Managed health care systems rely on the collection, analysis, and reporting of data for decision making that affects people participating in such systems. In a paper using Six Sigma methodology, evaluate the usefulness of data and reports in medical management and include specific examples either from your own experience or what you may deem important once you are in the field. Then, determine and explain the best practices for using data and reports that you would implement in medical management.

Support your paper with a minimum of five scholarly peer-reviewed sources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included.

Length: 5-7 pages, not including title and reference pages

Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.

 

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1. Assignment 4: Argument Paper – Multiyear Plans and Analysis
   Due Week 10 and worth 220 points
   
   One conservative argument against Medicare andSocial Securitystates that calling these programs “entitlement programs” is a misnomer and that they are actually the biggest income redistribution programs from the rich to the poor in the United States. Other conservatives state that stronger entitlement programs are nothing more than schemes for younger taxpayers to fund retirees. Proponents argue that Social Security benefits matter in the overall federal deficit reduction, and still others support privatization as the key to stabilizing the troubled system.In a four- to five-page paper, address the following federal and state issues with entitlement programs:
   1. Are Social Security taxes a good investment?
   2. Evaluate the current funding process for Social Security and Medicare.
   3. In looking through the National budget entitlement programs such as Medicare and Medicaid represent the biggest threat to the U.S. budget deficit. What reforms do you suggest to help avoid an unsustainable increase to the debt?
   4. Do you think the federal government should increase spending on Social Security and Medicare for the elderly? If not, should the elderly fund retirement and medical costs?
   5. Do you believe government efforts to manage Social Security and Medicaid has made things worse or better? Provide research support for your position (in the summary of the paper).
   6. Discuss your recommendations to deal with the rising costs of Social Security and Medicare as well as the Welfare Reform Act of 1996.

   Assignment Resources:

   • https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v66n1/v66n1p1.html to gain some background and history on the Social Security Program
   • http://www.faqs.org/childhood/Th-W/Welfare-Reform-Act-1996.html
   • http://www.welfareinfo.org/reform/
   • https://www.ssa.gov/history/tally1996.html

   Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

   • Include an Abstract and Conclusion in the four- to five-page count. Your cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
   • Be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

   The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

   • Analyze the basic skills and tools needed for budgeting for public sector agencies and / or departments.
   • Recommend appropriate policy actions based on the evaluation.
   • Evaluate a budgeting system at any governmental level.
   • Analyze the scope and sequence of budgeting in terms of sources of revenues, purpose of government expenditures, budget cycles, budget preparation, and debt administration.
   • Examine the process and components of preparing a viable operating budget.
   • Analyze the elements and principles of revenue estimating, forecasting, and adjusting budgets.
   • Analyze the steps required for budgeting, such as preparing a budget, making a financial plan, conducting a cost-benefit analysis, and making budget decisions.
   • Use technology and information resources to research issues in public budgeting and finance.
   • Write clearly and concisely about public budgeting and finance using proper writing mechanics.

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