Week 3 Discussion Discussion Questions: 1. Identify the role of patient safety and its influence on federal initiatives that are used to prevent

Week 1 Discussion: Begin Your Yellowdig Discussion This course uses a tool called Yellowdig to facilitate discussions. If you have not yet read the Using Yellowdig study in this week’s activities, read that now to learn what Yellowdig is and how to use it. For this discussion, share your thoughts

Introduce Yourself One of the most important aspects of an online course is the interaction between you and your fellow learners. Write and post your self-introduction here, including mention of your educational and employment background related to the topics of this course. Also include a response to one of the

“Screening is the administration of measures or tests to distinguish individuals who may have a condition from those who probably do not have it. “ -Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of screening. (500 words).  Support your answers with the literature and provide citations and references in APA, 7th ed. format.  

Case Study 1: Hypertension Management in a 50-Year-Old Patient Objective: Understand the pharmacologic treatment of hypertension, evaluate drug interactions, and individualize care plans. Patient Profile: Age: 50 Gender: Male Height/Weight: 5’9”, 230 lbs Medical History: Hypertension (diagnosed 3 years ago), Type 2 Diabetes (well-controlled with metformin), elevated cholesterol Current Medications:

                           Topic: Health Assessment of aa 65 year old Adult Create a presentation that addresses each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all the prompts or questions for each bullet point. Use clear headings that

Case Study  Instructions: Read the following case study and answer the reflective questions. Please provide rationales for your answers. Make sure to provide a citation for your answers. Must follow APA, 7th ed. format. Due: Saturday by 23:59 pm CASE STUDY: Family Member with Alzheimer’s Disease: Mark and Jacqueline Mark

Based on your prior research of healthcare objectives, complete the following: Select 1 of the following and identify 1 healthcare objective. Meaningful use regulations Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Value-Based Payment Modifier (VBM). Then identify 1 type of information

Instructions In a few brief sentences, write a convincing argument you might use in trying to get a reluctant employee to agree to completing and submitting a self-evaluation (we are assuming that a self-evaluation is optional in your evaluation system.) APA but no references needed for this assignment! Just your own

Instructions Read Case:  Surprise! Found in Chapter 15.  Answer questions 1 – 3.  Please be sure that each response is 5-10 sentences Case: Surprise! When the business office employees arrived at the hospital Monday morning, they immediately noticed the apparent absence of the office manager. This was not unusual; the manager was

Read Case: Never to Blame in Chapter 14.  In a 2-page paper, answer the 2 questions for the case.  APA format.  Case: Never to Blame You are the administrative director of clinical laboratories at Community Hospital. One of your section supervisors has come to you with a complaint about a

Breaches have become more and more common in healthcare. Review the HHS website:  report about a recent breach. You will need to summarize IN YOUR OWN WORDS  the incident and provide the link to the incident your are discussing

Write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas. The Health Information Data Exchange is an emerging topic within healthcare systems. Discuss the following: Explain what use the health information data exchange could

See attachment…Introduction to Current Procedural Terminology

Dialysis care has become a popular healthcare service over the last few decades. Your employer has decided to get into the market and open a dialysis clinic. Your background in CPT coding and knowledge of medical terminology has landed you the task of training the new staff on dialysis and the

For this essay, you will examine a scenario and apply sound ethical decision-making to determine the proper course of action. Scenario: Cindy Lou Kodingwho is a new coder at Southern Columbia Surgical Center. She works under the Office Manager, Martha May, but also closely works with the physicians directly when

See attachment  This class is Introduction to ICD-10-PCS: Googling did  help with all the questions bc it gives the wrong answer for questions about 

Imagine that you are a health information management (HIM) supervisor analyzing a computer-assisted coding system to find out if it will work well for your facility. The following is an operative note with the ICD-10-PCS codes assigned by the computer-assisted coding (CAC) system that is being reviewed. Analyze the operative

Assignment objective: Imagine you are a new medical coder, and you are learning the process for looking up extracorporeal cases in ICD-10-PCS. Analyze and review an extracorporeal assistance case and an extracorporeal performance case, and discuss proper ICD-10-PCS code assignment for these sections. Length: Your submission should be a minimum