There are two principles that health care providers rely on when set the rates for their services. The first principle is cost, and the second is based on third-party reimbursements, especially from Medicare.
As the chief operations officer of your hospital, you have been asked by the board to make a presentation on how the hospital sets the price for the services that it provides.
Assignment 1
Create a PowerPoint presentation of 6-8 slides with speaker notes that analyzes the different services provided by the hospital and the rationale for charging patients for them. In your presentation, consider the following:
Who are the stakeholders in this scenario, and what are their roles?
Describe the practice of price discrimination and its objectives.
What role does the cost of the doctor's education and malpractice insurance play in costing health care services?
What is the role of third-party payers such as Medicare and Medicaid in pricing health care services?
How does the uninsured population impact pricing?
How does the use of emergency services for nonemergency situations impact pricing?
Document recommendations for improvement based on your economic analysis.
Ensure that you integrate economic terms, frameworks, and models throughout the review.
As a guideline, do not have more than 16 words on each slide. Your speaker notes should explain the slide in detail. Be sure to follow APA style page formatting, and provide at least 4 peer-reviewed references from health care journals published in the past 5 years.
Please submit your assignment.
For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.
Assignment 2 -
discussion post - only 300/400 words
Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
For several decades, the rapid increase of health spending in the United States has been the subject of many discussions and great scrutiny. For additional background on this subject, read the following articles:
Article : India's Philanthropist-Surgeon Delivers Cardiac Care Henry Ford-Style
Based on the information that you gained from these articles and in this course, how does the growth of health care cost impact the government and employers? Complete the following:
Articulately summarize the growth and impact of health care costs.
Analyze the essential indicators of economic benefits per unit on the country's gross domestic product (GDP) and on employment.
Based on your research, give recommendations for improvement or change.
Ensure that you integrate economic terms, frameworks, and models throughout the review.
Responses to Other Students: Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with at least a 100-word reply about their Primary Task
Response regarding items you found to be compelling and enlightening. To help you with your discussion, please consider the following questions:
What did you learn from your classmate's posting?
What additional questions do you have after reading the posting?
What clarification do you need regarding the posting?
What differences or similarities do you see between your posting and other classmates' postings?
References
Burnette, P. (n.d.). Understanding trends in health care.
McCarthy, J. (2015, Jan. 5). India's philanthropist-surgeon delivers cardiac care Henry Ford-style.
For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.
Assignment 3 -
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT -
3-5 PAGES PLEASE
In this global economic market system, there is concern that health care costs and spending in United States will exceed that of other competing industrialized nations. A close examination of health care cost and spending in the United States reveals that much of the increase in gross domestic product (GDP) is a result of the cost of health care.
In a paper of 5-6 pages, complete the following:
How does health care spending in the United States impact the country's economy?
Summarize the impact of health care spending in the United States on the economy.
Provide a critical analysis of this impact that is supported by relevant cited sources.
Recommend a strategy based on your analysis.
Ensure that you integrate economic terms, frameworks, and models throughout the review.
Be sure to consider individual households, employers, local economies, and state and federal governments.
Please submit your assignment.
For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.
ASSIGNMENT 4
DISCUSSION POST
300/400 WORDS
In this global economic market system, there is concern that health care costs and spending in United States will exceed that of other competing industrialized nations.
A close examination of health care cost and spending in the United States reveals that much of the increase in gross domestic product (GDP) is a result of the cost of health care.
In a paper of 5-6 pages, complete the following:
How does health care spending in the United States impact the country's economy?
Summarize the impact of health care spending in the United States on the economy.
Provide a critical analysis of this impact that is supported by relevant cited sources.
Recommend a strategy based on your analysis.
Ensure that you integrate economic terms, frameworks, and models throughout the review.
Be sure to consider individual households, employers, local economies, and state and federal governments.
Please submit your assignment.
For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.