On October 1, 2015 The Supreme Court of the United States agreed to rule on five cases involving Total Rewards. These cases are outlined below with a brief description and the date set for argument. Montanile v. Board of Trustees of the National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan (Arg. 11/09) This case is seeking to determine whether a man must repay an insurance company for medical expenses it paid after he received a settlement from the drunk driver who injured him.…
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It is important for healthcare organizations to understand that in order to have a successful program, specific activities need to be implemented to ensure the overall objectives will be achieved. In other words, the activities represent tasks the organizations will perform for the length of the program in order to reach their long-term goal. Therefore, within Gastroenterology Associates, the President and practice manager are teaming up in order to implement an educational program based on the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). This program contains several activities that are divided into four different components: the research component, the design and scheduling component, final touches component and the feedback component.…
The NCAA and the universities benefit tremendously from the profits the student athletes generate. Through various sources of profits the NCAA has grown to a multi billion-dollar industry. The NCAA is broken down into conferences, some of the conferences are more competitive then others. There are powerhouse programs within the conferences that groom the best athletes, get the best recruits, and compete for the most prestigious championships. As a result, these conferences get the best television deals, have the biggest stadiums, and they gain a lot of money through ticket sales.…
The Ultimate Paycheck The NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) and College and University Athletic Departments are only profitable because of one reason and that is the athletes that agree to come play for the colleges and universities. The athletes are what make college athletics so successful. The NCAA is one of the most profitable nonprofit organizations in the country. According to Marc Edelman in the article “The Case for Paying College Athletes”, The college sports industry generates $11 billion in annual revenues.…
Introduction The goals of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) has propelled all primary care practices into new and uncharted territory. To meet the primary goals of the ACA, primary care physicians would play a pivotal role in improving the health of Americans and lowering the costs of the health care they receive. The legislation plans to accomplish this by moving from fee-for-service to value-based reimbursement. The value of the value-based reimbursement is based on improving the quality of care as demonstrated by improved quality measures.…
What if you did not get paid for the work that you've done while others profited greatly on you and your work for them? That is the case for college athletes. The issue is that NBA prospects should have an option to declare for the NBA draft. Although basketball players may be more mature through going to college, the NBA should allow players to be able to be drafted out of high school due to NCAA violations, maximizing financial potential and injuries. To start the NCAA violations that I am referring to the players accepting money or other things they not supposed to.…
"Legal Challenges to Merit Pay Programs" discusses several different court cases from several different states in order to help illustrate how merit pay schemes have been dealt with in the court systems of the United States. Wood and Baldwin come to the conclusion that how the courts dealt with the issue of merit pay depended on which state was being looked at but also that "...the issues of merit pay plans lead to many unanswered questions yet to be addressed by the courts." (Wood, 1988) which means that there are still issues with teacher merit pay to be dealt with by the courts. The authors use several decisions from actual court cases which illustrates their point that different states view merit pay depending on which state is dealt…
Student athletes bring in billions of dollars for their universities, but what do they get in return? The money brought in by these athletes never goes to their pockets, but instead to their universities and the NCAA. While these athletes on scholarship, the talent possessed by them brings in a wealth that outdoes the amount of their scholarship. Being a college football or basketball player can be a full-time job. These players invest their lives in the sport they play; some athletes can spend insane amounts of hours on one sport.…
Introduction College athletes refer to the individuals who represent their learning institutions, particularly colleges and universities, in competitive sports such as athletics, soccer and ball games. Often the competition college students participate in is considered as non-professional since some international institutions such as Olympics Committee and IAAF do not approve them. However, the athletes participating in the college events tend to have an equal input in the sports as the professional athletes. This paper presents a case on why the college athletes ought to be paid.…
Should college athletes get paid? One of the hottest debates in the sports world is whether or not college athletes should receive a cut of the revenue they produce for the school. Football and men’s basketball players generate billions of dollars a year through television contracts, so why don’t they get to share in the profits? Does this mean that big time universities are exploiting their college athletes so that they can cash in on their talents?…
Compensation can be a strategic tool for organizations to attract, retain, and motivate their employees. More than a wages and salary earned by employee, compensation also includes benefits provided. An official statement specifying a company’s standpoint on compensation is known as compensation philosophy. According to the article, “It essentially explains the “why” behind employee pay and creates a framework for consistency.…
Starting on page 132, Henry explains how it is to work for Kwang’s campaign. From the following passages, Kwang has leadership qualities, is very generous with his money (volunteer wages and dollar slogans), and is a family man. Kwang has taken an interest in Henry, and Henry starts to see a glimpse of Kwang’s bad side. For example, Henry says “I began to see the whip of his temper” and witnessed Kwang yelling at wife. But Kwang treats him with warmth and states “to him I was someone he ought to look out for.”…
Despite a less time demanding schedule, professional athletes are paid while student athletes are not. However, student athletes are often compensated through scholarships. But, is a scholarship a fair way to compensate these students for their service to the university? This topic has piqued my interest because of the dedication I have to sports and education.…
Introduction This is the first Managing Total Compensation case study. The title of this case study is So You Want to Lead an Orchestra! This case study will seek to provide thorough answers to the following four questions: Describe the orchestra’s pay structure in terms of levels, differentials, and job- or person-based approach. Discuss what factors may explain the structure.…