Describe how HIPAA has impacted your life

HCS 320 WEEK 7

The advantages and disadvantages of using different types of communication, including electronic communication, in health care organizations and how regulatory issues influence communication in health care organizations. Discuss in 150 words..
Describe how HIPAA has impacted your life. For example, obtaining a prescription, obtaining medical information regarding a family member, etc. Give two answers one your opinion and another answer using other sources.
What are some factors linked with patient satisfaction? Does anyone work in an organization that tracks patient satisfaction scores and if so, can you share the process and its impact on the organization? Give two answers one your opinion and another answer using other sources.
Discuss how you feel about your ability to send messages, both verbally and nonverbally. What are your strengths? What areas need improvement? Give two answers one your opinion and another answer using other sources.
Conduct an inventory of various communication channels used within your organization. Discuss in 150-200 words
Discuss the article, what are your concerns and view:
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/30000665?uid=3739808&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21104883404201
Discuss the article, what are your concerns and view:
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/25075094?uid=3739808&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21104883404201
Discuss the article, what are your concerns and view:
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2678624?uid=3739808&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21104883404201
Summarize, in 150-200 words, the main points that you gleaned from the HIPPA tutorial. Include the following:
What did you learn from the HIPAA tutorial?
Why is this information important?
How will you use this information in the future?

How do providers influence the decisions that patients make?

  • How do providers influence the decisions that patients make? What type of decisions do patients make as a natural consequence of the influence from providers and physicians?
    • Consider the provider setting, treatment type, and method of reimbursement when formulating a response.
  • How are insurance plans (including government payers) impacted by the decisions that patients and their doctors make?
    • Consider supply and demand concepts when formulating a response.
  • How are physicians and patients regulated by government?
    • Describe how the regulatory environment will impact the health care economy when formulating a response.
    • How do providers influence the decisions that patients make? What type of decisions do patients make as a natural consequence of the influence from providers and physicians?
      • Consider the provider setting, treatment type, and method of reimbursement when formulating a response.
    • How are insurance plans (including government payers) impacted by the decisions that patients and their doctors make?
      • Consider supply and demand concepts when formulating a response.
    • How are physicians and patients regulated by government?
      • Describe how the regulatory environment will impact the health care economy when formulating a response.

Analyze the cost associated with implementing ACA and its impact on access to health care access for different demographic groups. Provide a rationale for your response

In light of the Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) and the myriad of citizens using the new health care insurance system, you, as a health care administrator for a hospital, are responsible for reporting to the hospital’s CEO regarding the new plan’s cost to the hospital and the issues with patients who can afford regular health care coverage.

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

  1. Give your opinion of the rising cost of health care’s overall impact on the U.S. economy. Justify your response.
  2. Compare and contrast at least two (2) areas of the economy that the new health care act impacts. Explain your rationale.
  3. Debate the main pros and cons of using private insurance versus using the new affordable health insurance system.
  4. Analyze the cost associated with implementing ACA and its impact on access to health care access for different demographic groups. Provide a rationale for your response.
  5. Use at least four (4) recent (i.e., last five [5] years), quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Analyze the different ways of financing the health care system and the impact on individuals.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in health services organization.
  • Write clearly and concisely about health services organization using proper writing mechanics.

How would this insurance compare to other kinds of medical insurance?

Directions: Provide a detailed and elaborate response to the question below.  Your response should include an introduction, conclusion and at least four references.  Your answer should be at least four pages in length.

It is easy to complain about a problem, but it is an entirely different matter to propose a better alternative. Complaints about health care policy, insurance, managed care, and medical parity are commonplace. But if you could start from scratch in the development of a third-party reimbursement system for psychotherapy, what would it look like? What restrictions would it carry on covered disorders? Would only certain professionals be eligible for payments? Would there be limits on the length of treatment or on the total number or frequency of sessions? Would only certain kinds of treatment be permitted? How would this insurance compare to other kinds of medical insurance? Would there be any built-in system of accountability? Would scientific studies of psychotherapies constrain care in any way?