MHA-FPX5062 Assessment 2: Laws, Regulations, and Oversight
MHA-FPX5062 Assessment 2: Laws, Regulations, and Oversight
Develop a presentation, supported by 10-15 slides, on compliance with current regulations affecting health informatics systems.
Introduction
Note: The assessments in this course build upon the work you have completed in the previous assessments. Therefore, complete the assessments in the order in which they are presented.
The health care sector is widely known for being heavily regulated. It should, therefore, come as no surprise that health care informatics regulations are on the rise. Several new government initiatives have health care organizations scrambling to implement, update, or overhaul health information systems to meet government regulations.
It is vital that health care administrators stay current with the regulatory environment. Investment in health information systems alone can be very high, and systems that are noncompliant or incompatible with current regulations can add to these costs, sometimes costing more than the system itself.
This assessment provides an opportunity for you to develop a plan to comply with regulatory requirements associated with health informatics systems.
Overview
Note: Complete the assessments in this course in the order in which they are presented.
For this assessment, you will assume the role of a mid-level administrator who has been asked to develop a presentation on compliance with current regulations on health informatics systems.
Note: You are not required to deliver this presentation to your fellow learners in this course.
Presentation Tools
You may use Microsoft PowerPoint or any other suitable presentation software to create your slides. If you elect to use an application other than PowerPoint, check with faculty beforehand to avoid any potential file compatibility issues.
Use the speaker’s notes section of each slide to develop your talking points and cite your sources, as appropriate. If you need help designing your presentation, you are encouraged to review the various presentation resources provided for this assessment. These resources will help you to design an effective presentation, whether you choose to use PowerPoint or other presentation design software.
Requirements
Develop a slide deck to support your presentation, detailing a plan to comply with current regulations related to the HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health) Act, HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), and ACA (Affordable Care Act).
Tailor your plan to a specific health care setting of your choice.
Note: Remember that you can submit all—or a portion of—your draft analysis to Smarthinking for feedback, before you submit the final version for this assessment. If you plan on using this free service, be mindful of the turnaround time of 24–48 hours for receiving feedback.
Presentation Format and Length
- Your presentation should include the following slides:
- Title slide.
- Purpose or objectives of your presentation.
- References (at the end of your presentation).
- Your slide deck should consist of 10–15 slides, not including the title, purpose, and references slides.
- Slides need to highlight key concepts.
- Bullet points should be in the form of short sentences or key terms.
- Slides should not be in narrative format or pictures only.
Supporting Evidence
Use credible scholarly or professional evidence to support your analysis and conclusions.
Format all citations using APA style. Remember that an APA citation includes both the in-text citation (the author’s last name and the year of publication) and the full reference for the source.
Developing Your Regulatory Compliance Presentation
Note: The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Be sure that your presentation addresses each point, at a minimum. You may also want to read the Laws, Regulations, and Oversight Scoring Guide to better understand how each criterion will be assessed.
- Identify regulatory agencies and laws that impact HIM.
- Be sure to highlight the specific regulations in the HITECH, HIPAA, and Affordable Care Act legislation that impact HIM.
- How do the various agencies and laws affect HIM?
- Articulate the roles and responsibilities of health care managers in meeting current HIM regulatory obligations.
- Consider current, applicable legislation and best practices for compliance.
- What evidence supports your assertions and conclusions?
- Develop a plan to assist a health care organization, within your chosen health care setting, to comply with current HIM regulations.
- What are the applicable requirements?
- Will your plan help the organization adapt to an evolving regulatory environment?
- Identify agencies of particular relevance to your chosen health care organization.
- Why do you consider these agencies to be particularly relevant?
- What evidence supports your contention of relevance?
- Analyze the benefits of aligning with current HIM oversight organizations.
- Include the benefits of aligning with, or joining, a HIM support organization, such as AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association) or HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society).
MHA-FPX5062 Assessment 2 Laws, Regulations, and Oversight - How might alignments and memberships help the organization to comply with regulations?
- What evidence supports your analysis?
- Include the benefits of aligning with, or joining, a HIM support organization, such as AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association) or HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society).
