ASSIGNMENT

SCENARIO: Dr. Hovert is a young dentist, three years out of dental school. She and four other members of her graduating class, have decided to pool their resources and form a dental clinic. Five separate practices will be unified by a common business office. You, along with three other individuals, have been hired to establish a new office system.

The four of you are considered administrative assistants, though it’s understood that one of you will ultimately be named office manager. In a sense, all four administrative assistants are competing for the head job.

TASK: Your first charge is to determine whether the clinic should accept Medicaid. You’ve been asked to put together a proposal informing the dentists of the advantages and disadvantages of accepting Medicaid and then make an ultimate recommendation as to whether they should or should not accept it.