Ensuring Healthcare Compliance: Meeting Laws, Regulations, and Best Practices

Scenario: You are the newly hired Healthcare Compliance Officer in a 250 bed hospital. The hospital where you are working is undergoing radical change to improve its standing in the community as well as improve the patient outcomes. You have been asked by the CEO and Board of Directors to present your plans for ensuring the hospital meets laws, regulations, and best practices that govern the healthcare industry. Your audience consists of health care providers (Doctors, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, etc.) as well as health care administrative professionals.
Include an overview slide that outlines the topics in your presentation  in the speaker’s notes section.
Define the four ethical principles in health care in your own words and give an example of each as it relates to health care.
Examine two patient rights and how the administrative leaders of a health care organization ensures they are followed.
Include details related to two patient rights from the ACA.
Include your opinion on how they relate to ethical and legal aspects of today’s health care industry.
Analyze at least two ways of creating a culturally inclusive and diverse environment in a health care organization that considers all the stakeholders (e.g., employees, patients and patient families, community, etc.) of the organization. Include the following in this segment:
What are some ways the organization can demonstrate cultural competency in the care they provide?
What impact will these methods have on the health care disparities patients experience?
How will the methods improve health outcomes for marginalized communities/people?
Discuss the components a health care organization should include in a diversity and inclusion policy.
Discuss the differences between privacy and confidentiality.
Briefly give an overview of one law associated with each.
Discuss at least one future trend related to privacy and confidentiality, including how the organization and staff will protect the patients’ personal health information.
Explain licensure, certification, and credentialling.
Include the legal ramifications if an organization does not ensure that their health care providers have the appropriate documentation and licensing to practice.
Share your opinion on a universal health care system and whether it is a right or a privilege to have universal health care.
Give your rationale for your response.
What can you see happening for the future of health care in the U.S. based on your response?
must include speakers notes of 100-150 words on each slide
must use at least six credible sources
incorporate visual images and/or design elements that make the presentation pleasing to the eye.

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