HS410 Unit 8 Assignment
HS410 Unit 8 AssignmentUnit outcomes addressed in this Assignment:? Identify personal ethics.? Understand professional codes of ethics.? Ensure personal and professional codes of ethics are in synch with organizational ethics.Course outcomes addressed in this Assignment:HS410-5: Integrate personal and professional ethics to achieve organizational goals.Instructions:You are the finance manager in a long term care facility that is struggling to remain solvent. Thefacility’s administrator has hired a consultant to work with you to increase Medicaidreimbursement. The consultant recommends that you be more “liberal” in coding the severity ofresidents’ needs to justify greater reimbursement. The consultant tells you, “everybody does it”and, “it’s an undetectable way to boost revenue”.You believe this approach is somewhere between inappropriate and illegal. You know theconsultant is being paid on a commission and is an old college buddy of the facilityadministrator. You also recognize that your facility could soon go out of business and leave youwithout a job.In a two page paper, respond to the following:1. What are your ethical challenges?2. What are your options?3. What is your chosen course of action?4. What will probably happen as a result of this course of action?