Category: Healthcare

You have been introduced to diagnostic  coding and have seen how complex the pro

You have been introduced to diagnostic  coding and have seen how complex the process is. Making a coding error can be very costly—from causing an insurance claim to be denied to creating pre-existing conditions for a patient who does not have the diagnosis coded—and, if a practice is audited by a federal regulating body (such as the OIG), can result in fines and even jail time (if the person who coded the service intentionally coded it in error). Given these possible outcomes, how would you prevent coding errors if you or someone you manage were responsible for coding in the medical practice? Please use the reading materials to support your work.
DISCUSSION ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
The student will complete 2 Discussions in this course. The student will post one thread of at
least 250 words by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Thursday of the assigned Module: Week. The student
must then post 2 replies of at least 150 words by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of the assigned
Module: Week. For each thread, students must support their assertions with at least 1scholarly
citations in APA format. Each reply must incorporate at least 1 scholarly citation in APA format.
Any sources cited must have been published within the last five years. Acceptable sources
include the textbook, peer-reviewed journals, government websites, and educational websites. In
addition to scholarly sources you are encouraged to use the Bible too.

Resources to choose from:
Thomas RK. Marketing Health Services, 2nd ed. Chicago:

Resources to choose from:
Thomas RK. Marketing Health Services, 2nd ed. Chicago: Health Administration Press, 2010. Reading assignment: Chapters 1 and 2. (Available via the eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) database at LSU Shreveport’s Noel Memorial Library)
Elrod JK, Fortenberry JL Jr. Advertising in Health and Medicine: Using Mass Media to Communicate with Patients. BMC Health Services Research. 2020;20(Suppl 1):818. (Available via the MEDLINE database at LSU Shreveport’s Noel Memorial Library)
Elrod JK, Fortenberry JL Jr. Personal Selling in Health and Medicine: Using Sales Agents to Engage Audiences. BMC Health Services Research. 2020;20(Suppl 1):819. (Available via the MEDLINE database at LSU Shreveport’s Noel Memorial Library)
Elrod JK, Fortenberry JL Jr. Sales Promotion in Health and Medicine: Using Incentives to Stimulate Patient Interest and Attention. BMC Health Services Research. 2020;20(Suppl 1):820. (Available via the MEDLINE database at LSU Shreveport’s Noel Memorial Library)
Elrod JK, Fortenberry JL Jr. Public Relations in Health and Medicine: Using Publicity and Other Unpaid Promotional Methods to Engage Audiences. BMC Health Services Research. 2020;20(Suppl 1):821. (Available via the MEDLINE database at LSU Shreveport’s Noel Memorial Library)
Elrod JK, Fortenberry JL Jr. Direct Marketing in Health and Medicine: Using Direct Mail, Email Marketing, and Related Communicative Methods to Engage Patients. BMC Health Services Research. 2020;20(Suppl 1):822. (Available via the MEDLINE database at LSU Shreveport’s Noel Memorial Library)

You are a financial analyst that is part of a chargemaster maintenance team. In

You are a financial analyst that is part of a chargemaster maintenance team. In the absence of the previous chargemaster coordinator, you are now responsible for chargemaster audits and maintenance process. You discover that chargemaster maintenance is three months behind. You quickly determine that you will not be able to complete chargemaster tasks in addition to your other job responsibilities. After reviewing research and literature on best practices for chargemaster management (i.e. updating codes, automation, audits, set charges, etc.), you decide to create a process for chargemaster maintenance. Present your findings and process in a proposal to the maintenance team.
Assignment Instructions
For this assignment, you are to:
Examine the selection and development of applications and processes for chargemaster and claims management.
Compare examples that emphasize the methods for controlling cost by reducing errors.
In a written proposal:
1.   Explain/ summarize the importance of claims management and chargemaster maintenance.
2.   a. Identify at least three best practices.    
b. Describe why they should be included in your chargemaster maintenance process.
3.  Create a process for chargemaster maintenance.
Provide a visual/graphic display of your process.
Describe each step and/or component of the process.

