...|[pic] |Syllabus | | |College of Natural Sciences | | |HCS/490 Version 2 | | |Health Care Consumer: Trends and Marketing | Copyright © 2010, 2007 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description In this course, students will have the opportunity to examine the traits, trends, and needs of today's health care consumer. Students will examine current consumer information for readability, implications for the selection of products and services, and differentiation of health care web sources. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality...
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...witnessed overwhelming increases in health care cost and a diminishing quality of care. The involvement of government sets the expectations of enforcing laws and regulations on how health care is delivered in the United States of America. Healthcare legislation has been defining regulatory agencies for centuries. The primary existence of these government-regulated agencies is to ensure that laws and regulations are enforced. Access to quality and affordable healthcare is protected through government regulatory agencies. In addition to the escalating cost of healthcare and increasing society’s debt both positive and negative effects has transpired. The pros and cons of improving care and reducing the cost of healthcare has been the goal of regulatory agencies from the beginning. Controlling healthcare cost and delivering quality care is made possible through health care legislation. The following will discuss governmental regulatory agencies and its effects on the healthcare industry. Government Regulatory Agencies and Their Role Federal regulatory agencies are in place to govern issues that impact the people of the United States. These agencies have been in existence for hundreds of years. Situations that impact the American society are inclusive to things that have a direct personal affect on them individually. These same issues potentially have a negative impact on organizations and businesses private or public from coast to coast. Violations of federal regulation...
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...Better Regulation for Growth Regulatory Quality and Competition Policy Investment Climate Advisory Services of the World Bank Group With funding from FIAS, the multi-donor investment climate advisory service in partnership with BETTER REGULATION FOR GROWTH GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORKS AND TOOLS FOR EFFECTIVE REGULATORY REFORM REGULATORY QUALITY AND COMPETITION POLICY INVESTMENT CLIMATE ADVISORY SERVICES WORLD BANK GROUP ©2010 The World Bank Group 1818 H Street NW Washington DC 20433 Telephone: 202-473-1000 Internet: www.worldbank.org All rights reserved Rights and Permissions The material in this publication is copyrighted. Copying and/or transmitting portions or all of this work without permission may be a violation of applicable law. The World Bank encourages dissemination of its work and will normally grant permission to reproduce portions of the work promptly. For permission to photocopy or reprint any part of this work, please send a request with complete information to the Copyright Clearance Center Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, USA; telephone: 978-750-8400; fax: 978-750-4470; Internet: www.copyright.com. All other queries on rights and licenses, including subsidiary rights, should be addressed to the Office of the Publisher, The World Bank Group, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20433, USA; fax: 202-522-2422; e-mail: pubrights@worldbank.org. About the Investment Climate Advisory Services of the World Bank Group The Investment Climate...
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...Governmental Regulatory Agencies HCS/545 December 16, 2013 Governmental Regulatory Agencies A regulatory agency is a government body formed or mandated under the term of a legislative act to ensure compliance with the provisions of the act, and in carrying out its purpose. “The role of government regulator agencies in health care is to monitor health care practitioners and facilities, provide information about industry changes, promote safety and ensure a legal compliance and quality services” (2013). Health care industry rules and regulations are determined by regulatory agencies, local, federal and state with mandatory oversight. Accreditation agencies require participation that is voluntary because certification of quality provides important ranking. Large private organization and the government help develop and enforce health care regulations. Role Governmental regulatory agencies in health care are the “Food and Drug Administration (FDA), The Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)” (2013). Regulatory agencies...
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...all, we will describe what is the micro and macro enviroment analysis. The micro environment, as the name suggests, is the immediate environment that impacts a business. The micro environment includes considerations related to suppliers, customers and local stakeholders, including local government agencies or regulatory bodies. The micro environment can generally be considered the local environment where the business Macro Environment The macro-environment includes those things that may impact small businesses but which are outside of their control. It is the larger, external environment within which businesses operate from an industry or economic standpoint. For describing and analyzing the enviroment that involves our new product Apple Watch we should make a study about its internal (micro) and external (macro) enviroment. First of all, we will describe what is the micro and macro enviroment analysis. The micro environment, as the name suggests, is the immediate environment that impacts a business. The micro environment includes considerations related to suppliers, customers and local stakeholders, including local government agencies or regulatory bodies. The micro environment can generally be considered the local environment where the business Macro Environment The macro-environment includes those things that may impact small businesses but which are outside of their control. It is the larger, external environment within which businesses operate from an industry or economic...
