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HSM410 Healthcare Policy

Week 1 Discussion

DQ1 WHAT IS HEALTHCARE POLICY?

What exactly is healthcare policy? Who does it affect?

DQ2 FOREIGN HEALTHCARE

For this discussion, use a multimedia tool of your choice to create and post an mp4 video, 1 to 2 minutes in length, comparing the healthcare systems of four countries. In your video, address how the countries, or the one you researched for HSM310, attempt to control the rising costs of healthcare? Besides posting your individual video, you must comment on 2 other students' videos (you are not required to record your comments, but can choose to use the text comment feature). Remember, they must still be quality posts. Simply stating, "Nice job, I agree" is not sufficient. Examples of quality posts include:

Providing additional information to the discussion,

elaborating on previous comments from others,

presenting explanations of concepts or methods to help fellow students,

presenting reasons for or against a topic in a persuasive fashion,

sharing your own personal experiences that relate to the topic, and

providing a URL and explanation for an area you researched on the Internet.

 

HSM410 Healthcare Policy

Week 2 Discussion

DQ1 U.S. HEALTHCARE SYSTEM ORGANIZATION

What have been some of the forces driving the organization of U.S. healthcare?

DQ2 FINANCING A CHANGING HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

Why have physician reimbursement models changed over the years?

 

HSM410 Healthcare Policy

Week 3 Discussion

DQ1 FINANCIAL COST CONTROLS

What are some examples of painless cost control? Are they painless for everyone?

DQ2 REIMBURSEMENT COST CONTROLS

Describe and provide examples of price and quality controls.

 

HSM410 Healthcare Policy

Week 4 Discussion

DQ1 ACCESS

What are the major issues surrounding access to healthcare in America today? In your view, what might be done to address these issues and improve access?

DQ2 QUALITY

In the U.S., can a low-income person receive access to high-quality care? Research the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). How does this new law impact such access? How has the Affordable Care Act changed under the current administration in the White House.

 

HSM410 Healthcare Policy

Week 5 Discussion

DQ1 THE BABY BOOMERS - ARE WE READY?

Let's start this week's discussion with identifying who makes up the baby boomer generation. Please research and post statistics about the baby boomer generation. (Remember to post your sources!)

DQ2 THE FUTURE OF LONG-TERM CARE

For this discussion, use a multimedia tool of your choice to create and post an mp4 video, 1 to 2 minutes in length, reviewing the financial picture of the long-term care (LTC) industry. Who are the main payers? What are some of the main financial challenges that the industry is facing? Besides posting your individual video, you must comment on 2 other students' video posts (you are not required to record your comments, but can choose to use the text comment feature). Remember, they must still be quality posts. Simply stating, "Nice job, I agree" is not sufficient. Examples of quality posts include:

Providing additional information to the discussion,

elaborating on previous comments from others,

presenting explanations of concepts or methods to help fellow students,

presenting reasons for or against a topic in a persuasive fashion,

sharing your own personal experiences that relate to the topic, and

providing a URL and explanation for an area you researched on the Internet.

 

 

HSM410 Healthcare Policy

Week 6 Discussion

DQ1 ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN HEALTH CARE

For this discussion, use a multimedia tool of your choice to create and post an mp4 video, 1 to 2 minutes in length, discussing the most pressing ethical dilemmas we face in U.S. healthcare today. For this discussion, select one dilemma particularly important, in your estimation, and share your own views on that dilemma. Besides posting your individual video, you must comment on 2 other students' video posts (you are not required to record your comments, but can choose to use the text comment feature). Remember, they must still be quality posts. Simply stating, "Nice job, I agree" is not sufficient. Examples of quality posts include:

Providing additional information to the discussion,

elaborating on previous comments from others,

presenting explanations of concepts or methods to help fellow students,

presenting reasons for or against a topic in a persuasive fashion,

sharing your own personal experiences that relate to the topic, and

providing a URL and explanation for an area you researched on the Internet.

DQ2 THE IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTION

What is prevention in healthcare? Why is prevention so important for achieving good community health in America?

 

HSM410 Healthcare Policy

Week 7 Discussion

DQ1 WHAT IS OUR FUTURE?

What is the difference between a social insurance and a public assistance approach to government-finance national health insurance? Use Medicare and Medicaid as examples.

DQ2 PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) has changed the health care environment in America. Pick one of the following stakeholders and discuss the implications of the Affordable Care Act for them. Have these implications changed significantly under the current administration in the White House? 

