A written audit report including title page including “confidential – attorney-client privilege – do not reproduce. Table of contents and the following sections:

               – Background

              – Scope

               – Sample

               – General Findings & Recommendations

              –  Specific Findings and Recommendations

              –  Follow-up (refunds, education etc.)

Background:  As a health information professional, it is essential that you are able to audit the quality of ICD 10 CM coding.  This exercise will introduce you to the world of coding audits.

References

*OIG Model Compliance Plan for Hospitals: https://oig.hhs.gov/authorities/docs/cpghosp.pdf

*How to Choose the Right Coding Audit Method, AHIMA BoK: https://bok.ahima.org/doc?oid=302442#.XQ0XUYhKi70

*Best Practices in Coding Audits: https://www.fortherecordmag.com/archives/0118p10.shtml

Learning Objectives:  After completing of this exercise the student will be able to:

• Audit for coding accuracy
• Evaluate coding accuracy
• Summarize the findings, including developing a list of recommendations for improvement.

Financial Plan for Photography Business- Business Plan

Demonstrate that your business can be viable and profitable. Existing businesses can use historical data, whereas start-ups will use projections based on your “best estimates.”
 

Your financial plan should include the following information:

1. Sources and uses of capital (where your money is coming from and how you are going to spend it).
2. Cash flow projection.
3. Balance sheet (assets owned and liabilities owed).
4. Profit-and-loss statement (sales revenues and expenses, either actual or estimated).
5. Break-even analysis (how much product you need to sell to cover your expenses).

You can submit your financial plan either in paragraph format or in chart format in 1-2 pages.

THEN complete the following:

The format should be:

1. A Succession Plan, 
2. An Executive Summary, 
3. A Reference List, and 
4. Complete Business Plan

First, complete a brief Succession plan. What are your long-term intentions for the business? How will investors get their money back? (100–200 words)

Second, prepare your Executive summary. The executive summary should be a 1-2 page overview of your entire plan. The executive summary should include an overview of your company information, the market opportunity that you’ve identified, and financial data such as financial forecasts, equity investment desired, and any long-term loans that will be needed. (800–1000 words)

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

Part 1: Main Post

Complete the following tasks for this assignment:

• Discuss the limits of intelligence and whether or not those limits can be overcome. For example, intelligence must be timely, shared with the stakeholders, unbiased, and objective.
• What mechanisms should be put in place to ensure that those limits can be overcome?
• A high standard of ethics must be maintained at all times within the intelligence community (IC). What procedures should be put in place for accountability and to ensure privacy and professionalism for intelligence collection agencies?

Part 2: Summative Discussion Board

Review and reflect on the knowledge you have gained from this course. Based on your review and reflection, write at least 3 paragraphs on the following:

• What were the most compelling topics learned in this course?
• How did participating in discussions help your understanding of the subject matter? Is anything still unclear that could be clarified?
• What approaches could have yielded additional valuable information?
• The main post should include at least 1 reference to research sources, and all sources should be cited using APA format.

Computer Assisted Coding (CAC) Project

After reading the above material & listening to the 2 lectures from the CAC users, please write a one page summary  and recommendations for implementing (or not implementing)  a CAC.  Your one page summary recommendation will address the following points:

1. What are the benefits of using CAC?  

2.  What is the best approach to using CAC?  Would you use CAC with other coders?  If so how would you do 

this?  Would you have the coders validate the CAC codes or leave the CAC to do only certain types of 

coding?

3. After reading & reviewing the material and listening to the guest speakers experience with CAC, please 

justify your decision as to why you chose your approach

Reading Assignment:

https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/360-encompass-system-us/insights/cac-success/

(The other files I already uploaded, please read.)

Background:  

Computer Assisted Coding, (CAC) is increasingly being looked at as a way of reducing the 

hours spent to code charts.  This exercise will introduce you to CAC and have you look at the pros and 

cons of CAC.

Learning Objectives:  

At the conclusion of this exercise the student will be able to:

-Examine the pros and cons of CAC

-Compares the vendor statements about CAC to th

Week 8: Reflection Paper

Briefly reflect on your general education capstone experience and address the following questions:

• What are the key takeaways from this class that you will carry with you?
• What did it take to bring your paper and presentation together, and how has that experience shaped your professional outlook?
• What recommendations or advice would you provide for students who will take this capstone course in the future?

This week, post your final video presentation here for peer and instructor Question and Answer. There are three requirements and three deadlines: 

1. Post your video no later than Monday 11:59 p.m. (Pacific time). Title your video post with your name and a brief topic description (e.g., Jenny Smith: Sepsis Training). Along with your video, provide the following information:

• Briefly explain your healthcare issue and your proposed solution to the issue.

2. No later than Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. (Pacific time), watch at least two peers’ videos and post thoughtful questions related to the content and conclusions of their study. Your instructor may assign you specific peers to review. Otherwise, select at least two peers to review (do not pose the same questions to both peers).

• You must ask 3 thoughtful questions of each peer. 
• Keep in mind that this is not a peer review of the presentation, although positive feedback is encouraged when appropriate. Your goal is to ask your peers questions that dig deeper into their problem and their proposed solution.
• Your questions may address some of the following topics: research sources, perspectives, the proposed solution, and obstacles related to the solutions.

3. No later than Sunday, 11:59 p.m. (Pacific time), you must formally address the questions posed by at least two peers and/or the instructor (address a total of 6 questions)in which you must cite evidence from your presentation/ final paper using APA Styl

This assignment consists of both an interview and a PowerPoint (PPT) presentation.

Assessment/Interview

Select a community of interest in your region. Perform a physical assessment of the community.

1. Perform a direct assessment of a community of interest using the “Functional Health Patterns Community Assessment Guide.”
2. Interview a community health and public health provider regarding that person’s role and experiences within the community.

Interview Guidelines

Interviews can take place in-person, by phone, or by Skype.

Develop interview questions to gather information about the role of the provider in the community and the health issues faced by the chosen community.

Complete the “Provider Interview Acknowledgement Form” prior to conducting the interview. Submit this document separately in its respective drop box.

Compile key findings from the interview, including the interview questions used, and submit these with the presentation.

PowerPoint Presentation

Create a PowerPoint presentation of 15-20 slides (slide count does not include title and references slide) describing the chosen community interest.

Include the following in your presentation:

1. Description of community and community boundaries: the people and the geographic, geopolitical, financial, educational level; ethnic and phenomenological features of the community, as well as types of social interactions; common goals and interests; and barriers, and challenges, including any identified social determinates of health.
2. Summary of community assessment: (a) funding sources and (b) partnerships.
3. Summary of interview with community health/public health provider.
4. Identification of an issue that is lacking or an opportunity for health promotion.
5. A conclusion summarizing your key findings and a discussion of your impressions of the general health of the community.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA format ting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.