Unit outcome(s) addressed in this Assignment:
• Evaluate reasons for sound corporate compliance and penalties for failure to comply
• Compare and contrast abuse and fraud in the health care settings
• Discuss how Qui Tam lawsuits impact the healthcare industry
Illustrate legal principles and laws that affect professional and administrative decisions found in health care services. Analyze conflict between cost, access, and quality of care as it relates to legal parameters. Evaluate inherent limitations to the delivery of health care due to legal mandates. Contrast the roles of legislatures, regulators, and the courts in health care services. Evaluate how the law of contract and malpractice mold health care delivery.
Instructions
Much of this course is, about compliance with quality standards. It is important to understand that compliance extends to every phone call, computer entry, claim submission, patient contact, visit, provider interaction, nursing care and so on. For this, your Final project, you will prepare a report about the role of the Joint Commission (JC).
To begin, please visit the Joint Commission website:
Source: The Joint Commission: The Joint Commission. Retrieved from http://www.jointcommission.org/
Additional research will be necessary.
Part I
• Write an essay discussing the following:
o The role of the Joint Commission in accrediting medical facilities
o Which facilities can be accredited?
o What are the goals of the Commission?
o How do existing Joint Commission guidelines impact facilities that are not accredited by the Commission?
o What does it mean to a facility to be accredited by the Joint Commission?
Is it mandatory for o
Document Preview:
Unit outcome(s) addressed in this Assignment: Evaluate reasons for sound corporate compliance and penalties for failure to comply Compare and contrast abuse and fraud in the health care settings Discuss how Qui Tam lawsuits impact the healthcare industry Illustrate legal principles and laws that affect professional and administrative decisions found in health care services. Analyze conflict between cost, access, and quality of care as it relates to legal parameters. Evaluate inherent limitations to the delivery of health care due to legal mandates. Contrast the roles of legislatures, regulators, and the courts in health care services. Evaluate how the law of contract and malpractice mold health care delivery. Instructions Much of this course is, about compliance with quality standards. It is important to understand that compliance extends to every phone call, computer entry, claim submission, patient contact, visit, provider interaction, nursing care and so on. For this, your Final project, you will prepare a report about the role of the Joint Commission (JC). To begin, please visit the Joint Commission website: Source: The Joint Commission: The Joint Commission. Retrieved from HYPERLINK “http://www.jointcommission.org/” t “_blank” http://www.jointcommission.org/ Additional research will be necessary. Part I Write an essay discussing the following: The role of the Joint Commission in accrediting medical facilities Which facilities can be accredited? What are the goals of the Commission? How do existing Joint Commission guidelines impact facilities that are not accredited by the Commission? What does it mean to a facility to be accredited by the Joint Commission? Is it mandatory for organizations to be accredited by the Joint Commission? If not, what impact does not having such accreditation mean in terms of reimbursement? Part II Create a memorandum where: You are the administrator of the health information department for a medium-sized facility. You have…
