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HA 610 Health Policy and
Management University
Unit
1 Discussion
In recent news, heated debate among lawmakers persists
regarding the condition of the current Veteran’s Administration (VA) and its
role to provide significantly better health care and shorter wait times for
this growing population segment. Because many of our Veterans require both
physical and psychological attention (primarily related to PTSD), discuss how
state and national policies should adapt now and in the future toward helping
our Vets better assimilate back into society–body, mind, and spirit. Do
you advocate for privatization of the VA system or any social entitlement, such
as Medicare or Medicaid as a method for improvement? Explain.
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610 Health Policy and Management HERZING
Unit
2 Discussion
Please share your research, experience, and thoughts:
What is the real and perceived performance of the US health care system? Are
the views different among patients, providers, payers, policy makers? Why or
why not?
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610 Health Policy and Management HERZING
Unit
3 Discussion
Please share your research, experience, and thoughts:
Since health care tends to be local, as a policy maker, what would you do to
encourage the large community (retailers, restaurants, employers, schools,
etc.) to improve the health of the community? For these initiatives should the
government play a role or should they be sponsored by other entities? In many
states, the Certificate of Need (CON) requirement is still being practiced. Is
it right to limit competition among health care institutions in a proximate
region–simply because of, say, political clout or who has the deeper pockets?
Defend your response.
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610 Health Policy and Management
Unit
4 Discussion
Please share your research, experience, and thoughts:
Briefly discuss your views of management and leadership. Do you believe they
are the same or different? If you believe they are different, do you think that
they have the same importance for the future of nursing? Do you feel that one
is more important than the other? How can novice nurse-managers and
administrators learn important management functions and develop leadership
skills? Should they? Who today represents a “model” leader? What is their distinction?
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610 Health Policy and Management
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5 Discussion
Healthcare today seems to center on physical care, often
relying on advanced diagnostics with highly specialized clinicians needed to
administer it—and as quickly as possible. In fact, many procedures are being
performed “same day” that were unthinkable a few decades back. While these
advancements help a hospital’s bottom line with rapid thru-put for physical
procedures, let’s think about psychiatry as a healthcare crisis that requires
considerably more time and specialization to realize results. Do you believe
that psychiatric and psychological disorders are becoming destigmatized, and
consequently being given the same attention by providers (insurance and
facilities) as physical ailments? Should mental health be equal to physical
health as a social responsibility? Does the PPACA (Affordable Care Act) offer
balance in this situation? Explain.
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Unit
6 Discussion
Please share your research, experience, and thoughts:
Using the ethical principle of justice, determine whether health care in this
country should be a right or a privilege. Are the uninsured and the insured
“unequals” that should be treated according to their differences? Does the type
of health insurance that one has also create a system of “unequals”? If so, are
the unequals being treated according to their differences? Specifically,
what should health care providers “do” to positively contribute to help foster
a healthier society? Your research, experience, and opinion are welcomed in
this forum.
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Unit
7 Discussion
Please share your research, experience, and thoughts: In
today’s society, we are dealing with a New Era, health care access and coverage
for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Community in the United
States are on the rise. While these changes are expected to increase health
insurance coverage and access for LGBT individuals and their families, many
challenges and questions remain, including:
What will be the impact of state policy choices on access
and coverage?
How will new protections against discrimination be
translated into practice and where do gaps remain?
Now that gay marriage is legal in most states, is the
more conservative institution of healthcare positioned for this change?
Should this group become a protected class under law?
**Note that some states are designing legislation to
abolish counseling for transgender individuals–which tends to always fail.
Should policy simply be to provide “treatment” and surgery for these
individuals? Recently a transgender teen threw herself in front of a bus and
died because her counseling had failed–and surgery seemed farther away.
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– HA 610 Health Policy and Management
Unit
8 Discussion
Please respond to the following questions based upon
these course objectives:
Analyze how policies influence the structure and
financing of health care, practice, and health outcomes.
Develop institutional, local, state and/or federal policy
initiatives.
Consider the role of government and various professional
organizations in the process of planning and implementing policies at
management levels for diverse healthcare environments.
Examine the effect of legal, ethical, and regulatory processes
on nursing practice (and/or change to providers), healthcare delivery, and
outcomes while maintaining balance with administrative and fiscal
responsibilities.
Interpret research, bringing the nursing perspective,
alongside perspectives of their administrative colleagues, for policy makers
and stakeholders.
Advocate for policies that improve the health of the
public and the profession of nursing and health care administration.
Please answer the following questions with supporting
examples and full explanations.
For each of the learning objectives, provide an analysis
of how the course supported each objective.
Explain how the material learned in this course, based
upon the objectives, will be applicable to professional application.
