Paper Assignment
You select either one of the emerging managed healthcare delivery models, Accountable Care Organizations or Patient-Centered Medical Homes, for your Final Paper. Contain at least 11 scholarly, peer-reviewed, and/or other credible sources.
Your paper must address the following bolded topics, which should be titled appropriately in your paper:
• Include an Abstract which is a synopsis of the overall paper.
• Managed Health Care Quality - Address what the selected emerging managed healthcare delivery model has done to improve quality of care.
• Cost Containment - Describe how the selected model has striven to contain the costs.
• Provider Contracting and Payments - Identify healthcare providers' contracts and payment methods in the selected model.
• Effects on Medicare and Medicaid - Summarize the impacts of the selected model on both Medicare and Medicaid.
• The Emerging Role of Government Regulations - Examine the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) policies in relation to the selected model.
• Recommendations - Include three suggestions for improvement in relation to quality and cost.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.