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...Nason2 Journal of Macromarketing 29(4) 392-405 ª The Author(s) 2009 Reprints and permission: http://www. sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/0276146709344954 http://jmmk.sagepub.com Abstract The authors provide evidence that firms can enhance their own objectives by internalizing the objectives of most stakeholder groups. This suggests that society’s objectives, as defined by stakeholders to the firm, can be augmented by the self-interest motivation at the heart of a market system. Specifically examined was the impact of stakeholder responsiveness on innovativeness. The second objective of this study was to explore the impact of compliance-based versus strategic-based regulation approaches on firm innovation and overall corporate social responsibility (CSR). Findings suggest that regulatory responsiveness decreases innovation when firms expend resources only on compliance. Firms adopting strategic-based approaches, such as voluntary regulatory...
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...becoming vulnerable to disaster which governments sometimes are n.ot adequate support. B. New challenges and planning of a health care facility would involve the humanitarian coordination, concerns over accountability and standards. This new challenge and the new planning of a new healthcare facility will ensure responses ensure the well-functioning, global disaster management system is in place to addresses the needs of vulnerable people who would be affected by disasters. The new planning of the healthcare facility would consider of The Disaster Management support of management resources, responsibilities and organization for dealing with humanitarian. C. This outline will clearly describe the overview of the Disaster Management impact issue along with examining the local, state, and federal legal and regulatory requirements. This outline will also address the Certificate of Need program in the state as well the issues to consider when meeting the International Building Code for a facility. This outline will describe the measurement done in advance for a new plan and a list of stakeholders that play a role in the development of Disaster Management. II. Environmental Impact Issues on Disaster Management A. Disaster Management can be man-made or natural disasters, but most often unpredictable, and are capable of causing devastation throughout communities which can affect the regional economics. The environmental impact issues on...
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...Thesis: One of the biggest agencies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Office of the Commissioner and four directorates administer the core functions of the agency which are medical products and tobacco, foods and veterinary medicine, global regulatory operations and policy, and operations. While being a huge, big named agency designed to protect and provide public health; there are necessary regulations and guidelines to ensure the purpose of the agency is being met. This paper will explore the needs, stakeholders, expected outcomes, and other regulatory action and implementation of the FDA. Introduction: The Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA) is a regulation which was proposed by The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) to establish a list of “qualifying pathogens” that are likely to cause serious harm to public health. FDASIA utilizes the agency’s ability to protect and improve public health by giving the authority to collect user fees, promoting innovation, increasing stakeholder involvement, and enhancing the safety of the drug supply chain. Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a “staph” germ that does not improve with the first-line antibiotics that typically cure staph infections. When this takes place, the germ is “resistant” to the antibiotic. This class of antibiotics includes penicillin, amoxicillin, oxacillin, methicillin, and others. (MRSA...
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...Lorna Deans Cornerstone Seminar IDS101 Dec 21, 2012 The Impact of Environmental Regulation on Small Businesses Small businesses are critical to the U.S. economy. They create about one-half of all private sector jobs and generate more than half of all revenues. It is critical to take into consideration how regulations and litigation impact small businesses. The biggest impact consideration is the financial impact to a companies’ bottom line (RAND Corporation). The U.S. economy slowly coming out of a recession, small businesses are struggling to overcome imposing environmental regulations from Washington. With record low rates of small business startups, people would argue that these imposing regulations are turning out all positive results. Small businesses unlike their larger business counterparts, cannot afford to hire specialty firms to help them make their way through these regulations. It also takes a lot of time and money to keep up with all the rules imposed on them. Such regulations impose costs on small businesses ranging from capital investments in upgrading current working environments to civil or criminal penalties. An effect of these regulations would be lower hiring projections for the near future. Other effects could be that the U.S. will not see a significant change in the unemployment rates and small businesses will lose out on revenues generated by hiring more employees (Alford). The definition of a small business is one that employs 500 employees...
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..."Impact of Government Regulation" Please respond to the following: •* From the scenario for Katrina’s Candies, take a position as to whether government regulation is constraining or enabling in this situation, as it relates to the operational efficiency of the company. Speculate on the fundamental manner in which government regulation could impact the shareholders’ wealth and profitability. Considering the scenario for Katrina’s Candies, I believe the government regulation is enabling in this situation, as it relates to the operational efficiency of the company. The government’s intervention in the US market place process is to; provide for a market that is competitive by keeping monopolistic and other anti-competitive tactics at bay, protect the public interest and enable and encourage innovation. These are accomplished through the antitrust regulation statues and their enforcement which prohibits monopolies as stated in the Sherman Act, 1890 (McGuigan et al., 2014). The presence of anticompetitive business practices of collisional price fixing, wholesale price discrimination, exclusive dealing and tying contracts, anti-merger regulations, and interlocking directorates are specified in the Clayton Act, 1914. The Federal Trade Commission is the nation’s consumer protection agency that works for the consumer to prevent fraud, deception and unfair business practices in the marketplace. Government policies are there to ensure that products are available to the consumer at lower...
