Write a 350- to 700-word paper on one of the following laws: HIPAA (1996) or EMTALA (1986). Pretend you are a health care manager employed at a small community hospital responsible for educating your staff about HIPAA (1996) or EMTALA (1986). Include the following in your paper: · Describe the law and its purpose. · Explain how it is enacted. For example‚ is it enacted by the state or federal government? · What are some key facts every employee should know about the law
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Handbook Nondiscrimination Paper due in week 3. Karen White has stepped up and agreed to lead the team for weeks 2 and 3 since the projects overlap during those weeks. Karen will be covering the introduction‚ conclusion‚ one bullet point‚ and editing the final draft together. Sharon‚ Shani‚ and Sade will each be covering 2 bullet points for the final assignment due in week 3. As a team we also chose what topics we would like to cover in the nondiscrimination handbook paper. Breaking down the assignment
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LaWana Thomas HIPPA Tutorial Response August 13‚ 2014 HCA/210 Cherie King According to Austin‚ (2012) the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 is "a federal law that mandates insurance portability and sets up procedures for electronic data exchange‚" (Page 20). This legislation is a congressional attempt to ensure patient ’s privacy is protected. The HIPAA consists
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Agency Paper Sandra Halbeisen October 8‚ 2013 SOWK 6151 Professor Cynthia Medina Our Lady of The Lake University Agency Paper There are many social service agencies that are making a difference in the lives of individuals. A social services agency can be defined as an organization providing social services that typically employs a range of helping professionals‚ including‚ social workers in addition to office staff‚ paraprofessionals‚ and sometimes volunteers (Barker‚ 2003). Agencies exist to
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Regulatory Behavior Emily Beecher PSY/340 April 27‚ 2015 Dr. Annie Powers Regulatory Behavior The nervous system is an extremely elaborate biological machine. Without question‚ the nervous system is a system so intricate and comprehensive that professionals in the field of medicine to this day do not have a “complete picture” of each of the working details of the human nervous system. Of these different mechanisms‚ perhaps the one most riddled with speculation‚ is the mechanism of sleep. In discussing
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protect all of our patient information from being exposed to others‚ one law in particular is HIPPA law of 1996 (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). This law protects the privacy and security of all health information‚ whether it is on paper or electronically. HIPPA has two goals to make health insurance more portable for people when changing jobs and making our health care system more accountable for the costs and reduce waste and fraud. This was and is enacted by the federal law but
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Regulatory Agency Pamela Jackson HCS/430 October 6‚ 2014 Jeannie Major Regulatory Agency The objectives behind accreditations and regulations are to keep and assure compliance is followed to the letter of the law. The regulations are designed to guide the agencies activity and the activity of the employees. Health care is an industry that must have regulations and regulators to assist the industry in complying with a plethora of issues that protect the consumers. Health care are formed and
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Government Regulatory Agencies and Impact on Consumer Choices Outline HCS 490 May 26‚ 2012 Kathy Loy‚ MBA Government Regulatory Agencies and Impact on Consumer Choices Outline Congress passed the original Pure Food and Drugs Act in 1906. It has evolved into the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is now an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHS) (FDA Milestones‚ 2006). The FDA’s main objective is to protect and promote public health through
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Regulatory and Accreditation Body Vincent Kennedy HSN/548 May 17‚ 2015 Mary Goetteman Introduction Regulatory and Accreditation Body Higher education institutions that provide educational programs consistent with regulatory and accreditation practices guiding each program. National recommendations generally dictate regulatory guidelines that are typically enforced through state regulating agencies identified for program control. Higher education institutions voluntarily self-assess themselves
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Javona Harris Agency Evaluation Paper Issues in Social Service Delivery: 39-421 Telamon Corporation Organizational Culture Telamon Corporation Head Start centers provide a secure setting where children can develop their skills under the watchful eyes of well-trained caregivers. The mission of this agency is “to support the social-emotional‚ academic‚ and physical development of children by working with families‚ early care and education programs‚ and the community through a statewide‚
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