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Provide at least one (1) example showing the manner in which the cost curve shifts in your response.

Field: Business Finance – Economics
“Healthcare Factors Behind Cost Curve and Supply Curve Shifts” Please respond to the following:

From the e-Activity, compare the healthcare-based factors in the issues that you reviewed that, in your opinion, cause the cost curve of healthcare to shift. Provide at least one (1) example showing the manner in which the cost curve shifts in your response.
Suggest at least three (3) attributes that cause the supply curve in healthcare to fluctuate. Provide specific examples of each of the suggested attributes to support your response.
eactivity= Go to the American Hospital Association Website and review at least three to five (3-5) key advocacy issues in Healthcare. Be prepared to discuss

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Explain what Mucor is and how a patient is likely to become infected with Mucor.
A. Use the image in “Discussion Question Resource: Chest X-Ray” to answer the following Critical Thinking Questions.

Examine the x-ray of a patient diagnosed with pneumonia due to infection with Mucor. Refer to the “Module 4 DQ Chest Xray” resource in order to complete the following questions.

Critical Thinking Questions

Explain what Mucor is and how a patient is likely to become infected with Mucor. Describe the pathophysiologic progression of the infection into pneumonia and at least two medical/nursing interventions that would be helpful in treating the patient.
Examine the laboratory blood test results and arterial blood gases provided in “Discussion Question Resource: Laboratory Blood Test Results.” What laboratory values are considered abnormal? Explain each abnormality and discuss the probable causes from a pathophysiologic perspective.
What medications and medical treatments are likely to be prescribed by the attending physician on this case? List at least three medications and three treatments. Provide rationale for each of the medications and treatments you suggest.
B. in 200-250 words. Choose one legislator on the state or federal level who is also a nurse, and discuss the importance of their role as advocate for improving health care delivery. What specific bill(s) have they sponsored or supported that has/have influenced health care?

C. in 200-250 words. Discuss how the CMS reimbursement rules for never events required a shift in the patient care delivery model in inpatient facilities.

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Summarize the facts of Mr. Bono’s case.Study the following case and then answer the question below as instructed.

The Case of Mr. Bono’s Records
Mr. Bono is applying for a position with XMEN Company in Louisiana. For the medical exam that is part of the employment process, Mr. Bono has signed a general authorization to release his medical records to XMEN Company.

Mr. Bono is accepted to work for XMEN Company. After the month waiting period, Mr. Bono applies for health insurance through his employer. In going over his medical records, the employer’s insurance agency Megamillion, Inc. discovers that Mr. Bono was once part of a university-led research study that identified him as a carrier of the obesity gene.

Based on this disclosure in his medical records, Megamillion, Inc. denies Mr. Bono’s application for health insurance.

Question

Write a 1-2 page paper discussing your thoughts about this case while addressing the following:

Summarize the facts of Mr. Bono’s case.
Based on Louisiana law or your state law, argue whether or not Mr. Bono has a discrimination claim against Megamillion. Give reasons why or why not.
What action should Mr. Bono take? Refer to details in your assigned reading and your own research.
Be sure to refer to at least one research source with a citation in APA format.

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Examine the various applications of the law within the health care system.
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Assignment 3: Legal Ethics, Patients’ Rights, and HIV / AIDS
Due Week 9 and worth 200 points

As the head health care administrator at USA Community Hospital, you are required to review compliance reports on issues relating to the ethical conduct of the professional staff at your hospital, patient review registries, and standard procedures surrounding the ethical treatment of patients with HIV / AIDS. Intermittently, complaints surface from patients with HIV / AIDS concerned with ethical treatment and denial of services.
Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.
Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
Devise a plan to investigate the validity of patients’ claims of denial of services. This plan should include, but not be limited to, establishing mechanisms to address service denial claims, a human resources component, and a review of related policies and procedures.
Analyze the primary way in which different staffing levels may play pivotal roles in upholding ethical conduct, including treating patients with dignity. Justify your position.
Formulate a plan to relate the primary legal ramifications to the professional staff regarding ethical treatment of the hospital’s HIV / AIDS patients.
Devise a community relations plan that tout’s the hospital’s unique ways of serving persons with HIV / AIDS, including a focus on de-stigmatizing those afflicted.
Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
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.
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:
Examine the various applications of the law within the health care system.
Identify the principles and legalities of ethical issues within the health care system.
Identify a plan that addresses legal and ethical issues in a health care policy.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in health care policy, law, and ethics.
Write clearly and concisely about health care policy, law, and ethics using proper writing mechanics.
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Locate an advertisement that portrays nursing in some way (this can be print or web-based, or TV)

Locate an advertisement that portrays nursing in some way (this can be print or web-based, or TV) and address the following questions in a 500-750 word paper:

Whose message is this? Who created or paid for it? Why?
Who is the “target audience”? What is their age, ethnicity, class, profession, interests, etc.? What words, images or sounds suggest this?
What is the “text” of the message? (What we actually see and/or hear: written or spoken words, photos, drawings, logos, design, music, sounds, etc.)
What is the “subtext” of the message? (What do you think is the hidden or unstated meaning?)
What “tools of persuasion” are used?
What positive messages are presented? What negative messages are presented?
What part of the story is not being told?

Your paper should be in proper APA format, double-spaced and a Microsoft Word document. All sources should be cited and referenced appropriately.

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