8-10 pg Paper on Healthcare Financial Management

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Case Study Analysis

Write an eight- to ten-page case analysis of the following article (which can be found in the Ashford Online ProQuest database):

  • Souza, M. & McCarty, B. (2007). From bottom to top: How one provider retooled its collections [Electronic version]. Healthcare Financial Management, 61(9), 67-73.

Include the following: 

  • Complete a summary of the case study that identifies the key problems and issues, provides background information, relevant facts, the solution employed, and the results achieved.
  • Identify and explain the accounting practices California Sutter Health used in defining and solving its collection problems. 
  • Develop an alternative solution based on your own research using three to five academic sources from journals, professional organizations, and websites. 
  • State your informed opinion of the approach used by California Sutter Health, and provide support using concepts from your research and personal experience.

Writing the Final Paper

The Final Paper:

  1. Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length, not including the title page and reference page, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  2. Must include a title page with the following:
    1. Title of Case Study 
    2. Student’s name
    3. Course name and number
    4. Instructor’s name
    5. Date submitted
  3. Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
  4. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
  5. Must use a visual such as a chart, table, graph, or other that relates to something you have learned in the class and is relevant to the case.
  6. Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
  7. Must use at least three scholarly sources.
  8. Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  9. Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

220 words Marketing discussion short answer

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Recently, Bubblair, a diving-products company invented a new type of flipper. Flippers are used for swimming under water. The traditional kind resemble oversize webbed duck feet. The new flipper is split down the middle of the fin. It was inspired by a certain kind of fish that swims extremely fast. In tests, swimmers using the split-flipper could swim about 20 percent faster than swimmers wearing a traditional flipper. There are other benefits of using the split style besides swimming faster. It takes less effort to swim with it, so less oxygen is consumed while swimming. That means divers can stay underwater about 20 percent longer on a tank of oxygen. The cost of filling up a 90-minute tank of oxygen is $45.

The usual cost to the consumer of buying all the equipment needed to dive in moderately cold water is about $2000, including oxygen tanks, mask, flippers, oxygen regulator, and wet suit. Bubblair manufactures all of the equipment except the tanks. Their products are noted for being of very high quality, which is important to serious divers because of safety concerns. For example, their top-of-the-line traditional flipper is sold direct to consumers for the price of $60. The president of the company has come to you, the assistant manager, to set the price at which the new split-fin flipper will be sold. You know that because of a new manufacturing process, the cost of producing the new flipper is just $25 (the manufacturing cost of the $60 flipper is $35). You also know that Bubblair has a patent on the split design.

At what price do you sell the split-flipper direct to consumers? Be sure to explain why the price you recommended is better than other prices. Start your answer with the price.

220-300 words limit. Must be original work.

LEG 505 – Draft Compliance Matrix and Compliant Proposal to RFP

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Required Resources

Feldman, S.W. (2016). Government contracts in a nutshell (6th ed.). St. .Paul, MN: LEG, Inc. d/b/a West Academic.

O’Conner, T. (2007). Understanding government contracts law (1st ed.). Vienna, VA: Management Concepts.

Supplemental Resources

Georgetown Law Library Website. (2011). General format. Retrieved from http://www.law.georgetown.edu/library/research/guides/govtcontractslaw.cfm

Gordon, D. Tackling Waste in Contracting. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/09/29/tackling-waste-contracting

Keyes, W. N. (2012). Government contracts under the Federal Acquisition Regulation. (3d ed.). New York, NY: Thomson West.

LexisNexis. Zimmerman’s Research Guide. (2013). Retrieved from http://law.lexisnexis.com/infopro/zimmermans/disp.aspx?z=1517


Assignment 3: Draft Compliance Matrix and Compliant Proposal to RFP

Worth 200 points

Note: The assignments are a series of papers that build upon one another.

Refer to the following resources to complete this assignment:

  • FAR § 15.2 (Solicitation and Receipt of Proposals and Information)

(https://www.acquisition.gov/far/current/html/Subpart%2015_2.html)

As the Contract Officer (CO) of your newly formed company, you will create a compliance matrix, and then draft a proposal in response to the RFP from Assignment 2.

