The U.S. Health Care System: Part 2
Due in 18 hours
Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review the textbook chapters we have covered thus far and the Appendix: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010 and other
required readings
for this week:
Crisis in U.S. health care: Corporate power still blocks reform
;
What do we know about the needs and challenges of health systems? A scoping review of the international literature
;
Health care reform in the United States: Past, present and future challenges
.
Introduction:
For your Final Presentation, you will continue your Week 3 The U.S. Health Care Presentation: Part 1 assignment on the on the U.S. health care system by expanding on the information it presented. Imagine you are a community health director educating a group of new health care professionals about the U.S. health care system. You have been asked to create a PowerPoint presentation that includes elements about history, major developments, stakeholders, costs, reforms, and beliefs as well as a comparison of the U.S. health care system to another country’s health care system.
Note:
You will be including the Week 3 The U.S. Health Care Presentation: Part 1 presentation slides for the first section of the Final Presentation. Please make sure to correct issues and address recommendations from your instructor’s Week 3 assignment feedback. Then continue adding Parts 2 through 5 as directed below.
Content:
Part 1: Include the slides from your Week 3 Presentation
Part 2: The Cost of the U.S. Health Care System
Describe three different reimbursement methods (e.g., capitation, fee-for-service [FFS], pay-for-performance [P4P], value-based, episode of care, prospective reimbursement, diagnosis related group [DRG], patient-centered medical home [PCMH]).
Explain why you think one of the reimbursement methods you discussed is more effective at reducing health care costs overall while still ensuring the delivery of quality care.
Describe the use of two technological advancements (e.g., electronic medical record [EMRs], electronic health records [EHRs], medical research, improved equipment like magnetic resonance imaging [MRI], mammography, personalized medicine, mobile services like e-prescribing, disease registries, ).
Explain why you think these advancements have reduced costs overall while still ensuring the delivery of quality care.
Part 3: The United States Versus Other Health Care Systems: An International Perspective
Contrast the S. health care system with another country (e.g., Canada’s universal health care or South Africa compared with the U.S. health care system, etc.). You can use the same country discussed in the Week 4 Health Care Systems Around the World discussion.
Discuss how the other country’s health care system is funded.
Discuss disparities in health care from your chosen country.
Include at least one positive aspect from the other country’s health care sy ...
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The U.S. Health Care System Part 2Due in 18 hoursPrio
1. The U.S. Health Care System: Part 2
Due in 18 hours
Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review the textbook
chapters we have covered thus far and the Appendix: The
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010
and other
required readings
for this week:
Crisis in U.S. health care: Corporate power still blocks reform
;
What do we know about the needs and challenges of health
systems? A scoping review of the international literature
;
Health care reform in the United States: Past, present and
future challenges
.
Introduction:
For your Final Presentation, you will continue your Week 3 The
U.S. Health Care Presentation: Part 1 assignment on the on the
U.S. health care system by expanding on the information it
presented. Imagine you are a community health director
educating a group of new health care professionals about the
U.S. health care system. You have been asked to create a
PowerPoint presentation that includes elements about history,
major developments, stakeholders, costs, reforms, and beliefs as
well as a comparison of the U.S. health care system to another
country’s health care system.
2. Note:
You will be including the Week 3 The U.S. Health Care
Presentation: Part 1 presentation slides for the first section of
the Final Presentation. Please make sure to correct issues and
address recommendations from your instructor’s Week 3
assignment feedback. Then continue adding Parts 2 through 5 as
directed below.
Content:
Part 1: Include the slides from your Week 3 Presentation
Part 2: The Cost of the U.S. Health Care System
Describe three different reimbursement methods (e.g.,
capitation, fee-for-service [FFS], pay-for-performance [P4P],
value-based, episode of care, prospective reimbursement,
diagnosis related group [DRG], patient-centered medical home
[PCMH]).
Explain why you think one of the reimbursement methods you
discussed is more effective at reducing health care costs overall
while still ensuring the delivery of quality care.
Describe the use of two technological advancements (e.g.,
electronic medical record [EMRs], electronic health records
[EHRs], medical research, improved equipment like magnetic
resonance imaging [MRI], mammography, personalized
medicine, mobile services like e-prescribing, disease registries,
).
3. Explain why you think these advancements have reduced costs
overall while still ensuring the delivery of quality care.
Part 3: The United States Versus Other Health Care Systems:
An International Perspective
Contrast the S. health care system with another country (e.g.,
Canada’s universal health care or South Africa compared with
the U.S. health care system, etc.). You can use the same country
discussed in the Week 4 Health Care Systems Around the World
discussion.
Discuss how the other country’s health care system is funded.
Discuss disparities in health care from your chosen country.
Include at least one positive aspect from the other country’s
health care system that you would like to see added to the S.
health care system, explaining why you would like this addition.
Part 4: Reforms and Improvements
Describe two potential reforms and improvements currently
being debated at either the local, state, or federal You may want
to review the Laws and Regulations Affecting Health Care
discussion prompt to help you with this component. Examples
could include any of the following:
4. Federal modifications (e.g., antitrust reforms, CHIP, HSA or
HRA, Medicare reform, Medicaid expansion, PPACA repeal,
pharmaceutical regulations, development of a universal system,
veterans’ health care, crossing borders for health care, clinical
trial research, )
State modifications (e.g., Medicaid reform, income tax credits,
adoption of state level universal health care, etc.)
Increased consumer controls (e.g., patient-centered care,
provider choice, complementary and alternative care choices,
activism for changes at the state and federal level, etc.)
Reimbursement changes (Medicare, Medicaid, managed care
plans, traditional insurance plans, etc.)
Part 5: Conclusion: The Future of the U.S. Health Care System
Examine what you believe the S. health care system will
resemble in the next 10 years by recommending two changes
and addressing access to care, quality of care, and cost of care,
including an example of each in your vision of the future health
care system.
Wikimedia Commons (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site.
can help you explore creative commons images. Also use the
PowerPoint Instructions Handout to locate linked resources for
properly building a PowerPoint presentation. You may also
5. want to review
What Is CRAAP? A Guide to Evaluating Web Sources (Links to
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Submit your Final Presentation via the classroom to the
Waypoint Assignment submission button by Day 6 (Sunday).
APA Requirements:
The U.S. Health Care System: Part 2 Final Presentation
Must include Part 1 slides from your Week 3 Assignment
presentation
Must be 15 slides in length (not including title and references
slides) and formatted according to
APA style (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
as outlined in the
Ashford Writing Center’s (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site.
How to Make a PowerPoint Presentation (Links to an external
site.)Links to an external site.
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Must include a separate title slide with the following:
Title of presentation
Student’s name
Course name and number
6. Instructor’s name
Date submitted
For further assistance with the formatting and the title page,
refer to
APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.)Links
to an external site.
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Must utilize academic voice. See the
Academic Voice (Links to an external site.)Links to an external
site.
resource for additional guidance.
Must use the textbook and at least 3 scholarly or credible
sources (at least one should be from the Ashford University
Library).
The
Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to
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table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If
you have questions about whether a specific source is
appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor.
Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a
specific source for a particular assignment.
Must document any information used from sources in APA style
as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s
Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.)Links to an
7. external site.
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Must include a separate reference slide that is formatted
according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing
Center. See the
Formatting Your References List (Links to an external
site.)Links to an external site.
resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.