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HCS 455 Wk 1 Individual Assignment: Impact of Health Care Policy and Determinants (2021 New)

It is important to understand the different forms and categories in which health care policies are created. This assignment will help you practice identifying the forms and categories as well as understand the determinants that are impacted by the creation of health care policies.

 

Complete the Health Care Policy and Determinants worksheet.

 

**You must use chapter 1 of your course textbook to help you complete this assignment correctly.**

 

Cite at least 2 reputable references used to complete your prompts and chart. Reputable references include trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, a textbook, or other sources of similar quality. One of these sources must be the course text, Longest (2016). Chapter 1 will be of the most help to you in completing this chart.

 

Format your references section and references used in your prompts and chart according to APA guidelines.

 

Submit your assignment.

 

 

HCS 455 Wk 2 Team Assignment: Current Policy: Topic Selection (2021 New)

This week, as a Learning Team, you will select a health policy and record research about the policy. The topic you select will be used in your Week 5 assignment.

 

Complete the Current Policy: Policy Selection worksheet.

 

Cite at least 2 reputable references used to complete your prompts and chart. Reputable references include trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, a textbook, or other sources of similar quality.

 

Format your references section and references used in your chart according to APA guidelines.

 

Submit your assignment.

 

HCS 455 Wk 2 Individual Assignment: Key Players in Health Care Policy (2021 New)

Within our health care system there are a number of stakeholders that influence the health care policy development process and ultimately help shape our health care policies.

  • Government (primarily federal and state governments) and interest groups like the American Medical Association, AARP, and the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation can have a direct impact on the outcome on the type of health care we receive.
  • Patients (the largest consumers of health care) are stakeholders in the health care system, and the needs and wants of the public also drive the decisions made by health care decision-makers.

 

This assignment will help you better understand the role and influences of the main stakeholders in the health care policy development process.

 

Select ONE of the main stakeholders at the government level (federal or state), a professional organization, or an interest group.

 

Write a 525- to 700-word paper that details the importance and impact this stakeholder has on the policy development process. Include the following in your paper:

  • Identify the stakeholder and their level in the policy development process.
  • Describe their role in the policy development process.
  • Describe why the stakeholder identified is important in the policy development process.
  • Describe the impact the selected stakeholder has on the policy development process.

 

Cite at least 2 reputable references. Reputable references include trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, a textbook, or other sources of similar quality.

 

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

 

Submit your assignment.

 

HCS 455 Wk 3 Individual Assignment: The Policy Process (2021 New)

To prepare for this assignment, review the key components of the health care policy process in Ch. 3 of Health policymaking in the United States.

 

To prepare for this assignment, review the key components of the health care policy process in Ch. 3 of Health policymaking in the United States. Additionally, Chapters 5-9 of the course text are also excellent resources for each stage of the policy process. Here is a breakdown of what you can find in each chapter of Longest (2016):

  • Chapter 5: Formulation
  • Chapter 6: Legislation
  • Chapter 7: Implementation
  • Chapter 8: Implementation/Analysis/Evaluation
  • Chapter 9: Analysis/Evaluation and Revision

 

The policy cycle provides lawmakers with a pathway for developing a policy and guiding it through the institutions of our government. The cycle starts with identification of a targeted problem and ultimately ends up with providing a specific course of action. Along the way, the outcomes of a policy are subjected to various levels of review, evaluation, and revisions that result in a continual loop. As a health care administrator, it’s important to have a working knowledge of the process and how the process ultimately leads to implementation of health care laws that eventually will have an impact on what you do.

 

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that explains the policy process and explains how the Affordable Care Act advanced through the policy process stages. Your paper must include the following:

1.Discuss five stages of the policy process identified in Longest (2016)–at least 100-150 words to describe each stage:

  • Formulation
  • Legislation
  • Implementation
  • Evaluation/analysis,
  • Revision

2.Explain how the Affordable Care Act advanced through each stage of the policy process

  • How the law was formed/proposed and then passed by Congress
  • How it has been implemented and what agencies primarily implement the law
  • One or two ways the ACA can be evaluated
  • List at least one revision to the law since it has been passed

 

Cite at least 3 reputable references. One of your sources must be the course textbook, Longest (2016). Reputable references include trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works a textbook, or other sources of similar quality.

 

Submit your assignment.

 

HCS 455 Wk 4 Individual Assignment: Health Care Issues (2021 New)

The topic of universal healthcare or, more specifically, a single payer healthcare system, has begun to gain some momentum and has been a topic at each of the Democratic Presidential debates over the last few months.

 

Consider the topic of universal healthcare and your perspective on this topic.

 

Write a 600- to 800-word paper that discusses universal healthcare in the United States.

 

Research and Discuss the following topics:

  • What is universal healthcare?
  • What are some of the problems in our healthcare system that have led to increased interest in and support of universal healthcare?
  • How might a universal healthcare system impact cost of care, quality of care, and access to care in the US?
  • List two likely positive outcomes of a universal healthcare system.
  • List two likely negative outcomes/cons of a universal healthcare system.
  • Share your perspective on a universal healthcare system.

 

Cite at least 2 reputable references. Reputable references include trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, a textbook, or other sources of similar quality.

 

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

 

Submit your assignment.

 

HCS 455 Wk 5 Team Assignment: Current Policy: Final Presentation (2021 New)

As a Learning Team, create an 8- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with detailed speaker notes on the topic you selected as a team in Week 2. This presentation will require a deeper examination of your chosen topic as it is an emerging issue/trend in today’s health care industry. Your presentation should:

  • Identify and describe the topic of consideration.
  • Identify and discuss the emerging issues and trends surrounding the policy.
  • Describe areas of opportunity involved with this policy.
  • Describe challenges that were faced while implementing the policy.
  • Describe issues that may arise as health care reform continues to evolve.

 

Cite at least 4 reputable references. Reputable references include trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, a textbook, or other sources of similar quality.

 

Format your references according to APA guidelines. Include a title and references slide.

 

Submit your assignment.

 

HCS 455 Wk 5 Individual Assignment: Future Policy Issue (2021 New)

Research and select an emerging health care issue. This can include but is not limited to the following:

  • Opioid crisis
  • Shortages of healthcare professionals
  • Medicare or Social Security funding shortfalls
  • Cost of healthcare
  • A specific disparity in a population group
  • Growing rates of chronic health conditions
  • Cybersecurity issues
  • Healthcare resources for our aging population
  • Suicide rates in children and teens

 

Using the information you’ve learned in the course, discuss how you would design a policy for the health care issue you selected. Remember to take into consideration the various aspects of the policy development cycle and level of implementation (federal, state, or local).

 

Respond: use 100-200 words to respond to each of the following prompts:

  1. Why is this issue important?
  2. List one possible policy action (or possible solution) that could help address this issue. Make sure your solution is specific. “Take steps to lower healthcare cost” is not specific. “Mandate pricing transparency for all hospitals” is specific.
  3. Include two possible advantages and two possible disadvantages of the policy action.
  4. What level of government (federal or state, or possibly local) would primarily be responsible for implementation? Which agency or agencies would likely help implement?
  5. How would you propose the policy be evaluated?

 

Cite at least 2 reputable references (you will likely need more). Reputable references include trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, a textbook, or other sources of similar quality.

 

Format your responses and references according to APA guidelines.

 

Submit your assignment.