss with your colleagues two health care challenges in the future for
public or private health care organizations. You must select two challenges and
discuss: How will these challenges affect patients and the health care
organization? Be specific as to which type of health care organization you are
dealing with [i.e. HMOs. PPOs, POS, urgent care centers, physician outpatient
care surgical centers, etc.]. Peers are expected to demonstrate critical
thinking in their questions related to the classmates’ descriptions. See
Discussion Expectations and Grading for rules on discussions.

Assigned reading
materials:

Improving
Ethical Decision Making in Healthcare Leadership
https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/improving-ethical-decision-making-in-health-care-leadership-2151-6219-4-e101.pdf

Ruger, J.P.
(2011). Shared Health Governance. The
American Journal of Bioethics, 11 (7), 32-45. See
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1752295 [you can download
entire paper for free]

HMGT372 Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care

Assignment 1

Management Tools for Health Care Organizations
to Comply with Patient’s Legal Rights

From the
list below, choose one topic and identify two specific legal obligations that a
specific health service organization has to its patients and then write a paper
discussing all the areas listed in the outline following this subject
list. Include a cover page and a list of
references at the end of the paper.
Paper will be double spaced and be approximately 4-5 pages in 12 point
New Times Roman font.

The Genetic
Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)

Elder abuse
Mandatory Reporting

Child abuse
Mandatory Reporting

HIV
Mandatory Reporting

The False
Claims Act- the civil penalties

TB
Mandatory Reporting

Proper
treatment of environmental hazards.

Medical
error-Critical Incident

False
credentials of health care personnel

Medical
Charting violations

Violation
of HIPAA – confidentiality

Failure to
treat patients in a timely manner

Failure to
maintain required Staffing ratios

Patient
Choice and treatment consent

Note: Outline: Must use the headings from the outline below
in your paper and the paper must be in narrative form not outline or bullet
format. A penalty will be deducted from paper if underlined headings not used
in your paper.

1. Official Title of the Law or Laws:

State the
official title of the federal and/or state law, the statute and section
number. Must be either a federal statute
or state statute and you must cite both if applicable. Thus if there is both a
federal and state law that covers your subject picked then you must cite both.
Do not assume that there is just a federal and or state law. In most cases
there is both a federal and state law. You must use the laws cited in this
section throughout the rest of the paper.

Health Care
Organization’s Obligations to meet Patients’ Legal Rights:

Describe in
detail two specific legal obligations, required by the federal and or state
law, that a health care organization owes to its patients. Include the specific law citation that
describes the patient’s rights. Use
in-text citations for all statistical references.

Consequences
for Non-Compliance:

First,
discuss in general the civil and criminal consequences from either the federal
and or state law. List the two legal obligations from the previous section, then
discuss two (2) specific consequences from the federal and or state law, one
consequence for each legal obligation, for the organizations’ non-compliance.
Then for each consequence you must research and discuss one relevant real life
case. In other words, you must discuss one (1) consequence for each legal
obligation and have one real life researched case for each consequence. See
outline below. Cases must be found via the internet or print media or from
personal real life experiences. In other
words, what would happen if the organization neglected to meet its obligations
to its patients? Be specific. Provide the specific Federal and or state law
citations to back up your claim of the consequences. Provide link to source of information.

1) Legal obligation 1

One
specific consequence

One real
life case

2) Legal obligation 2

One
specific consequence

One real
life case

Health
Service Organization Management Actions to meet Legal Obligations for Patients’
Rights:

Describe in
detail three (3) specific management actions, within your control as a health
care manager that you would institute, to ensure the health care organization
complies with its obligations to protect the patients’ rights. Be specific as
to each management action you would personally institute and why. No general
comments. These actions may include
specific uses of technology, procedures, human resource training, and other
management tools.

Conclusion:
Summary of your findings above.

Reference
List [APA Format]

The paper must
be:

Late
penalties: See Course Syllabus.

Be sure and
use the underlined headings found in the outline below in your paper. Paper
must be in narrative format not outline or bullets.

Include a
cover page [not counted as a page] which should have student name and title of
your paper [Provide a short name for the legal responsibility the specific
health care organization has for one type of patient right in a specific
setting ]

At the end
of the paper a list of references [not counted as a page]

Be prepared
using word-processing software and saved with a .doc, .docx, or .rtf extension.
No pdf.

Be uploaded
to your Assignments Folder by 11:59 p.m. EST on the due date.

The paper
is to be posted in Assignment #1 drop box.

Must cite
to the source for all facts in the text of your paper in APA format.

Example of
in text citation:

(Ernst,
& Young, 2000 p. 14).

Example of source
cited on reference page:

References

Healthcare
Financial Management Association (U.S.), Ernst, & Young. (2000). Health
care system reform: A provider perspective : survey results. Westchester, Ill.:
Healthcare Financial Management Association.

Except where noted, the assignment is written
in clear, concise narrative. All sections of Assignment #1 are required.