Reflect back on your journey through this course and
answer the following:
What was the most valuable thing you learned in this
course?
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– HA610 Health Policy and Management
Unit
1 Assignment
Finding Balance
Instructions
Introduce yourself to your classmates and to me. Write
using first person, such as—Hello class, my name is ME, and I want to tell you
a little bit about myself and why I am interested in healthcare administration…
Within the context of your introduction, share your
perspective on the importance of “finding balance” between the roles of
healthcare delivery providers, such as nurses and assorted clinicians in a
hospital environment next to the business/financial component that drives
variables such as costs, length of stay, discharge protocols, admit/surgical
denials, and any others. Further consider that there is (or should be) a
synergy among/between patient care providers and bean counters, yet it requires
money to keep the beds open and salaries paid—just as it takes the care
provided by trained professionals on the units. How effective is writing
“policy” on matters such as these?
This first assignment should be at least two pages in
length, double spaced, 12 point font, and the title page is not part of the
page count. If you cite, be sure to include your sources within the essay, and
at the end in a separate Reference List. However, because this assignment is
more of an opportunity to opine, sources are not mandatory. Proofread your work
for organization, spelling, grammar, flow, style and mechanics. Double check
the rubric to ensure that you have included all of the required criteria.
Follow proper naming conventions when saving your file:
Unit #_Title_Your Name
Example: Unit2_Writing a Prompt_Jane Doe
Evaluation Criteria
You will be evaluated on your ability to complete the
following tasks according to points designated:
10 points – Introduce yourself
20 points – Identify and analyze a problem
20 points – Outline and analyze proposed solutions
20 points – Explain the background of the issue including
its history and previous attempts to address the problem
10 points – Name any inherent values that need to be
assessed
10 points – Determine the resources, both financial and
human, needed to bring the issue forward and to reach a resolution
10 points – Describe a plan of action or policy based on
your conclusions
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– HA610 Health Policy and Management
Unit
2 Assignment
Legislative Issues
Instructions
Purpose: To provide students with the opportunity to
explore a current health legislative issue that relates to a health disparity
at the state or national level.
In your syllabus under written assignment for your
research paper you are asked to focus on one dimension of performance of the
United States health care delivery system. The student is expected to perform a
thorough search of the literature, the media, and discussions with stakeholders
such as legislators, consumers, and other health care professionals about your
chosen focus of the health care delivery system. You will prepare an 8 to 10
slide PowerPoint presentation with text notes added that will present the
following areas of the selected health issue:
What is the current legislative or regulatory issue, and
why is it being debated?
Who is most affected by the legislation?
What are the current socioeconomic, political, cultural,
and ethical issues surrounding this topic?
Who are the stakeholders?
Evaluation Criteria
You will be graded on your ability to respond to the
following questions in a comprehensive manner that demonstrates an
understanding of the legislative process that focuses on the selected health
disparity and the implications of the policy for nursing and/or health care
executives.
20 points – What is the current legislative or regulatory
issue, and why is it being debated?
20 points – Who is most affected by the legislation?
20 points – What are the current socioeconomic,
political, cultural, and ethical issues surrounding this topic?
20 points – Who are the stakeholders?
20 points – Clarity, organization of the presentation
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– HA610 Health Policy and Management
Unit
4 Assignment
Memo
Instructions
You are the Chief Operating Officer of a large healthcare
system, composed of acute, long-term care, and community-based organizations in
addition to long-term care managed care plans.
Given your current studies in health policy and
management, the Chief Executive Officer of this large healthcare system has
requested that you prepare a high-level briefing for the system’s Board of
Directors in which you describe:
(a) factors that have contributed to dramatic growth in
health care spending over the past 50 years; and
(b) how health care payment and delivery models are
transforming to promote greater accountability for cost and quality in the
health care system.
Please conclude your memo with your analysis of the most
promising approaches for constraining cost growth while maintaining or
improving quality, as well as the limitations or open questions that accompany
new reimbursement and delivery models that are intended to promote “accountable
care.”
The memo must be four pages in length. Please include
references to course readings as well as any relevant outside sources that
support your analysis. Citations and a references page (not included in page
length) are required.
**You must use a recognizable memorandum format for this
exercise—and it is recommended that subject areas be segmented using sub
headers. Include your institution’s logo on the first page of the memo
(fictitious). Be creative.
Memorandum
To: [Audience]
From: [Person and/or Department issuing the memo]
Date: [Date Sent]
Subject: [Subject of the Memo]
[Opening – Get to the point in the opening paragraph.
Keep things simple and short. Make it easy and fast to read. Visit the Memo
Template page on Vertex42.com for more tips. ]
[Summary – Summarize any historical or contextual
information needed to support the opening paragraph.]
