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Topic: Affordable Care Act Timeline and Influence

Explain the timeline of the ACA and the influence that it has on the quality of care that is delivered to the beneficiary, as well as the process for filing an appeal for healthcare-related services that are delayed and/or denied by the insurance company.  

INSTRUCTION: Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student is required to create a thread in response to the provided prompt for each discussion. Each thread must be at least 600 words and demonstrate course-related knowledge and research.

Each thread must be supported by at least 1 scriptural reference and at least 3 peer-reviewed, scholarly references and 1 course textbook reference. All sources must have been published within the last 5 years. Current APA format must be used.

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Older Case Questions1. Recall our definition of strategy in Chapter 7 as “a comprehensive plan foraccomplishing an organization’s goals.” Explain why NOV’s approach toacquisitions qualifies as corporate-level strategy. Be specific by discussing thecompany’s moves, the nature and state of the industry that it’s in (drillingequipment and services), the nature and state of the industry to which it’sclosely related (oil and gas drilling), and, most importantly, its goals. What areNOV’s goals?2. How does each of the following situational influences on organizational designaffect organizational design (and strategy) at NOV—core technology,environment, and organizational size? How about organizational life cycle? Atwhat stage in that cycle would you put NOV? Which of NOV’s actions give anindication of the company’s life-cycle stage as management sees it? (Note:NOV intends to spend $100 billion in the next 10 years.)3. Wall Street has a surprisingly uneasy relationship with NOV. Stock price, forexample, hasn’t nearly kept pace with increase in earnings over the pastdecade. For one thing, some sectors of the company’s business make itsoverall performance somewhat volatile, and analysts at Motley Fool observethat “NOV’s volatility isn’t its best feature.” Asked about the spinoff ofDistributionNOW and the subsequent reorganization, Pete Miller replied: “Wethink it’s going to give the analysts a better opportunity to be able to look at1/24/2021Print Previewhttps://ng.cengage.com/static/nb/ui/evo/index.html?dockAppUid=101&eISBN=9781305630314&id=1052777260&nbId=2185005&snapshotId=2185005&4/6the company and say, ‘OK, I understand this part of it, and I understand thispart of it,’ and probably get a better valuation.”Strategically speaking, how would you characterize the message that thecombination spinoff and organizational redesign are supposed to send toinvestors and analysts? Why do you suppose NOV management felt the needto send it? Why do you suppose it was sent when it was sent?4. An investment analyst asked Pete Miller how his acquisitions strategy affectsthe company “from the top down in your company culture.” How does thecompany culture “allow your employees to buy into these new companiescoming into the fold?” Miller replied, “I don’t think a company like ours canhave a culture. We’re too spread out. In 63 countries, you’ve got all differentcultures.” But he also added that employees understand how a strategy ofacquisition provides opportunity. “I tell everybody in this company, I’m not surewhat a CEO is supposed to do, but one of the things that I do try to do isprovide opportunity to our employees. You provide that opportunity bygrowing. As you continue to grow and people actually see the opportunity,then they see what it affords to employees as well as customers.”What about you? Would this theory of company culture, along with its theoryabout employee appreciation of opportunity, appeal to you? Would it berelevant to you in deciding whether to take a job at NOV? Would you want towork for a company with 64,000 employees in 63 countries?

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