Assignment 1: Legal Aspects of U.S. Health Care System Administration Due Week 4 and worth 100 points Prevailing wisdom reinforces the fact that working in U.S. health care administration in the 21st Century requires knowledge of the various aspects of health laws as they apply to dealing with medical professionals. Further, because U.S. health care administrators have to potentially interact with many levels of professionals beyond the medical profession, it is prudent that they are aware of any federal, state, and local laws that may be applicable to their organizations. Thus, their conduct is also subject to the letter of the law. They must evaluate the quality of their professional interactions and be mindful of the implications and ramifications of their decisions.  You are employed as a top health administrator at the hypothetical Well Care Hospital in Happy Town. When you were hired, your pre-employment screening involved background checks into any violation of hospital medical misconduct during the last five (5) years. The results showed that you were in good standing with the hospital administration community. During the past year, you had to undergo training in personnel conduct, as well as in inter-employee conduct with medical staff, nurses, technologists, etc. During the past six (6) months, the hospital has been under scrutiny for breach of medical compliance.    Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment. Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you: 1. Articulate your position as the top administrator concerned about the importance of professional conduct within the health care setting. Justify your position. 2. Ascertain the major ramifications of having professional staff compromise the boundaries of ethics and medical conduct. 3. Analyze the four (4) elements required of a plaintiff to prove medical negligence. 4. Discuss the overarching duties of the health care governing board in mitigating the effects of medical non-compliance, as they apply to the rules of practice set forth in the Well Care Hospital governing board’s manifesto.  5. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.  Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: · Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. · Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. · The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: · Describe the sources of law in America, the relative legal procedure, and the related co ...

1. Assignment 1: Legal Aspects of U.S. Health Care System
Administration
Due Week 4 and worth 100 points
Prevailing wisdom reinforces the fact that working in U.S.
health care administration in the 21st Century requires
knowledge of the various aspects of health laws as they apply to
dealing with medical professionals. Further, because U.S. health
care administrators have to potentially interact with many levels
of professionals beyond the medical profession, it is prudent
that they are aware of any federal, state, and local laws that may
be applicable to their organizations. Thus, their conduct is also
subject to the letter of the law. They must evaluate the quality
of their professional interactions and be mindful of the
implications and ramifications of their decisions.
You are employed as a top health administrator at the
hypothetical Well Care Hospital in Happy Town. When you
were hired, your pre-employment screening involved
background checks into any violation of hospital medical
misconduct during the last five (5) years. The results showed
that you were in good standing with the hospital administration
community. During the past year, you had to undergo training in
personnel conduct, as well as in inter-employee conduct with
medical staff, nurses, technologists, etc. During the past six (6)
months, the hospital has been under scrutiny for breach of
medical compliance.
Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions
needed for the completion of this assignment.
Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:
1. Articulate your position as the top administrator concerned
about the importance of professional conduct within the health
care setting. Justify your position.
2. Ascertain the major ramifications of having professional staff
compromise the boundaries of ethics and medical conduct.

2. 3. Analyze the four (4) elements required of a plaintiff to prove
medical negligence.
4. Discuss the overarching duties of the health care governing
board in mitigating the effects of medical non-compliance, as
they apply to the rules of practice set forth in the Well Care
Hospital governing board’s manifesto.
5. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this
assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality
as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
· Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references
must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
· Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the
date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.
· The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
· Describe the sources of law in America, the relative legal
procedure, and the related court system.
· Examine the various applications of the law within the health
care system.
· Use technology and information resources to research issues in
health care policy, law, and ethics.
· Write clearly and concisely about health care policy, law, and
ethics using proper writing mechanics.

3. Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality,
logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing
skills, using the following rubric.
Points: 100
Assignment 1: Legal Aspects of U.S. Health Care System
Administration
Criteria
Unacceptable
Below 70% F
Fair
70-79% C
Proficient
80-89% B
Exemplary
90-100% A
1. Articulate your position as the top administrator concerned
about the importance of professional conduct within the health
care setting. Justify your position.
Weight: 20%
Did not submit or incompletely articulated your position as the
top administrator concerned about the importance of
professional conduct within the health care setting. Did not
submit or incompletely justified your position.
Partially articulated your position as the top administrator
concerned about the importance of professional conduct within
the health care setting. Partially justified your position.
Satisfactorily articulated your position as the top administrator
concerned about the importance of professional conduct within
the health care setting. Satisfactorily justified your position.
Thoroughly articulated your position as the top administrator
concerned about the importance of professional conduct within
the health care setting. Thoroughly justified your position.
2. Ascertain the major ramifications of having professional staff
compromise the boundaries of ethics and medical conduct.
Weight: 20%

4. Did not submit or incompletely ascertained the major
ramifications of having professional staff compromise the
boundaries of ethics and medical conduct.
Partially ascertained the major ramifications of having
professional staff compromise the boundaries of ethics and
medical conduct.
Satisfactorily ascertained the major ramifications of having
professional staff compromise the boundaries of ethics and
medical conduct.
Thoroughly ascertained the major ramifications of having
professional staff compromise the boundaries of ethics and
medical conduct.
3. Analyze the four (4) elements required of a plaintiff to prove
medical negligence.
Weight: 15%
Did not submit or incompletely analyzed the four (4) elements
required of a plaintiff to prove medical negligence.
Partially analyzed the four (4) elements required of a plaintiff
to prove medical negligence.
Satisfactorily analyzed the four (4) elements required of a
plaintiff to prove medical negligence.
Thoroughly analyzed the four (4) elements required of a
plaintiff to prove medical negligence.
4. Discuss the overarching duties of the health care governing
board in mitigating the effects of medical non-compliance, as
they apply to the rules of practice set forth in the Well Care
Hospital governing board’s manifesto.
Weight: 20%
Did not submit or incompletely discussed the overarching duties
of the health care governing board in mitigating the effects of
medical non-compliance, as they apply to the rules of practice
set forth in the Well Care Hospital governing board’s manifesto.
Partially discussed the overarching duties of the health care
governing board in mitigating the effects of medical non-
compliance, as they apply to the rules of practice set forth in
the Well Care Hospital governing board’s manifesto.

5. Satisfactorily discussed the overarching duties of the health
care governing board in mitigating the effects of medical non-
compliance, as they apply to the rules of practice set forth in
the Well Care Hospital governing board’s manifesto.
Thoroughly discussed the overarching duties of the health care
governing board in mitigating the effects of medical non-
compliance, as they apply to the rules of practice set forth in
the Well Care Hospital governing board’s manifesto.
5. 5 references
Weight: 5%
No references provided
Does not meet the required number of references; some or all
references poor quality choices.
Meets number of required references; all references high quality
choices.
Exceeds number of required references; all references high
quality choices.
6. Writing Mechanics, Grammar, and Formatting
Weight: 5%
Serious and persistent errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation,
or formatting.
Partially free of errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or
formatting.
Mostly free of errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or
formatting.
Error free or almost error free grammar, spelling, punctuation,
or formatting.
7. Appropriate use of APA in-text citations and reference
section
Weight: 5%
Lack of in-text citations and / or lack of reference section.
In-text citations and references are provided, but they are only
partially formatted correctly in APA style.
Most in-text citations and references are provided, and they are
generally formatted correctly in APA style.
In-text citations and references are error free or almost error

6. free and consistently formatted correctly in APA style.
8. Information Literacy / Integration of Sources
Weight: 5%
Serious errors in the integration of sources, such as intentional
or accidental plagiarism, or failure to use in-text citations.
Sources are partially integrated using effective techniques of
quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.
Sources are mostly integrated using effective techniques of
quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.
Sources are consistently integrated using effective techniques of
quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.
9. Clarity and Coherence of Writing
Weight: 5%
Information is confusing to the reader and fails to include
reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.
Information is partially clear with minimal reasons and
evidence that logically support ideas.
Information is mostly clear and generally supported with
reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.
Information is provided in a clear, coherent, and consistent
manner with reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.