Week 4 Discussion 1
“Competitive Bidding and Long-Term Cost
Savings” Please respond to the
following:
From the e-Activity, take a position on whether competitive
bidding provides long-term cost savings when Medicare patients are being
limited to the use of the lowest bidders for durable medical equipment. Support
your position.
Elaborate on whether or not competitive bidding will remain
a viable alternative when the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is
fully implemented in 2014. Support your position. Discuss defining factors
regarding the competitive bidding process and its survival or failure in the
healthcare arena if Universal Health Care is implemented in 2014.
Week 4 Discussion 2
“The Two-Step Process for Contract
Interpretation” Please respond to
the following:
Analyze the benefit and the effectiveness of the two-step
process for contract interpretation.
Provide an example to support your analysis. Then, recommend another
step to the process and discuss how this additional process improves the
interpretation process.
Analyze how the two-step process for contract interpretation
enhances the government contracting process. Provide an example to support your
analysis. Then, recommend another step to the process and discuss how this
additional process improves the government contracting process
