1000 Word Essay

Read “How prepared are you? Ethical and legal challenges facing case managers today” by Hendricks and Cesar. The article is posted to “Doc Sharing”. Write and submit a paper (not less than 1000 words, not including any front matter or references), discussing three ethical and/or legal issues facing case managers in the current health care environment. Discuss the importance of each issue, focusing on the ethical and legal circumstances and consequences for both patients and health care providers. Your paper must include five citations (references) in APA format.

You will submit the Week Three Assignment to the Week 3 DropBox which utilizes Turnitin. The Week Three Assignment is due Sunday, May 25, 10:45PM. No late assignments will be accepted. No exceptions. Late work will receive a grade of “zero”.

The Week Three Assignment must be in MS Word or PDF format. It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that (1) their document was in fact successfully uploaded to the DropBox and (2) their uploaded document is openable in MS Word or PDF format. If either of these requirements is not fulfilled by the submission deadline, no credit will be received by the student for this assignment.

The required font is either Times New Roman (12-point) or Century Schoolbook (12-point). Assignments that are submitted in a font other than Times New Roman (12-point) or Century Schoolbook (12-point) will receive an automatic 3-point deduction.

Grading will be based on the substantive aspects and clarity of the paper and whether the student has demonstrated the ability to write critically and analytically. The Week Three Assignment is worth a maximum of 20 points. Grading will be based on the following rubric:  Week Three Assignment Grading Rubric

20 points: Exceeds expectations for undergraduate level understanding and analysis. Additional sources provided reflect student's broader comprehension of what can be learned from the article. The style and format of the paper conforms precisely to APA standards. 16 points: Meets expectations for undergraduate level understanding and analysis of the article. Paper reflects comprehension of the article and what can be learned from it. Some minor APA format errors. 12 points: Paper submitted, but little analysis included in the content. Content Includes mostly a description of the article, and little reflection how the article relates to a broader understanding of case management concepts and theories. Many APA format errors. 8 points: Paper submitted, but meets only minimal levels of acceptance. Does not include all parts of the required assignment. Does not use APA format. 0 points: Paper not submitted.

Your work must be original. Please review the section on plagiarism in the Course Outline. Students found plagiarizing are subject to the penalties outlined in the Policies and Procedures section of the University Catalog, which may include a failing grade for the work in question or for the entire course. Plagiarism, the use of ideas or words of another without proper, full acknowledgment, may result in a failing grade on the paper.

The paper must adhere to the guidelines established by the American Psychological Association (APA) in its most current edition. Students unfamiliar with the APA style requirements should immediately contact the National University Writing Center for direction and assistance.

Before writing your paper, make sure you view the Turnitin tutorial (available via the Turnitin.com item listed under Course Home in the Course Shell. A useful short analysis of Turnitin scores is found here .

If your Week Three Assignment has a Turnitin similarity score of greater than 25%, you will have 24 hours to revise and resubmit your paper. No resubmitted papers will be accepted after Monday, May 26, 10:45PM. No exceptions. Late work will receive a grade of “zero”. Papers with Turnitin similarity scores of greater than 25% will receive a grade of “zero”.