Mary Contrary, age 42, is a single mom caring for two children – Peter, age 15, and Muffett, age 12. Mary is a full-time employee of the Garden Grow Company and works as a lead botanist.

Part 1: Mary participates in Garden Grow’s dependent care assistance plan. In 2017, Mary incurred the following dependent care expenses:

• $2,500 for a part-time housekeeper

• $1,500 for Peter’s private therapy (Peter is mentally incapacitated due to a tragic accident involving a spider bite)

• $1,000 for Muffett’s after school program

• $575 for Muffett’s summer day camp

Which, if any, of the above expenses are allowable as non-taxable?
 

Please write a memo answering this question, citing appropriate authority.
An IRAC-style essay is appropriate for this assignment.

Part 2: In February 2017, Mary relocated from Los Angeles, CA to Las Vegas, NV, to manage the new branch Garden Grow opened that year. She incurred the following expenses:

• $275,000 for the purchase of a house

• $5,000 for selling her Los Angeles home and finding a home in Las Vegas

• $500 for packing and moving her household goods.

• $175 for moving-related travel between Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

Garden Grow reimbursed her but did not exclude the reimbursements from her income

Which, if any, of the above expenses are deductible? Why?
 

Please answer in one or two paragraphs. An IRAC is NOT necessary for this part of the assignment.

Everyone has encountered this infamous placeholder on the job description: “other duties as assigned.” What are the implications of this explicit language on performance outcomes? Are there dangers or risks of including subjective language that may or may not be measurable? Are there times that the inclusion of the language might be a matter of life safety?

1. Debate:

For this activity, you will debate the terminology, the intended purpose, and the possible actions required when including “other duties as assigned” as part of the job description. Approach the concept from both the positive use and the negative use of this phrase.

2. Defend:

Consider the possible supportive reasoning for including the terminology on the job description. Include one resource to defend the use of the statement.

3. Dispute:

Consider the possible negative reasoning or dangers of including the terminology on the job description. Include one resource to dispute the use of the statement.

4. Judgement:

Provide a personal decision on the use of the statement, and support your decision with one example that strengthens your decision.

Provide a personal decision on the use of the statement, and support your decision with one example that strengthens your decision. 4 paragraphs to answer the 4 sections.

use the answer sheet to answer all questions. 

HA3300D – Healthcare Policy and Ethics

Discussion 03: Conflict of Responsibility

Suppose you are the healthcare manager in a hospital oncology (cancer) unit. Every day, you see patients and families suffer a great deal because of cancer. One day, you learn that one of the oncologists is seeing a larger number of patients go into remission. Upon further investigation, you learn that he is using medication and treatment methods not yet approved by the American Medical Association. You find out that other countries are using the treatment effectively, but most in the medical community are skeptical because it is a non-traditional approach to treating cancer.

You and the physician are the only ones who understand the medical and legal implications: that the patient will die if he stops, but the hospital could be sued for malpractice if you continue to offer him this treatment. The doctor accepts the risk and promises not to tell anyone if you do not. He goes on to say he will stop once he is finished treating a current patient who will surely die if he stops treatment.

INITIAL POST

.What would you do in this scenario? Why? What underlying beliefs or codes of ethics guide your behavior?

.Does the ACHE’s Code of Ethics provide adequate guidance in this situation? Why or why not? Refer to specific quotes from the ACHE Code of Ethics that apply here.

.Do you believe that the ACHE Code of Ethics provides adequate guidance overall in such situations? Refer to your notes from Learning Activity 1.

Your initial post should be 8 – 10 sentences in length and include an APA-style references list.