health Care System

Assignment Overview

In this teambased assignment, you will analyze waste, fraud, and financial abuse in the U.S. health care system using evidence from peerreviewed literature and foundational policy articles. Your paper will synthesize research, evaluate systemlevel drivers, and present data visually to support your analysis. This assignment strengthens your skills in evidencebased writing, teamwork, health care policy analysis, and professional communication.

Learning Outcomes

By completing this assignment, students will be able to:

• Analyze major sources of waste, fraud, and financial abuse in the U.S. health care system.
• Evaluate and synthesize peerreviewed evidence to support policy and operational arguments.
• Demonstrate professional academic writing using APA 7th edition guidelines.
• Integrate quantitative data into written analysis through the creation of an original graph.
• Collaborate effectively in a team to produce a unified, wellstructured academic paper.

Assignment Instructions

Working in your assigned teams, write a research paper on waste, fraud, and financial abuse in the U.S. health care system. Your paper must address the following:

1. Required Sources

Your paper must use:

• The Berwick article
• The Shrank article
• Four (4) additional peerreviewed publications Total: Six (6) scholarly sources

2. APA Requirements

• APA 7th edition formatting
• Intext citations and reference list
• APAformatted headings
• APAformatted figure for your graph

3. Graph Requirement

Your paper must include at least one original graph based on credible data. Examples include:

• Trends in health care waste
• Fraud enforcement actions
• Improper payment rates
• Administrative spending growth

The graph must:

• Be created by your team (not copied)
• Include a title, labeled axes, and data source
• Be formatted as an APA figure

4. Formatting Requirements

• 12point font
• Doublespaced
• 35004000 words (excluding title page, abstract, references, and figure)

Paper Structure

Your paper must include the following sections in this order:

1. Title Page

APAformatted title page with team name and course information.

2. Team Member Contribution Page

A brief description of each members contributions. Include:

• Roles
• Tasks completed
• Hours contributed
• Signature or acknowledgment

3. Abstract

A concise summary of the papers purpose, methods, key findings, and conclusions (150250 words).

4. Main Body of the Paper

Organize your analysis using APA headings. Suggested subtopics include (you may adjust as needed):

• Overview of waste, fraud, and financial abuse
• Categories of waste (administrative, clinical, operational)
• Drivers of fraud and financial abuse
• Regulatory and enforcement mechanisms
• Impact on cost, quality, and access
• Evidencebased strategies to reduce waste and fraud
• Policy implications and future directions

5. Summary / Conclusion

Summarize key insights and implications for health care administrators.

6. References

APAformatted reference list with all six required sources.

The document will be reviewed by TURNITIN ; So, use your own words. greater than a 15% match will not be graded.

Please make sure the sources info matches with the paragraph. Professor will use TURNITIN!!!

• Four (4) additional peerreviewed publications Total: Six (6) scholarly sources