coder should never code directly from the Indexes. After locating a code in the index, go to that code in the Tabular List to find important instructions and to verify the code selected. The importance of consistent, complete documentation in the medical record cannot be overemphasized because without such documentation, accurate coding cannot be achieved. A joint effort between the health care provider and the coder is essential to achieving complete and accurate documentation, code assignment, and
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processors used by RIM and its competitor and compare switching cost or prices. Buyer Power: Increase in buyer’s power, product differentiation of RIM, buyer’s incentive. Barriers to entry: Government policy, entrance of new firms with old technology, access to distribution, Brand Identity. Threat of Substitute: switching costs, Supplier Power: Discuss the differences between processors used by RIM and its competitor and compare switching cost or prices. Buyer Power: Increase in buyer’s
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buyers in the metal container industry wield a great deal of power for several reasons. Buyers of MC were consolidating and growing larger, as evidenced by the 90% reduction in the number of buyers in the 1980s. Additionally, these buyers face low switching costs and the threat of buyers integrating backwards is real, as many former and potential buyers manufacture their metal containers in-house. The buyers are also typically price sensitive as the metal container represents just under half of the
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Strategy & Technology a gallaugher.com chapter provided free to faculty & students for non-commercial use © Copyright 1997-2008, John M. Gallaugher, Ph.D. – for more info see: http://www.gallaugher.com/chapters.html Last modified: Sept. 13, 2008 Note: this is an earlier version of the chapter. All chapters updated after July 2009 are now hosted (and still free) at http://www.flatworldknowledge.com. For details see the ‘Courseware’ section of http://gallaugher.com INTRODUCTION Managers
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WAC REPORT ON THE CASE LARSON IN NIGERIA Su bmitted To Submitted On Submitted By : : : Prof. Sanjay Kumar Gupta 06 th September, 2012 Samarth Mewada-20121048 To : David From : Steven Date : 06.09.2012 SUB: - Detail analysis report to choose the course of action for future prospects in Nigeria Dear David, The Business situation in Nigeria has been analysed with reverence to present situation and future escalation. The report contains the options and the options are evaluated on
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Assignment Questions: DOCOMO Case 1. How would you assess the profitability and attractiveness of the telecom industry in Japan at the time of the launch of i-mode? What would you conclude from a five force industry analysis? Porter’s Industry Analysis considers five forces of the industry. With respect to the data provided in the case “NTT DoCoMo i-mode TM, following can be concluded: 1) Competitive rivalry Competitive Rivalry is high if entry into the industry is easy. Ohbushi, the
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mobile wireless voice works, it is necessary to have a comprehension of the differences between circuit-switched and packet-switched networks. The traditional method of routing phone calls on a public switched telephone network involves circuit- switching. Phone calls are routed or
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Customer loyalty and the effect of switching costs as a moderator variable A case in the Turkish mobile phone market Serkan Aydin and Go¨khan O ¨ zer School of Business Administration, Gebze Institute of Technology, Gebze, Turkey, and O ¨ mer Arasil Telecommunications Authority, Ankara, Turkey Abstract Purpose – In the GSM mobile telephony sector, the main condition for protecting the subscriber base is to win customer loyalty, a key necessity for the maintenance of a brand’s life in
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CIS240 Homework Assignment 1 1. Why are standards important for protocols? In the absence of standardization, manufacturers and organizations felt free to 'enhance' the protocol, creating incompatible versions on their networks. In some cases, this was deliberately done to discourage users from using equipment from other manufacturers. There are more than 50 variants of the original bi-sync protocol. One can assume that a standard would have prevented at least some of this from happening
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THE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS If managers in the airline industry are going to run their organizations efficiently, they have to understand the external environment confronting them, anticipate how changes in the environment might affect the profitability of their airlines, and take appropriate actions. These actions might include reducing capacity as demand declines, purchasing more fuel-efficient jets, avoiding price wars with low-cost airlines if possible, and reducing labor costs. At
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