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Go to the following website and read the interview:

http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/headlines/vftt_premji.shtml

Premji states that companies must “…Foster environments in which workers feel safe taking risks, even when they fail.” What do you think of this? Would an environment that allows for risk taking and possible failure be possible in your workplace?

Instructions:  should be at least 250 words, APA

 Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

Accurate coding and billing are essential to a health care facility and to a physician’s financial survival. Coding is a complex task that ties to charges and revenue generation. Failure to capture all charges associated with a patient encounter can result in significant revenue loss. Medical necessity also plays a vital role in the contract with the facility or physician in terms of receiving payment from the third party payer (e.g., an insurance company).

Part 1

For this Discussion Board, you will define medical necessity, and you will describe the criteria to determine it.

Part 2

Once the patient has an established diagnosis and the services and procedures have been ordered, you will code out this information and place it on the claim for payment.

It is important for health care professionals to understand this process to receive accurate reimbursement.

For this part of the discussion, you will be identifying the coding systems that are utilized to support the diagnosis, services, and procedures.

List and discuss the coding system that is utilized to code out the patient’s conditions or diagnosis. Provide an example of a diagnosis with the appropriate code as an example, and respond to the following questions:

• What is the coding system replacing the diagnostic system?
• Will it be implemented this year? Explain your answer.

Next, identify what coding system is utilized to capture the services and procedures that the patient has received (both levels). List an example of a service or procedure with the appropriate code as an example, and respond to the following questions:

• Why is it important to assign the correct codes to the diagnoses, services, and procedures that a patient has received?
• What are the repercussions of submitting incorrect coding and billing errors to the third party payers?

“Tuberculosis in the Work Environment” Please respond to the following:

• Imagine there has been a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in your office building. Design a plan to address the prevention of TB in your particular work environment. Be specific.
• Using the epidemiological foundation concepts of person, time and place, evaluate how you would investigate and report on the occurrence of TB in your workplace.

“Mad Cow Disease in the U.S.” Please respond to the following:

• From the case study, evaluate the economic cost to the U.S. due to investigating Mad Cow Disease, and determine whether or not diligent monitoring can safeguard against damaging the U.S. meat supplies. Provide at least two (2) examples to support your rationale.
• From the e-Activity, evaluate the cost of treating infectious diseases in the U.S. compared to the U.K., in terms of person, time, and place. Discuss the specifics of your findings, determining whether or not the economic cost is justified.

E-Activity=

• Using online resources or the Strayer Library, research the cost of treating infectious diseases in the U.S. compared to treating infectious diseases in the U.K. Evaluate these occurrences in terms of person, time, and place. Be prepared to discuss.

PART I

Defense Mechanisms

This activity will help you to better understand how people use defense mechanisms on a daily basis as a coping strategy.  Define the following defense mechanisms and provide examples of how you or someone you know has used each of these in the recent past.

1. Displacement
2. Sublimation
3. Project Reaction Formation
4. Regression
5. Rationalization
6. Repression
7. Denial
8. Intellectualization

Complete and submit the assignment in a 2 to 3 page document.

PART II

Choose three concepts from Module 7 that you have found most interesting.  Your submission must be at least 2 pages in length.  Complete the following:

1.   Describe each concept.

2.   Explain the application each has to modern psychology or ‘real life.’

Three concepts are anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and Schizophrenia