HCS 468 Wk 1 Individual Assignment: Regulations and Compliance

We find the world of health care to be heavily regulated, and to fully grasp the context of the regulatory environment, it is helpful to have a good comprehension of the relationship between regulations and laws. Changes in the standards of care or mechanisms for payment for services result in changes in regulations. In this assignment, you will explore key health care laws while considering current health care trends, how laws are made, and what role you feel government should play in health care.

Complete the Week 1 Assignment – Regulatory and Compliance Worksheet:

Week 1 Assignment – Regulatory and Compliance Worksheet.docx

Cite a minimum of 2 reputable references used to complete your responses and chart. Reputable references include trade or industry publications; government or agency websites; scholarly works; your textbook, Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration; or other sources of similar quality.

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Format your references section and references used in your chart according to APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment.

HCS 468 Wk 2 Individual Assignment: Health Care Policies

Health care organizations develop operational policies and procedures that not only meet the organization’s purpose and mission but that are compliant with state and federal regulations. This week, differences between a law and policy are investigated. We will investigate how a policy is developed from regulations, which are based in a specific law(s) designed to protect confidentiality and secure protected health information (PHI).

Complete the below Week 2 Assignment — Health Care Policies Worksheet:

Week 2 Assignment—Health Care Policies Worksheet.docx

Cite a minimum of 2 reputable references used to complete your chart. Reputable references include trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, a textbook, or other sources of similar quality.

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Format your references section and references used in your chart according to APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment.

HCS 468 Wk 3 Team Assignment: Health Care Privacy and Security Presentation

Read all of the following scenarios:

Scenario 1

Susan is a teen volunteer at a local hospital. After delivering the mail on the 5th floor, she enters the elevator with several nurses. The nurses are chatting about Mr. Pilkington on the psychiatric floor. One nurse mentions his diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia and provides details about the delusions observed on the overnight shift. One nurse referred to Mr. Pilkington’s daughter by name, Sue Allen, and her reports of her father’s specific bizarre behaviors.

Scenario 2

A nurse practitioner who has privileges at several area hospitals accessed her husband’s health record during their divorce proceedings. She provided her attorney with data from the records, which were offered into evidence during the court hearings.

Scenario 3

A clinician in private practice leases space in an office building owned by a Diagnostic Test Clinic XX. The clinician received a discount on the office space lease in exchange for patient referrals to Diagnostic Test Clinic XX.

As a team, review and discuss each scenario. For your presentation, for each scenario, your team will need to:

• Identify the standards of privacy, security, and confidentiality that were of concern in each scenario.
• Identify laws, policies, and regulations that may have been violated in each scenario.
• Identify what corrective actions are used when there are violations of the two bullet points above.

As a team, create a 12- to 18-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation that analyzes each of the scenarios. All slides (except for the title slide and reference slide(s)) should have information on the slide itself, as well as in the speaker notes. There should be citations noted in your speaker notes when source material is used or references.

The presentation should include:

• For each scenario: A summary of the scenario (1 slide for each scenario summary)
• For each scenario: Explain the standards of privacy, security, and confidentiality involved in each scenario (1-2 slides for each scenario)
• For each scenario: Explain what laws, policies, and regulations were violated in each scenario (1-2 slides for each scenario)
• For each scenario: Identify corrective action(s) that should be recommended for each scenario (1-2 slides for each scenario)
• How can the corrective action(s) help avoid future violations?
• What steps should be taken to ensure privacy and security measures are being met in the future?

Place the name(s) of the individual team member(s) completing the work on each slide so the instructor is aware of the individual team member contribution to the assignment.

Cite any reputable references used to complete the presentation. Reputable references include trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, a textbook, or other sources of similar quality.

Format your presentation according to APA guidelines. Include a title and references slide.

Submit your assignment.

HCS 468 Wk 4 Individual Assignment: Regulatory Agencie

The U.S. government serves a protective purpose and all laws are intended to safeguard the public from harm. Regulations are authorized specifically in legislation creating the law. Enforcement of the law and related regulations is accomplished by regulatory agencies. For this week’s assignment, you will research 2 federal agencies that play a prominent role in regulating different segments of the health care industry in our country.

Complete the attachment below: Week 4 Assignment–Regulatory Agencies Worksheet

Week 4 Assignment–Regulatory Agencies Worksheet.docx

Cite a minimum of 2 reputable references used to complete your chart. Reputable references include trade or industry publications; government or agency websites; scholarly works; your textbook, Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration; or other sources of similar quality.

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Format your references section and references used in your chart according to APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment.

HCS 468 Wk 5 Individual Assignment: Benchmark Assignment—Privacy and Confidentiality Report

Privacy and Confidentiality are the key fundamental elements for building trust between a health care provider and the patient. When compromised or breached, the patient-provider relationship can suffer, making for potentially poor outcomes. In the Privacy and Confidentiality Report template, you will review a real-life scenario in which Ben Smithfield observes potential areas of concern where either privacy or security of protected health information (PHI), or both, may be breached. Managers are responsible for ensuring substantial compliance with not only the organization’s policies but also state and federal laws that outline the standards for privacy and security of a patient’s PHI to maintain trust and confidence and to avoid serious fines and penalties.

Review the Extra Help Guide to see a good format to use when completing your responses for this assignment (HINT: You may use this example for format for your assignment completion and submission—just change the text to your own):

Week 5 Assignment—Extra Help and Assignment Guide.docx

Use the Reference the Privacy and Confidentiality Report template to complete the assignment.

Cite at least 2 reputable references used to complete your chart. Reputable references include trade or industry publications; government or agency websites; scholarly works; your textbook, Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration; or other sources of similar quality.

For information on how to properly cite your sources, log on to the Reference and Citation Generator in the Center for Writing Excellence.

Format your references section and references used in your responses according to APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment.