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Determine the strategic manner in which the United States can apply best economic best practices from other countries in addressing these issues.

ANALYZE THE FACTORS THAT ARE INFLUENCING THE DEMAND AND SUPPLY OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN THE U.S.

Assignment 4: Current and Future Economic Issues Impacting Healthcare Sector

 

Due Week 10 and worth 240 points

Use the Internet or Strayer online databases to research five (5) of what you believe to be the most important and pressing economic issues that confront the United States healthcare industry today and will continue to do so into the next decade.

 

Provide a review of these issues in a ten to twelve (10-12) page paper in which you:

 

  1. Provide a detailed description of the issues that you have researched.
  2. Analyze the most significant economic effects of the researched issues on healthcare industry. Provide at least two (2) examples of these issues to support your response.
  3. Suggest specific strategies that relevant entities / stakeholders may use to address the selected issues from an economic perspective. Justify your response.
  4. Determine the strategic manner in which the United States can apply best economic best practices from other countries in addressing these issues.
  5. Assess the likelihood of government and or private sector effectively addressing the issues.
  6. Use at least ten (10) current references. Five (5) of these references must be from current peer-reviewed sources to support and substantiate your comments and perspectives.

 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

 

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length

 

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

 

  • Analyze the factors that are influencing the demand and supply of health care services in the U.S.
  • Compare and contrast the U.S. health care system with the health care system of other countries.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in health economics.
  • Write clearly and concisely about health economics using proper writing mechanics.

 

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

A DESCRIPTION OF THE HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE SHORTAGE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS.

A DESCRIPTION OF THE HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE SHORTAGE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS.

Workforce ShortageClick here to read the health care workforce shortage and its implications on America’s hospitals, at the American Hospitals Association’s (AHA) website

Select a hospital, which is not more than two hours away from your place of residence. Based on your readings and understanding, create a 3- to 4-page report in a Microsoft Word document, that includes:

A plan for a rural, medium-sized hospital to deal with short- and long-term workforce shortages.

Your plan should include the following elements:

 

  • An introduction.
  • A description of the health care workforce shortage and its implications.
  • The aspects that need immediate attention and aspects that need long term attention. Provide a rationale on why these aspects need attention.
  • A description of the financial implications for these issues.
  • An explanation of the risks associated with these problems.
  • Your recommendations to solve these problems.
  • An explanation of the methods to measure the success of the plan.
  • A description of the next steps, if the plan failed.
  • A conclusion and a reference list.

Support your responses with examples.

Identify and describe 10 key components of the Affordable Care Act.

 

What has been your experience so far with the ACA?
7. Medicare and Medicaid in their infancy were designed to help a population that needed additional support. Currently those programs have grown to the point of consuming a large portion of tax revenue and still needing to cut back on services provided. If you were there in the beginning of Medicare, would you have designed the program any differently? Why and how?
8. Review the article and discuss: Population health and economic development in the United States
http://digital.films.com/PortalViewVideo.aspx?xtid=34210&loid=28526
9. Identify and describe 10 key components of the Affordable Care Act. Be prepared to discuss in class. It may help to think about the following:
Type of individuals that will be seeking coverage
The benefits and draw backs of the ACA
The services covered or not covered under ACA

Tax subsidies individuals may receive
Impact on the Medicaid and Medicare Programs

What are your thoughts on how our longer lifespan is affecting the financing of Medicare?

WHAT MAJOR EVENTS IN HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND DELIVERY SINCE 1950 HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED AND ENHANCED HEALTH CARE POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES?

REFERENCE
Textbook: Shi, L. (2014). Introduction to Health Policy. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press. Washington, D.C.: Health Admin. Press.

Please write up 150 to 200 word count for Question 1 to 8, #9 must be 200 words; try and relate the material to real-life applications and also to the textbook and health care risk management. Cite and Reference all work!

1. What major events in health care access and delivery since 1950 have significantly changed and enhanced health care policy in the United States?
2. . Is the PPACA having the impact you think it was designed to have? What are your thoughts?
3. Is access to health care a right or entitlement? Do all individuals currently have equal and open access to health care?
4. What are your thoughts on how we determine something is a right in the United States? We do have some things that are legally a right in America.
5. What are your thoughts on how our longer lifespan is affecting the financing of Medicare?
6 Understanding the Affordable Care Act.

Why is innovation important to healthcare management?