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...them to be. 1. Organization – When Scott Deeter succeeds Hagie as CEO he took the company down a different path as part of his reorganization to help the company be successful he narrowed the company’s projects down the a few that had the greatest chance at being successful (Lawrence & Weber, 2011). 2. The rice that was produces from their research had side-effects. Couple this with the regulation that California places on genetically engineered rice farms and it becomes an uphill battle to get their research successfully completed. Federal and state regulations aside, it was also difficult to complete research due to the regulation of the rice industry itself (Lawrence & Weber, 2011). 3. For their part government regulatory agencies made progress a very hard achievement. The FDA has the responsibility for the safety and effectiveness of food and medicine. They considered fields containing pharmaceutical...
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...less taxes that get taken out will make your more be able to spend more on products. Discretionary income is disposable income available for spending and saving after individual has purchased their basic necessities. If people still have enough money after getting what they need they will be more able to spend money on what they want. 4. What factors influence a buyer’s willingness to spend? Willingness to spend is inclination to buy because of expected satisfaction from a product. A products price and value also influence almost all of us. Another factor is if people have the power to buy. 5. What are the goals of the Federal Trade commission? List the ways in which the FTC affects marketing activities. Do you think that a single regulatory agency should have such broad jurisdiction over so many marketing practices? Why or why not? They are trying to stop false advertising, misleading pricing, and deceptive packaging and labeling. The effect marketing because people need to be more honest or they will have to choose their words when trying to...
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...Subject to Extensive Government Regulation That Limits or Restricts Our Activities and Could Adversely Impact Our Operations. The Company and the Bank operate in a highly regulated industry and are subject to examination, supervision and comprehensive regulation by various federal and state agencies. Compliance with these regulations is costly and restricts certain activities, including payment of dividends, mergers and acquisitions, investments, interest rates charged for loans and leases, interest rates paid on deposits, locations of banking offices and various other activities and aspects of the Company’s and Bank’s operations. The Company and the Bank are also subject to capital guidelines established by regulators which require maintenance of adequate capital. Many of these regulations are intended to protect depositors, the public and the FDIC’s DIF rather than shareholders. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the related rules and regulations issued by the SEC and NASDAQ, as well as numerous other regulations, including the Dodd-Frank Act and related amendments, have increased the scope, complexity and cost of corporate governance, reporting and disclosure practices, including the costs of completing the Company’s external audit and maintaining its internal controls. Government regulation greatly affects the business and financial results of all commercial banks and bank holding companies, and increases the cost to the Company of complying with regulatory requirements. Additionally...
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...to control human conduct to minimize the use of force in resolving conflicting interests.” When creating laws, conflicting interest often takes into consideration the basis ethical principles that includes autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice to name a few. Laws, particularly health care laws are often in the form of a statutes, such as the nurse practice act, that serves as a guidance for nurses to know what defines and limits our practice. As such, the law also regulates how statures must be enforced. Administrative agencies, such as the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services under the auspices of the Health and Human Services, have created rules and regulations to enforce statutory laws. When we look at laws in nursing and other industries, it is an extension to address ethical issues that universally affects our society. Health care agencies are mandated to adhere to the rules that are created by regulatory agencies that can come in the form of laws, regulations, or codes, and are enforced through controls that make sure that these rules are adhered too. Policies are then created from these rules to legally protect society. Abood states “. It is an interactive process with multiple points of access providing opportunities to influence the multiple decision makers involved at each stage. “(2007) Legislative versus Institutional Policies Legal guidelines in organizations may differ from State or Federal guidelines. As stated, policies are...
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...Rating agencies and their excessive power: Why are they so powerful? By Nadezhda Peneva American University in Bulgaria, EMBA, Cohort 13 NIP147@aubg.bg March 21, 2014 Abstract The paper is set out to find out the influence of credit rating agencies on the business and the national policies as well as to elaborate on how powerful are they for the society and why. Over 100 years rating agencies demonstrate excessive power, but is this just an assumption or it could be a strong conclusion? In the paper the role and power of the rating agencies like Standard and Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch would be defined and assessed. 1. Introduction Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs) could be generally defined as „providers of opinions about the creditworthiness of companies and countries which have become very important players in financial markets due to growth in Capital Markets, Credit Derivative Markets, Globalisation of Capital Markets; and an increase in Regulatory Use of Ratings” (Ryan, 2012). Here comes the question: Why actually they have become very important players globally? CRAs are companies who assign credit ratings for the debt of public and private companies who are issuers of certain types of debt obligations and also CRAs assign credit ratings for debt instruments themselves. Usually the issuers of securities are companies, governments, NGOs and entities with special purposes or national governments...
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