Overview:

Assume you are a Maryland resident and Medicaid recipient looking to enroll in a managed care plan, review the Maryland Managed Care Website(s) at: https://mmcp.health.maryland.gov/healthchoice/Pages/HealthChoice-Enrollment.aspx

https://mmcp.health.maryland.gov/healthchoice/pages/home.aspx

Assess and evaluate HealthChoice, Maryland’s statewide mandatory managed care program based on the following evaluation criteria. Please choose one (1) of the MCO’s under HealthChoice to evaluate.

Using the table format below, answer the questions (using a narrative format) in each section that appear in bold type. Please be sure to include a reference page.

HGMT 420 Assignment #5
Student Name:	Type your name here
Assignment #5 Title	HealthChoice/Maryland Managed Care Plan
Benefits Offered and Services Covered	You want a plan that offers a comprehensive benefits package including preventive care as well as treatment programs for chronic disease management. Also, you may need emergency care and/or care away from home. What questions would you ask to determine the benefits and covered services offered? Evaluate the HealthChoice plan and summarize your findings.
Cost vs. Benefits	Managed care plans vary widely in the cost of services offered. It may be tempting to base your selection primarily on the periodic, out-of-pocket costs to you. You can’t be sure that the least expensive plan will give you all the medical services you need. Review cost vs. benefits for the HealthChoice plan carefully and summarize your findings.
Services of the Primary Care Physician	Choosing your primary care physician (PCP) may be the most important decision you make when enrolling in a managed care plan. The following questions are important when choosing your plan: Please answer each question. Can you choose more than one PCP for your family? Is there a large choice of primary care doctors and specialists? How long is the average wait to get an appointment with the chosen PCP? Can you see the same doctor consistently? When and how can you change doctors if you are dissatisfied How does HealthChoice measure up?
Prescription Drug Benefits	When evaluating a health plan it is very important to know what kind of prescription drug benefits the plan offers. Depending upon the plan, there are several systems that have been implemented in efforts to control costs. Some plans offer a “generic only” plan. What prescription drug benefits does HealthChoice offer? Are they beneficial to your current drug regimen?

Provider Network and Geographic Service Area	Be sure you inquire from the Provider Membership Directory which providers are included in the network and where they are located in your community. If you live in one community and work in another; determine if routine care can be received in either location. Does HealthChoice have a strong network of Providers in a geographic area that is amenable to you? Must you go to different locations for different services? If you have a child away at school, does the network extend to that area?
Commitment to Quality of Care and Service	What measures of quality care and satisfaction of service are available? It is worthwhile to find out if the plan has been accredited by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). NCQA is the most common accrediting body for network plans. Review and report on what measures of quality care and satisfaction are available for HealthChoice.
Customer Satisfaction	How do enrolled members feel about the plan? There are various objective forms of measurement used to determine “quality services” given by managed care plans such as accreditation, HMO report cards and/or publications produced by the industry. You would be wise to look at any that measure customer satisfaction. The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) mission is to provide information that enables purchasers and consumers of managed health care to compare plans based on quality. Their web site may be reached at http://www.ncqa.org/
Limitations, Maximums, or Exclusions	Lifetime Cap refers to the maximum dollar amount of benefits available to a consumer in a managed care plan during his or her lifetime. This amount becomes important when confronted with a life-threatening disease or accident that requires prolonged care involving expensive therapeutic intervention and support. Does HealthChoice outline limitations, maximums, or exclusions?

For this assignment, your Learning Team will be reflecting on the nature of group dynamics and the ethics of dealing with individuals and individual situations.

Here is your scenario:

• You are working with a small team of colleagues on a large project at work. Your team consists of five people. Three members of the team are highly engaged and seem to work well together. However, one member of the team is controlling and wants to constantly make decisions without consulting other members of the team. A fifth member of the team is going through some difficult times and is not able to participate in the team project as much as he would like.

Considering this situation, your team should think as individuals about what each of you would do to handle this situation. So, your first task as a team member for this assignment is to:

• Consider what you would do to help the team in the scenario be successful.
• How would you handle the controlling team member?
• How would you handle the team member going through a difficult time?
• Could he get credit for work he had not done?
• In these situations, how do you balance the needs of the individual with the needs of the group?
• What are the potential ethical and legal considerations you would need to consider?

Once you have completed your individual responses, your next task is to:

• Share your individual responses with your classmates on your team.
• What similarities and differences do you see?

