Assignment

Answer questions:

-What are the two principal ways in which Congress and state legislatures exercise oversight of administrative agencies?

-In what ways does the budgeting process lend itself to political control of administrative policymaking by the executive and legislative branches of the government?

- Why has the Supreme Court rejected the power of the president to remove without cause officers of quasi-judicial agencies?

*Answer questions using example provided below:

You work in a hospital compliance department. A patient who was recently discharged from the hospital comes into the office to report that he believes his health information was disclosed to his employer without his authorization. Assume that he was not hospitalized for a work-related injury.

Please respond to all of the following prompts:

• What options can you offer him for making a complaint?

• Suppose that the information was disclosed by a nurse employed by the hospital. What practices should the hospital have in place for complaint investigation and discipline?

• How would you ensure that private health information of patients could not be accessed by unauthorized individuals?