The grading
rubric for this assignment is in the Assignment Folder, or can be opened by
clicking on the ‘Assignment #1 Grading Rubric’ tab in the lower right corner of
the screen, if you opened the Assignment in Content.

HMGT372 Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care

Assignment 2

Goverance
and Fraud in Health Care Organizations – Legal and Ethical Responsibilities

From the
topics covered in Weeks 3-4, select one law related to financial management in
health care organizations. We discussed such laws as False Claims Act, Stark
Law etc. Include a cover page and a list of references at the end of the paper
in APA Format. Paper will be double
spaced and be 4-5 pages in 12 point New Times Roman font.

The
assignment is to be written in clear, concise narrative. All sections in the
outline for Assignment #2 are required.

Outline: Must use the headings from the outline below
in your paper and the paper must be in narrative form not outline or bullet
format. A penalty will be deducted from paper if underlined headings not used
in your paper.

1. Name
of the Law and or laws:

State the
official title of the federal and/or state law, the statute and section
number. Must be either a federal statute
or state statute and you must cite both if applicable. Thus if there is both a
federal and state law that covers your subject picked then you must cite both.
Do not assume that there is just a federal and or state law. In most cases
there is both a federal and state law. You must use the laws cited in this
section throughout the rest of the paper.

2. Management’s Financial Responsibilities:

What are
the health care organization’s responsibilities under this financial management
statute you stated above? Provide a comprehensive discussion of three (3)
specific responsibilities under the financial management statute. State
specifically after each responsibility
where this responsibility is stated in the federal or state law. Describe the appropriate behavior and
expectation. Include the citations and source of documents describing the organization’s
responsibilities.

Consequences
for Ethical or Legal Breach:

Discuss in
general the civil and criminal consequences from the law. Then identify from
the news, three (3) specific case examples of health care organizations or
health care providers found guilty of a legal or ethical breach relative to the
law you have cited in first part of paper. Identify the specific legal and/or
ethical breach and the penalties assessed to the health service organizations
and/or individuals found guilty of violating the law or ethics [provide
citation of law]. At the end of each
case, discuss in detail whether you agree or not with the decision and why.
Bring in the facts of the case to support your comments. Students should use a
minimum of three (3) documented specific examples retrieved from the print
media.

HCO
Management’s remedial steps to reverse the non-compliance organizations:

Describe in
detail three (3) specific management actions or remedial steps you would take
to ensure the financial management in the health care organization meets or
exceeds the federal law or state law relative to the requirements of the law
you cited above. Discuss specifically how each of the three management actions
specifically meets or exceeds the specific federal or state law you cited.
Note: These actions may include specific uses of technology, procedures, human
resource training, and other management tools.
However these action steps must be within the control of a manager.

5. Conclusion:
Summary your findings above

Reference
List [APA Format]

The paper must be:

Late penalties:
See Course Syllabus.

Be sure and
use the underlined headings found in the outline below in your paper. Paper
must be in narrative format not outline or bullets.

Double
spaced and be 4-5 pages in 12 point New Times Roman font.

Include a
cover page [not counted as a page] which should have student name and title of
your paper [Provide a short name for the legal responsibility the specific
health care organization has for one type of patient right in a specific
setting ]

A the end
of the paper a list of references in APA Format [not counted as a page]

Be prepared
using word-processing software and saved with a .doc, .docx, or .rtf extension.
No pdf.

Be uploaded
to your Assignments Folder by 11:59 p.m. EST on the due date.

The paper
is to be posted in Assignment #2 drop box.

Must cite
to the source for all your facts in the text of your paper in APA format.

Example of
an in text citation:

(Ernst,
& Young, 2000 p14).

Example of source
cited on Reference page:

References

Healthcare
Financial Management Association (U.S.), Ernst, & Young. (2000). Health
care system reform: A provider perspective : survey results. Westchester, Ill.:
Healthcare Financial Management Association.

Except where noted, the assignment is written in
clear, concise narrative. All sections of Assignment #2 are required.

Grading
Rubric for written Assignment #2 is in Assignments area of the class.

HMGT372 Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care

Assignment 3 Part 1

Raising
Organizational Awareness Part 1

Assignment
3 contains 2 parts: a paper (12 points) and a video report (8 points)

For this
assignment, students are required to Write a Paper (part 1)-12 points and
Create a Video Report (part 2- a separate dropbox below)on an interview with a
healthcare professional.

Select a
topic from the list below [must be a different topic from the one you chose for
Assignment #l] or clear a topic with the Instructor beforehand.

The purpose
of this assignment is to raise the awareness of a specific employee in a
specific health care setting regarding a potentially critical aspect of his/her
responsibilities. Target the right issue, the correct employee. In other words, the employee should be either
a head nurse or senior administrator thus your discussion should be as you are
interviewing specific employees on their specific responsibilities and the
specific consequences of failing in those responsibilities.

