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O v < [ )] @ grantham-saas.blackboard.com ¢ (I'j + 3 Online Associate Degree Programs | Univ. of Arkansas Grantham a Links n Content Week 4 - Payment and Performance HP111 Healthcare Delivery Systems (08- Nov-2023 - 02-Jan-20 W4 Welcome Welcome to Week 4! At the halfway point some students who have gotten behind consider withdrawing from the course as this is the last week students can do so. This is a decision with consequences so be certain to discuss it with your advisor. Generally speaking, students should not withdraw after the 7 day drop period. Those first 7 days allow you to evaluate the course workload and your life situation. You can drop without penalty and the course is not considered an attempt. Starting on day 8, students are almost always better off staying in the course. Students often say they could not help missing assignments, that it was an unavoidable emergency. | believe that. | do not “rate” students reasons. Terrible things happen to good people. However, as an academic institution, there are legal requirements. Students must meet the course outcomes. If that does not happen, the grade reflects it. Period. A hard fact of life. The best advice | can give is that if students are not certain they can devote the time necessary to pass a course, or courses, do not enroll in them or drop in the first 7 days. After that, the course always shows in the transcript along with the F/W, whatever was listed. It counts as an attempt and programs have either 2 or 3 maximum attempts per course (depending on the program); it costs the full amount even if the student is not sitting in-class learning. It must be repeated if that is allowed. If you have used up all your attempts, it means suspension. Withdrawing means there is nothing further being learned and decreases the chances of passing the course with the next attempt. If it is inevitable the course will be failed, remember, lots of students F/W a course and go on to earn degrees and have a career. | might say, most students. The important thing now is to stay in class, do the best you can learn as much as you can, and you will be in a better position when you give it another go. Students tend to look only at the grade point average (GPA), it is a well-known metric. However, all colleges track the course completion rate (CCR), it is required. Students can be placed into Warning and Suspension status with a 4.0 GPA due to low CCRs. Every F and W count toward what is referred to as unearned credits. Passed courses are assigned earned credits. If that ratio of unearned to earned gets upside down students can be placed on SAP (satisfactory academic progress) Warning or Suspension. Fs can be replaced by repeating the course and earning a higher grade. Unearned W credits can never be replaced. Their impact can be lessened by earning more credits, but that can take a while. In my opinion, as a life-long educator, the only time a student should withdraw is if the life circumstance that is derailing the course is creating so much stress, it simply must be removed. Then, withdraw. Focus totally on what is happening and staying physically and mentally healthy. And return when life is treating you better. Onward! This week explores financing and performance in the U.S. healthcare system. This has been covered a bit already, so you have a head start. But one thing that tends to get lost in discussing the pros and cons of HMOs and PPOs along with quality metrics is the overall cost of healthcare. It is far more than which insurance is better, or the amount of GDP healthcare consumes. The cost of healthcare touches every single aspect of every citizen's life. At some level, health care competes for resources (e.g., workers, supporting goods and services) against the production of food, the construction of homes, the creation of movies, and the seemingly infinite number of other goods and services that a nation of 300+ million people and associated businesses consume.