Health Care

Reforming the Affordable Care Act

Reforming the Affordable Care Act

The paper should be about four pages minimum– not counting any title page, abstract, or references. You may choose to provide “a fix” for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also known as the ACA or Obamacare), or you may propose a general replacement for the ACA.

You should likely focus on one or two broad policies (due to the short length of the paper). You may look at what others have proposed and incorporate their thoughts into your writing with appropriate attribution and citation.

Use APA 7 style for citations.

You should have at least four sections:

  • An Introduction – explaining what you are proposing in general terms which should include identifying the problem you are attempting to address with your fix or replacement.
  • Your Proposal – this is the details of your proposal – although, in 4 to 6 pages, you likely can’t be as detailed as you would like to be.
  • Difficulties you see in getting your proposal through the policymaking process as we have discussed it in this class and as it is outlined in the textbook.
  • A Conclusion – don’t just leave me hanging. Tie everything together here and tell me again why you feel your proposal is worthwhile and what the difficulties might be.

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Electronic Health Records

Electronic Health Records

Discussion Questions:

Part 1

1. The Administrative Simplification Compliance Act of 2001 requires that all Medicare claims be submitted electronically. Discuss at least two (2) vulnerabilities in the protection of electronic health information?

2. Identify and discuss specific resources or federal agencies that you will utilize to remain informed and current in public health trends and practices.

REQ:

  • Please make sure you are using scholarly references and they should not be older than 5 years. Your posts/references must be in APA format.
  • Please follow the discussion RUBRIC to make sure you have addressed the discussion criteria.

  • Part 2

    submit the Informed Consent Letter to the Submissions Area (please note that this is only an example and no data may be collected).

    Informed Consent Letter

    • Procedure section is clear, described in detail, specific, and all inclusive. Written in lay language (as documented by reading level score). Includes risks and benefits relevant to study. Address assent (if applicable).
  • REQ: APA format, 3 references not older than 5 years, FOLLOW the sample letters/forms and RUBRIC.

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Healthcare policy and law

Healthcare policy and law

This assignment will explore compliance issues with federal and state laws and regulations governing healthcare organizations, such as the Anti-Kickback Law, the False Claims Act, the Stark Law, credentialing, medical errors, and patient safety. It is important to understand healthcare compliance for the benefit of improving patient care. It is also important to promote adherence to applicable laws, payer healthcare requirements, and to protect the organization against fraud, waste, abuse, and other potential liabilities.

Instructions

Write a 2–3 page paper in which you:

  1. Summarize one statute, one regulation, and one guidance document that impose compliance obligations on healthcare organizations.
  2. Explain what healthcare organizations must do to comply with legal requirements.
  3. Describe the standards for corporate compliance programs set forth in the OIG Compliance Guidance and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.
  4. In addition to the textbook, provide two sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and valid. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library, or review library guides.

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Synthesize Elements of Forming a Community Health Partnership

Synthesize Elements of Forming a Community Health Partnership

This assignment requires your synthesis and reflection of the elements needed to form your proposal for a community health partnership. Such partnerships are mandated by the ACA for nonprofit hospitals and offer benefits to both partners.

Your proposal will contain an overview of the benefits; and, using your weekly resources and assignments, you will identify the steps needed to form a partnership of this type.

These steps include:

  • Critiquing the community health needs assessment.
  • Initiating strategic planning through a SWOT analysis and creating strategic action plans.
  • Analyzing the role and impact of healthcare regulatory agencies.
  • Understanding the legal aspects of forming partnerships.
  • Evaluating hospital performance as a community consumer.
  • Creating a budget for the partnership project.

You will summarize the predicted ROI for this nonprofit hospital/community health partnership from a holistic perspective in narrative form rather than a financial accounting perspective.

Lastly, you will incorporate your summary of how the 13 health leadership competencies are applied in each step and weigh the value of the abilities in each for health administrators. (collaboration, information seeking, analytical thinking, strategic orientation, accountability, performance measurement, project management, community orientation, professionalism, financial skills, innovative thinking, team leadership, and process management/organizational design)

Length: Minimum of 10 pages, not including title and reference pages

References: Include a minimum of 7 scholarly resources

Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.

Requirements: 10 pages or more/use references & competencies (in bold) listed.

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HSA 510 The Convergence of Health Care Financing and Economic Trends and Forces

HSA 510 The Convergence of Health Care Financing and Economic Trends and Forces

Note: Use the textbook, course readings, Strayer online library, and other reputable online sources to complete this assignment.

Prepare a 15–20-slide PowerPoint presentation with detailed scholarly speaker notes in which you:

  1. Compare the three current health care financing and funding models (i.e., employee based, government-based, and individual-based) used with the health care delivery system of the United States.
  2. Compare and contrast key economic goals of public and private health insurance plans. Evaluate the success potential of key economic goals in terms of populations covered, services included, financing arrangements, reimbursement strategies, and economic competition policies.
  3. Analyze the key effects of labor market, insurance market, and competitive market factors on health care delivery requirements at your current or previous organization of employment.
  4. Determine what changes are occurring in the economy or concerning labor and regulatory factors that must be considered in the future.
  5. Suggest the key national trends that you believe currently affect competition and pricing initiatives. Justify your response.
  6. Determine the main quality indicators that typically affect health insurance pricing at the local level. Justify your response.
  7. Use a minimum of six reputable references sources including three sources from peer-reviewed journals.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

  • Assess current U.S. health care financing and funding models, including economic goals, market impacts, economic and regulatory changes, and national trends.

Requirements: 15-20 slides

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