Woman

Chronically ill

Medicare Eligible Patients

Medicaid Eligible Patients

HSM410 Healthcare Policy

Week 2 Course Project

Description

For HSM410, you will be completing a Healthcare Policy Analysis Paper . You will be required to choose a single past, current, or proposed legislative item to analyze. Below, you will find the deadlines and requirements of this project. All assignments related to the project, including the final version of your paper, total 250 points, or 25% of your overall class grade.

Deadlines

Due by the end of Week 2: Submit a brief description of the problem/issue that your legislation addresses and the legislation itself that you will analyze in your paper.

Due by the end of Week 5: Submit a formal outline of the paper, followed by a list of your current sources.

Due by the end of Week 7: Submit the final version of your Policy Paper, including your Works Cited page.

Expectations

Topic (Week 2): 40 points

It is expected that you will provide a focused topic that identifies a problem/issue of concern and the legislation that is/has/will address the problem. Once you have identified your legislation, you will not be allowed to change. Complete some preliminary research to ensure that you have enough sources and information available to meet both the page length and number of source requirements.

Topics such as HIPAA and Medicare (for example) are too broad for this assignment. You need to focus your topic on a specific aspect, such as the Privacy Rules of HIPAA or the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit.

Outline (Week 5): 60 points

It is expected that the Outline be submitted in a formal outline format as demonstrated below. Your outline should show enough detail to demonstrate that you have begun thinking about the organization of your paper and the research required for the topic. After your outline, please submit a listing of the sources that you have already identified for your paper.

I. Each Roman numeral should be a main section of the paper.

A. Subpoint

1. Details of Subpoint

a. Related details to the Subpoint

B. Subpoint

Final Paper (Week 7): 150 points

It is expected that the final version of your Healthcare Policy Analysis Paper will be 8-10 pages in length, with 6-8 sources identified. Your paper should be 12-pt. Times New Roman font, double spaced, with standard margins. You should have a thesis statement in your introduction identifying the legislation/policy that your paper will be addressing. Please download and review the Grading Rubric for the Final Paper (Links to an external site.).

APA in-text citation is required in addition to listing all of your sources on a Works Cited Page at the end of the document. Your grade will be affected if you do not cite or identify your sources correctly.

Below is a list of questions that should be addressed in the body of your paper.

What is the legislation/policy that will be analyzed in this paper?

What is the problem/issue that this legislation attempts to address?

What is the history of the legislation?

Has (or will) the legislation been effective in addressing the problem or issue?

What group(s) of people have been the most affected by the problem?

Is there any information on the future of this legislation? (Revision, obsolete, status of bill, etc.)

Do you feel that there could have been a non-legislative or free market solution to the problem/issue addressed by this legislation? Please discuss.  

 

HSM410 Healthcare Policy

Week 5 Course Project

Description

For HSM410, you will be completing a Healthcare Policy Analysis Paper . You will be required to choose a single past, current, or proposed legislative item to analyze. Below, you will find the deadlines and requirements of this project. All assignments related to the project, including the final version of your paper, total 250 points, or 25% of your overall class grade.

Deadlines

Due by the end of Week 2: Submit a brief description of the problem/issue that your legislation addresses and the legislation itself that you will analyze in your paper.

Due by the end of Week 5: Submit a formal outline of the paper, followed by a list of your current sources.

Due by the end of Week 7: Submit the final version of your Policy Paper, including your Works Cited page.

Expectations

Topic (Week 2): 40 points

It is expected that you will provide a focused topic that identifies a problem/issue of concern and the legislation that is/has/will address the problem. Once you have identified your legislation, you will not be allowed to change. Complete some preliminary research to ensure that you have enough sources and information available to meet both the page length and number of source requirements.

Topics such as HIPAA and Medicare (for example) are too broad for this assignment. You need to focus your topic on a specific aspect, such as the Privacy Rules of HIPAA or the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit.

Outline (Week 5): 60 points

It is expected that the Outline be submitted in a formal outline format as demonstrated below. Your outline should show enough detail to demonstrate that you have begun thinking about the organization of your paper and the research required for the topic. After your outline, please submit a listing of the sources that you have already identified for your paper.

