Professor instructions and requirements are below:
- Presents a “sales pitch” that you would make to your general health clinic manager to include a new service that will cater to the behavioral health population of your choice. (my choice: Gambling addiction)
- Some examples would be asking the manager to include a service for the LGBTQ community, to offer a quitting smoking program, etc.
- Include in your sales pitch the following:
- The need for the service (why this population is not being served)
- The benefits to the clinic
- The possible downsides or costs and how you would mitigate (lessen) those downsides
- Including a deadline for the facility to let you know their decision
- Thanking the manager for listening to you.
Let’s get to know the members of President Biden’s Cabinet (the President picks their own choice of Cabinet members).
Look through President Biden’s Cabinet. Pick someone, describe their positions and qualifications. https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/cabinet/
Compare and contrast their qualifications with the qualifications of the person selected by President Trump.
Similarities?
Differences?
Discussion post 3 Health Service Finance 150 words:
There are so many interesting things happening in health care. So many noteworthy changes to the industry are either related to financial issues or motivated by improving financial performance. An important part of a successful career as a health care manager is staying current in your industry knowledge. Professional organizations are one way that employers and employees keep their knowledge up to date.
One of the key professional organizations for health care finance is the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA). For this week’s discussion we are going to explore HFMA and identify the services that it offers to the industry. This will help familiarize you with the resources that are available to you.
The HFMA website can be found at http://www.hfma.org.
For your original post:
- Identify one area of the HFMA website that provides information that you might find useful if you were solving a problem as a health care manager. (Be sure to select an area of the website. This assignment is not asking you to summarize an article that you find on the website!)
- Explain what information is provided in this area and how you might use this information to solve a challenge as a health care manager.