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• HCR 230 Entire Course

• HCR 230 Week 1 Assignment Features of Private
  Payer and Consumer-Driven Health Plans.

• HCR 230 Week 1 CheckPoint Comparing Cost Control
  Strategies
• HCR 230 Week 1 CheckPoint Ramifications of
  Participation Contracts
• HCR 230 Week 1 Assignment Features of Private
  Payer and Consumer-Driven Health Plans
• HCR 230 Week 2 DQ 1and DQ 2

• Assignment Features of Private Payer and
  Consumer-Driven Health Plans
• Resources Table 9.1 on p. 293 of Medical
  Insurance, Table 9.2 on p. 296 of Medical
  Insurance, and the U.S. Treasurers Office and
  Oregon Blue Cross/Blue Shield Web sites
• Due Date Day 7 post to the Assignment Folder
• Refer to Table 9.1 on p. 293 and Table 9.2 on p.
  296 of your textbook.

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• HCR 230 Week 1 CheckPoint Comparing Cost Control
  Strategies

• HCR 230 Week 1 CheckPoint Ramifications of
  Participation Contracts

• CheckPoint Comparing Cost Control Strategies
• Resource Ch. 9 (pp. 287-291) of Medical
  Insurance
• Due Date Day 3 post to the Individual forum
• Post a 200- to 300-word response to the
  following Compare cost control strategies of
  employer-sponsored (employers buy from insurance
  companies) to self-funded (employers cover costs
  of benefits) health plans.

• CheckPoint Ramifications of Participation
  Contracts
• Resource Ch. 9 (pp. 304-305) of Medical
  Insurance
• Due Date Day 4 post to the Individual forum
• Discuss how participation contracts represent
  financial opportunities for providers. What are
  positive and negative ramifications of discounted
  fee-for-service arrangements? Explain your
  answers in 200 to 300 words.

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• HCR 230 Week 2 CheckPoint Summarizing the Medigap
  Program

• HCR 230 Week 2 DQ 1and DQ 2

• CheckPoint Summarizing the Medigap Program
• Resources Figure 10.7 on p. 350 of Medical
  Insurance, and the WebMD and Diabetes.org Web
  sites
• Due Date Day 5 to the Assignment Folder
• Refer to Figure 10.7 and the WebMD and
  Diabetes.org Web sites at

• Discussion Question 1
• Due Date Day 2 Main forum
• Post your response to the following Explain
  whether or not you believe Medicares eligibility
  limitations are reasonable in scope.
• 4. Discussion Question 2
• Due Date Day 4 Main forum

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• HCR 230 Week 3 assignment welfare reforms act

• HCR 230 Week 3 CheckPoint Working with Medicaid

• Assignment The Welfare Reform Act
• Due Date Day 7 to the Assignment Folder
• Write a 750- to 1,050-word paper discussing the
  positive and negative implications of the Welfare
  Reform Act of 1996 on Medicaid. Respond to one or
  more of the following questions in your paper
• Did the Welfare Reform

• CheckPoint Working with Medicaid
• Resources Ch. 11 (pp. 374-375, 385-386) of
  Medical
• Insurance and the U.S. Department of Health
  Human Services Web site.
• Due Date Day 4 to the Assignment Folder
• Refer to U.S. Department of Health Human
  Services

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• HCR 230 Week 4 Assignment The TRICARE Program

• HCR 230 Week 4 DQ 1and DQ 2

• CheckPoint Describing TRICARE
• Resources Appendix B and Ch. 12 (pp. 399-404,
  409-411) of Medical Insurance
• Due Date Day 5 to the Assignment Folder
• Refer to Appendix B for guidance on presentations
  and the Microsoft Help and Support Web site for
  assistance with questions related to PowerPoint
  at http//support.microsoft.com/

• Discussion Question 1
• Due Date Day 2 Main forum
• Post your response to the following Based on
  eligibility and cost sharing requirements, what
  are the financial advantages for either providers
  or patients participating in the TRICARE program?
  How do annual limits (catastrophic caps) affect
  patients cost sharing requirements? Explain your
  answers.

