Assignment #1: Current Health Topic Reports • Locate a recent (within the past two weeks) health-related popular press article (US News, Time Magazine, Men’s Health, Women’s Health, etc.) that interests YOU. Review Current Health Topic Reports Grading Rubric (see below) prior to beginning your paper. Include the following within your report: A BRIEF summary of the main points of the article. Your opinion on the content. The implications of the article’s content (e.g., why the article is relevant and how it could potentially influence personal or global health and/or health behavior) Students will be given time in class to present their findings and opinions. Current Health Topic Reports Grading Rubric The report details a current (within the past two weeks) health-related event, finding, or debate, and adequately states how it fits into the dimensions of wellness. = 1 point The report includes a concise summary of the main points of the event, research, or issue (demonstrating synthesis skills.) = 1 point The report includes the student’s opinion on the content and the personal, community, and global implications/impact of the health-related event, discovery, or issue. = 2 points The report includes an APA style citation for the reference article. =1 You may refer to the APA Manual or this website for help citing in APA style: http://www.citationmachine.net/ Total Points: ___/5 Plagiarism is unacceptable and will result in penalty and potential disciplinary action.

HIPAA and Codes of EthicsThe situation. Healthcare providers need access to patient personal health information wherever patients are present for care. Systems that standardize electronic medical records provide such access, but the risk to privacy that accompanies that access is real, and breaches often make the news. At the Federal level, the HIPAA Privacy Rule protects personal health information gathered by healthcare providers, but most agree that information needs more protection than HIPAA currently affords. Some believe added protection may be found in the forming and keeping of codes of ethics.A scenario. Mary works in a hospital health information management department, and Maureen, her friend, comes one day to pick up the medical records of a patient who is a client of the lawyer Maureen works for. Maureen, however, has forgotten to bring the client’s signed authorization form, though she assures Mary the form, which she saw the patient sign, is at her office. Since Maureen’s need for the form is urgent and there isn’t enough time to return with the form today, Maureen hopes to take the records and return with the form another day. Read the iHealthCoalition’s ehealth code of ethics, the Summary of HIPPA Privacy rule, and with the above scenario in mind, consider the following questions: In light of what the Code and HIPAA say, how might Mary and Maureen best resolve the problem?How might a code of ethics provide personal medical information more protection than HIPAA? In the above code, only one of the eleven sections is explicitly labeled privacy. Do matters covered in other sections play roles in protecting personal medical information? Explain. In what ways, if any, does HIPAA protect personal medical information where codes of ethics do not?In one page, Support your answers with examples, clear reasoning, and by citing the Code of Ethics and HIPAA regulation directly. Include referenceshttp://www.ihealthcoalition.org/ehealth-code-of-et... , https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/privac...

CDHPsA new type of third-party-reimbursement healthcare payment plan is emerging in the United States. CDHPs strive to control costs and improve quality of care by requiring consumers to take control of their own healthcare decisions. Consumers decide how they want to spend their healthcare dollars, depending on what is important to them. CDHPs are geared to encourage participants to enroll in some type of wellness program and improve their lifestyles. Specific types of CDHPs are health reimbursement accounts (HRA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), and health savings accounts (HSA).However, there are concerns about CDHPs. The consumer may neither understand nor have the education and the tools to manage his or her own healthcare appropriately. This may have long-term ramifications on the whole healthcare system and whether CDHPs can be successful for the consumer, the employer, the physician, and the healthcare facilities, as well as the insurers. Answer the following questions in regard to this development:Are CDHPs more geared toward the healthier and younger population?Are they effective for patients with chronic illnesses?Will they discourage the use of preventative care and cause increased healthcare costs in the future?After examining the above questions in your analysis, work around the following instructions and create a 8- to 10-page Microsft Word document:Summarize the history of when, how, and why CDHPs were developed.Explain HSA, HRA, and FSA with examples.Examine different segments of the population. Describe which socioeconomic group is likely to benefit the most from CDHPs.Explain the types of incentives to providers for efficiency in the delivery of healthcare services. Explain who bears the financial risk—the provider, the patient, or the CDHP.Offer your recommendations for patients considering a CDHP, including which types are appropriate for which patients. Include your recommendations for each, to accept or decline, and also include your rationale behind such recommendations.Support your responses with examples.