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Q1. T/F. There are three primary methods for payment: cost, Fee schedules and price related. (2) T/F. There are two primary methods of unit payment: specific services and bundled services. (3)The following are considered an element of pricing except: (a) discounts on billed-charge patients,(b) reasonable return on investment,(c) average express, (d) losses on third-party fee-schedule payments,(e) average costs. (4) factors The tend to Increase Prices are the following except: (a)increase in uninsured patients,(b)increase in costs, (c) government programs that pay less than cost, (d) reduction in charge-paying patients, (e) managed-care plan fee schedule that do not pay at levels above costs, (f) increase in expenses. (g) increases in required profit, such as debt-service obligations or capital replacement. All the above . All except “b”, All except “f “. (5) Accrual accounting is used by accountants to measure profit and loss. All are true statements regarding accrual accounting except: (a) entails deciding when patients have received services for which the organization is entitled to income, (b) income (revenue) is earned when services are provided, (c) Expenses are the costs of providing material and service to the parties that receive the service, when the service is being provided, ((d) income is recognized when the payer pays for the service, (e) accurate measurement of profits or losses depends upon the correct matching of services provided and the costs of providing these services. (6) T/F. Cash accounting is a simple alternative to accrual accounting. (7) T/F. Cash accounting and cash flow is the same thing. (8) T/F. Hospitals receive payments from four chief sources. These sources are local, state, Federal Government,: Public Payers, Patients/Families. (9) T/F. Price transparency requires hospitals to provide the patient with information on the costs associated with a service prior to the provision of the service. (10) Which of the following statements are true regarding prospective reimbursement? (a) approach that assumes the degree of care required (case intensity) is a function of the patient’s diagnosis and that the payment to the provider should be based on the intensity of care and resources required by the specific diagnosis, (b) diagnostic related groups were developed by a group of researchers at Yale University in the late 1960s. (c) Built-in incentive for hospitals and health care organizations to control costs. (d) A no-lose system for hospitals the bill submitted by the hospital was totally covered, ( e) A shorter length of stay is profitable for the hospital, (f) all the above except “e” (g) all the above except ” c” (All the above..
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write about how the supporting papers related to the main article, how it played the role in the main article

I will upload the main article and 4 supporting paper

I would like to rectify my previous dissertation that I have to re-sit it. The changes should be done based on the instruction of the supervisor ( I will send the comments of the supervisor together with the original dissertation to the writer). However, the dissertation should look as same as if I have prepared which means the writer should use some of the sentences and references that I used before.
1-PAGE SUMMARY NEEDED
The topic cannot be changed but the supervisor gave some suggestion on the objectives that could be set. The research is made on three oil and gas companies operating in Oman and based on the topic of the research the analysis is done from the period 2008- 2014 (the period cannot be changed) but to improve the dissertation the supervisor suggested some objectives that should be considered .
I would like to be informed for every step and I will need some explanation in the statistical part.
based on the topic I will have to find out relationship between oil price and financial performance of oil and gas companies in which I will have to use a software called e- views.
kindly make sure that the writer is expert in using the software and specify that Financial performance in dependent variable and the oil price is independent variable

The starting points for designing a protocol for your hypothetical research have been fed along during the course, progressing from the annotated bibliography and literature review to the grant proposal which you will be writing for this module.
The grant proposal is an individual assignment. However, you may use the group discussion forum for sharing ideas and providing constructive feedback on each other’s project. Peer Review forum is encouraged.
It is important to use the Foundation Center’s Proposal Writing Short Course as a fundamental tool in completing this assignment. This tutorial discusses the fundamental elements of a grant proposal and will help you organize your proposal to create a well-designed and thorough project. We have also provided you numerous resources to guide you as you write a concise and well-crafted research proposal.

