ANALYZE THE SIGNIFICANT IMPLICATIONS OF THE ISSUES IN QUESTION FOR MARKET EFFICIENCY OF THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.

“Evolving Issues in Health Care”  Please respond to the following:

Propose several current and future economic issues confronting and changing the healthcare system. Analyze the significant implications of the issues in question for market efficiency of the healthcare system. Provide a rationale for your response.
Compare and contrast the U.S. health care delivery system relative to spending per capita and ranking of healthcare outcomes with the health care system of two (2) other countries. Provide at least one (1) aspect of the systems from each country selected to support your response.

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“Evolving Issues in Health Care”  Please respond to the following:

Propose several current and future economic issues confronting and changing the healthcare system. Analyze the significant implications of the issues in question for market efficiency of the healthcare system. Provide a rationale for your response.
Compare and contrast the U.S. health care delivery system relative to spending per capita and ranking of healthcare outcomes with the health care system of other countries. Provide at least one (1) aspect of the systems from each country selected to support your response. 

IDENTIFY THE DISTRIBUTION OF HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE AMONG THE U.S. POPULATION.

4 PAGES 

1. Identify the distribution of national health spending by type of financing source.
2. Identify the distribution of health insurance coverage among the U.S. population.
3. Discuss the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the difficulties that might be encountered by those mandated to participate.
4. Discuss the origin of employment-based health insurance.
5. Explain the difference between fully insured and self-insured health plans.

Claxton, G. (2008). How Private Health Care Coverage Works: A Primer. A Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Report. Available at http://www.kff.org/insurance/upload/7766.pdf (Retrieved 11/21/2012)

Blumenthal D. (2006). Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance in the United States – Origins and Implications. New England Medical Journal, 355(1), 82-88. Retrieved from ProQuest on 11/21/2012.

RAND Corporation. (2010). US Health Care Today: Coverage. Available at http://www.randcompare.org/us-health-care-today/coverage#current-levels-of-coverage (Retrieved 11/21/2012)

Bodenheimer, T. (2005). High and Rising Health Care Costs. Part 1: 
Seeking an Explanation. Annals of Internal Medicine, 142 (10), 847-854. Available at: http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=718406

Choudhry, N., Rosenthal, M. & Milstein, A. (2010). Assessing the Evidence for Value-Based Insurance Design. Health Affairs, 29 (11), 1988-1994. Retrieved from ProQuest on 11/21/2012.

DESCRIBE THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES THAT EXIST BETWEEN INPATIENT HEALTHCARE FACILITIES AND OUTPATIENT HEALTHCARE FACILITIES.

1. Describe the similarities and differences that exist between inpatient healthcare facilities and outpatient healthcare facilities. Give three examples of inpatient facilities and three examples of outpatient facilities. Be sure to include information about the services each facility named provides.
Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

2. Discuss the usage of data in health care today. As a healthcare administrator, how would you make the best use of data that you have collected? Be sure to consider national data, state data, and facility data in your answer.
Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

3. Discuss how expanded life spans and the new opportunities people have to obtain preventive health screenings as a result of the Affordable Care Act have affected how often people utilize healthcare services.
Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

4. You are the administrator of a 250-bed hospital in the Midwest. A recent report from your county tells you that the population within a 25-mile radius of your facility is getting younger. The median age has decreased from 35 years of age to 29 years of age, which is related to the opening of a new college campus. How will this transition to a younger patient population affect your facility? Are there services in your facility that may need to be expanded? Are there services in your facility that many need to be reduced or eliminated? How might these changes impact staffing for your facility?
Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

HOW HAS TECHNOLOGY IMPACTED COST, QUALITY, AND ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES?

