Assignment 1: Discussion-Healthcare Financing-Reflection and Analysis
Write your initial response in approximately 300-500 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.
Throughout this course, you have covered many aspects of healthcare finance. You have learned that the US healthcare system is extremely complex and needs solutions. As a manager, you need to be a part of the solution.
As you complete this course, consider what you have learned and how this information applies to your personal career goals. Reflect upon what you have gained and will use from this course and which parts of the course you value the most.
Write an essay that expresses your thoughts and addresses the following:
- How do you see the various aspects of financial management as a whole for a healthcare organization? For example, how does one's perspective influence decision making or how does financial management relate to the organizational mission?
- How has your perspective changed about the financial health of the healthcare organization in which you are currently working or would like to be employed?
- How can you become part of the solution to the healthcare financing crisis in the U.S.?
- What do you see as trends in financial management for healthcare organizations?
Give reasons to support your statements.
Assignment 2: Required Assignment 2-The Affordable Care Act-Financial and Ethical Considerations
Write a 6-8-page paper in Word format (excluding the title page and reference page). Use at least 5-7 scholarly sources in your research.
In this assignment, you will analyze the Affordable Care Act (ACA), comparing and contrasting several different scenarios and analyzing how the ACA influences financial decision making and ethical considerations for healthcare insurance coverage.
President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law on March 23, 2010 (White House, 2013). Since its inception, the debate has continued about the pros and cons of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
For this assignment, you will research the ACA from several different perspectives. You are to compare the ACA relative to the following scenarios:
- A 45-year-old morbidly obese person with a Body Mass Index (BMI) ≥ 30 is seeking bariatric surgery for weight loss with an anticipated cost of $15,000 to $35,000 depending upon the region of the U.S. The individual has not tried other measures such as a weight-loss program or exercise.
- An employer that is considered a small business with 49 full-time employees is seeking to hire 5 more employees in the next year. The employer currently does not offer health insurance for employees, but does provide a stipend of $200 a month for each employee.
- A college-graduate young adult is currently 25 years of age and will turn 26 in two months. The young adult is employed part-time but is seeking full-time employment.
Based on your analysis of the scenarios and the module readings, Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, address the following:
- Analyze the aspects of the Affordable Care Act that are applicable to each of the aforementioned individuals relative to the following:
- What are the potential benefits of the ACA?
- What is the potential negative impact of the ACA?
- What, if any, ethical considerations might there be for any of the three scenarios?
- Identify at least three websites where consumers can learn more about the ACA. Provide a short synopsis about each explaining your choice and the benefit of the information to consumers.