Practice Manager for a mid-sized primary care clinic that has three to five physicians with each physician seeing approximately 20 patients per day, accepting all payor-sources. Your

Strategic Planning Report

Administrator’s Instructions: Provide a response to each of the different areas below, ensure that each response provides sufficient details with supporting external evidence for the executive leadership team, as they will use this report as a starting point to begin working on next year’s budget and to update the facility’s strategic plan. Your identified factors and recommendations may influence the executive leadership team’s actions that may support your facility’s needs and daily operations. (Your supporting external evidence will need to be presented in APA format using in-text citations and remember to include a separate APA formatted Reference Page that your executive leaders may refer to in order to obtain additional information on your responses. Your references should be from the last five years, collected from the Week 3 to Week 5 course content, and you may include one additional resource outside of the weekly content from your own personal research.)

Complete Section 1 Based on the Healthcare Setting and Role Options from the Assignment Prompt.

Section 1: Your Facility and Role

Administrator’s Name :

Facility’s Location (City and State):

Facility Characteristics:

Urban or Rural Healthcare Location:

Facility Type:

Facility Size or Capacity Level:

Average Daily Census or Number of Patient Visits Per Day:

Provide a Summary, at least one paragraph long, of Your Patient Population and/or your Short-Term/Long-Term Care Resident Population:

Complete Section 2 based on the Healthcare Setting and Role Options from the Assignment Prompt for each of the factors provided below.

Section 2: Specific Factors Influencing Your Facility

Economic Factors

Identify and discuss at least two economic factors that are influencing your facility. How do these economic factors influence your facility operations? Provide at least one recommendation to address one of the identified economic factors.

(Economic factors that can be discussed but not limited to: housing, education, employment, income, community-based social services support, discrimination, governmental support, or any other economic factor that may impact your facility in the next year.)

Financial Factors

Identify and discuss at least two financial factors that are influencing your facility. How do these financial factors influence your facility operations? Provide at least one recommendation to address one of the financial factors.

(Financial factors that can be discussed but not limited to: admissions, average daily census, average length of stay, risk-based agreements, value-based healthcare initiatives, reimbursement, specific risks, financial performance, organizational costs, competitive pricing considerations, capital needs, healthcare services expansion opportunities, technology costs, recruitment needs/costs, or any other applicable financial factor that may impact your facility within the next year.)

Cultural and Workforce Management Factors

Identify and discuss at least two cultural and workforce management factors that are influencing your facility. How do these cultural and workforce management factors influence your facility operations? Provide at least one recommendation to address one of the cultural and workforce management factors.

(Cultural and Workforce Management factors that can be discussed but not limited to: or any other applicable cultural and workforce management factor that may impact your facility within the next year.)

Regulatory Policy Factors

Identify and discuss at least two regulatory policy factors that are influencing your facility. How do these regulatory policy factors influence your facility operations? Provide at least one recommendation to address one of the regulatory policy factors.

(Regulatory policy factors that can be discussed but not limited to: Joint Commission Accreditation requirement, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) rules/regulations, other federal regulations such as Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), privacy laws, state-based regulations, local regulations, or any other applicable regulatory policy factor that may impact your facility within the next year.)

Quality Initiatives and Change Management Factors

Identify and discuss at least two quality initiatives and change management factors that are influencing your facility. How do these quality initiatives and change management factors influence your facility operations? Provide at least one recommendation to address one of the quality initiatives and change management factors.

(Quality initiative and change management factors that can be discussed but not limited to: Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) goals, your facility’s change leadership style, your facility’s key quality measures, or any other applicable quality initiative and change management factor that may impact your facility within the next year.)

Administrator Summary and Top 3 Recommendations

Summarize the importance of each of these factors to the executive leadership team and share your top three recommendations that should be considered. Your executive leadership team will consider your top three recommendations as your facility’s top priorities for the strategic plan.