Compare and contrast Medicare and Medicaid in terms of eligibility, benefit packages, access to care, and other key dimensions.
HCMG 3101
Class Paper
Fall 2020
Class Paper You will write and submit an individual 3-5 page (not including reference page) paper. This paper will be submitted in D2L, under assignments.
HOW TO DO IT: You will write a 3-5 page paper on one of the topics below. Write this paper as if this were going to be published in either an on-line major newspaper, a healthcare journal, or a blog. Please do not re-write an article that you have read, or listened to, as doing so will result in a grade of a zero. So be careful to avoid any semblance of plagiarism with this paper.
1. Length of paper: 3-5 pages (not including reference page), doubled space.
2. Typeset and Font: Times New Roman typeset, 12-point font
3. Use of proper grammar and syntax.
4. Citations and references in APA 6th format. For guidance see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
5. Reference page: single spaced and doubled-spaced between references. (Title should be bold and center justification). You should use at least THREE references, peer reviewed, scholarly articles, and/or the book.
YOUR PAPER IS DUE NOVEMBER 19th, 2020
Topics, chose one:
· Discuss differences between leadership and management. Do health care leaders have a responsibility to be culturally competent? Why or why not?
· What is strategic planning and how is it used in healthcare? Discuss how strategic planning is a dynamic, vs. linear, process. Why is it important?
· Define marketing, describe its application in health care, and describe why it is different from other industries yet important for all health care managers.
· Compare and contrast Medicare and Medicaid in terms of eligibility, benefit packages, access to care, and other key dimensions.
· Define health care finance and provide several examples of how it affects managers at all levels within the organization. How are health services paid for? Provide a definition for the term “third-party payer,” discuss the difference payers currently operating in the market and assess the importance of each.
· Two key domains of human resources management are workforce planning/recruitment and employee retention. Describe several human resources functions that fall under each and describe their importance to human resources management.
· Provide several examples of legal behavior and ethical behavior. In what instances are the two similar, and in what instances are they different? Include examples of both ethical and legal circumstances where you can apply the concepts of beneficence and nonmaleficence. How do these concepts work within your examples to provide protection to both the organization and the patient?