1. Instructions (PLEASE REVIEW THE INSTRUCTIONS
CAREFULLY):
As a healthcare administrator or professional, it is essential that
you not only recognize health care issues affecting your
industry or organization, but also that you are able to present
persuasive, cohesive, well-supported recommendations to
stakeholders who hold the power to determine if, how, and when
your recommendations are implemented. The purpose of this
assignment is to identify a health care issue, its relevant laws,
and an associated ethical dilemma related to the issue within
your industry or organization. You will construct an executive
summary PowerPoint presentation for your board of directors
that succinctly outlines your issue and provides
recommendations on how to adhere to a policy.
PowerPoint Presentation Requirements
Include the following in your presentation:
A detailed, yet succinct, analysis of the health care issue—who,
what, when, where, why. What is the ethical dilemma or issue
resulting from executing a law?
Identification of the relevant laws.
Identification of the relevant industry regulations, any
extenuating circumstances or gaps in meeting current or
expected future regulations, and factors necessary for
compliance.
Explanation of the need for intervention or change of the
organizational approach.
Description of the policy that you believe needs to be initiated
or changed to address or resolve this issue.
The approach or process for addressing the issue, including
organizational improvement, risk management, and ethical
considerations. Your ethics recommendation should analyze the
ethical standard or principle related to the issue and propose

2. some form of strategy, framework, or solution to address the
issue, such as a guideline for decision making, an ethical code
of conduct with associated action expectations, or an ethical
model. Your recommendations should include at least three
credible references cited using APA Style and Formatting
guidelines to support your recommendations.
A concluding statement and summary of the issue, law, ethical
principles, recommendations, and next steps. Ideally, the
recommendations will address patient safety, culturally
competent care, ethics committee or task force for future
problem solving, risk-management considerations, et cetera.
Example: A large health care system's administrator is given a
directive from the governing board to develop a compliance
program for the new mandated universal health care coverage.
The administrator must consider the intent of the law, possible
new regulatory requirements, and the fact that the population
served includes non-citizens who may require emergent
services. The administrator must address how to provide
required emergent care (EMTALA) while meeting privacy
requirements (HIPAA) and maintaining financial viability of the
organization. Ethical issues must also be considered regarding
disclosure of patient demographic data which may result in lack
of eligibility for continued, necessary treatment and care, and so
on.
When presenting health care recommendations in the real world,
you will need to be able to present your perspectives quickly
and succinctly. Therefore, your PowerPoint presentation should
be around 3–5 minutes in length. You may want to use some of
the Web sites and other resources provided under Resources to
help you complete your PowerPoint.
Assignment Requirements
For this assignment:
Pre-record your presentation in Adobe Connect. Be sure to

3. upload your PowerPoint presentation into the Adobe Connect
room before starting your recording session.
Submit the URL of your recording for your instructor's
feedback.
Attach a copy of the outline for your 3–5 minute PowerPoint
presentation as well.
Complete the self-evaluation form and submit it as an
attachment to your instructor.
Post the URL of your recording in the second discussion in this
unit for peer feedback.
Read the Health Care Policy PowerPoint Presentation Scoring
Guide for the grading criteria of this assignment.
RESOURCES:
https://courseroomc.capella.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/MHA/M
HA5004/Version0714/Scoring_Guides/u09a1_scoring_guide.ht
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http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/
http://www.jointcommission.org/mobile/
http://www.ache.org/mobile/home.cfm
http://www.nursingworld.org
http://www.ahrq.gov
https://www.ncsbn.org/index.htm
http://www.hhs.gov
https://www.federalregister.gov