Note: Although it is important for you to review the budgeting and organizational information portions of the tutorials and resources, you will not be required to include these sections in your grant proposal. Creating an expense budget takes experience and knowledge of organizational budgets and salaries of personnel who would contribute to the research project. This can be a complicated procedure and is beyond the scope of this course. Additionally, organizations such as non-profit groups, community health centers, health departments, etc., apply for grants to help support their programs, and the organizational section of grant proposals allow these organizations to describe their mission, vision, goals, and strategic plans.
You will complete the following content for this lesson topic:
PowerPoint presentation: Short Course: http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/shortcourse/index.html
Read   Writing and Funding a Research Proposal  (chapter 19.  Hulley, Cummings, Browner, Grady, and Newman.  2007)
Supplemental web sources for more information describing and guidance on writing a grant proposal.
Complete this NIH Grant Tutorials
Read CFDA Developing a Grant Proposal
Read Columbia University – Writing a Grant Proposal
Read Elements of Writing Style

Lesson Topic 2: Grant requests
Here is the template to use for this assignment: Grant Proposal Example Template.pdf The template explains the sections required for your proposal. If you have any questions about the format please post a message in the Q & A Discussion Forum or send an email.

Grant Proposal Protocol
A grant proposal could be submitted to Hahn R&D Enterprises in order to fund the ongoing research that evaluates the risk/benefit analysis of using fibrinolytic therapy within in-patient and outpatient hospital settings. The grant proposal would request funding to conduct an ongoing retrospective study of clinical outcomes of patients that received fibrinolytic therapy by paramedics that presented with heart attack symptoms in the field prior to arrival at rural hospitals in North West Florida and South Alabama.

When researchers submit a grant proposal, the process of being awarded funds is extremely competitive. Here are three grading elements that help you sell your idea:

1) Accuracy and precision (no false claims)

2) Presentation of the argument why your project should be funded over the other grant proposals received by Hahn R&D Enterprises for funding (but not fancy or artful fluff, use the template provided). Grantors will not like your proposal if it does not use the provided template or specific directed format.

3) Proposal and Research Protocol Design (local flow of information).
Module 14
Lesson Topic 3: Proposal essay information/assignment sheet

Now that you have learned research designs and methods, and read many published research articles, you get the chance to apply your knowledge.
Essay Assignment Tips:
Use the rubrics, grant proposal template and example, and grant proposal checklist to ensure you fulfill the project expectations. It is encouraged you print, these documents and have them nearby as you write your proposal. Essay expectations and grading criterion are listed in the rubrics.
Write the executive summary last.
Know and use APA format, in every manner. Print off and use the APA “Cheatsheet”. This document will help ensure you are using APA correctly.
Review/edit for sentence structure and logic.
As in The Art of War by Sung Tzu, “Know thy enemy.”
You are to design a hypothetical research project and propose it to a funding source. You will be asking for funding (research grant) so you could (hypothetically) conduct (or continue) your research.
So far in this course you have completed the following tasks:
Searched for and found full text PubMed articles concerning one or two specific medical treatment techniques for acute myocardial infarction (MI).
Created an individual annotated bibliography for one article reporting Fibrinolytic treatment or Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), or a compare/contrast of each.
Reported who did what, where (population), when, why, how, as well as the most significant findings in your annotation.
Your group submitted a combined Annotated Bibliography.  You received lots of feedback, and read the entire graded product, thus becoming familiar with other Fibrinolytic or PCI articles.
Wrote an individual review of the literature (Fibrinolytic &/or/vs PCI) by critically reading and fully expanding your annotated bibliography. You reflected on how your article relates to others in this topic (using other group members’ annotated bibliographies). Your literature review discussed the strength of the evidence, described research findings, strengths and limitations, biases, and how the research compares/contrasts with others. You also discovered connections and gaps in knowledge of the topic, likely thinking, “Why doesn’t someone research _______?”
Now you fill in the _____.  What problem, or oversight would you solve?  What question would you answer?  Discuss how your originally chosen article and others, lead you to formulate an interest, shaped your argument, and  how you think about the topic of Fibrinolytic therapy and PCI.

