You haverecently been employed by a small local hospital as an administrative assistantin the emergency room.

HCA 210 Assignment: Case Study
• Resource:Appendix B
• Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum
• Read the case study located in Appendix B.
• Write a 700- to 1,050-paper responding to the following: You haverecently been
employed by a small local hospital as an administrative assistantin the emergency room.
The hospital does not provide any behavioral health services. Youare assigned the task
of gathering information for your supervisor that would helpdevelop a plan to place the
mentally ill in appropriate care. In your report to yoursupervisor, include your responses
to the following:
o What is the definition of mental illness? Can mental illness beas clearly defined as a
physical illness such as diabetes? Can mental illness be cured?
o Has the concept of deinstitutionalization been effective inproviding needed services
to the mentally ill? Why or why not?
o What populations or groups were most adversely affected bydeinstitutionalization?
What are the benefits of deinstitutionalization?
o Are health care professionals who provide mental health careintegrated with other
systems of care? What are the consequences of separating mentalhealth from
physical health care? What other services (social and health) mightbe needed by the
mentally ill?
o What are three governmental sources that pay for mental healthcare? What
populations are covered by these sources?
o What are some of the challenges to using a managed care approachin mental health
care? How does a managed care model of mental health care reducehealth care
spending?
o How would you ensure the mentally ill are placed into theappropriate care facility?
o Be sure to cite any sources you searched used while answering thequestions in this
case study in APA format.
• Post your paper as a Microsoft© Word attachment.