Healthcare Fraud is a dishonest act committed by a healthcare professional in order to receive additional compensation for medical services. Healthcare fraud comes in many forms, such as unbundling, upcoding, billing for services that never happened, or falsifying documents. Once discovered, the fraudulent person is quickly arrested, but their actions negatively affects the reputation and brand of the healthcare organization. 

Current Status of Healthcare and Healthcare PolicyPlease chose one:Option 1: Research your own state’s ‘version” of the ACA coverage by searching ‘Affordable Healthcare Act [state], or Healthcare Marketplace [state].A few states have independent sites. If you don’t find your state, go to this website: https://www.healthcare.gov/marketplace-in-your-state/. Did you find the site easy to navigate?If you were looking for healthcare insurance, would this site be user-friendly?Option 2: The percent of national GDP for healthcare expenses has risen every year since the 1920s.Why is this important and significant? Initial responses should be no less than 350 words.READING AND RESOURCESSummary of provisions of Affordable Healthcare ActHealthcare.gov - Affordable Care ActChanges to ACA that could affect enrollment (Student Loan website)How will the tax bill impact health care? 5 experts weigh in.Excellent article about history of US Health careWisconsin health plan (one of the successful ones in the country)Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care ActAt the conclusion of this week, you should be able to:Explain the significance of the cost of healthcare to overall U.S. economic health and growthDiscuss provisions of the Affordable Care ActReport on your state’s adaptation of the ACA and its success or failureDebate the pros and cons of the ACA individual mandate

One way to inform the public about an intervention program is through the use of billboards.You will be creating a two-billboard campaign that aims to get the word out about your intervention program. For this assignment: Select a target population within Sentinel City. You can assess Sentinel City by clicking the link below this assignment. Select a public health issue and provide an overview of the issue and its importance and any barriers that may affect the target population of interest. Choose two types of intervention strategies that are appropriate for the health issue you selected. Create two different billboards that reflect the selected intervention strategies for your public health issue. Include these billboards after you have written steps 2 and 3. Please be creative with these billboards. You can use Word or any program that can help you create billboards. You can draw them, use graphics or images, or anything else to get your intervention strategy out to the people. Submit a one page explanation of the meaning behind the billboard, target audience, main message and/or action goals associated with it in addition to what you have for items 1,2,3. You cannot use a current slogan/campaign/image; your message must be original. See the rubric for specific grading criteria. Click the link below to access Sentinel City and get started. Reminder, Google Chrome is the recommended browser for Sentinel City. Turn off your pop-up blocker. The simulation takes a while to load. It may take a few minutes. You will see a gray box as it loads. Once the simulation is ready, you can select either a male or female avatar to enter Sentinel City. It does not matter which one you select because both go into the same simulation. If you need any help with the simulation, see the user guide located in this week's supplemental resources.