- Present your findings and conclusions clearly and coherently.
- Does the design and flow of your presentation reflect adherence to the basic principles of effective presentations?
- Proofread your slides to minimize errors that could distract readers and make it more difficult for them to focus on the substance of your presentation.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
- Competency 2: Differentiate among the roles and responsibilities of health care information management systems professionals within the organizational structures in which they work.
- Articulate the roles and responsibilities of health care managers in meeting current HIM regulatory obligations.
- Competency 3: Analyze the roles of governmental, regulatory, and professional agencies related to health care and their impact on clinical outcomes and financial performance.
- Identify regulatory agencies and laws that impact HIM.
- Develop a plan to assist a health care organization to comply with current HIM regulations.
- Identify agencies of particular relevance to a specific health care organization.
- Analyze the benefits of aligning with current HIM oversight organizations.
- Competency 6: Communicate effectively with diverse audiences, in an appropriate form and style, consistent with applicable organizational, professional, and scholarly standards.
- Present findings and conclusions clearly and coherently in an engaging an effective manner.
Important information for writing discussion questions and participation
Welcome to class
Hello class and welcome to the class and I will be your instructor for this course. This is a -week course and requires a lot of time commitment, organization, and a high level of dedication. Please use the class syllabus to guide you through all the assignments required for the course. I have also attached the classroom policies to this announcement to know your expectations for this course. Please review this document carefully and ask me any questions if you do. You could email me at any time or send me a message via the “message” icon in halo if you need to contact me. I check my email regularly, so you should get a response within 24 hours. If you have not heard from me within 24 hours and need to contact me urgently, please send a follow up text to
I strongly encourage that you do not wait until the very last minute to complete your assignments. Your assignments in weeks 4 and 5 require early planning as you would need to present a teaching plan and interview a community health provider. I advise you look at the requirements for these assignments at the beginning of the course and plan accordingly. I have posted the YouTube link that explains all the class assignments in detail. It is required that you watch this 32-minute video as the assignments from week 3 through 5 require that you follow the instructions to the letter to succeed. Failure to complete these assignments according to instructions might lead to a zero. After watching the video, please schedule a one-on-one with me to discuss your topic for your project by the second week of class. Use this link to schedule a 15-minute session. Please, call me at the time of your appointment on my number. Please note that I will NOT call you.
Please, be advised I do NOT accept any assignments by email. If you are having technical issues with uploading an assignment, contact the technical department and inform me of the issue. If you have any issues that would prevent you from getting your assignments to me by the deadline, please inform me to request a possible extension. Note that working fulltime or overtime is no excuse for late assignments. There is a 5%-point deduction for every day your assignment is late. This only applies to approved extensions. Late assignments will not be accepted.
If you think you would be needing accommodations due to any reasons, please contact the appropriate department to request accommodations.
Plagiarism is highly prohibited. Please ensure you are citing your sources correctly using APA 7th edition. All assignments including discussion posts should be formatted in APA with the appropriate spacing, font, margin, and indents. Any papers not well formatted would be returned back to you, hence, I advise you review APA formatting style. I have attached a sample paper in APA format and will also post sample discussion responses in subsequent announcements.
Your initial discussion post should be a minimum of 200 words and response posts should be a minimum of 150 words. Be advised that I grade based on quality and not necessarily the number of words you post. A minimum of TWO references should be used for your initial post. For your response post, you do not need references as personal experiences would count as response posts. If you however cite anything from the literature for your response post, it is required that you cite your reference. You should include a minimum of THREE references for papers in this course. Please note that references should be no more than 5 years old except recommended as a resource for the class. Furthermore, for each discussion board question, you need ONE initial substantive response and TWO substantive responses to either your classmates or your instructor for a total of THREE responses. There are TWO discussion questions each week, hence, you need a total minimum of SIX discussion posts for each week. I usually post a discussion question each week. You could also respond to these as it would count towards your required SIX discussion posts for the week.