For
example, The False Credentials paper issue would be for HR offices while the
Critical Event might be for operating room technicians. Patient Treatment
Consent might be a good paper for a Palliative Care Organization or an Oncology
Clinic discharge planning staff. The paper must discuss accurate information
for the setting with full consideration of the relevant state and federal laws
with citations that are accessible by the instructor. The paper can ask
questions and use graphics to deliver certain points of information but the
graphics must be an addendum to the paper and not in the body of the paper. The
paper should include in its conclusion “For more information about this issue…”
and include a reference or references in your Conclusion.

The Genetic
Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)

Elder abuse
Mandatory Reporting

Child abuse
Mandatory Reporting

HIV
Mandatory Reporting

The False
Claims Act- civil penalties

TB
Mandatory Reporting

Proper
treatment of environmental hazards.

Medical
error-Critical Incident

False
credentials of health care personnel

Medical
Charting violation

Violation
of HIPAA- confidentiality

Failure to
treat patients in a timely manner

Patient
Choice and treatment consent

WRITE THE
PAPER.

Outline:
Must use the headings from the outline below in your paper and the paper must
be in a narrative form not outline or bullet format. A penalty will be deducted
from paper if underlined headings not used in your paper.

1. Purpose of Paper, the topic chosen, applicable
Federal and/or state laws

State the
purpose of the paper and discuss why you chose the particular topic, and
provide the official title of the applicable federal and/or state law, the
statute and section number. Must be
either a federal/state statute and you must cite both, if applicable. Thus if
there is both a federal and state law that covers the subject you selected,
then you must cite both the applicable federal and state law. Summarize in this
paragraph the relevant language from the law that applies to your issue. If there is a relevant health care
organizational policy that you can find, then please add that also. Do not
assume that there is just a federal and or state law. In most cases, there are
both federal and state laws. You must use the laws cited in this section throughout
the rest of the paper.

2. The
specifically targeted employee group and specific health services setting

Pick a
specific health care setting and specific employee within the health care
setting and then discuss, in detail, why you picked the specific employee and
the specific health care setting.
Examples of health care settings are the ER, the OR, nursing facilities,
etc. Specific employee group may include doctors, nurses, program
administrators, etc. Please be mindful to tailor your assignment to a specific
employee and specific health care setting. Do not discuss your topic in general
terms.

The
information gathered from the interview with healthcare should be incorporated
into the written paper in a paraphrased or quoted format (no more than 15% of
the text for all citations in total).

3.
Discussion of Three Critical Aspects of Employee’s responsibilities

You are
trying to improve the quality of care in your health care organization. Thus,
in this discussion area, you are using the information you gathered from
interviewing a specific employee about their specific responsibilities and the
specific consequences of failing in those three responsibilities. You must
discuss at least three (3) specific employee critical responsibilities. You
must also specifically relate the applicable federal and/or state law as to the
specific consequences [you may also add relevant hospital policies as well if
found] for failing in each of those responsibilities and provide citations to
support the consequences. Be sure and include in the discussion the relevant
law and hospital policies. Describe how each of them is relevant to the
employees’ critical responsibilities. The outline below is to help you organize
your thoughts but you must use a narrative format to discuss each area. Be sure and use my underlined headings below.

a) Discussion of Employee Specific Critical
Responsibility 1

Discussion
of specific consequence(s) for failing
in this responsibility

Discussion
of a specific statutory requirement

A specific
real-life legal case illustrating the consequences for violating the specific
responsibility.

b) Discussion of Employee Specific Critical
Responsibility 2

Discussion
of specific consequence(s) for failing
in this responsibility

Discussion
of a specific statutory requirement

A specific
real-life legal case illustrating the consequences for violating the specific
responsibility.

c) Discussion of Employee Specific Critical
Responsibility 3

Discussion
of specific consequence(s) for failing
in this responsibility

Discussion
of a specific statutory requirement

A specific
real-life legal case illustrating the consequences for violating the specific
responsibility.

4.
Conclusion – Provide a summary of employee’s critical responsibilities,
consequences and the impact failing in those critical responsibilities may have
on the quality of health care. Also, add a statement “For more information
about this issue…” and include a reference or references for further information
on the issue you discussed.

5.
References

End of
headings

The paper must be:

Late
penalties: See Course Syllabus.

Be sure and
use the headings found in the outline in your paper. The paper must be in a
narrative format, not outline or bullets.

Double
spaced and be 4-5 pages in 12 point New Times Roman font.

Include a
cover page [not counted as a page] which should have student name and title of
your paper [Provide a short name for the legal responsibility the specific
health care organization has for one type of patient right in a specific
setting ]

A the end
of the paper a list of references in APA Format [not counted as a page]

Be prepared
using word-processing software and saved with a .doc, .docx, or .rtf extension.
No pdf.

Be uploaded
to your Assignments Folder by 11:59 p.m. EST on the due date.

The paper,
along with the video, is to be posted in Assignment #3 drop box.

Must cite
to the source for all your facts in the text of your paper in APA format.

Example of
an in-text citation:

(Ernst,
& Young, 2000 p14).

Example of
the source cited on Reference page in APA format:

References

Healthcare
Financial Management Association (U.S.), Ernst, & Young. (2000). Health
care system re