We are all at some level of risk for a MI. There are numerous risk factors for MI including family history, dietary intake, physical activity levels, cholesterol and lipid levels, and pre-existing chronic diseases (i.e. hypertension).  Consider the following questions:

If you were to have an MI and called 911 for EMS, which treatment would you prefer? Why?
If you lived in a rural area would your preference change? Why or why not?
Would you want an EMT to thread a balloon in you at your house or wait for the balloon  at a Cardiac Surgical Unit?
Would fibrinolytic pill or IV be sufficient?

Here is the Assignment:
Identify a research method (review Module 5: Research Designs) that could be used to conduct new or further research on the topic of “Outcomes of fibrinolytic therapy versus PCI”.  Use your literature review on the Outcomes of fibrinolytic therapy versus PCI to discuss the background on the research previously conducted on this topic placed in the “Statement of Need” Section of your proposal.
Optional but encouraged: Go to you group lab discussion area and develop ideas for your grant proposal. These can be original or drawn from the example below. Help each other out and come up with something spectacular.
1) Develop and submit to the Grant Proposal Dropbox a well written, carefully crafted grant proposal to obtain funding for the project if the proposal is selected by the donating agency (Hahn R&D enterprises).
2) Complete only the following sections of the proposal, using the Proposal Short course as a guide:
Executive Summary
Statement of Need
Project Description
Conclusion
Note: You do not need to provide research budgets/financials and organizational information which is covered in the tutorial.
The proposal will be a minimum of 6 pages, you may use the following as a guide:
Executive Summary (at least 1/2 page)
Statement of Need (1 page)
Project Description (3 pages)
Conclusion (at least 1 page).
The research proposal is unrestricted and the angle of the study is open to your ideas. In an attempt to get you on the right track, consider the following example or you are free to talk about topics with your lab mates (the writing of the grant will be an individual project though).

Example
A grant proposal could be submitted to Hahn R&D Enterprises in order to fund the ongoing research that evaluates the risk/benefit analysis of using fibrinolytic therapy in the out of the hospital setting. The grant proposal would request funding to conduct an ongoing retrospective study of clinical outcomes of patients that received fibrinolytic therapy by Paramedics when patients present with heart attack symptoms in the field prior to arrival at rural hospitals in North West Florida and South Alabama.
Topic Background: In cases where a patient suffers from a “heart attack” (myocardial infarction”) a blood clot blocks the vital arteries in the heart from circulating blood, ultimately starving the heart of much needed oxygen. If the infarct is not reversed quickly, the outcome will result in the death of the patient. There are two fundamental methods to remove the lethal blood clot from the vital arteries of the heart and restore blood circulation:
1) Fibrinolytic Therapy- A medication to break down the clot
2) Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)- Coronary Angioplasty, mechanical re-perfusion by the placement of stints and other techniques
As you write your grant proposal, keep in mind the following:
Knowing the rules and expectations makes meeting the standards easier. Use the rubric and guidelines to ensure your paper will be good. Use of APA format and college level (upper division) use of written English are expected for this assignment.
Use the UWF Library and Writing Lab Resources, they are helpful.

Suppose that you are a manufacturer of product ABC, which is composed of parts A, B, and C. Each time a new product ABC is created, it must be added to the product inventory, using the PROD_QOH in a table named PRODUCT. Also, each time the product is created, the parts inventory, using PART_QOH in a table named PART, must be reduced by one each of parts A, B, and C. The sample database contents are shown in the following tables.