STRATEGIC PLANNING AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR HEALTH CARE

Instructions

Why is innovation important to healthcare management? For this exercise, you will “nurture foresight,” which is described in your textbook as a process involving looking ahead to visualize developments and their possible impact on the organization, perhaps even before they become inventions, trends, or actual concerns. Go to the following website: Source: National Institute for Healthcare Management. http://www.nihcm.org/Select a featured publication of interest to you. Based on the publication that you review, and to prepare your organization for the change(s) that you foresee, write a paper of 750 to 1000-words to respond to the following:

1.Describe the publication and the issue(s) that it presents.

 

2.After reviewing the article, identify the type of health care organization that you would like to work for in the future and explain the implications of this issue to that organization and to at least two groups of its stakeholders.

3.What are some of the questions that you would need to ask, resources you might need to access, or actions you would take to prepare your organization for change or to exploit opportunities?

 

4.Respond to two of the following questions:

 

a.Do you see changes arising from this situation to be a boon to patients?  Why or why not?

 

b.Do you think that government will create regulation relating to this topic that you will need to comply with?

 

c.Do you see this issue as having the potential to result in a possible new profit center for your facility?

Your writing should follow the conventions of Standard American English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.) and it should be logical, original, and insightful. Finally, ensure that your paper conforms to APA Style, including in-text citations and a reference page.

Requirements•

Responses to the questions should be written in a clear, detailed manner and observe the

 

conventions of Standard American English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.).

 

  • Double-spaced, 12 point, Times New Roman font.
  • Include at least two references

The Influence of Health Policies and the Future of Health Care in the U.S.

EXPLAIN THE IMPACT THAT POLICY SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC FORCES HAVE ON HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND QUALITY OF CARE IN THE UNITED STATES.

Assignment 4: The Influence of Health Policies and the Future of Health Care in the U.S.

worth 200 points

Based on the changing environment, as well as demographics in 21st Century America, there are many burgeoning issues and hurdles the U.S. Health Care System faces. As part of the preparation for your assignment, view the video titled “Health Care Issues and Problems in USA” (7 min 36 s).

Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:

  1. Based on the video, analyze the main points presented by the narrator concerning issues and problems inherent in overall health care in the U.S.
  2. Ascertain whether the narrator’s views are in sync with your opinion of 21st Century U.S. health care. Provide support for your rationale.
  3. Provide a financial rationale for following the current U.S. health care policies. Discuss your position in which you highlight, at a minimum, economic and ethical considerations of the ACA as it has been implemented from 2010 to present day.
  4. Reflecting upon the material covered in this course, outline a five (5) stage plan which articulates the main ways in which you would improve the present U.S. health care system.
  5. Use at least four (4) recent (i.e., last five [5] years), quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Explain the impact that policy, social, and economic forces have on health care access and quality of care in the United States.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in health services organization.
  • Write clearly and concisely about health services organization using proper writing mechanics.

Examine the emergence of technology and electronic health systems in health care since the passage of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

EXAMINE THE EMERGENCE OF TECHNOLOGY AND ELECTRONIC HEALTH SYSTEMS IN HEALTH CARE

You work for a small community hospital that has recently updated its health record system to a modern electronic health record (EHR) system. As a health care manager, you have been asked to meet with the health information manager (HIM) and analyze the efficiency, security, and privacy of your current health records system. Your organization has very high standards and a culture of keeping up with current trends. After your analysis, you have been asked to provide a detailed report to the hospital’s chief operating officer (COO) detailing the following:

 

  • Examine the emergence of technology and electronic health systems in health care since the passage of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
  • Provide an analysis of the current trends in health care record keeping and charting as they relate to advancements in technology.
  • Assess ways in which contemporary patient records systems can support health care operations including privacy, quality patient care delivery, insurance and cost administration, and records access and retention. Present your findings in an executive summary of 5–7 pages.
  • Type:  Medical Informatics and Administrative Applications
  •  Deliverable Length: 5-7 pages; min. 5 academic/professional sources published in the last 5 yrs. 

Ways to implement the ethical code of conduct and ensure compliance

CREATE AN ETHICAL CODE OF CONDUCT FOR THOSE IN GOVERNANCE MANAGEMENT AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF FOR THE HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS

Create an ethical code of conduct for those in governance, management, and professional staff for the health care organizations:

  • Surgery Center

In a 10 to- 12 page paper (excluding title and reference pages), discuss the following:

  • Brief background of the facility.
  • Organization structure of the facility and duties/ responsibilities of those in management and professional staff.
  • Two possible ethical dilemmas that may be encountered.
  • Ethical standards for those in governance, management, and professional staff.
  • Ways to implement the ethical code of conduct and ensure compliance.
  • Consequences if there is a violation of the code of ethics.