[Conclusion – End with a call to action.]
CC: [Send copies to anyone affected by the memo.]
Attachments: [List any attachments to the memo.
Only list items referred to in the body of the m
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– HA610 Health Policy and Management
Unit
6 Assignment
Research Presentation
Instructions
In at least a three to four-student team (some teams may
vary in the number of student partners due to class size), please prepare 20
slides on the topics that follow.
*Imagine that you and your coworkers/colleagues are
delivering a presentation at the Annual Conference of Healthcare Executives in
Orlando, Florida.
Prepare a 20-slide PowerPoint presentation with
presenter’s notes in which you focus on a single dimension of performance of
the US health care delivery system. Please examine how performance on this
dimension is influenced by the organization and financing of health care in the
United States and behavior of key health system stakeholders, what must be
improved or reformed to achieve performance gains in your selected area, and
the implications of your analysis for health policy and management. You may
focus on performance in a broadly-defined area (such as quality of care, cost
or access to care, balancing internal/external costs, dealing with regulatory
agencies,) or you may define your focus more narrowly within one of these
categories (e.g., quality of care for chronically-ill elderly patients,
cost-effectiveness of new medical technologies, access to specialized care for
low-income populations). In your analysis, please consider all stakeholders
relevant to your specified focus—providers, payers and purchasers, patients,
communities, policy-makers, and other groups that play a role in performance in
your focal area—and be sure to examine performance and implications for reform
at both the policy and delivery system levels.
The presentation must be 20 slides in length. Please
include references to course readings as well as any relevant outside sources
that support your analysis. Citations and a references page (not included in
slide length) are required.
Each team member must submit your team’s collective
presentation individually—although your team will receive the same score based
on the quality and creativity of the collective demonstration. Remember to work
as a team—and communicate with each other throughout the term. You will be
placed into teams during Unit 2—and I strongly urge you to begin working on
this project right away—meaning, don’t wait until the last minute to begin.
**Be sure to include “presenter’s notes” at the base of
each slide. Further, work together so that every one on your team “keeps
the balance” (remember assignment one/unit one)—so, you may want to appoint a
“team leader” early in the process. Every duty is important, so it’s up to you
to phone/text each other, e-mail each other, share research, slide templates,
anything/everything needed to make this demonstration a cohesive, collective
endeavor—and because this project carries significant point value in this
course, it must be your absolute best work. Remember that your presentation
shouldn’t look like a writing assignment—it’s PowerPoint—a visual program, so
use its features, but keep it professional at the same time. Further, use
charts, graphs, tables to convey your information/data as well. Again, I must
be able to read your speakers notes at the bottom of each slide; however,
slides should not be too wordy—and if they are, they are virtually unreadable
if sitting in an audience. Use bullet points and imagery to convey your info in
conjunction with the speakers notes that explain (to me) what you are
presenting. Have fun with this one, too!
**Find the balance–meaning, your presentation must
represent both the clinical and administrative perspectives on these issues.**
Use the Unit 6 required resources to help you with this
assignment.
Evaluation Criteria
100 points – Quality and depth of research
100 points – Appearance and professional construct of
slides
50 points – Completeness of presenter’s notes
50 points – Cohesiveness of presentation and the presence
of team work
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– HA610 Health Policy and Management
Unit
7 Assignment
Capstone Demonstration on Policies and Regulations
Instructions
In this unit you have an opportunity to demonstrate your
knowledge and insight of health policy at a “capstone level.” Please visit one
of the health care management or nursing feedback websites, and read one or more
current or past regulations or policies—and with your enlightened understanding
on how important it is that regulations and policies be kept “current” in the
context of our rapidly changing society and health care system, post a feedback
remark onto a site of your choice (examples below); and to earn points for this
assignment, save and upload comment(s) you posted. Make sure that your
comment(s) are substantive and articulately expressed. Consequently, post no
fewer than 250 words and no more than 500 words of verbiage to the site.
Copy/paste your remarks onto a Word document and submit them to the Unit 7
Assignment. Be sure to include a title page and a reference list—if references
were used to support your post.
You can use any of the websites listed below or a
different website.
Enjoy the fact that you’ve added viable input to entities
where positive “change” can be considered and quite possibly implemented.
Evaluation Criteria
50 points – Content
20 points – Presentation
Assignment Resources
Office for Human Research Protections (Links to an
external site.) [Website]
Medicaid.gov (Links to an external site.) [Website]
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Links to an
external site.) [Website]
American Nurses Association (Links to an external site.)
[Website]
US National Library of Medicine (Links to an external
site.) [Website]
US Department of Veterans Affairs (Links to an external
site.) [Website]
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