Check the question

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Complete ALL of the bullet points below:

Compare and contrast each of the three questions related to Managed Care Organizations, Medicare, and Medicaid with one another and explain how they were similar and different to each other.

  • Managed care organizations emphasize physicians’ responsibilities to control patient access to expensive hospitalization and specialty care, a principle dubbed “gatekeeping.” Some argue that “gatekeeping” is unethical because it introduces financial factors into treatment decisions. Others say it improves quality by promoting the use of the most appropriate levels of care.
  • Medicare is an area that often gets overlooked and is seen as a burden financially. Discuss alternatives to ease the drain on Medicare resources.
  • Medicaid is shouldering an ever-increasing burden of cost for long-term care for the elderly, with enormous impacts on state budgets throughout the nation. Discuss alternatives to ease this drain on Medicaid resources.

Please submit one APA formatted table, (minimum 750 words) that highlights the above content make sure to include a title and reference page. The assignment should have a minimum of two (2) scholarly sources, in addition to the textbook.

Assignment Expectations

Length: 750 words

Structure: Include a title page and reference page in APA style. These do not count towards the minimum word amount for this assignment.

References: Use the appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. Include at least two (2) scholarly sources to support your claims.

Future Trends and Innovations DP

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Create a 5-8 minute speech on a future advanced technology trend or innovation and how it might affect a specific sector of the health care delivery system, as well as health care management in that sector.

Introduction

Address the following in your presentation:

  • Create an introduction to the advanced technology future trend or innovation and its related sector of the health care delivery system.
  • Describe the impacts the advanced technology future trend or innovation might have on this sector of the health care delivery system in the future.
  • Relate the concepts of creativity, disruptive innovation, exponential growth, or health care entrepreneurship to the future trend or innovation, as applicable.
  • Describe the future impacts the advanced technology future trend or innovation might have on the role of the health care manager in a specific sector.
  • Defend the credibility of the sources of information researched on the advanced technology future trend or innovation and its impacts.

Note: If you require the use of assistive technology or alternative communication methods to participate in these activities, please contact [email protected].edu to request an accommodation.

If you are unable to access the hardware needed to create presentations, PowerPoint presentations with extensive notes can be substituted for a video, with the permission of your faculty.

tactical response

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 a research paper in which you determine your own tactical response to terrorism to a local government. The research paper will consist of the following six sections:

  1. introduction of your topic that will be a homeland security program chosen by you at either the local, state, tribal, or federal levels;
  2. U.S. government’s role in homeland security programs at the specific level chosen;
  3. motivation of terrorist group activities against Americans;
  4. strengths and weaknesses of American homeland security’s counterterrorism policies at the chosen level;
  5. tactical response options to terrorism at the chosen level using available resources and jurisdictional procedures; and
  6. conclusion of your paper.

The final project will be constructed in stages. The first stage will be in this unit, the second in Unit III, the third in Unit IV, and the final in Unit VIII. When you reach the final stage in Unit VIII, be sure that you have incorporated any feedback that you have received from your professor in the previous units. This will help to ensure a higher grade on the finished project that you submit in Unit VIII.For the first stage of this culminating project, you will need to select a specific homeland security program that you wish your research paper to focus on at either the local, state, tribal, or federal (U.S. military) level and compose a research topic based on that program and the U.S. government’s role in that program.Your research topic will consist of the following components:

  • a description of terrorism response operations at the local, state, tribal, and federal levels; and
  • a description of the homeland security program you chose, its level, and the U.S. government’s role in the program.

This assignment should consist of at least two pages and utilize at least two references from the CSU Online Library.Please be sure to cite and reference your sources using proper APA style. 

Homeland security homework w4

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Introduction

With a cursory understanding of the U.S. intelligence community, the intelligence cycle, and the various types of intelligence used within homeland security, you will explore some of the challenges that can affect operations within the U.S. intelligence community. One of the biggest ongoing challenges continues to be intelligence sharing between agencies and departments, even after the 9/11 Commission Report clearly identified this area as a specific intelligence failure. In this activity you will explain some of the other challenges that the U.S. intelligence community faces when trying to counter threats to national and domestic security.

