Assignment 2: Health Insurance and Quality
Due Week 4 and worth 150 points
Imagine that you are the clinic manager of an urgent care center. Recently, your center has seen an
increase in complaints regarding long wait times, inadequate or incomplete information from staff
during visits, and the relatively small number of insurance types accepted at the facility.
Write a 2-3 page paper in which you:
1. Examine at least three (3) examples of quality initiatives that could increase patient satisfaction
and potentially reduce healthcare cost. Support your response with examples of the successful
application your chosen quality initiatives.
2. Defend your position on the decision to accept Medicare or Medicaid as potential pay sources
for your urgent care center. Provide support with at least two (2) examples that illustrate your
position.
3. Use at least two (2) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as
academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
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Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all
sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
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Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s
name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
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Analyze the impact of healthcare financing and health insurance on healthcare access, quality,
and cost.
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Determine the factors that affect healthcare quality in healthcare organizations.
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Use technology and information resources to research issues in healthcare policy, law, and
ethics.
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Write clearly and concisely about healthcare policy and law using proper writing mechanics.
Click here to view the grading rubric.
Please see the attached paper template for our week 4 Assignment 2 paper. Again, I have taken the
liberty of creating your paper for you. What that means is that you only need to open this document,
save it to your computer and then complete the rest of the requirements of the paper. Yes, leave the
information that I have written if you like (especially the introduction paragraph) as I have started
each paragraph for you so you will know what goes in that area. I have also highlighted at the end of
each paragraph, the information that should be addressed in each paragraph in order to meet the
objective. I would recommend you to type in your information, ensuring that you have answered the
info highlighed in yellow, and then remove the information in yellow. Please ensure that you
complete the information and that you include references for a total of three (outside) references.
Our textbook is not included in the count of the two sources, however you need to include the
information in the textbook first, as that is the basis for the assignment, so start there and add
additional resournces to incorporate into that source. . Also notice that I have included at least one
reference in each paragraph. This is demonstrating academic honesty because even though I
paraphrased the information from the text, I still have to give credit to the author as that is where the
information originated. So when you use this paper, and if you answer the remaining yellow
highlighed information, you will be guaranteed to at least received a 90% on this paper as you would
have covered everything that I need you to cover. No extra thinking required, you only have to locate
the information in the text, provide an additional reference, and you will be good. See the grading
rubric posted as well.
C:\Users\michelle\Documents\HSA 405 Assignment 2 Formatted Paper USE THIS PAPER (1).doc
ONLY two to three pages long. It cannot be shorter than two pages and it “cannot” be longer than three
pages. It has to be APA 6th Edition format and that goes for not only how the paper is formatted in
terms of spacing – Times New Roman, 12 pitch throughout, double spaced throughout. Cover page,
Separate References page. Intro paragraph, body and conclusion. etc. This is the same that was part of
your beginning writing courses. Then you have to cover the objectives of the assignment.. I would
recommend again that you use the mandatory model paper that I emailed to everyone. It is also located
in the Week in Business News Area and the Week 4 DQ 1 Discussion Area..
First objective..
Examine at least three (3) examples of quality initiatives that could increase patient satisfaction and
potentially reduce healthcare cost. Support the response with examples of the successful application
your chosen quality initiatives. You should start with the information in the textbook first. It is covered
on paged 61, 62, and 63 in the text. Then you have to locate articles that deal with this information and
incorporate into your writing.
Second objective:
Defend your position on the decision to accept Medicare or Medicaid as potential pay sources for your
urgent care center. Provide support with at least two (2) examples that illustrate your position.
Healthcare finance starts on page 46 in your textbook. There is also information in Chapter 10 on
Medicare and Medicaid. You can also research this topic to support your defend of the one chosen as
your potential payer source.
Please remember this paper is only two to three pages long and you have to write clearly and concisely
in order to defend your information and support it, so please keep it direct and to the points. What this
means is “NO” creative writing. Please do not “talk around” the topic. Keep it direct and to the point.
Our textbook is not included in the count of the two sources, however you need to include the
information in the textbook first, as that is the basis for the assignment, so start there and add
additional resources to incorporate into that source. .
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