Public Health

  • Now that you are familiar with coding systems and practices involved in renderin

    Now that you are familiar with coding systems and practices involved in rendering care, let’s think about potential risks involved in coding and documenting care. Review the following Medicare Learning Network publication that describes healthcare fraud and abuse. MEDICARE FRAUD & ABUSE: PREVENT, DETECT, REPORT https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNProducts/Downloads/Fraud-Abuse-MLN4649244.pdf Services Not Rendered: The submission of a claim for health…

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  • For this assignment, you will review some information about Ebola and answer som

    For this assignment, you will review some information about Ebola and answer some questions. Background Information: Ebola virus disease Factsheet https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/ebola-virus-disease Article: New Ebola Outbreak Declared in Democratic Republic of Congo https://www.who.int/news/item/08-05-2018-new-ebola-outbreak-declared-in-democratic-republic-of-the-congo Respond to the following questions: How much do you remember about the Ebola outbreak that started in 2014? Were you aware at the…

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  • Meta-analysis is often used in research to support conclusions with aggregate s

    Meta-analysis is often used in research to support conclusions with aggregate statistical power, rather than attempting to rely on single studies to support outcomes. Read the following article: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3049418/ Links to an external site. After reading about the pros and cons of meta-analysis processes, imagine that the hospital you work for has assigned you to…

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  • You are the chairperson of the hospital’s quality improvement committee. The com

    You are the chairperson of the hospital’s quality improvement committee. The committee is planning to introduce Lean Management Systems (LMS) and Lean Six Sigma (LSS) to the organization as a newly adopted framework to increase the quality and efficiencies of healthcare delivery, as outlined in the health sector transformation program of Saudi Vision 2030. For…

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