Write a seven (7) page Compliance Matrix and Compliant Proposal to your RFP paper in which you:

  • Create a compliance matrix and prepare a FAR-compliant proposal in response to the RFP from Assignment 2. Note: You may create and /or assume all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.
  • Apply the appropriate FAR clauses in order to meet compliance in contract formulation and award.
  • Apply the knowledge gained from your analysis of Government Accountability Office reports / decisions to identify and account for FAR compliance issues and contributing factors.
  • Apply the knowledge of planned actions in soliciting and awarding contracts and make recommendations to ensure the government agency is in compliance with the FAR requirements.
  • Use at least five (5) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality 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:

  • Identify and apply the appropriate Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses to meet compliance in contract formulation and award.
  • Analyze Government Accountability Office reports / decisions to identify FAR compliance issues and contributing factors.
  • Analyze the planned actions in soliciting and awarding contracts and make recommendations to ensure the government agency is in compliance with the FAR requirements.
  • Given a contract disputes situation, evaluate the various options and select the appropriate administrative and judicial processes available to resolve the dispute.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in government contract law.
  • Write clearly and concisely about government contract law using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Points: 200

Assignment 3: Draft Compliance Matrix and Compliant Proposal to RFP

Criteria

Unacceptable

Below 70% F

Fair

70-79% C

Proficient

80-89% B

Exemplary

90-100% A

1. Create a compliance matrix and prepare a FAR-compliant proposal in response to the RFP from Assignment 2.

Weight: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely created a compliance matrix. Did not submit or incompletely prepared a FAR-compliant proposal in response to the RFP from Assignment 2.

Partially created a compliance matrix. Partially prepared a FAR-compliant proposal in response to the RFP from Assignment 2.

Satisfactorily created a compliance matrix. Satisfactorily prepared a FAR-compliant proposal in response to the RFP from Assignment 2.

Thoroughly created a compliance matrix. Thoroughly prepared a FAR-compliant proposal in response to the RFP from Assignment 2.

2. Apply the appropriate FAR clauses in order to meet compliance in contract formulation and award.
Weight: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely applied the appropriate FAR clauses in order to meet compliance in contract formulation and award.

Partially applied the appropriate FAR clauses in order to meet compliance in contract formulation and award.

Satisfactorily applied the appropriate FAR clauses in order to meet compliance in contract formulation and award.

Thoroughly applied the appropriate FAR clauses in order to meet compliance in contract formulation and award.

3. Apply the knowledge gained from your analysis of Government Accountability Office reports / decisions to identify and account for FAR compliance issues and contributing factors.

Weight: 25%

Did not submit or incompletely applied the knowledge gained from your analysis of Government Accountability Office reports / decisions to identify and account for FAR compliance issues and contributing factors.

Partially applied the knowledge gained from your analysis of Government Accountability Office reports / decisions to identify and account for FAR compliance issues and contributing factors.

Satisfactorily applied the knowledge gained from your analysis of Government Accountability Office reports / decisions to identify and account for FAR compliance issues and contributing factors.

Thoroughly applied the knowledge gained from your analysis of Government Accountability Office reports / decisions to identify and account for FAR compliance issues and contributing factors.

4. Apply the knowledge of planned actions in soliciting and awarding contracts and make recommendations to ensure the government agency is in compliance with the FAR requirements.

Weight: 25%

Did not submit or incompletely applied the knowledge of planned actions in soliciting and awarding contracts. Did not submit or incompletely made recommendations to ensure the government agency is in compliance with the FAR requirements.

Partially applied the knowledge of planned actions in soliciting and awarding contracts. Partially made recommendations to ensure the government agency is in compliance with the FAR requirements.

Satisfactorily applied the knowledge of planned actions in soliciting and awarding contracts. Satisfactorily made recommendations to ensure the government agency is in compliance with the FAR requirements.

Thoroughly applied the knowledge of planned actions in soliciting and awarding contracts. Thoroughly made recommendations to ensure the government agency is in compliance with the FAR requirements.

5. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements

Weight: 10%

More than 6 errors present

5-6 errors present

3-4 errors present

0-2 errors present

International Negotiations

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Study the following document: Methods for Managing Differences. Assume this communication strategy has been recommended by your employer for mediation when working with potential and existing business clients and partners.

Consider that there are basically two distinct types of cultures. One type is more cooperative, and the other is more competitive. It has been discovered that there are some conflicts occurring between some of the key players who need to come to agreement on specific critical areas of the deal for it to move forward. The top management would really like this deal to happen.

Imagine being in this situation, and create the scenario as you go through the process using the methods approach from above.