*Health Finance (HCM565)
*Homework: critical thickening 
*notes: please read the articles and look for the textbook recommended,  
1-  book: Gapenski, L. C., & Pink, G. H. (2015). Understanding  healthcare financial management (7th ed.). Chicago: Association of  University Programs in Health Administration and Health Administration  Press. ISBN 9781567937060
2- articles :Islam, M. S.  (2015). Introducing modern technology to promote transparency in health  services. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 28(6),  611-620. Retrieved from https://csuglobal.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search-proquestcom.csuglobal.idm.oclc.org/docview/1694933814?accountid=38569  • Ivan, M., & Velicanu, M. (2015). Healthcare industry improvement  with business intelligence. Informatica Economica, 19(2), 81-89.  Retrieved from https://csuglobal.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search-proquestcom.csuglobal.idm.oclc.org/docview/1696718099?accountid=38569  • Poba-nzaou, P., Uwizeyemungu, S., Raymond, L., & Paré, G. (2014).  Motivations underlying the adoption of ERP systems in healthcare  organizations: Insights from online stories. Information Systems  Frontiers, 16(4), 591-605. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org.csuglobal.idm.oclc.org/10.1007/s10796-012-9361-1
3-Need the plagiarism below 18%

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Assignment :
Critical Thinking: Case Study Analysis (100 points) 

For  this assignment, after reading the course materials for the Module,  conduct a thorough analysis of the healthcare system within Saudi  Arabia. Specifically focus on the development and implementation of  technology over the last several decades within the Kingdom.  

• How has technology impacted cost, quality, and access to health services?  • Does Vision 2030 rely heavily on technology?  

Your final submission will be 2-3 pages in length, excluding the cover and reference pages. Be sure to include: 
•  Analysis of the specific healthcare system. • Technology impact on  cost, quality, and access. • Predict the KSA vision 2030 impact on  technology. • Summary of findings.
Your paper should meet the following structural requirements: 
•  The paper should be formatted according to APA and Saudi Electronic  University writing standards. • Provide support for your statements with  in-text citations from a minimum of 2 scholarly articles. • Two of  these sources may be from the class readings, textbook, or lectures, but  two must be external. • The Saudi Digital Library is a good place to  find these references.

ANALYZE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE RESEARCHED ISSUES ON HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY.

Assignment 4: Current and Future Economic Issues Impacting Healthcare Sector
Due Week 10 and worth 240 points
Use the Internet or Strayer online databases to research five (5) of what you believe to be the most important and pressing economic issues that confront the United States healthcare industry today and will continue to do so into the next decade.
Provide a review of these issues in a ten to twelve (10-12) page paper in which you:

Provide a detailed description of the issues that you have researched.
Analyze the most significant economic effects of the researched issues on healthcare industry. Provide at least two (2) examples of these issues to support your response.
Suggest specific strategies that relevant entities / stakeholders may use to address the selected issues from an economic perspective. Justify your response.
Determine the strategic manner in which the United States can apply best economic best practices from other countries in addressing these issues.
Assess the likelihood of government and or private sector effectively addressing the issues.
Use at least ten (10) current references. Five (5) of these references must be from current peer-reviewed sources to support and substantiate your comments and perspectives. 

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 factors that are influencing the demand and supply of health care services in the U.S.
Compare and contrast the U.S. health care system with the health care system of other countries.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in health economics.
Write clearly and concisely about health economics using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

DESCRIBE ANY PUBLIC PROGRAM THAT SERVES AS A SOURCE TO FINANCE THE U.S. HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.

Science:
In two paragraphs, describe any public program that serves as a source to finance the U.S. healthcare system. Describe the specific policy and the program that occurred as a result of the policy and the intended target population.

Application
Consider your readings on the challenges, debates and successes of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010. Using figure 3 (located in week 1 resources) “How a bill becomes a law,” and this weeks’ scholarly readings, select any area within this diagram to describe any issue(s) that may have occurred during or after the process of the PPACA transforming from a bill to an actual law. For example, you can describe:
● How did “the people” influence the passage of this healthcare bill? (What evidence
supports this?)
● Describe a specific state legislature that supported or opposed the bill? (Offer details)
● Describe the “Committee” in the legislative body who was responsible for reviewing
health care bills.
● Describe one debate or amendment to the ACA bill prior to its adoption into law.
● Were there any issues with the budgets associated with the ACA bill?
● Were there any public hearings during the Committee sessions? If so, provide a
description
● Describe any debates to overturn the ACA

EXPLAIN HOW A SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUE, OPERATIONAL PRACTICE, OR TECHNOLOGY CAN BE USED TO IMPROVE A SPECIFIC HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE.