Activity Instructions

List and explain some the U.S. intelligence community challenges, and how these challenges affect homeland security.

Tips for Success

Pay particular attention to Chapter 6 section called “The U.S. Intelligence Community: Challenges” and this week’s online resources listed in the Explore section. Be sure to address the issues noted in the textbook concerning problems with collection and analysis and interagency coordination and cooperation. Also, pay particular attention to what the policy makers determined were issues within homeland security; see the intelligence transformation after September 11, 2001 section. Ensure that you substantiate your points with either the textbook and/or online resources as noted in the activity instructions.

***500 CHTRS***

Assignment: Evidence-Based Project

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Assignment: Evidence-Based Project, Part 1: Identifying Research Methodologies

Is there a difference between “common practice” and “best practice”?

When you first went to work for your current organization, experienced colleagues may have shared with you details about processes and procedures. Perhaps you even attended an orientation session to brief you on these matters. As a “rookie,” you likely kept the nature of your questions to those with answers that would best help you perform your new role.

Over time and with experience, perhaps you recognized aspects of these processes and procedures that you wanted to question further. This is the realm of clinical inquiry.

Clinical inquiry is the practice of asking questions about clinical practice. To continuously improve patient care, all nurses should consistently use clinical inquiry to question why they are doing something the way they are doing it. Do they know why it is done this way, or is it just because we have always done it this way? Is it a common practice or a best practice?

In this Assignment, you will identify clinical areas of interest and inquiry and practice searching for research in support of maintaining or changing these practices. You will also analyze this research to compare research methodologies employed.

To Prepare:

  • Review the Resources and identify a clinical issue of interest that can form the basis of a clinical inquiry. Keep in mind that the clinical issue you identify for your research will stay the same for the entire course. 
  • Based on the clinical issue of interest and using keywords related to the clinical issue of interest, search at least four different databases in the Walden Library to identify at least four relevant peer-reviewed articles related to your clinical issue of interest.      You should not be using systematic reviews for this assignment, select original research articles.
  • Review the results of your peer-reviewed research and reflect on the process of using an unfiltered database to search for peer-reviewed research.
  • Reflect on the types of research methodologies contained in the four relevant peer-reviewed articles you selected.

Part 1: Identifying Research Methodologies

After reading each of the four peer-reviewed articles you selected, use the Matrix Worksheet template to analyze the methodologies applied in each of the four peer-reviewed articles. Your analysis should include the following:

  • The full citation of each peer-reviewed article in APA format.
  • A brief (2-paragraph) statement explaining why you chose this peer-reviewed article and/or how it relates to your clinical issue of interest, including a brief explanation of the ethics of research related to your clinical issue of interest.
  • A brief (2 paragraph) description of the aims of the research of each peer-reviewed article.
  • A brief (2 paragraph) description of the research methodology used. Be sure to identify if the methodology used was qualitative, quantitative, or a mixed-methods approach. Be specific.
  • A brief (2-paragraph) description of the strengths of each of the research methodologies used, including reliability and validity of how the methodology was applied in each of the peer-reviewed articles you selected.

Part 2: Advanced Levels of Clinical Inquiry and Systematic Reviews

Your quest to purchase a new car begins with an identification of the factors important to you. As you conduct a search of cars that rate high on those factors, you collect evidence and try to understand the extent of that evidence. A report that suggests a certain make and model of automobile has high mileage is encouraging. But who produced that report? How valid is it? How was the data collected, and what was the sample size?

In this Assignment, you will delve deeper into clinical inquiry by closely examining your PICO(T) question. You also begin to analyze the evidence you have collected.

