Explain why Some critics argue that providers do not have sufficient financial incentives to provide quality care. The CFO for your hospital wants you to write an issue brief explaining what financial safeguards exist for patients. He also wants you to explain what Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are and how they are incentivized to improve quality. You may need to find outside resources for this brief.
The goal is to learn to write and present concisely for an executive audience. This will be composed of a max two page written brief (not including title page) on an emerging current topic within the assigned areas. Each assignment will be submitted following the instructions in the assignment box and the guidelines in the bullets below. The goal of this exercise is to brief a hospital executive board on a topic, evaluate its usefulness/applicability in the clinical setting, and make a recommendation (e.g. adoption, do not adopt, mandatory training, further research, etc) as completely and concisely as possible.
Typed using 12 point font (Times New Roman)
Double spaced with 1″ margins all around
Pages numbered on all pages except title page
References are not required. However, if References are used, put them on a page to themselves as the final page (not included in the page limit). Use APA style for your citations.
Quotations should be very punctual and not full paragraphs from your sources. You need to include a precise link (URL) to the cited reference when the reference is from the Internet and not only to the general page where the reference is located.
If sources are used, they must be from reputable sources, or points will be deducted.
Be error free – make sure you do a spell check and grammar check before submitting!