Given the preceding information, answer Questions a through e.
⦁ How many database requests can you identify for an inventory update for both PRODUCT and PART?
⦁ Using SQL, write each database request you identified in Step a.
⦁ Write the complete transaction(s).
⦁ Write the transaction log, using ⦁ Table 10.1 as your template.
⦁ Using the transaction log you created in Step d, trace its use in database recovery.
Describe the three most common problems with concurrent transaction execution. Explain how concurrency control can be used to avoid those problems.
What DBMS component is responsible for concurrency control? How is this feature used to resolve conflicts?
Using a simple example, explain the use of binary and shared/exclusive locks in a DBMS.
Suppose that your database system has failed. Describe the database recovery process and the use of deferred-write and write-through techniques.

Week 8 Discussion 1
Please respond to the following: “Competition Model”
•Justify the fundamental reasons that marketers should closely monitor the actions of rivals in order to proactively address developing issues, events, and circumstances. Provide one (1) example of such successful close monitoring to support your rationale.
•Evaluate the value afforded by Lehmann and Winer’s Level of Competition Model as an instrument for engendering the accurate identification and understanding of competition within the health care industry. Provide at least two (2) specific examples of Lehmann and Winer’s Level of Competition Model that apply within a health care organization with which you are familiar.

Week 8 Discussion 2
Please respond to the following: “Marketing Management Tools”
•Based on your review of the Learnscape scenario titled “Learnscape 2: Patient Engagement”, analyze the benefits afforded to health care marketers that understand the importance of establishing core values that guide health care organizations in their strategic and tactical pursuits. Determine whether you believe the relationship between core values should stay the same over time or should change over time. Provide one (1) example of such a relationship between core values to support your rationale.
•Appraise the value offered by Leonard Berry’s Success Sustainability Model as a management tool for communication drivers of excellence that will yield sustained success. Provide at least two (2) specific examples of Leonard Berry’s Success Sustainability Model that apply within a health care organization with which you are familiar.

This assignment consists of two (2) sections: a draft of your business plan and an income statement containing your business plan financials (i.e. Week 7 Discussion “The Financials”). Note: You must submit both sections as separate files for the completion of this assignment.

 

You must intend to raise money for your startup company. You can start with money from friends and family but at some point you will need funds from outside investors, either angels or venture capitalists, depending on how much money you project you will need to raise. Another possible angle is to develop money through crowdfunding, assuming your product meets the demand of such audiences.

 

Before you can raise money, you must develop a business plan that convinces an investor that your company will succeed.

 

Section 1: Business Plan (MS Word or equivalent)

 

Read Chapters 18 and 19 of the course text: Successful Business Plan. Use the Plan Preparation Forms at the end of each chapter of Successful Business Plan as a rough guide.

 

Write an approximately fifteen to twenty (15-20) page draft of your business plan in which you:

 

1. Revise the components of the following previously submitted sections based on the feedback you have received.
   1. 1. Company Description (Assignment 1)
      2. Industry Analysis and Trends (Assignment 1)
      3. Strategic Position & Risk Assessment (Assignment 1)
      4. Target Market (Assignment 2)
      5. Competition (Assignment 2)
      6. Marketing Plan & Sales Strategy (Assignment 2)
      7. Technology

 

2. Create an Ethics & Social Responsibility Plan.

 

Note: The Ethics & Social Responsibility plan should account for approximately three to five (3-5) pages of the Business Plan Draft.

 

2. 1. Describe the ways in which your company is committed to being a good corporate citizen.
   • • Hints: Consider the following areas:
       • Creating jobs
       • Following the laws of every jurisdiction in which your company operates
       • Fair and honest treatment of employees
       • Non-discrimination of employees and increasing diversity of your work force
     • Hints: If your company is designed as a social venture—in which you have a primary purpose of achieving a social or environmental goal—describe what that goal is and what aspects of your company are designed to reach that goal. Provide a rationale for why you have or why you have not chosen this to be a social venture.

 

3. 2. Discuss how your company’s activities will affect the environment and identify the steps you will take to mitigate any negative impacts.
   • • Hints: As a beverage company, consider such issues as your choice of packaging, disposal of bottles / packages by consumers, and your use of resources, such as water in areas where water may be scarce.