To Prepare:

  • Review the Resources and identify a clinical issue of interest that can form the basis of a clinical inquiry.
  • Develop a PICO(T) question to address the clinical issue of interest you identified in Module 2 for the Assignment. This      PICOT question will remain the same for the entire course.
  • Use the keywords from the PICO(T) question you developed and search at least four different databases in the Walden      Library. Identify at least four relevant systematic reviews or other filtered high-level evidence, which includes meta-analyses, critically-appraised topics (evidence syntheses), critically-appraised individual articles      (article synopses). The evidence will not necessarily address all the elements of your PICO(T) question, so select the most important concepts to search and find the best evidence available.
  • Reflect on the process of creating a PICO(T) question and searching for peer-reviewed research.

The Assignment (Evidence-Based Project)

Part 2: Advanced Levels of Clinical Inquiry and Systematic Reviews

Create a 7-8-slide PowerPoint presentation in which you do the following:

  • Identify and briefly describe your chosen clinical      issue of interest.
  • Describe how you developed a PICO(T) question focused on your chosen clinical issue of interest.
  • Identify the four research databases that you used to conduct your search for the peer-reviewed articles you selected.
  • Provide APA citations of the four relevant peer-reviewed articles at the systematic-reviews level related to your research question. If there are no systematic review level articles or meta-analysis on your topic, then use the highest level of evidence peer-reviewed article.
  • Describe the levels of evidence in each of the four peer-reviewed articles you selected, including an explanation of the strengths of using systematic reviews for clinical research. Be specific and provide examples.

Melnyk, B. M., & Fineout-Overholt, E. (2018). Evidence-based practice in nursing & healthcare: A guide to best practice (4th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.

  • Chapter      2, “Asking Compelling Clinical Questions” (pp. 33–54)
  • Chapter      21, “Generating Evidence Through Quantitative and Qualitative Research”      (pp. 607–653)

Grant, M. J., & Booth, A. (2009). A typology of reviews: An analysis of 14 review types and associated methodologies. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 26, 91–108. doi:10.1111/j.1471-1842.2009.00848.x

Hoare, Z., & Hoe, J. (2013). Understanding quantitative research: Part 2. Nursing Standard, 27(18), 48–55. doi:10.7748/ns2013.01.27.18.48.c9488

Hoe, J., & Hoare, Z. (2012). Understanding quantitative research: Part 1. Nursing Standard, 27(15), 52–57. doi:10.7748/ns2012.12.27.15.52.c9485

Required Media

Centers for Research Quality. (2015a, August 13). Overview of qualitative research methods [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/IsAUNs-IoSQ

Centers for Research Quality. (2015b, August 13). Overview of quantitative research methods [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/cwU8as9ZNlA

Laureate Education (Producer). (2018). Review of research: Anatomy of a research study [Mutlimedia file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

Schulich Library McGill. (2017, June 6). Types of reviews [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/5Rv9z7Mp4kg

Laureate Education (Producer). (2018). Searching the Evidence [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

3pages essay

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How Will I Apply What I Learned in this Post-1492 World?

Purpose: This essay is an opportunity for you to reveal your ability to read a text and think critically. Doing so requires careful use of close reading and critical analysis. You will reveal your knowledge of the subject before presenting your own viewpoint of this topic.

Texts:

  • Select as many works from this semester’s multi-modal texts as you wish

Topic: As we have discussed this semester, the creation of races was an intentional project that resulted from the European Enlightenment and its philosophical, artistic, and scientific communities. The various forms of violence perpetrated against the oppressed by whiteness expose the horrors of living in a world of white supremacy domination, especially for indigenous, Black, and brown communities. Our thinkers this semester, use various forms of resistance to combat and deal with the violence of whiteness. Using the texts of your choice, what insights or ideas and observations impacted you the most? This doesn’t mean you agree or disagree with the authors and filmmakers we analyzed this semester, but more so, what are some takeaways from the texts for you?  

Writing Task

In a well-developed, thesis-driven essay of 2-3 pages (500-750 words) using our final texts in this unit as well as our class discussions and lectures, respond to the following prompt:

Using the texts of your choice, what insights or ideas and observations impacted you the most? What are some of the ways YOU can use the ideas and theories you learned in this class in this post-1492 world? You may use first-person narration (“I” statements) and please try to be as specific as possible. For example, “I will use the idea that I must always consider Black liberation in my own struggle for liberation…..”