Complete one of the following options:

Option 1:

In an essay of 525 to 700 words, your task as a team is to:

• Introduce your assignment and scenario.
• Share each individual’s response to the scenario. You can simply list the team member’s name and then list his or her response.
• In the final paragraphs of your team essay, you should, as a team, discuss the similarities and differences amongst your individual responses.

Consider the following:

• What were the most common solutions shared?
• What differences did you notice in the individual responses?
• What lessons can you glean from seeing your team’s responses to the scenario?
• What role does ethics play in the individual responses to the scenario?
• How can these ethical differences impact group scenarios?

Format your assignment according to appropriate course-level APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.

Option 2:

In a 10- to 15-minute Microsoft^® PowerPoint^® presentation, your task as a team is to:

• Introduce your assignment and scenario.
• Share each individual’s response to the scenario. You can simply state the team member’s name and then list his or her response.
• In the final slides of your team presentation, you should, as a team, discuss the similarities and differences amongst your individual responses.

Consider the following:

• What were the most common solutions shared?
• What differences did you notice in the individual responses?
• What lessons can you glean from seeing your team’s responses to the scenario?
• What role does ethics play in the individual responses to the scenario?
• How can these ethical differences impact group scenarios?

Format your assignment according to appropriate course-level APA guidelines.

Hhistory of the film’s production and reception, please read John Stratton Hawley’s excerpt in our textbook

(Religion, Art, and Visual Culture: A Cross-cultural Reader by S. Brent-Plate), pp. 182–186.

After watching the film, respond to the questions below in 750 words. Remember to make notes about

these questions, while watching the film.

1) Describe Goddess Santoshi Maa’s iconographic features in the film. In other words, describe her

representation, her posture, her gestures, her dress, her demeanor, and her paraphernalia. What are her

characteristics as a benevolent deity? In other words, what does she do for her devotees?

2) In what ways is she worshipped by her chief devotee in the film?

3) What are the factors that led to the Goddess Santoshi Maa’s rising popularity with the Indian public?

Refer to Hawley’s article to answer this question fully.

Remember that whenever you quote or paraphrase the author’s ideas, you should cite the author

accurately by last name and page number). For example, “(Hawley, 182).”

You can read the shortcut of film on google

Thier is the description

Purpose:

To understand an author’s main idea and purpose for work/To recognize the main points that support that main idea/To be able to summarize author’s main ideas/To be able to respond or react to what the author has to say (to support or defend your point of view).

Student learning objectives:
1. Develop Rhetorical Knowledge
a. Focus on rhetorical situation, audience, and purpose.
b. Use voice, tone, format, and structure appropriately.
c. Write and read texts written in at least one genre for an academic discourse community.
d. Learn reflective strategies.
2. Develop Experience in Writing
a. Learn recursive strategies for generating ideas, revising, editing, and proofreading.
b. Learn to critique one’s own work and the work of others.
3. Develop Application of Composing Conventions
a. Apply genre conventions, including, structure paragraphing tone mechanics, syntax, and style.
b. Use appropriate vocabulary, format, and documentation.
4. Develop Critical and Creative Thinking
a. Identify context.
b. Present a position.
c. Establish a conclusion indicated by the context and that expresses a personal interpretation.

Description:
Write a Summary/Response of one of the essays listed below from Joining the Conversation.
“The Legacy of Antigay Discrimination” pg. 165 JtC
“Keeping Up” pg. 114 JtC

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Source usage:
For this essay, use only the article you choose. Do not use any other sources for this essay as the focus is on summarizing and responding to the chosen article.

Documentation format:
Please use MLA format. Remember to cite the information both parenthetically and on the Works Cited page. Essays without a Works cited page will not be accepted. To cite the textbook, use “A Work in an Anthology” in the

Works Cited:

Books link on the OWL website.
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/06…

Grading Rubric:

Critical Thinking
Coherence
Thesis statement and support 70% of grade
Development
Use of Rhetorical Appeals

Correct integration and citation of sources in text
Correct source formatting in/and Works Cited page 30% of grade
Syntax/grammar/punctuation/mechanics

Remember:
• The summary is just that, a summary, so it should be no more than about ¼ of your final summary/response. Your response should be about ¾ of the final summary/response.
• You should not present your opinion in the summary at any time—that should be saved for the response.
• It is important to present the author’s name and the title of the essay within the first few sentences of the summary. Refer to the author by his/her last name throughout the rest of your sum/res.