 

4. 3. Determine any health issues / claims related to the product you are making, whether negative or positive. Suggest the strategy your company will use to mitigate any negative issues, and to ensure any positive claims are true.

 

5. 4. Many beverage products have negative health impacts on certain segments of a population (e.g., children, pregnant mothers, etc.). Suggest your company’s plan, through advertising, distribution, and / or other methods, to target and reach only appropriate market segments.

 

3. Format your assignment according to these formatting requirements:
   1. Cite the resources you have used to complete the exercise. Note: There is no minimum requirement for the number of resources used in the exercise.
   2. Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
   3. 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 page length.

 

Section 2: Business Plan Financials (MS Excel worksheets template)

 

4. For year one, revise and submit the Income Statement, Cash Flow Projections, and Balance Sheet sections from the “Business Plan Financials” MS Excel template (see: Course Required Files in Week 1).

 

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

 

• Describe strategic planning techniques used to formulate alternative strategies designed to achieve stated business goals.
• Create a plan to implement a firm’s strategy and manage the change from current operations.
• Analyze strategies for exerting the internal leadership needed to drive the implementation of strategic initiatives and improve operating excellence.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in strategic management.
• Write clearly and concisely about strategic management using proper writing mechanics

Industrial/Organizational Psychology Proposal:

Prepare a 10-12 slide proposal with detailed speaker notes for a research project demonstrating how engineering psychologists can employ shaping and chaining, reinforcement schedules or one-trial learning techniques (choose only one) to teach equipment operators how to operate a new piece of equipment—for

example, pilots transitioning from an analog cockpit to a digital cockpit.

Address the following in your proposal:

Hypotheses

Methodology

Population

 

OR

 

 

Industrial/Organizational Psychology Literature Review:

Prepare a 3- to 5-page literature review for a research paper on how engineering psychologists employ shaping and chaining, reinforcement schedules, and one-trial learning techniques in designing the transition from one situation to a new one—for example, production assemblers learning to assemble a new computer that is similar to the previous model but has subtle but important differences. Provide citations from relevant human and animal research to support your assertions. You need more than three (at least 5) scholarly resources here.

Address the following in your paper:

Theoretical or construct basis for the concepts of shaping and chaining, reinforcement schedules and one-trial learning techniques, including historical development.

Current understanding of effective application of these learning concepts

 

Please remember your assignment, regardless of format, is the equivalent of a paper! It needs to be as complete as a paper with APA formatted citations and references. Remember to use at least 3 peer reviewed references – at least 5 if you choose a literature review. Please see the requirements in the posted rubric.

 

• • Use the “NAB Company Portfolio“.

 

 

 

 

Write a three to six (3-6) page paper in which you provide the following information below.

Operations Plan (1 – 2 pages)

Note: Remember to assign a dollar amount to each operational cost you find, as you will need these figures for your income statement and cash flow in Week 8.

 

 

1. 1. Create an operations plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide (p. 214 | Operations Plan Preparation Form –Click here for help accessing a specific page number in your eBook). Extract appropriate information from the NAB Company portfolio, where applicable. Other required items in the template should be filled in using your personal preferences.

 

• Provide a rationale for the competitive advantages section using appropriate functional-level and business-level strategies to explain the competitive advantages.

 

• • Note: Much of the research pertaining to the hints provided here can be found in the NAB company portfolio.

 

• • Hints: Consider whether you will rent or buy your facilities or outsource production to an existing company.

 

• • Hints: One of your biggest expenses as a startup non-alcoholic beverage company will be transitioning from a small batch prototype of your beverage to production on a large scale. Research the equipment you will need (vats, refrigerators, burners, ovens, bottling equipment, and so on), whether you will rent or buy, how you will maintain and clean it, and so forth. Consider how you will ensure quality control. What capacity do you intend to reach?

 

• • Hints: Deliberate your inventory control. Where do your supplies come from and what is your turnaround time to produce your beverage once you have received an order?