Describe self-renewal in the workplace. Why is it important to practice this hea

Describe self-renewal in the workplace. Why is it important to practice this healing tool regularly?
Describe forgiveness. Explain how forgiveness can contribute positively to personal or professional self-renewal.

Read the following case studies, and compose a document as indicated below.
Part

Read the following case studies, and compose a document as indicated below.
Part 1- Letter
Please use Block Letter with Mixed Punctuation. 
Patient Mr. Charles Bennet, Insurance Holder
Insurance company & address below:
Sun Life Assurance Company
1 York Street
Toronto, Ontario M5J 0B6
Mr. Charles Bennet is a new patient at the dental clinic in which you are the office administrator/manager. He has recently received a new patient exam and requires multiple dental interventions as evidenced in the Dr.’s assessment/chart and treatment plan. Mr. Bennet also has 4 impacted wisdom teeth (Impacted wisdom teeth needing extraction {1-8, 2-8, 3-8, 4-8}) and Type 2 Diabetes. Mr. Bennet however only has limited Insurance coverage for dental treatment, and is unable to pay out of pocket for more extensive work. He has full coverage for restorations for which he needs four, but also requires either (root canal therapy (RCT) on tooth 1-6 and a full porcelain crown (FPC) to help the tooth from fracturing beyond repair since it is heavily restored, or an extraction on tooth 1-6. This is an emergency procedure as the patient is in pain, and the dentist feels an extraction of the diseased tooth could lead to further infection and deleterious side effects due to his Type 2 Diabetes.
Enclosure:  panoramic radiograph, 1 bitewing radiograph, 5 periapical radiographs and intraoral pictures.
Please write a letter to Mr. Bennet’s insurance company on behalf of the dentist explaining the medical need for this procedure. Outline the above information and explain the need for increased insurance coverage for this procedure. 
Ensure proper formatting, spelling and grammar are used. Reference How to Key a Letter within the module for set up.
Part 2- Memo
See Memo Formatting Everything You Need to Know for the proper layout information to help you create your own memo. 
As the clinic owner, you receive notification that the linen company has raised their prices effective next month.  
Create a business memo to send to your team of RMT’s stating that moving forward, the price of laundry services has been increased to $300 per month (divided by all 4 therapists).
Ask if they would like to continue receiving these services at the new price, or if they would like to discontinue the laundry service at this time.  
Make up the name of your clinic and linen company. Ensure proper formatting, spelling and grammar are used. *Be sure to add the contact information so the RMT’s can reach out with their answer.
Part 3- Phone Script
Cara is a Medical Laboratory Assistant working for Larden West Hospital. She is in the back of the lab helping with setting urines up for culture, starting the analyzers, separating serum and plasma, along with setting up pregnancy urine tests. Cara notices in her bucket of urines that one of the HcG urines is her best friend Stephanie’s. She thinks nothing of it and performs the test. Cara cannot release the result, but she can see the result. It’s positive. 
Cara gets this phone call:
Cara: “Hey Steph how’s it going?”
Stephanie: “I’m feeling pretty low. Jared (husband) and I have been trying for a baby for over 3 years now and are not having any luck! I just wish it would happen for us. It puts so much stress on our relationship.”
“Hey! Wait a second. You work at the lab I just did HcG urine at. Did you run my result? Am I pregnant? Please tell me Cara! My marriage is riding on this!”
1. Can she give Steph the result and just tell her to keep it a secret?
2. What could happen to Cara if she gave the result to Stephanie?
3. Do you think Stephanie will forgive Cara?
Create a phone script for this scenario, what do you think Cara should say in this situation? Also, provide your answers to the 3 questions. Give specifics for your expressed reasons in your answers to the questions.

Review the public health department in your community. Based on the
findings of

Review the public health department in your community. Based on the
findings of the website, identify at least three ways public health nurses
work with families and communities. This may include programs that are
offered by public health nurses (support with cited material)
From data you gathered from your windshield survey. Identify
potential partners in the community who you would request to form a
coalition. Provide a rationale why they would be a key stakeholder
(support with cited material)
Compare and contrast three social science theoretical frameworks
nurses use when working with the family in the community.
Identify a QSEN competency that applies to public health nursing.
(support with cited material)
Identify a BSN essential that pertains to public health nursing.
(support with cited material)

Here is this weeks agenda I will attach the links in order to help you write the

Here is this weeks agenda I will attach the links in order to help you write the paper effectively. 
https://www.grammarly.com/grammar-check
https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/paragraphs/organization
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/using_research/quoting_paraphrasing_and_summarizing/paraphrasing.html
Please help revise the paper I will attach the feedback from the professor as well.