Paper Requirements

Your essay should convince the reader that the claim you make (your thesis) is an arguable one, not simply a statement of fact.

  • Be sure to support your claim with quotes (textual evidence) from the text.
  • Papers must be 2-3 pages and follow MLA format: typed, double-spaced, 12 pt., Times New Roman font with 1” margins and left-alignment.

Module 06 Capstone Portfolio Assignment – Transferable Skills Reflection Assignment

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Throughout your education, you have been asked to research topics and write papers, engage in thought-provoking discussions, consider diverse perspectives, and a host of other challenges that have required you to use both your discipline-specific skills as well as your soft skills. These are called transferable skills, and are skills that you develop that can be transferred and applied within your chosen career. Transferable skills are highly valuable and essential for career success.

Throughout this course, you have been working on a project that allowed you to demonstrate your understanding of the transferable skills. It is now time to submit your project/assignment and add a transferable skills reflection.

To complete this assignment, you will need to do the following:

Part I: Compiling Your Exemplar Project

  • Compile all of your completed course project assignment deliverables. Place them in the proper order, and save them in a single Microsoft Word document.

Part II: Transferable Skills Self Reflection

  1. In a minimum of 1 full page, using Microsoft Word, write an essay (full introduction and conclusion), which includes the following:
    • Describe the knowledge, skills and/or attitudes regarding each of the transferable skills that you’ve gained as a result of completing this particular project/assignment.
    • Discuss the ways that you are going to incorporate the transferable skills (the transferable skills that you showcased in your exemplary project) into your work within your chosen career field.
    • Describe your future goals based on the transferable skills that you’ve chosen to showcase.
    • Write your paper utilizing proper tone, spelling and grammar.
  2. Once you have completed your reflection assignment, add it to the end of the document you compiled in part I. The self-reflection should be the last few pages of your exemplar project. If done correctly, everything will be one document!
  3. Save the compiled document to a folder. Then, zip or compress the folder, and submit the zipped folder to the drop box.

COMP 2 definition paper (education)

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 5 full pages

Instructions: Definition Paper

ASSIGNMENT
define your theme. Remember that your theme is the idea you have chosen to work with over the course of the semester. If your theme is “nature,” this paper will present a definition of “nature.” If your theme is “justice,” this paper will present a definition of “justice.” See “Theme Suggestions” document posted in Canvas for possible themes. 

the theme for this paper is education

details should be discussed in greater details with selected writers

Your paper should provide an encyclopedic discussion of your theme that moves readers’ understanding of your theme beyond the obvious. Your paper should be thought-provoking; the best definition papers teach readers something new about a term or invite additional discussion about a term. 

This paper must focus on providing a definition. Your thesis statement should present a definition. 

Your paper should include: 

1. An introductory paragraph and thesis statement that identify the theme and provide an original definition of that theme, respectively. Your thesis statement should attempt to synthesize various definitions of the theme that already exist within scholarship. To synthesize means to combine various ideas into a new, single idea. The thesis statement should be a single sentence and should appear at the end of the introductory paragraph. 

2. Body paragraphs that provide context for your definition, contain facts and examples, and combine research and reasoning to provide support for your thesis statement. Most good body paragraphs include a topic sentence, some of the author’s own ideas/analysis, some evidence, and a conclusion sentence that “finishes” the paragraph and reiterates the main point of the paragraph. 

3. Topic and transitional sentences between paragraphs. You may use headings between different sections of the paper, but headings are not required for this assignment. 

4. A conclusion paragraph and correctly formatted APA References page. 

5. In-text citations. 

6. A correctly formatted APA title page, including a paper title and a running header. An abstract is not required.

GOALS OF THE ASSIGNMENT 

1. Analyze an assignment prompt and develop a strategy for responding to the prompt; 

2. Craft an effective thesis statement that provides focus for an academic paper; 

3. Use writing to show evidence of critical thinking; 

4. Apply information from credible source materials; 

5. Express intellectually stimulating ideas using clear, grammatically correct prose. 

RESEARCH
Your paper must make use of at least two credible secondary sources. Reference sources (dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs, etc.) may be used in the paper, but reference sources do not count as secondary sources. 