When writing your paper, use 3rd person. Follow APA guidelines.  Use at least eight scholarly and/or peer-reviewed sources that were published within the past five years, a minimum of three of which must be from the Ashford Online Library.  All sources must be cited according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Writing the Final Paper

The Final Paper:

  1. Must be 10 to 12 double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  2. Must include a title page with the following:
    1. Title of paper
    2. Student’s name
    3. Course name and number
    4. Instructor’s name
    5. Date submitted
  3. Must include an introductory paragraph with a succinct thesis statement.
  4. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
  5. Must conclude with a restatement of the thesis and a conclusion paragraph.
  6. Must use at least eight scholarly and/or peer-reviewed sources that were published within the past five years, including a minimum of three from the Ashford Online Library.
  7. Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  8. Must include a separate reference page.

What major events in health care access and delivery since 1950 have significantly changed and enhanced health care policy in the United States?

WHAT MAJOR EVENTS IN HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND DELIVERY SINCE 1950 HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED

REFERENCE

Shi, L. (2014). Introduction to Health Policy. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press. Washington, D.C.: Health Admin. Press.

Please write up 150 to 200 word count for Questions 1 – 9; Question 10 is a PowerPoint, and Question 11 requires a Flowchart. Try and relate the material to real-life applications and also to the textbook- Introduction to health policy. Check work for plagiarism!

 

  1. What major events in health care access and delivery since 1950 have significantly changed and enhanced health care policy in the United States?
  2. What role does federal, state and local governments each play in influencing health care policy.
  3. How do we know which law we are to follow if there is a difference between a state and federal law?
  4. Discuss determinants of a health problem. Identify policy intervention to the health problem. Do you think the policy intervention is the most significant concept?
  5. Watchthe video: Health Insurance Changes Coming Your Way Under the Affordable Care Act. http://kff.org/health-reform/video/youtoons-obamacare-video/
  6. Did this website give you any new ‘perspectives’ on health care? What were they? http://kff.org/perspectives/
  7. Do you see health care spending decreasing or increasing in the future? Why?
  8. I don’t think that health will never go down, since the cost of malpractice insurance is so expensive that a doctor has to have a certain income to cover that expense must their cost of living. The truth is that if the cost of health care won’t go down since its one of the biggest business in this country, in fact the cost does go down then what will happen to the economy; i have yet seen something like that in which the health care going down after years of being so expensive that would be the first. The fact that the over head expensive of health care won’t allow the cost to go down….that would be in a perfect world and that’s not the world we live in.

Given this scenario, do you think there is a point at which the cost of health care will not be able to increase? How will we know when we’ve hit that point?

  1. How does telemedicine lower the overall cost of health care? What are your thoughts?

FIXING THE HEALTH CARE PLAN

FIXING THE HEALTH CARE PLAN

Fixing the Health Care Plan Case Study

You are the Vice President of Compensation & Benefits for Wolfman Enterprises, a large, high-technology products manufacturer that employs approximately 65,000 in the United States.

You have just learned that health insurance premiums for the following fiscal year were expected to increase approximately 26%, up dramatically from the 16% increase of the previous year and the 14% increase the year before that.  Adding to your concern is the projection that, by 2015, the company’s $375 million annual health-care bill would increase to a staggering $613 million.

You have been asked by Wolfman’s top management to develop a custom-designed health insurance program for the organization that would hold down health-care premium costs to a reasonable level while ensuring that employees would retain adequate health care coverage.

The current health care plan is relatively traditional.  The company pays the entire health care premium for single employees (approximately $480 per month); dependent coverage is available, but the employee pays the entire cost of this coverage.

There is a $250 deductible, and no preferred provider network.  Once the employee’s deductible is met, the policy pays 80% of all covered expenses up to $5,000.  Once the $5,000 threshold is met, the policy then pays 100% of covered expenses up to a lifetime maximum of $2,000,000 per person.  Thus, each employee has an annual out-of-pocket maximum of $1,250.

Preventive care (an annual physical, routine Pap smears and annual mammograms for women, and PSA for men) are covered at 100% with no deductible.  Employees also have a prescription drug benefit.  After payment of a $100 annual deductible (per person), generic prescription drugs are available with a $10 copay; brand-name prescription drugs are available with a $25 copay.

Top management has asked you to provide them with a preliminary list of ideas to be considered, and how you believe employees would accept these changes, because the company is concerned about employee retention and does not want to lose valued employees.

Based upon the material presented in the textbook and your outside research, prepare a report that addresses what health care initiatives Wolfman might undertake in order to deal with the rapidly escalating health care costs.  Make certain that you consider the effects the initiatives would have on the employees and their acceptance of the changes.