Financing Healthcare

Consider how compensation for healthcare services shape delivery of care, and reflects policy and policy changes and write a paper that addresses the bullets below. Be sure to completely address each bullet point. There should be four (4) sections in your paper; one for each bullet below. Separate each section in your paper with a clear brief heading that allows your professor to know which bullet you are addressing in that section of your paper. Include a “Conclusion” section that summarizes all topics. This assignment will be at least 1250 words.

This week you will reflect upon accountability in healthcare finance to address the following:

• Discuss the history of private health insurance and manage care and how it involved into a healthcare industry?
• Identify the key federal laws that protect individuals who are enrolled in private insurance.
• Briefly discuss consumer-driven healthcare and the empowerment of the healthcare consumer.
• Explore the opportunities which have emerged for nurses within the private insurance market.

Assignment Expectations

Length: 1250-1500 words in length

Structure: Include a title page and reference page in APA format. These do not count towards the minimal word amount for this assignment.  Your essay must include an introduction and a conclusion.

References: Use the appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. A minimum of two (2) scholarly sources are required for this assignment.

Format: Save your assignment as a Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx).

Complete: Case 3A (Auerbach Enterprises)

In this case, you are provided the overhead cost data for the Auerbach Enterprises.  Management needs advice in determining how to allocate these costs utilizing a job order costing system either department-wide or company-wide. Address Questions 1 through 5 located at the end of the case. Based on the case questions, you are required to provide a three to five double-spaced written report addressing management’s concerns and providing recommendations. The written report should be properly formatted according to APA guidelines and demonstrate research and critical thinking skills. Conclusions and recommendations should be supported by at least two scholarly sources from the Ashford Library or other external sources, excluding the textbook.

For Questions 1 through 4, you will need to complete several calculations. Be sure to label and clearly identify your work to demonstrate your understanding of the concept even if you arrive at the incorrect answer. The calculations should be included as part of your analysis and written recommendations required for submission.

For Question 5, fully address management’s concerns as part of your written analysis and recommendation using the new or the previous calculations to support your recommendation/explanation. The written analysis should be supported by at least two scholarly sources, excluding the textbook.

Week 2 Written Assignment should:

• Demonstrate graduate level work including appropriate research and critical thinking skills.
• Be presented as a written analysis (not a question/answer format).
• Incorporate case questions into the overall analysis.
• Follow APA formatting guidelines including title page, reference page and in-text citations.
• Consists of three to five double-spaced pages of content.
• Provide at least two scholarly sources, excluding the textbook.

Do a Bible search and find verses that addresses each of the four distinctions of the Christian narrative: Creation, Fall, Redemption, and Restoration (one verse for each of the four distinctions). How would these verses guide or inform the practice of healthcare for the Christian nurse or healthcare provider?