The potential impact on community health care systems in the U.S. of the development of for-profit freestanding emergency facilities owned by national companies is a matter of growing concern for these hospitals.
(6 pts.) You work in a full-service independent community hospital in the U.S. Your boss the hospitals administrator has been meeting with politicians and government officials to ask for their help in creating laws and regulations that discourage the formation of these competitors to your emergency department. Your boss asks you to prepare arguments to use in these discussions. Write a memo (no more than 2 pages) summarizing both 1) why maintaining a viable emergency department is crucial for your hospitals financial health and 2) why the development of new for-profit free-standing facilities is bad for your hospital and for the community health system in general.
(5 pts.) Now instead assume you work for a for-profit group that owns a local free-standing emergency facility. Your boss the facilitys administrator will be meeting with the same politicians and government officials to argue in favor of the merits of free-standing emergency facilities and their benefits for the community. Write a memo (no more than 1 page) summarizing the points your boss should make.
(4 pts.) (no more than 1 page)
