Summer Internship

I finally have a summer internship at St. Luke's in Kansas City. Yea!

Here's the preliminary summary of the project I'll be working on:

Saint Luke’s College has been operating both functionally and structurally as a department of St. Luke’s hospital.

The problem is that approximately 10 years ago when the college was given a temporary accreditation it was made clear that the current governance structure was inappropriate and needed to change. That transition has not happened. Also, although the school needs to become an independent entity the ownership relationship with St. Luke’s hospital must be maintained and all of the requirements for Medicare Pass through reimbursement levels need to be met.

The purpose of this project is:

1. Research how other hospitals and schools have accomplished this transition and outline the necessary changes that need to be implemented.
2. Discover and enumerate what is necessary to keep the Medicare Pass through reimbursement.

Without accreditation there will be no Saint Luke’s College 2 years from now.