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Assignment 1-

Write a research paper concerning this scenario: You have been charged with the development of a Crisis Management Plan for the real or hypothetical health care organization that you chose earlier in this course. Your research should be based on the following criteria:

Select a real or hypothetical crisis such as a natural disaster (hurricane, tornado, flooding, or earthquake), a catastrophic building failure, or an act of terrorism.

Discuss resource management based on ethical approaches used during crisis management.

Consider issues such as patient triage or current as well as incoming patients, supply, and personnel availability.

Discuss and develop an authoritative chain of command for crisis management.

Include such responsibilities as Incident Commander, Communications Officer, and other members of the chain of command for the incident.

Discuss the importance and implementation of community communication, involvement, and coordination.

Discuss the necessary policies for personnel management and safety.

Include provisions for lock-down status and family communication abilities.

Outline the steps for supply chain management both for personnel and the supplies needed to provide care.

7-10 pages, not incl. cover page, abstract page, and reference page.

Assignment 2-

You have been hired in the finance department at a large, metropolitan for-profit hospital. Your duties are very important to the entire hospital in terms of financing operating costs. Additionally, you are also in charge of 3 employees who work under you to help with the day-to-day accounting activities. Your role includes budgeting, managing the general ledger accounts, utilizing financial formulas to perform accounting activities, and training and development of your 3 employees. This professional career is exciting and challenging for you but is also enjoyable and rewarding as you work your way up the career ladder toward reaching your goal of becoming the chief executive officer (CEO) of the hospital. Due to scarce resources, your organization is faced with the decision of choosing between mutually exclusive projects (I.e., Build a Rehab. Center or Build a Neonatal Wing). You have been asked to develop a financial analysis of two projects and based on Net Present Value (NPV), Return on Investment (ROI), and Profitability Index (PI),  Briefly explain the following concepts and their use/value in assessing the validity of the two mutually exclusive projects:

1. NPV

2. ROI

3. PI

4. payer (aka case) mix