Current Policy Part I: Health Care Reform Matrix
HCS 455 WEEK 3 Current Policy Part I: Health Care Reform Matrix
Current Policy Part I: Health Care Reform Matrix
With your learning team, complete the Health Care Reform matrix below. Listed in this matrix are some of the topics addressed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). You are required to describe the issue in your own words, and list 2 to 3 points about each topic under each heading in the matrix. Cite your sources according to APA guidelines.
| Describe the Issue | Key Concerns Regarding the Issue | How Was this Issue Addressed Prior to PPACA Implementation? | To What Extent Has This Issues Been Addressed by the PPACA? | |
| Patient Bill of Rights | ||||
| Medical Loss Ratio | ||||
| State-Based Health Insurance Exchange | ||||
| Federally Facilitated Insurance Exchange | ||||
| Consumer Assistance Programs | ||||
| Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan | ||||
| Annual Limits | ||||
| Coverage for Young People | ||||
| Grandfathered Plans | ||||
| Prevention | ||||
| Review of Insurance Plans | ||||
| Student Health Plans | ||||
| Self-Funded, Non-Federal Government Plans | ||||
| Medicaid Expansion |
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Current Policy Part I: Health Care Reform Matrix
HCS 455 WEEK 5 Current Policy Part III: Final Multimedia Presentation
As a learning team, create a 12- to 15-slide presentation on the topic that you decided on as a team in Week Four. This presentation will require a deeper examination of your chosen topic as it is an emerging issue/trend in today’s health care industry.
Include the following in your presentation:
- Identify and describe the topic of consideration.
- Identify and discuss the emerging issues and trends surrounding the reasons the topic was included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).
- How does the PPACA policy address this topic?
- Describe areas of opportunity involved with this topic.
- Describe challenges that might be found in implementing it across the nation.
Include detailed speaker notes as part of your presentation.
Cite a minimum of 4 references.
Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
HCS 455 WEEK 4 Current Policy Part II: Topic Selection
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is the most recent and relevant example of health care reform enacted by the United States government and arguably the most comprehensive policy of health care reform since the enactment of Medicare in the 1960s.
As a team, choose one topic that the PPACA addresses from the list below (these were the topics listed on the Health Care Reform Matrix in Week Three). This will become the focus of your Week Five learning team assignment.
- Patient Bill of Rights
- Medical loss ratio
- State-based health insurance exchange
- Federally facilitated insurance exchange
- Consumer assistance programs
- Pre-existing condition insurance plan
- Annual limits
- Coverage for young people
- Grandfathered plans
- Prevention
- Review of insurance plans
- Student health plans
- Self-funded non-federal governmental plans
- Medicaid expansion
Write a 175-word summary of your chosen topic.
Submit your selected topic to your instructor.
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