I. Each Roman numeral should be a main section of the paper.

A. Subpoint

1. Details of Subpoint

a. Related details to the Subpoint

B. Subpoint

Final Paper (Week 7): 150 points

It is expected that the final version of your Healthcare Policy Analysis Paper will be 8-10 pages in length, with 6-8 sources identified. Your paper should be 12-pt. Times New Roman font, double spaced, with standard margins. You should have a thesis statement in your introduction identifying the legislation/policy that your paper will be addressing. Please download and review the Grading Rubric for the Final Paper (Links to an external site.).

APA in-text citation is required in addition to listing all of your sources on a Works Cited Page at the end of the document. Your grade will be affected if you do not cite or identify your sources correctly.

Below is a list of questions that should be addressed in the body of your paper.

What is the legislation/policy that will be analyzed in this paper?

What is the problem/issue that this legislation attempts to address?

What is the history of the legislation?

Has (or will) the legislation been effective in addressing the problem or issue?

What group(s) of people have been the most affected by the problem?

Is there any information on the future of this legislation? (Revision, obsolete, status of bill, etc.)

Do you feel that there could have been a non-legislative or free market solution to the problem/issue addressed by this legislation? Please discuss.  

 

 

 

 

HSM410 Healthcare Policy

Week 7 Course Project

Description

For HSM410, you will be completing a Healthcare Policy Analysis Paper . You will be required to choose a single past, current, or proposed legislative item to analyze. Below, you will find the deadlines and requirements of this project. All assignments related to the project, including the final version of your paper, total 250 points, or 25% of your overall class grade.

Deadlines

Due by the end of Week 2: Submit a brief description of the problem/issue that your legislation addresses and the legislation itself that you will analyze in your paper.

Due by the end of Week 5: Submit a formal outline of the paper, followed by a list of your current sources.

Due by the end of Week 7: Submit the final version of your Policy Paper, including your Works Cited page.

Expectations

Topic (Week 2): 40 points

It is expected that you will provide a focused topic that identifies a problem/issue of concern and the legislation that is/has/will address the problem. Once you have identified your legislation, you will not be allowed to change. Complete some preliminary research to ensure that you have enough sources and information available to meet both the page length and number of source requirements.

Topics such as HIPAA and Medicare (for example) are too broad for this assignment. You need to focus your topic on a specific aspect, such as the Privacy Rules of HIPAA or the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit.

Outline (Week 5): 60 points

It is expected that the Outline be submitted in a formal outline format as demonstrated below. Your outline should show enough detail to demonstrate that you have begun thinking about the organization of your paper and the research required for the topic. After your outline, please submit a listing of the sources that you have already identified for your paper.

I. Each Roman numeral should be a main section of the paper.

A. Subpoint

1. Details of Subpoint

a. Related details to the Subpoint

B. Subpoint

Final Paper (Week 7): 150 points

It is expected that the final version of your Healthcare Policy Analysis Paper will be 8-10 pages in length, with 6-8 sources identified. Your paper should be 12-pt. Times New Roman font, double spaced, with standard margins. You should have a thesis statement in your introduction identifying the legislation/policy that your paper will be addressing. Please download and review the Grading Rubric for the Final Paper (Links to an external site.).

APA in-text citation is required in addition to listing all of your sources on a Works Cited Page at the end of the document. Your grade will be affected if you do not cite or identify your sources correctly.

Below is a list of questions that should be addressed in the body of your paper.

What is the legislation/policy that will be analyzed in this paper?

What is the problem/issue that this legislation attempts to address?

What is the history of the legislation?

Has (or will) the legislation been effective in addressing the problem or issue?

What group(s) of people have been the most affected by the problem?

Is there any information on the future of this legislation? (Revision, obsolete, status of bill, etc.)

Do you feel that there could have been a non-legislative or free market solution to the problem/issue addressed by this legislation? Please discuss.  

 

HSM410 Healthcare Policy

Week 3 Assignment   

Health Care Interview Presentation

The goal of this assignment is for each student to explore how "real people" access health care and how this might have changed over time. Interview 3 separate individuals representing three generations (parents, grandparents, your generation or your children’s generation) and learn how they:

•             accessed health care

•             paid for health care

•             where they received their health care

•             how they viewed their health care and health care providers

•             what changes they have seen in the health care system

•             any other facts or information you obtain from the interviewees

In your conclusion, provide a summary of the similarities and differences noted between the generations.

This presentationshould be about 3-5 minutesin length with appropriate referencing and in APA format on the works cited slide of your presentation. This assignment is worth 100points (10% of your grade)and is due in Week 3.

