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1. Healthcare statistics

• As a future health care administrator, why would a firm understanding of the measures of central tendency be beneficial to you and your staff? Please provide a section within the health care organization that would benefit and a mathematical example that relates to the section selected.

Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

• You are a health care administrator, and you are preparing data to share with your health care organization on the population of those experiencing side effects from smoking. You will need to create several graphs on the demographics of the population as well as the health effects. What graphs would you choose to display this data, and why? How would you make your data clear for your audience? Additionally, explain the importance of researching individual patients and the general population.

Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

• Identify a task that you would need to perform in your current career or future career, and explain how you would apply the knowledge you have learned in this course to succeed at performing the task in a real-world scenario.

• Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.

6. Healthcare Info Management

• This unit reinforced what we learned in Unit VI about medical coding systems and took it a step further to include its involvement with the reimbursement process. With this journal entry, tie in what you have learned about the importance of accurate health data collection with the tools and systems that are used to ensure compliance and efficiency.

For the journal entry, answer the questions below:

Outline a specific coding software/encoder used to assist medical coders in diagnostic (ICD-10-CM) and procedural (CPT) code selection.

Discuss the importance of auditing patient medical records when it comes to medical billing and coding. In your opinion, what are the characteristics that make up an effective auditing system?

Fraud, waste, and abuse continue to drain millions of dollars from the U.S. medical industry. What initiatives or activities do you find most effective in combating intentional medical fraud and/or waste caused by human error?

Your response should be at least two pages in length, not counting a title page and a reference page. Include an introduction to the paper. Use at least two sources, of which one can be your textbook. Use APA Style formatting.