 

• • Hints: Consider your distribution method. Refer back to your notes for the SWOT analysis assignment in Week 2 of class.

 

• • Hints: How will you stay abreast of new developments in your industry? What new products do you have in development now, in addition to your flagship product?

 

• Describe your research and development activities and explain how they will contribute to the company.

 

Technology Plan (1 – 2 pages)

• Create a technology plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide (p. 227 | Technology Plan Preparation Form ). Extract appropriate information from the NAB Company portfolio, where applicable. Other required items in the template should be filled in using your personal preferences.

 

• Provide a rationale for the personnel needs section by incorporating appropriate functional-level strategies.

 

• • Hints: Consider the type of technology your company will use to conduct the following activities: manage personnel; take, fulfill, and track orders; manage inventory; communicate with customers and provide customer service; and produce your beverage.

 

Management & Organization (1 – 2 pages)

• Create a management plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide (p. 248 | Management Plan Preparation Form ). Extract appropriate information from the NAB Company portfolio, where applicable. Other required items in the template should be filled in using your personal preferences.

 

• Using the flow charts on p. 242 as a guide, outline your company’s management hierarchy. Note: Charts or diagrams must be imported / included in the MS Word document.

 

• Provide a rationale for the management structure and style section by incorporating appropriate functional-level strategies.

 

• Format your assignment according to these formatting requirements:

 

• Cite the resources you have used to complete this exercise. Note: There is no minimum requirement for the number of resources used in the exercise.

 

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; 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 page length.

 

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Create a plan to implement a firm’s strategy and manage the change from current operations.

 

• Describe strategic planning techniques used to formulate alternative strategies designed to achieve stated business goals.

 

• Use technology and information resources to research issues in strategic management.

 

• Write clearly and concisely about strategic management using proper writing mechanics

 

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As you compose your analysis, consider the following questions:
What are the main arguments used by the author?
What supporting evidence does he use?
What does the author assume to be true in order to put forth his arguments?
Do you agree or disagree with the author’s reasoning?
What evidence do you have to support your position?
Does the research you found support or refute Dr. Grohol’s arguments?
You may consider organizing your analysis in the following way:
Title page.
Introduction – Explain why the author wrote this article (his purpose). Describe the issue and his position on the topic.
Body of the paper:
Explain the main arguments used by the author.
Identify the supporting evidence the author uses for his arguments.
Explain the assumptions the author makes in order to uphold his arguments.
Explain whether you agree or disagree with the author by describing your position on the issue.
Support your position with references to the resources you located during your research. Use articles written on this topic within the last eight years.
Conclusion – Briefly restate the author’s arguments and your position. Also, address any unanswered questions that may linger.
Reference page – Use at least two scholarly or professional resources. Keep in mind that Wikipedia is not an appropriate resource.
A note about crediting sources:
You are required to cite resources that you use to compose your assessments, using both in-text citations and the corresponding references.
In the body of your work, use in-text citations any time you are referencing information that you have found from a source. Typically, within parentheses, type the author or authors’ last names followed by a comma and the publication year. At the end of your post, provide a full reference for the source, so if another learner is interested in reviewing the information from the source in more detail, the learner will know how to find it. The following resources will help refresh your understanding of citing and referencing sources.
For help with citing sources, see the resources linked under the Capella Resources heading.
Your completed assessment should be approximately 3–5 pages in length. You must follow APA guidelines for formatting your analysis and citing your resources. You may use the APA Paper Template linked in the Resources under the Capella Resources heading.
Additional Requirements
Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting guidelines.
Number of resources: A minimum of two current scholarly or professional resources.
Length: 3 pages typed, double-spaced pages, not including the title page or references.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12-point.
Resources:
Grohol, J. M. (2009). The debilitating effects of TV on children [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2009/09/27/the-debilitating-effects-of-tv-on-children
I have also attached 2 other PDF.