The sources you will be citing will be the people you interviewed. If you use direct quotes on your slides, you are to cite the source immediately following the sentence it was used in. Also, you are required to have a works cited page with your source information.

Citations for Interviews and Personal Communication

Personal interviews and personal communications (email, group discussions, electronic bulletin boards, and telephone conversations) are NOT mentioned at the end of the paper on the list of references. However, they are cited in-text throughout the paper.

For personal communication, you should give the author's full name (first and middle initials followed by last name), the kind of communication, followed by the date of communication.

Example: (J.L. Smith, personal interview, April 10, 2006)

For more information visit: http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/writing/apaguide.html

 

HSM410 Healthcare Policy

Week 6 Assignment   

Ethical Considerations Project

1.            Read the assigned article, “Informed Consent for Emergency Contraception: Variability in Hospital Care of Rape Victims.”

2.            Review the Brownfield v. Daniel Freeman Marina Hospital case summary. (Below)

3.            Review Essay Requirements. (Below)

Brownfield v. Daniel Freeman Marina Hospital

Ascension Health (2007) Brownfield v. Daniel Freeman Marina Hospital. Retrieved November 28, 2008 from

http://www.ascensionhealth.org/ethics/public/cases/cases_AF.asp

In this 1989 federal appellate court case, the plaintiff was taken to Freeman Hospital’s emergency room after being raped. In response to the patient’s request for information about the morning-after pill, the hospital authorities refused to provide such information, believing that they could not, on the grounds that it was a Catholic hospital. Specifically, the hospital did not inform the patient that if she wanted such treatment it must be obtained within 72 hours to be effective. The court reasoned that a patient has the right to make her own decisions regarding treatment, and therefore, adequate disclosure of information must be provided so the patient can make an informed decision. The court concluded that a rape victim who is denied information about access to the morning-after pill may bring a medical malpractice action. This means that liability may arise if the patient can show: 1) that a skilled practitioner would have provided such information and access under similar circumstances; 2) that she would have elected such treatment; and 3) that "damages" (in this case, pregnancy) resulted from the failure to provide such information. In a footnote to its decision, the court indicated that "access" to such treatment could include transfer of the patient to another medical facility or another physician.

More critical for Catholic-sponsored hospitals, the court also reasoned that the morning-after pill constitutes the "prevention" rather the than "termination" of pregnancy. It therefore concluded that the conscience clause under the state’s abortion statute did not immunize the hospital from liability for failure to refuse to provide such information. However, since human life begins at conception (fertilization) and not merely after implantation of the embryo, the relevant moral question from the Catholic perspective is not whether or not there is a pregnancy, but whether or not there is another innocent human life to be respected. Those "contraceptive" measures that operate solely through the prevention of implantation are morally equivalent to abortions in Catholic moral theology, and are therefore impermissible under the Ethical and Religious Directives (both then and now). Nevertheless, the court did not accept this moral distinction as relevant for its ruling.

The court ruling itself stated that Catholic Hospitals have the responsibility "to provide information concerning, and access to, estrogen prophylaxis for rape victims."

Essay Requirements:

You are to complete a 1-2 page (12pt Times New Roman font, double spaced) issue analysis that answers the following questions:

1.            What are the ethical considerations of this issue?

2.            What are the legal considerations of this issue?

3.            What ethical concepts and principles apply to this issue?

4.            If you were a judge in the Brownfield v. Daniel Freeman Marina Hospital case, would you agree with the other judge’s decisions? How would you justify this decision to the hospital or the rape victims?

Your submission is to be a formal, multi-paragraphed essay. While citations and sources are not required for this paper, if you borrow any information as supporting details, they must be cited in proper APA format.

 

HSM410 Healthcare Policy

Week 8 Final Exam  

Question 1 (CO 1) Which of the following are potential health ouCOmes of the uninsured?

  Unavoidable hospitalizations

  Higher mortality rates

  All of the above

  High rates of hypertension

Question 2 (CO 1) Define health policy.

  Legislation that governs Medicare and Medicaid

  Current and proposed legislation that governs the actions, decisions, and behaviors that affects the health of a society

  Universal healthcare

  Proposed bills that govern health insurance

Question 3 (CO 3) Progressive payments are _________.

  the ratio of payment to income that is the same for all classes.

  payments that take a rising percentage of income as income increases.

  a set fee regardless of income.

  payments that take a falling percentage of income as income increases.