I understand this is a lot of information to cover in 5 weeks, however, the Bible says in Philippians 4:13 that we can do all things through Christ that strengthens us. Even in times like this, we are encouraged by God’s word that we have that ability in us to succeed with His strength. I pray that each and every one of you receives strength for this course and life generally as we navigate through this pandemic that is shaking our world today. Relax and enjoy the course!
Hi Class,
Please read through the following information on writing a Discussion question response and participation posts.
Contact me if you have any questions.
Important information on Writing a Discussion Question
- Your response needs to be a minimum of 150 words (not including your list of references)
- There needs to be at least TWO references with ONE being a peer reviewed professional journal article.
- Include in-text citations in your response
- Do not include quotes—instead summarize and paraphrase the information
- Follow APA-7th edition
- Points will be deducted if the above is not followed
Participation –replies to your classmates or instructor
- A minimum of 6 responses per week, on at least 3 days of the week.
- Each response needs at least ONE reference with citations—best if it is a peer reviewed journal article
- Each response needs to be at least 75 words in length (does not include your list of references)
- Responses need to be substantive by bringing information to the discussion or further enhance the discussion. Responses of “I agree” or “great post” does not count for the word count.
- Follow APA 7th edition
- Points will be deducted if the above is not followed
- Remember to use and follow APA-7th edition for all weekly assignments, discussion questions, and participation points.
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Laws, Regulations, and Oversight Scoring Guide
| CRITERIA | NON-PERFORMANCE | BASIC | PROFICIENT | DISTINGUISHED |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Identify regulatory agencies and laws that impact HIM. | Does not identify regulatory agencies and laws that impact HIM. | Overlooks key regulatory agencies and laws or identifies agencies and laws where the impact is unclear. | Identifies regulatory agencies and laws that impact HIM. | Identifies regulatory agencies and laws that impact HIM. Provides an accurate and comprehensive survey of applicable agencies and laws, which reflects an insightful understanding of their impact on HIM. |
| Articulate the roles and responsibilities of health care managers in meeting current HIM regulatory obligations. | Does not describe the roles and responsibilities of health care managers. | Describes the roles and responsibilities of health care managers that does not account for all applicable regulatory obligations. | Articulates the roles and responsibilities of health care managers in meeting current HIM regulatory obligations. | Articulates the roles and responsibilities of health care managers in meeting current HIM regulatory obligations, informed by an accurate and perceptive analysis of applicable legislation and best practices for compliance. |
| Develop a plan to assist a health care organization to comply with current HIM regulations. | Does not develop a plan to assist a health care organization to comply with current HIM regulations. | Develops a flawed plan to assist a health care organization to comply with current HIM regulations, which overlooks applicable requirements. | Develops a plan to assist a health care organization to comply with current HIM regulations. | Develops a plan to assist a health care organization to comply with current HIM regulations and facilitates compliance in an evolving regulatory environment. |
| Identify agencies of particular relevance to a specific health care organization. | Does not identify agencies of particular relevance to a specific health care organization. | Overlooks relevant agencies or identifies agencies where the relationship with the health care organization is unclear. | Identifies agencies of particular relevance to a specific health care organization. | Identifies agencies of particular relevance to a specific health care organization. Provides a convincing explanation for contentions of relevance, well-supported by relevant and credible evidence. |
| Analyze the benefits of aligning with current HIM oversight organizations. | Does not describe the benefits of aligning with current HIM oversight organizations. | Describes potential benefits of aligning with current HIM oversight organizations. | Analyzes the benefits of aligning with current HIM oversight organizations. | Analyzes the benefits of aligning with current HIM oversight organizations. Provides a detailed, comprehensive, and insightful analysis and convincing justification of assertions and conclusions. |
| Present findings and conclusions clearly and coherently in an engaging and effective manner. | Does not present findings and conclusions clearly and coherently in an engaging and effective manner. | Presents findings and conclusions that are unclear or inconsistent with the overall purpose or theme of the presentation, or the design and style inhibit effective communication. | Presents findings and conclusions clearly and coherently in an engaging and effective manner. | Presents findings and conclusions clearly and coherently in an engaging and effective manner. Maintains a clear and consistent focus on the purpose and main points of the presentation. Visuals and slide design are interesting and enhance or clarify key information. |
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