ASSIGNMENT 8/9/20 /2

ASSIGNMENT: After reviewing the background materials and doing additional research, draft a paper that addresses the challenges that administrators may encounter when trying to integrate state or federal policy into their health care organization’s internal policies. Be sure to provide solutions to managing these challenges. 3 PAGES REQUIRED.

SOURCES:

American College of Healthcare Executives. (2018). Healthcare executives’ role in emergency preparedness. Retrieved from https://www.ache.org/about-ache/our-story/our-commitments/policy-statements/healthcare-executives-role-in-emergency-management

Boccuti, C. & Casillas, G. (2017, March) Aiming for fewer hospital u-turns: The Medicare Hospital Readmission Reduction Program. Kaiser Family Foundation Issue Brief. Retrieved from http://files.kff.org/attachment/Issue-Brief-Fewer-Hospital-U-turns-The-Medicare-Hospital-Readmission-Reduction-Program

Cascardo, D. (2017) Preparing to meet the CMS Emergency Preparedness Rule. The Journal of Medical Practice Management, 32(5), 301-303. Available in the Trident Online Library.

Ellison, A. (2019, October 1) CMS penalizes 2,583 hospitals for high readmission: 5 things to know. Becker Hospital Review. Retrieved from https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/cms-penalizes-2-583-hospitals-for-high-readmissions-5-things-to-know.html

Finklestein, M. M. (2017) Redefining the “Legal medical record” and how to be prepared to respond to legal requests for a patient’s medical record. The Journal of Medical Practice Management, 33(1), 11-14. Available in the Trident Online Library.

Lye, C. T., Forman, H. P., Gao, R., Daniel, J. G., Hsiao, A. L., Mann, M. K., . . ., Krumholz, H. M. (2018) Assessment of US hospitals compliance with regulations for patients’ requests for medical records. JAMA Network Open, 1(6). Retrieved from https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2705850

Sorenson, R., Paull, G., Magann, L., & Davis, J. (2013) Managing between the agendas: Implementing health care reform in an acute care hospital. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 27(6) 698-713. Available in the Trident Online Library.