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• HCR 230 Week 5 Assignment Understanding
  Work-Related Injuries

• HCR 230 Week 5 CheckPoint Characteristics of
  Workers Compensation Plans

• Assignment Understanding Work-Related Injuries
• Resources Appendix C and Ch. 13 (pp. 425- 427)
  of Medical Insurance
• Due Date Day 7 to the Assignment Folder  
• Compose a 750- to 1,050-word response describing
  the workers compensation claim process. Include
  the following information in your answer

• CheckPoint Characteristics of Workers
  Compensation Plans
• Resources Ch. 13 (pp. 423-424) of Medical
  Insurance and the U.S. Department of Labor Web
  site
• Due Date Day 4 to the Assignment Folder
• Refer to Ch. 13 (pp. 423-424) of your textbook
  and the U.S. Department of Labor Web site at
  http//www.dol.gov/dol/topic/workcomp/index.htm

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• HCR 230 Week 6 CheckPoint Purpose of the General
  Appeals

• HCR 230 Week 6 DQ 1and DQ 2

• CheckPoint Purpose of the General Appeals
  Process
• Resource Ch. 14 (p. 463) of Medical Insurance
• Due Date Day 5 to the Assignment Folder
• Use the Internet to locate three additional
  examples of claims errors and classify them
  according the categories noted on page 463 of
  your textbook.

• Discussion Question 1
• Due Date Day 2 Main forum  
• Post your response to the following Do you
  believe the RA/EOB is an effective method of
  communicating claim adjudication information to
  patients? When you have received an RA/EOB in the
  mail, is it easy or difficult to understand? What
  suggestions

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• HCR 230 Week 7 Assignment Understanding the
  Collection Process

• HCR 230 Week 7 CheckPoint Effective Financial
  Policies amp Proced

• Assignment Understanding the Collection Process
• Resources Ch. 15 (pp. 494-505) of Medical
  Insurance and Microsoft Help Web site
• Due Date Day 7 to the Assignment Folder
• Suppose you are working in a medical office and
  are helping train a new billing specialist about
  collections. You decide that a job aid in the
  form of a flow chart would be a useful tool.

• CheckPoint Effective Financial Policies and
  Procedures
• Resources Figures 15.1 and 15.2 (pp. 485-486) in
  Medical Insurance
• Due Date Day 4 to the Assignment Folder
• Refer to Figure 15.1 and 15.2 in Medical
  Insurance.
• Post a 350- to 400-word response to the
  following The three major elements to critical
  thinking are logical inquiry,

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• HCR 230 Week 8 CheckPoint Inpatient and
  Outpatient Hospital Services

• HCR 230 Week 8 DQ 1and DQ 2

• CheckPoint Inpatient and Outpatient Hospital
  Services
• Resource Ch. 16 (pp. 513-514, 523-526) of
  Medical Insurance
• Due Date Day 5 to the Assignment Folder
• ? Post a 250- to 300-word response to the
  following What are the major differences between
  inpatient and outpatient hospital services?
  Describe how these differences affect the coding
  process and provide examples

• Discussion Question 1
• Due Date Day 2 Main forum
• Refer to your text and the following links to
  help you answer questions about written consent
• American Medical Association Web site at
  http//archsurg.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/135/1/26.
  pdf
• Integrated Publishing Web site at
  http//www.tpub.com/content/medical/14295/css/1429
  5_416.htm

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• HCR 230 Week 9 Assignment Financial Policy
  DCSAA Finicial Policy

• HCR 230 Week 9 Capstone Checkpoint

• Final Project Design a Financial Policy
• Resources Appendix A and Figure 15.1 on p. 487
  of Medical Insurance
• Due Date Day 7 to the Assignment Folder
• Use critical thinking skills to complete your
  final project. These skills include suspending
  judgment and applying problem-solving skills and
  methods while conducting research.

• Capstone CheckPoint
• Resources Appendix A, Chapter 14 (pp. 449-477)
  of Medical Insurance, and Microsoft Help Web
  site
• Due Date Day 4 to the Assignment Folder
• Refer to Chapter 14 of Medical Insurance and
  previous assignments from that chapter as a
  resource. Visit the Microsoft Help link for
  assistance

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