Devry HSM420 2019 November Week 5 Assignment Latest

HSM420 Managed Care and Health Insurance

Week 5 Assignment  

Objectives

This HSM420 Course Project provides you with an opportunity to work in a team environment to select one important health insurance, managed care, or healthcare reform challenge (or problem to solve), analyze it in greater depth in a written format, and summarize it in a presentation.

Team Formation:

During Week 1, your instructor will divide the class into small groups of three or four students. Introduce yourselves and set up group messaging on WhatsApp or in the course shell. (You can initially email each other through the course shell to exchange phone numbers for WhatsApp.) Each student will need a free Google account to contribute to the paper, so if any member does not have one, now is the time to set that up. Throughout the term, your team will create the components of a research paper and presentation, which will both be submitted in their entirety in Week 7.

Paper:

The paper will be written collaboratively. Divide the work so team members contribute cross-functionally based upon work experience and/or field of study to analysis. Critically analyze the issues related to your topic within the context of the current healthcare environment, and also considering future directions in U.S. medical care. Web references, books, and professional journal articles should be considered as references. And don't overlook the DeVry Online Library as an important source of information for your paper!

Work collaboratively on the paper using Google Docs (https://www.google.com/docs/about/ (Links to an external site.)). One member of the team will upload a Word doc to Google Docs and invite the other team members and your instructor to share the document. As you do the research, contribute your findings to the shared document. Suggestion: pay particular attention to the accurate citation of research sources and be sure to cite sources as you go, or inserting them later will be extremely difficult and time consuming.

Each member of the team must download a copy of the Google Doc and save it in MS Word for submission to their own Dropbox in Weeks 2, 5 and 7 for grading. Each team member must also attach a copy of the paper to a Week 8 Course Project Peer Review Discussion post for grading.

Presentation:

The presentation should summarize the team's paper and be a collaborative effort. Pay particular attention to the accurate citation of the research sources- data, images, charts, graphs, etc. used on the slides.

Each member of the team must post a link to the presentation in the Week 7 Course Project Dropbox and in a Week 8 Course Project Peer Review Discussion post (see guidelines for Paper submission in Weeks 7 and 8 above) for grading.

Guidelines

Paper:

Your team's paper should be 7-10 pages in length (excluding cover and references pages), with 12-point Times font, double-spaced with one inch margins, running head, and page numbers - all in accordance with APA formatting. Include a cover page, table of contents, introduction, body of the report, summary/conclusion, and references page.

Even though this is not a scientific writing assignment, and is mostly creative in nature, references are still very important. At least six authoritative outside references are required. These should be listed on the last page, titled References.

Appropriate citations are required.

All DeVry University policies are in effect, including the plagiarism policy.

Papers are due during Week 7 of this course.

Any questions about this paper may be discussed in the weekly Q & A Discussion topic.

This Course Project Paper is worth 320 total points and will be graded on quality of research topic, quality of paper information, use of citations, grammar, and sentence structure.

Presentation

Your team's presentation should be eight slides in length (excluding introduction and references pages), with a light background, dark font, 3-5 bullet points per slide, and consistency among all slides. Include an introduction slide a references slide. Pay particular attention to the accurate citation of the research sources and images, charts, graphs, etc. used on the slides.

Appropriate citations are required.

All DeVry University policies are in effect, including the plagiarism policy.

Presentations are due during Week 7 of this course.

Any questions about this paper may be discussed in the weekly Q & A Discussion topic.

This presentation is worth 150 total points and will be graded on professionalism, clarity of summary, consistency among slides, and use of citations.

Possible Course Project Topics

Pros and Cons of Managed Care in America

Challenges in Managing Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs)

Challenges in Managing Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs)

Problems in Network Contracting for Managed Care

Legal Issues Associated With Managed Care Contracting

Challenges in Utilization and Case Management in Managed Care

Approaches to Disease Management in Managed Care

Managing Quality Improvement in Managed Care

Achieving Effective Marketing and Sales in Managed Care

Achieving and Maintaining Accreditation in Managed Care

Preventing Fraud and Abuse in Managed Care

Complying With State and Federal Regulation of Managed Care

Problems in Medicare Managed Care

Problems in Medicaid Managed Care

Effective Information Systems in Managed Care

Challenges in Patient Relations for Managed Care

Challenges in Provider Relations for Managed Care

NOTE: Other topics related to course content and COs are acceptable, but only as approved in advance by your professor.

Milestones

The Course Project is worth 370 points (50 for the Course Project topic, 100 for the Course Project outline, 170 for the final Course Project, and 50 for the Peer Review).

Topic (Week 2): 50 points

It is expected that you will provide a focused topic, including a statement of the key challenges or problems currently associated with the topic in America.

Outline (Week 5): 100 points

It is expected that the outline be submitted in a formal outline format as demonstrated below. Your outline should show enough detail to demonstrate that you have begun thinking about the organization of your paper and the research required into the topic. After your outline, please submit a listing of the sources you have already identified for your paper.

Each Roman numeral should be a main section of the paper.

Final Paper (Week 7): 170 points

It is expected that the final version of your team's Paper will be 7-10 pages in length (excluding cover page, references page, and any appendices, with 6-8 sources identified. APA in-text citation is required in addition to listing all of your sources on a works cited page at the end of the document. Your grade will be affected if you do not cite or identify your sources correctly.

Presentation (Week 7): 150 points

It is expected that your team's presentation will be eight slides in length (excluding introduction and references slides). Your grade will be affected if you do not cite or identify your sources correctly on the slide on which they appear and in a summary references slide at the end of the presentation.

Peer Review (Week 8): 50 Points

After you have submitted your paper and presentation in Week 7, you will then attach your final paper and a link to your presentation to a discussion posting in Week 8. Please make sure to do this as early as possible. You will then find two other projects to review in the Week 8 Discussion and submit your critiques in a discussion post.

Sections of Your Project

Your final paper must include the following sections in addition to a cover page and table of contents. It may also include other sections if you deem it necessary and appropriate.

Introduction

Background

Define the Challenges and Problems Associated With Your Topic

Review of the Literature

Challenges/Problems Analysis

Recommend Solutions

Implementation of Solutions

Justification

Summary and Conclusion

Works Cited

Your presentation must summarize your paper in a professional manner that would be appropriate to present to a Board of Directors.