You are a health systems analyst with MegaHealth. You currently operate a nursing home that falls under the Hill Bruton law. After seeing a news report on the aging of Americans, the board chair has expressed an interest in opening long-term care facilities in Oregon, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. The vice president for planning has asked you for background information on:
Hill Burton requirements for your nursing home,
Certificate of Need (CON) requirements for long-term care for each of the states listed.
Research the Hill Burton law and Certificate of Need laws. Prepare a 10-12 page paper in APA 7th format, including an introduction, conclusion, and a minimum of eight (8) scholarly peer reviewed references in the past 5 years. Include the following in the paper with a heading for each section. Discuss the following content.
Hill Burton law requirements including a federal statute and any regulations
Discussion of the pros and cons of the Hill Burton law and whether it continues to be needed. Include reasons to support your discussion.
Certificate of Need (CON) requirements for each state including a state statute from each state and any regulations
Create a table that compares the legal requirements for a CON in each of the three states. The table should include a SWOT analysis of Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats to expansion in each state.
Strategic recommendation of how to expand into all states with consideration of which state or states would be best to expand into first or last based on CON findings. Support your recommendations with solid reasons based on the law.
Answer preview
The Hill-Burton law was the first-ever health policy introduced in the United States. Over the years, the policy has received intense praise and some levels of criticism. One of the pros of the law was the fact that it not only helped with the modernization of the existing small hospitals and other health care facilities but also with the construction of new hospitals (Zabinski, 2015). The Great Depression hit the United States very hard, and one of the sectors affected was health care. Within the rural areas, there were very few hospitals getting constructed, and the few that existed did not have the requisite equipment or sufficient staff to cater to the people within their service delivery areas.