Credible secondary sources include books, articles retrieved from the library databases, government reports or documents, articles from electronic or print trade journals, and material from trustworthy, timely, peer-reviewed websites. 

APA FORMATTING/CITATIONS
 Use Palmquist Chapter 21 to craft the References page and in-text citations. Your paper must include in-text citations. Provide an in-text citation for any information you have learned from a source, including direct quotations, paraphrased material, factual assertions, detailed historical information that is not common knowledge, and any other material learned from a source. 

DUE DATES
A rough and final draft are required. See course schedule. 

GRADING
The rough draft is worth 25 points. If you submit a complete rough draft that does not include plagiarism or another form of academic dishonesty, you will earn 25 points.

The final draft is worth 150 points and will be graded based on the grading rubric included in the course syllabus. 

Papers that do not meet the word count and/or research requirement will face significant points deductions. 

sample definition paper is in the attachement

Developing a Strategic Communication Plan Overview

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  1. Week 3 Assignment – Developing a Strategic Communication Plan
    Overview
    You have been assigned by the chief of police to create and implement a strategic communication plan to respond to the community following a high-profile use of force event by an officer with your department. While the use of force appears to have been legally justified and within department policy, there is still a great deal of negative reaction from the public.
    Preparation
    Review the steps for developing a strategic communication plan from Chapter 3 of Strategic Communication Practices: A Toolkit for Police Executives.
    Instructions
    Using the specific steps outlined, write a 2–3 page communication plan in which you:

    • Outline the approach that you would use to research and interpret the situational analysis for your hometown.
    • Determine the main goals and objectives of your proposed communication plan.
    • Predict the target group of your communication plan.
    • Propose the general communication strategies of your proposed plan.
      • Provide a rationale for your response.
    • Develop the first four main steps of your local police department’s strategic communication plan.
    • Use two credible, relevant, and appropriate sources to support your writing. Cite each source listed on your source page at least once within your assignment. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.
    • This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
      The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
    • Review principles and strategies of community- and problem-oriented policing.
  2. By submitting this paper, you agree: (1) that you are submitting your paper to be used and stored as part of the SafeAssign™ services in accordance with the Blackboard Privacy Policy; (2) that your institution may use your paper in accordance with your institution’s policies; and (3) that your use of SafeAssign will be without recourse against Blackboard Inc. and its affiliates.

Analysis debate 2

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  • Debate This: Personal Bankruptcy
  • Chapter 26 p. 631

Three months ago, Janet Hart’s husband of twenty years died of cancer. Although he had medical insurance, he left Janet with outstanding medical bills of more than $50,000. Janet has worked at the local library for the past ten years, earning $1,500 per month. Since her husband’s death, Janet also has received $1,500 in Social Security benefits and $1,100 in life insurance proceeds every month, giving her a monthly income of $4,100. After she pays the mortgage payment of $1,500 and the amounts due on other debts each month, Janet barely has enough left over to buy groceries for her family (she has two teenage daughters at home). She decides to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, hoping for a fresh start. Using the information provided in the chapter, answer the following questions.

  1. Under the Bankruptcy Code after the reform act, what must Janet do before filing a petition for relief under Chapter 7?
  2. How much time does Janet have after filing the bankruptcy petition to submit the required sched-ules? What happens if Janet does not meet the deadline?
  3. Assume that Janet files a petition under Chapter 7. Further assume that the median family income in the state in which Janet lives is $49,300. What steps would a court take to determine whether Janet’s petition is presumed to be substantial abuse under the means test?
  4. Suppose the court determines that no presumption of substantial abuse applies in Janet’s case. Nevertheless, the court finds that Janet does have the ability to pay at least a portion of the medical bills out of her disposable income. What would the court likely order in that situation?

Debate This:
Rather than being allowed to file Chapter 7 bankruptcy petitions, individuals and couples should always be forced to make an effort to pay off their debts through Chapter 13.