Introduction
Qualitative research uses inductive reasoning based on an explorati

Introduction
Qualitative research uses inductive reasoning based on an exploration or observation. The focus is typically on the researcher investigating the reasons why something happened. The information comes from interviews or observations. The answers emerge as more information is discovered. You could relate it to the work of a detective who gathers facts and organizes them to find patterns that lead to explanations for events.
In this assignment, you will continue to expand your understanding of a research framework in the context of qualitative research by analyzing and evaluating research questions in qualitative studies. You will also continue to analyze the interrelated elements of a research study, making the connection between theory, problem, purpose, and, now, qualitative research questions and design.
Summary
For this assignment, you will craft a qualitative research question based on the HAC that you selected for the Research Problem and Purpose Statements assignment. You will also examine qualitative methodologies and data collection strategies that would enable you to answer your research question.
There is no length requirement for this assignment. Most submissions that fully address all scoring guide criteria will be 2–5 pages long.
Instructions
For this assignment, it is suggested that you build on the work that you did in the Research Problem and Purpose Statements assignment. This assignment has two distinct parts.
Part 1: Qualitative Research Question
For this first part of the assignment, you will formulate a research question that is appropriate for a research project that will use qualitative methodologies. Remember the HAC that you used in your Research Problem and Purpose Statements assignment for this course. Your research question should align with the problem and purpose statements that you developed in this assignment. A well-written research question should be a single statement.
When examining or creating qualitative research questions, the following checklist may be useful.
Qualitative Research Question Checklist
Does the purpose statement fit logically with the problem statement? Does the purpose statement use similar words to the problem statement, or does it seem to address a different topic?
Do the research questions align with the method and design of the study? For instance, are words like perception used that would automatically reject a quantitative study?
Do questions seek to describe responses to the variables described in the study?
Do the questions begin with the word why?
Do the questions focus on a single phenomenon?
Do the questions include exploratory verbs?
Is the language non-directional?
Are the questions open-ended?
Do the questions specify the participants and research site?
Relevant Scoring Guide Criteria
Formulate a qualitative research question.
Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and respectful of the diversity, dignity, and integrity of others and is consistent with expectations for health care professionals.
Part 2: Qualitative Methods and Data Collection
For this second part of the assignment, you will draw on your readings about qualitative methods and data collection to first identify specific qualitative methodologies that will enable you to answer your research questions. You will then discuss specific qualitative data collection tools or strategies that are appropriate for answering your research questions. Questions to consider when looking for tools and strategies and tools include:
Which research question are you specifically trying to answer?
How does the specific HAC affect the types of tools and strategies that would work best?
How does the health care setting where the research project will occur affect the types of tools and strategies that would work best?
This part should include a review of why it is important to a potential research plan as a whole to ensure that your data collection plan is relevant to your chosen methodology.
This section should be 2–5 pages long, depending on the level of detail required to fully present your methodologies and data collection tools and strategies.
Relevant Scoring Guide Criteria
Identify relevant qualitative methodologies that will support answering a research question.
Describe qualitative data collection tools or strategies that are appropriate for answering research questions.
Explain the importance of methodologically relevant data collection to a research plan as a whole.
Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and respectful of the diversity, dignity, and integrity of others and is consistent with expectations for health care professionals.

Research paper on the uses and risks of fluoroscopy and pediatrics. It needs to

Research paper on the uses and risks of fluoroscopy and pediatrics. It needs to be APA format with 3 references and it could be double spaced.

Applying research skills
Mental health, anxiety, depression, psychotherapy, medi

Applying research skills
Mental health, anxiety, depression, psychotherapy, medication, community support, support program, stigma