  • Describe the steps you would take and any considerations along the way.
  • How would you use the recommended method when working with individuals who exhibit a generally competitive culture?
  • How would you use the recommended method when working with individuals who exhibit a generally cooperative culture?
  • Would this cultural factor change the way you apply this method for managing differences? Why or why not? Explain.

week 3 disc 2 soc305

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 Women’s relationships in prison commonly fulfill an emotional need. They are different from men’s sexual relationships in prison in that they are less likely to involve coercion or be motivated by power and status grabs. In addition to romantic relationships, female inmates are also likely to form prison families with roles that mimic mothers, sisters, and even grandmothers. For many inmates, their prison family is the first positive female role modeling they have encountered.

In the article, Inside a maximum security women’s prison, reporter Diane Sawyer spent a day and a night inside a prison to explore the relationships of female prisoners, particularly as they pertain to sex. In addition, read the report, Managing sexual relationships in a female prison, that takes a deeper look at the culture from the perspective of the guards of Bandyup Women’s Prison in Washington.

  1. Should guards allow or encourage familial and/or sexual relationships in prison? What are the pros and cons?
  2. Why do you think women who are straight in the community choose to enter into homosexual relationships in prison?
  3. How might prison families help women cope with incarceration?

Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Support your claims with examples from the required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references

Greek History and philosophy

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Please choose one of them and write a double space and 5 pages essay. There are 3 possible topics, please choose one of them.

1. Both the Symposium and Plato’s Republic lay out a vision for the role of philosopher’s and philosophy in society. Analyze the role of the philosopher in these two texts. Do they overlap in any serious ways or are they distinctly different? Both texts locate the philosopher within a broader context. What are these contexts and how do they connect with philosophy in both contexts?

2. Aristotle’s notion of ethics in the Nichomachean Ethics seems to directly conflict with Plato’s ethical ideas as they are presented in the Republic. How do the two men view the nature of ethics? How do their understandings differ and what kinds of arguments to they make to support their positions?

3.The Hellenistic world that developed after the death of Alexander was a world full of change and innovation, of new ideas and beliefs entering into the Greek world. Focusing on two of the philosophical schools of the period (stoicism, skepticism, cynicism, epicureanism), compare the approach of the two systems to dealing with life’s uncertainties. What are the potential advantages and disadvantages of these schools?

Professional communication

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Due at the end of Week 5 (not eligible for late policy unless an approved, documented exception is provided).

*In the workplace, incomplete work is not accepted. The professional experience assignments are designed to help prepare you for that environment. To earn credit, make sure you complete all elements and follow the directions exactly as written. This is a pass/fail assignment, so no partial credit is possible. Assignments that follow directions as written will be scored at a 22. Assignments that are incomplete or do not follow directions will be scored as a zero.

Steps to Complete Professional Experience #3

Step one: On the top of the page, there is a Link to One Drive – that link will take you to a PowerPoint presentation template entitled “PPT_Resources.” Click on the link and review the document.

Step two: Save the file to your desktop using the following file name format: YourFirstName_YourLastName_Wk5_PPT.pptx

Example: Ed.Buchanan_Wk5_PPT.pptx

Step three: Locate an article, video, or other resource that relates to using PowerPoint or effective slide design. – Make sure the article or video is about how to do a PowerPoint Presentation. No other topics should be used.

Step four: The PPT template you downloaded has two slides: a title slide and a body slide (slide 2). Write a brief summary of your resource on the body slide only (do not write fewer than 20 words, do not write more than 50 words or else the submission will not be eligible for credit).

Step five: Include a link to the resource/information on the body slide – provide a hyperlink (not a URL) on the slide so that your professor can read the article or watch the video. The link will not count towards your word count.

Step six: Save the YourFirstName_YourLastName_Wk5_PPT.pptx file.

Step seven: Click “Upload” in the menu bar at the top of the OneDrive webpage.

Step eight: Submit the answer to your chosen question to Blackboard using the Professional Experience #3 link in the Week 5 tab in Blackboard.

