Explain the process of health care policymaking.
HA415M4: Explain the process of health care policymaking.
Assignment Introduction
Assignment: Health Care Policy Analysis
This assignment will help you to understand the process of health care policy making.
Unit Outcomes addressed in this assignment:
Define health and describe health determinants.
Define public policy and health policy.
Identify some of the important challenges for health policy, and understand and distinguish between the two fundamental forms of health policies: allocative and regulatory.
Course Outcome addressed in this assignment:
HA415M4: Explain the process of health care policymaking.
Assignment Directions:
Instructions:
You will choose to analyze one of six health care policies. The websites listed are suggested as starting points to begin learning about each topic, and you can do more research on your own. The textbooks for this course are also good sources to use. Three references are required for this assignment.
•Affordable Care Act:
Affordable Care Act
Analysis Examines the Affordable Care Act’s Impact on Nearly All Americans | KFF
No Surprises Act:
Detailed Summary of No Surprises Act | AHA
Implementation of the No Surprises Act | American Medical Association
•Hospital Price Transparency:
Hospital Price Transparency | CMS
Making Hospital Price Transparency Work for Health Care Consumers
HIPAA:
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) | CDC, HIPAA for Professionals | HHS.gov
•HITECH: HITECH Act Enforcement Interim Final Rule | HHS.gov, THE HITECH ACT: An Overview | Journal of Ethics
•Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act – An Overview | FDA, Public Support for Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Point-of-Sale Provisions: Results of a National Study – PMC,
Complete the Module 4 Assignment document, which organizes your analysis of this law with current information relating to the policy and your thoughts on the law. Complete the right-hand column of the table, answering all rows with at least a few sentences of writing. List references used in APA format below the table. In-text citations are not required.
Submit your Assignment document to the Assignment Dropbox. 500 words in APA format and reference lists in APA format used. Reference attached separately.
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