Identify industries outside of health care that have deployed innovative management techniques, operational practices, or technology to improve their workforce. 
Identify best practices and determine which could be implemented to improve the workforce for a specific health care service, facility, or other health sector-related occupation.
Write a 350- to 525-word article that explains how a specific management technique, operational practice, or technology can be used to improve a specific health care workforce.
Publish the article on your own social media account (e.g.,  LinkedIn, Facebook, Pinterest, etc.) or post it on a health care message board of your choice.
Include a citation of the article in your assignment.
Cite at least 3 reputable references to support your assignment (e.g., trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, or other sources of similar quality).

Contracts and Antitrust Protocols Based on the Criminal Aspects of Health Care

“Contracts and Antitrust Protocols Based on the Criminal Aspects of Health Care”  Plea

“Contracts and Antitrust Protocols Based on the Criminal Aspects of Health Care”  Please respond to the following:

* From the scenario, differentiate between the concepts of criminal law, antitrust, and health care as they apply to U.S. health law in the 21st Century. Conceptualize the primary ways in which these laws apply to U.S. health care administrators.

Analyze the general transition of U.S. health laws based on criminal misconduct in health care to the creation of contract laws, as predicated within the Sherman Antitrust Act. Evaluate the efficacy of the measures that the new contracts in question afford, and rationalize whether or not these improvements have provided optimal solutions to today’s complex concerns of integrity in health care performance.

Legal Aspects of U.S. Health Care System Administration

Assignment 1: Legal Aspects of U.S. Health Care System Administration

Prevailing wisdom reinforces the fact that working in U.S. health care administration in the 21st Century requires knowledge of the various aspects of health laws as they apply to dealing with medical professionals. Further, because U.S. health care administrators have to potentially interact with many levels of professionals beyond the medical profession, it is prudent that they are aware of any federal, state, and local laws that may be applicable to their organizations. Thus, their conduct is also subject to the letter of the law. They must evaluate the quality of their professional interactions and be mindful of the implications and ramifications of their decisions. 
You are employed as a top health administrator at the hypothetical Well Care Hospital in Happy Town. When you were hired, your pre-employment screening involved background checks into any violation of hospital medical misconduct during the last five (5) years. The results showed that you were in good standing with the hospital administration community. During the past year, you had to undergo training in personnel conduct, as well as in inter-employee conduct with medical staff, nurses, technologists, etc. During the past six (6) months, the hospital has been under scrutiny for breach of medical compliance.   
Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.
Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

Articulate your position as the top administrator concerned about the importance of professional conduct within the health care setting. Justify your position.
Ascertain the major ramifications of having professional staff compromise the boundaries of ethics and medical conduct.
Analyze the four (4) elements required of a plaintiff to prove medical negligence.
Discuss the overarching duties of the health care governing board in mitigating the effects of medical non-compliance, as they apply to the rules of practice set forth in the Well Care Hospital governing board’s manifesto. 
Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality 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.

EVALUATE THE TYPES OF EMPLOYER-SPONSORED RETIREMENT PLANS AND HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAMS.

Using the same company you researched in Assignment 1, evaluate the company’s compensation plan to determine how it could be improved. (PLEASE SEE ATTACHMENT)
Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

Evaluate the existing compensation plan to determine if it is the most appropriate for your company. Explain your rationale.

Determine the most beneficial ratio of internally consistent and market consistent compensation systems for the company you selected.

Evaluate the current pay structure used by your company and assess the recognition of employee contributions.

Make two (2) recommendations for improving the effectiveness of the discretionary benefits provided by the company you selected.

Evaluate the types of employer-sponsored retirement plans and health insurance programs provided by the company you selected and compare them to that company’s major competitors.

Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not qualify as academic resources.