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Unit outcome(s) addressed in this Assignment:
Evaluate reasons for sound corporate compliance and penalties for failure to comply
Compare and contrast abuse and fraud in the health care settings
Discuss how Qui Tam lawsuits impact the health care industry

Course outcome assessed/addressed in this Assignment:

1: Illustrate legal principles and laws that affect professional and administrative decisions found in health care services.
2: Analyze conflict between cost, access, and quality of care as it relates to legal parameters.
3: Evaluate inherent limitations to the delivery of health care due to legal mandates.
4: Contrast the roles of legislatures, regulators, and the courts in health care services.
5: Evaluate how the law of contract and malpractice mold health care delivery.

Instructions

Much of this course is dedicated to educating you, the student, about compliance with quality standards. It is important to understand that compliance extends to every phone call, computer entry, claim submission, patient contact, visit, provider interaction, nursing care and so on. For this, your Final project, you will prepare a report about the role of the Joint Commission (JC).

To begin, please visit the Joint Commission website:

Source: The Joint Commission: The Joint Commission.

Additional research will be necessary. Please visit the KU library for your research.

Part I

Write an essay discussing the following:

The role of the Joint Commission in accrediting medical facilities

Which facilities can be accredited?

What are the goals of the Commission?

How do existing Joint Commission guidelines impact facilities that are not accredited by the Commission?

What does it mean to a facility to be accredited by the Joint Commission?

Is it mandatory for organizations to be accredited by the Joint Commission? If not, what impact does not having such accreditation mean in terms of reimbursement?