HLT 308V Risk Management and Health Care Regulations (HLT 308V Risk Management And Health Care Regulations)

Risk Management and Health Care Regulations Course Description This course introduces students to local, state, and federal statutes that regulate the administration of safe health care. Students explore the legal responsibilities of the health care facility in providing workplace safety and protection from injury for patients, families, and staff. The course examines the roles and responsibilities of the risk management department within an organization. At the end of this course, students...

HLT 308V Topic 3 Discussion Question 2: The Center for Medicine and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a list of health care-acquired conditions (HACs) that reasonably could have been prevented through the application of risk management strategies. What actions has your health care organization (or health care organizations in general) implemented to manage or prevent these "never events" from happening within their health care facilities? Support your response with two peer-reviewed articl...

Organizational Risk Management Interview: Description: The purpose of this assignment is to gain real-world insight into how risk management programs operate within health care organizations. Select a local health care organization where you can conduct an interview with an employee who is involved in risk management processes. This organization can be your current employer or a different health care facility in your community. Acute care, urgent care, large multi provider private medical ...

Week 5 Discussion Question 1: Health care organizations continually face challenges from various regulatory and government agencies while also being bound by Managed Care Organization (MCO) standards. View the video located in the study materials entitled "College of Nursing and Health Care Professions: Do We Know What Our Future Is?" for insight into the challenges of health care reform. Based on the video, describe two key reform factors that you believe will need to be addressed by futur...

Week 5 Discussion Question 2: The Affordable Care Act (ACA) identifies requirements related to provider compliance with fraud, waste, and abuse laws that have been enacted to protect consumers. Research three of these requirements and describe the corresponding measures that your health care organization has initiated, or could initiate, to comply with the ACA. Support your analysis with a minimum of two peer-reviewed articles.

Week 2 Discussion Question 2: Research the role of an administrator versus that of a non management staff member in dealing with a workers' compensation incident in a typical health care organization. What are the minimal responsibilities and reporting duties for each? What recommendations would you suggest for improving organizational compliance with regulatory requirements at the staff level? Support your analysis with a minimum of one peer-reviewed reference.

HLT 308V Week 4 Discussion Question 2: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS), and the Joint Commission (JC) require that health care organizations maintain risk management programs to address infection control. Detail three measures that your health care organization (or any health care organization) could implement, beyond what is currently in practice, to support the delivery of safe health care services and avoid the ...

Educational Program on Risk Management - Part One: Outline of Topic: Description: The purpose of this assignment is to create an educational program that supports the implementation of risk management strategies in a health care organization. In this assignment, you will develop an outline for an "in service"style educational risk management program for employees of a particular health care organization that will then form the basis for a PowerPoint presentation in Topic 5. Select your topic f...

Reflective Analysis: Risk Management and the Role of Managed Care: Description: The purpose of this assignment is to analyze the role of managed care organizations within health care and risk management programs. Reflect on and evaluate the role that the managed care organization (MCO) plays in today's health care environment by developing a -word response that addresses the following: 1.What is a health care organization's administrative role in executing risk management policies and...