Discussion 1 A colleague, John, has come to you for advice. John is a practice m

Discussion 1
A colleague, John, has come to you for advice. John is a practice manager for a local urgent care clinic. He has been tasked with developing, implementing, and tracking a strategic plan for the practice. List the questions you would ask John to learn more about his practice, and the type of plan he is trying to develop. (Use a bullet point format). List important points to remember in each stage of strategic planning. (Use a bullet point format). To be as specific as possible, make assumptions as to the content of John’s answers. Write assumptions in parentheses to provide context for each point described. Include at least one scholarly source to support your post, considering the perspective that this source would also be useful to John. Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references
Discussion 2
Instructions:
Reflect on a time when a strategic plan was implemented in your organization. This could be short or long-range planning.
Describe the actions the organization took to track progress after implementation.
Explain the person in charge of the review process. Describe the leadership structure, and all responsible parties involved.
If there was no tracking and review process, provide a brief synopsis of how the lack of review impacted the plan’s effectiveness, and provide recommendations for how it should have been handled.
Discussion3
Medicaid was enacted to help people with disabilities or possess low incomes as well as to protect children who may not have insurance. The field has seen a dramatic decrease in the number of private providers who are willing to accept Medicaid patients. Imagine you are an office manager of a small, one physician clinic. Recent balance sheets show that your clinic is losing money due to Medicaid patients. Respond to the following questions:
Describe 2-3 potential issues that arise with reducing the number of Medicaid-insured patients within the practice?
Often, healthcare is a balance between ethics and business practices. How can office managers potentially address these issues while remaining ethical?
Support responses with scholarly resources.
Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format. This topic is valued at 20 points. Please review post and response expectations. Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets criteria.