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In Module 5, you used a work breakdown structure (WBS) as the basis for estimating project costs; that is, you identified only labor costs. In this application, you will prepare a budget that includes all costs (labor and non-labor costs).

Procedure

1. Review the details of your cost estimate from Module 5. For each element in the WBS, do the following:
   • Identify non-labor costs. These may include-but are not limited to-materials, supplies, equipment, allowances for inflation, contingency funds, and so on.
   • Find the totals of labor and non-labor costs. This is your Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled (BCWS).

    

2. Add the results of Step 1. This is your Budget at Completion (BAC).
3. Prepare a graph that illustrates the project budget over time. This is the Cost Baseline.
4. Find the total of all labor and non-labor costs. This is your Budget at Completion (BAC).

Imagine yourself at a baseball game. You are in the stands watching the game and you are sitting behind home plate. Describe your perception of where each base is located. Is it possible for you to catch a foul ball? Why or why not?

You have decided you would like to work in a foreign country as a health care financial professional. Choose the country and the type of position within health care finance or health care management. You would like to know how medical education, job duties, and pay in the country of your choice compares to the training and experience received in the United States.

Using the library, Internet, and other resources, address the following:

• Provide the education requirements, job functions, and salary for your chosen medical profession in the chosen country.
• Describe how these differ from the education requirements, job functions, and salary in the United States.
• MUST BE 3-4 PAGES

India as an economic force? It sounds odd to consider this fact based upon the India of 20 years ago, when people were fleeing to escape India’s economic woes. However, today India as a modern economic power is a reality. One sign of this is that many jobs in the West, especially in the high tech fields, are being outsourced to India. After completing your assigned reading for the module, prepare a 1 page paper that discusses the impact of India’s economy on the United States and other current world economic powers.

Use this source: Hauss, C. (2015). Comparative Politics: Domestic Responses to Global Challenges, 9th Edition. [Bookshelf Ambassadored]. Retrieved from https://ambassadored.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781305161757/

you can also use reliable sources too.

Rubric – Written Assignments
50 points: Foundation of knowledge: Assignment is written in student’s own words, presenting a position that has been well thought out. Demonstrates clear evidence that student has completed and understood the assigned reading by incorporating relevant information from the textbook, and demonstrates mastery of the lesson material.

30 points: Evidence: Incorporates facts/material from the assigned reading primarily, and other reputable sources secondarily to support student’s position.

10 points: Citations: Cites sources appropriately using BOTH in-text citations AND a references page in APA format.

10 points: Mechanics: Writing quality, grammar, organization, meets page length requirements

Total: 100 points

Falsification of records and billing are serious offenses and must be treated as such. As a health administrator, you will be called upon to monitor staff to be sure that records and billing are accurate.

In this scenario, consider that you are the assistant manager of operations for the Smith Home Health Care Services. Part of your job is to do impromptu visits where internal audits are completed as a measure to monitor the home health nurses and aides for the company.

You have been observing Barbara Smithers, who has been a home health aide since the company was established in 1995. You notice, before one of your monitoring visits, that Barbara’s billing totals seem higher than the average worker. When you observe her home services and compare them to the services rendered, there is a discrepancy. Going back in her service records, this has been a pattern for at least 4 years. You report this to your supervisor, Ron James. Mr. James meets with Barbara, who finally admits that she has been “padding” the billing for at least 10 years, at the demand of nursing supervisor, Donna Strickland. Mr. James asks you to sit in on a conference with Ms. Strickland and Ms. Smithers and contribute to questioning them and helping make a final decision.

• If accusations turn out to be true, what would be your recommendation in this case be to the Mr. James? What records do you need to review before the conference? Be sure to cite standards from the False Claims Act.
• How did the Service fail in its responsibility in monitoring Barbara? Should the facility also be held responsible?
• Could the Service have avoided this situation? Does 4 years of potential fraudulent billing seem a reasonable time period for no one to notice?
• What are the consequences of this behavior? Is there a criminal case here? What about civil liability? Are there any non-monetary consequences this Service should now be worried about?

400-500 words