Analyze what you think will be the biggest changes in the health care industry in the next 10 years

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The health care industry has evolved over the last decade.  The health care market has been impacted by changes in technology as well as the financial and economic evolution of the industry.  Imagine you have been given the opportunity to participate in a health care seminar as a guest speaker.  You have been asked to discuss the evolution of the health care industry from a technology, finance, and economic perspective.

Write a 1050- to 1400-word paper discussing the past, present, and future of the health care industry in relation to technology, finance, and economics.  Your paper should address each of the following:

Past

  • Analyze how the health care industry has changed in the last 10 years.
  • Analyze how the use of technology has changed within the health care industry in the last 10 years.
  • Analyze how finance and economics has impacted the healthcare industry in the last 10 years.
  • Analyze financial and economic tools and methods used to address issues in the health care industry in the last 10 years.
  • Analyze how payment sources and mechanisms used in the health care industry have changed in the last 10 years.

Present

  • Analyze the role technology plays in health care organizations today.
  • Analyze the current state of the health care industry.
  • Analyze financial and economic tools and methods being used in the health care industry today.
  • Analyze current payment sources and mechanisms used in the health care industry today.

Future

  • Analyze the role technology will play in the health care industry in the coming decade.
  • Analyze the financial and economic issues the health care industry will encounter the next 10 years.
  • Analyze if the financial and economic tools and methods currently being used in the health care industry will be effective in the coming decade.
  • Analyze if the payment sources and mechanism currently being used in the health care industry will be effective in the next 10 years.
  • Analyze what you think will be the biggest changes in the health care industry in the next 10 years.

Include at least three references.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Please review the APA Tips and Sample Paper in Announcements.  APA is required. Deductions will be applied if APA is not followed. 

An introduction and conclusion are required.  An introduction should identify the key points to be discussed in the paper.  Ex:  The author will discuss. . . . . or  The highlights of this paper will include.. . . .   A conclusion should summarize the major points that were discussed.

Headings should be used to identify the required key points.  Ex:  Past, Present, Future

Each bullet point under each heading should be clearly identified and discussed.  Begin each new bullet point with a new paragraph.  Ex: The health care industry has had a variety of changes in the last 10 years.

Demonstrate an understanding of the forces impacting health delivery systems and the effective management of health care administration

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Question description

• Develop logic model to develop programs in the administration of health care

HS499-5: Health Care Administration: Demonstrate an understanding of the forces impacting

health delivery systems and the effective management of health care administration.

Instructions

There are many forces that impact health delivery systems. Choose one aspect that influences

how health delivery systems are challenged, and describe the issue. Examples include, but are

not limited to, access to care, quality health care improvement, lack of coordinated care,

continuity of care (medical home), etc.

After reviewing the Logic Model Development Guide from the readings, create a logic model

for a new program you would like to fund to address this impact on the health delivery system.

Discuss how the program can be applied to reduce the impact on the health delivery system.

Requirements

 The paper should be at least 975 words in length.

 Include a list of references in APA format, including the information used from the

modules.

Please be sure to download the file “Writing Center Resources” from Doc Sharing to assist you

with meeting APA expectations for written assignments.

Explain the elements of successful competition and the use of competitive intelligence

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Question description

One of the trends marking the continuing transformation of the U.S. health care industry is the dramatic increase in the pace of competition. The heightened competition is taking place among hospitals, health plans, physician groups, and drug companies, and between physicians and hospitals, and hospitals and health plans. Listen to the Looking Ahead: The Future of Health Care Policy podcast from National Public Radio (NPR). Then, prepare a three- to five-page paper in which you:

  • Describe the different forms of competition that take place among various types of health care organizations.
  • Evaluate the benefits and pitfalls of competition in health care and suggest alternatives if competition was not the primary driver of operations in the U.S. health care system.
  • Explain the elements of successful competition and the use of competitive intelligence.
  • Describe the influence competition has on the services offered by health care organizations and the choices patients have.

Your paper must be three to five double-spaced pages (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Utilize a minimum of two scholarly sources that were published within the last five years. One source must be obtained from the Ashford University Library and focus on competition health care. All sources must be documented in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

How do policymakers evaluate which health care services should be financed through government programs?

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With coinciding concerns about health care costs and the imperative to improve quality of care, health care providers and others face difficult decisions in the effort to achieve an appropriate balance. Such decisions often are addressed in the policy arena. How do policymakers evaluate which health care services should be financed through government programs? How do ethics-related questions and other considerations play into this evaluation process? Is it possible to contain costs and provide accessible, high-quality care to all, or is the tension between cost and care inherent in the U.S. health care delivery system? These questions are central to health care financing decisions in the United States.

For this Discussion, you will focus on the policy decision-making process that determines what types of care are covered by public and private insurers and the ethical aspects of such financial decisions.

To prepare:

  • Read the following case study, “Hard Economic and Finance Choices in US Healthcare” (Milstead):
    • Case Study 1: Hard Economic and Finance Choices in US Healthcare
      Applied economics is all about managing scarce resources. Economics is an amoral field of study: it is neither moral nor immoral. Morality and values are determined by individuals at the personal level and by group consensus or majority opinion at the national level. State and federal governments determine the ‘will of the people’ about how to use scarce resources for the good of a nation.

      The U.S. health care system is an exemplar of scarcity: primary care physicians, substance abuse treatment centers, trauma centers, registered nurses, and the money to pay for goods and services. Finance is all about how to pay for goods and services. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is appointed by the Executive branch of the federal government to make decisions about what the Medicare program will and will not pay for. In this role, MedPAC makes decisions about medications, procedures and treatments. Examples of MedPAC decisions include coverage for left ventricular assistive devices as a destination therapy, coverage for bariatric surgery, and in 2010, coverage of the drug Provenge™. By law, MedPAC is not allowed to use price or cost of any treatment in its decision-making processes.

  • Review the information in the Washington Post article “Review of Prostate Cancer Drugs Provenge Renews Medical Cost-Benefit Debate” in the Learning Resources.
  • Consider how policy decisions currently are made about what will and will not be paid for and what changes, if any, could improve the process.
  • Reflect on how the Washington Post example illustrates the tension between cost and care. References:
    National Health Expenditures 2010 Highlights, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.cms.gov/NationalHealthExpendData/downloads/highlights.pdf. Milstead, J. A. (2013). Health policy and politics: A nurse’s guide (3rd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers. Write your analysis and assessment of the ethical and economic challenges related to policy decisions such as those presented in the Washington Post article. How does this type of situation contribute to the tension between cost and care? Substantiate your response with at least two outside resources. Use the following headings to answer the question:
    Healthcare Financing Analysis and Assessment of Ethical and Economic Challenges Presented in Washington Post How This Situations Affects Cost and Care