In order to receive your points for completing this task, you must do the following:

  1. Provide a useful article, video, or other resource on using PowerPoint and/or effective slide design.
  2. Include a brief summary of the resource on the body slide.
  3. Use only one slide (slide two) for your summary.
  4. Submit the Your_Name_Wk5_PPT.pptx file to Blackboard using the “Professional Experience #3” link.
  5. No

What rights are at stake?, Critical Thinking Discussion 5 help

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  1. Concentrate on identifying the rights that are at stake. Are they liberty rights? Claim rights? If claim rights, against whom are the claims addressed? Try also, to see if there are any duties of natural law that you think are relevant.
On a Saturday morning in the spring of 2010 in New York City, a homeless man attempted to save a woman from an attacker and was stabbed in process. For over an hour he lay bleeding on the sidewalk in plain view of passersby. Several people stopped to look at him. One man shook him. Another took a photo of him with a cell phone. But no one helped him or called 911. The man died there.
 

  2.  In this week’s module we saw that the notion of liberty rights evolved out of medieval scholars’ reinterpretation of Roman law on the various forms of relation one can bear to property. The notion of a right that was developed was one that asserted an area of control over one’s life and was likened to the strongest form of property ownership recognized in Roman law. Do you believe you are related to yourself as to property? What are the implications of this view?

In this week’s AVP, you were asked the question ‘Do you think that you can use natural law to argue against the legitimacy of slavery? Why or why not?’ Provide your answer to that question here.

Must be in your own words and will be ran through TURNITIN and several other plagiarism checkers.

Workers Requirements in a Healthcare Organization, Management Assignment Homework help

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explore the differences among educational levels, the scopes of practice, and credentialing and licensure requirements for various employees in a healthcare organization


Scenario: You are the HR manager of a newly established healthcare organization. The board of directors of the organization asks you to prepare a presentation on the required profiles for the following roles:

  • Administrator (i.e., chief executive officer, vice president of nursing or finance, etc.)
  • Physician
  • Registered nurse
  • Nurse’s aide
  • Laboratory technician
  • Dietary aide
  • Maintenance professional

Tasks:

For each role, provide the following information:

  • Educational qualifications required for the role
  • Scope of practice for the role
  • Credentialing and licensure requirements for the role
  • A description of the importance of the role in a healthcare organization
  • Legal effects of the role on and importance of the role to HRM

For the workforce as a whole, address the following:

  • How would you build and maintain a climate of mutual respect and trust among employees?
  • What is the importance of diversity in the workforce?

Submission Details:

  • Present your work in a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation, with 2 slides for each role. On a separate slide, cite all sources using APA format..
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Assignment 2 Grading Criteria

Maximum Points
Identified and explained the educational qualifications required for each role.

Explained the scope of practice for each role.

Described the credentialing and licensure requirements for each role.

Described the importance of each role in a healthcare organization.

Explained the legal effects of the role on and importance of the role to HRM.

Displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation and created a presentation with appropriate design elements.

Sex and Gender Paper, writing homework help 1000 words

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You may hand in your essay at the beginning of class either Wed 2/3 or Wed 2/10. If you want to includeSulaby Toni Morrison as one of your texts, then definitely wait until 2/10. Essays received later than Thur. 2/11 at 2 pm (during my office hr) may only be submitted with instructor permission and will have 5 or more points deducted. Write a 4 page essay on one of the following topics, using two– three texts by different authors that we have read or watched in the class so far. Format: typed, doublespaced, 12’’ Times Roman Font, black ink, 1 inch margins, MLA format for quotations and Works Cited.  (Less than 3 ½  PAGES will receive NO CREDIT). In addition to giving your essay a title, state which topic you are answering.

Please read and follow the directions carefully:

Write a well organized, focused, unified critical essay with a THESIS in response to the topic. This assignment calls for an analytical essay, not a plot summary, personal appreciation, process paper or book review.  In writing your essay, keep in mind the ideas that we have discussed in class, but base your paper primarily on your own ideas and interpretations, not a recitation of class lectures.Use specific details and quotes from the texts to support your generalizations, and try to address aspects of literary or film technique in the texts as well as their ideas (for example, symbolism, imagery, point of view).  I expect you to present your thesis about the texts in the first paragraph introduction, for paragraphs to be about half a page long, and for your concluding paragraph to reinforce your argument supporting your thesis. In addition to giving your essay a title, indicate clearly which topic you are addressing.  You are welcome to draw on your own experiences, but do NOT consult any outside sources unless you discuss it and clear it with me first. 

Discuss the escapes or alternative spaces protagonists find to those in which they are victims of gender and other forms of oppression, whether these escapes are physical or mental. Suggestions: Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers, Woman Hollering Creek, Brokeback Mountain, Spit and Passion

Please use the novels that are italicized only to write the paper about.