Question 4 (CO 2) The 1990s introduced the concept of cost containment to healthcare. Which statement best outlines the goal of healthcare cost reform?

  The bundling of services into one payment tends to shift financial risk away from physicians and hospitals toward payers.

  All of the above

  Simply limiting the amount of money paid for expenses related to the diagnosis and treatment of illness has been working for the past 20 years. If the outpouring of funds can be slowed, the quality of care will increase.

  One of the challenges in designing an optimal payment system is striking the right balance between economic incentives for overtreatment and undertreatment of patients.

Question 5 (CO 4) What is the best indicator of high-quality healthcare?

  Number of providers in a geographic area

  Health ouCOmes

  Percentage of uninsured

  Physician-to-patient ratios

Question 6 (CO 2) In the 1990s, the push for cost containment changed how physicians and hospitals are paid. The changes:

  All of the above

  had payment be negotiated between providers and payers.

  bundled services into one payment to shift risk away from payers.

  replaced fee-for-service payments with prospective payment methods.

Question 7 (CO 3) Which of the following are modes of paying for healthcare?

  Out-of-pocket payments, individual private insurance, employment-based private insurance, and government financing

  Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance

  Capitation, fee-for-service, and salary

  Private insurance and government financing

Question 8 (CO 4) Which of the following are potential health ouCOmes of the uninsured?

  Higher mortality rates

  High rates of hypertension

  Unavoidable hospitalizations

  All of the above

Question 9 (CO 3) Regressive payments are:

  payments that take a rising percentage of income as income increases.

  a set fee regardless of income.

  payments that take a falling percentage of income as income increases.

  the ratio of payment to income that is the same for all classes.

Question 10 (CO 2) The 1990s introduced to healthcare the concept of cost containment. Which statement best outlines the goal of healthcare cost reform?

  Simply limiting the amount of money paid for expenses related to the diagnosis and treatment of illness has been working for the past 20 years. If the outpouring of funds can be slowed, the quality of care will increase.

  The bundling of services into one payment tends to shift financial risk away from physicians and hospitals toward payers.

  All of the above

  One of the challenges in designing an optimal payment system is striking the right balance between economic incentives for "overtreatment" and "undertreatment" of patients.

Question 11 (CO 5) What percentage of long-term care financing is provided by Medicare?

  41%

  38%

  22%

  28%

Question 12 (CO 7) Which of the following is not a category of national health insurance plans?

  Employer-mandated private health insurance

  Government-financed health insurance

  Hybrid plans

  Individual-mandated public health insurance plans

 

Question 13 (CO 6) The goals of disease prevention are:

  Both B & C

  to decrease costs.

  to delay disability and death.

  to maximize illness-free years.

Question 14 (CO 6) Nonmaleficence means:

  duty of healthcare providers to do no harm.

  obligation of healthcare providers to help people in need.

  rights of patients to make choices about their healthcare.

  treat everyone in a fair manner.

Question 15 (CO 6) Autonomy means:

  obligation of healthcare providers to help people in need.

  duty of healthcare providers to do what they think is best when treating patients

  rights of patients to make choices about their healthcare.

  treat everyone in a fair manner.

Question 16 (CO 1) Which of the followings best explains the paradox of excess and deprivation

  some people receive too little care and some others receive too much healthcare

  people in the United States are always able to access healthcare

  too much technology but not much healthcare

  although people have health insurance, they receive too little healthcare

Question 17 (CO 4) Which of the following represents the largest category of health insurance?

  Individual private insurance

  Medicaid

  Medicare

  employment-based insurance

Question 18 (CO 2) The 1990s introduced to healthcare the concept of cost containment. Which statement best outlines the goal of healthcare cost reform?

  All of the above

  The bundling of services into one payment tends to shift financial risk away from physicians and hospitals toward payers.

  One of the challenges in designing an optimal payment system is striking the right balance between economic incentives for "overtreatment" and "undertreatment" of patients.

  Simply limiting the amount of money paid for expenses related to the diagnosis and treatment of illness has been working for the past 20 years. If the outpouring of funds can be slowed, the quality of care will increase.

Question 19 (CO 3) Which of the following are covered under Medicare Part A?

  skilled nursing care

  All of the above

  home health care

  hospitalization

Question 20 (CO 7) The initial efforts to legislate health insurance started in:

  1963

  1912

  2009

  1970