MHA6050 WEEK 5 DISCUSSION AND PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS

MHA6050 WEEK 5 DISCUSSION AND PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS

· Week 5 Discussion Instructions

Discussion Topic

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 Due March 18 at 11:59 PM

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Supporting Lectures:

Review the following lecture:

· Building Policy Competence

Disparities in Healthcare: Policy Recommendations

Before beginning work on this discussion forum, please review the link “ Doing Discussion Questions Right ”, the expanded grading rubric for the forum, and any specific instructions for this topic.

Before the end of the week, begin commenting on at least two of your classmates’ responses. You can ask technical questions or respond generally to the overall experience. Be objective, clear, and concise. Always use constructive language, even in criticism, to work toward the goal of positive progress. Submit your responses in the Discussion Area.

Healthcare disparities are the unique differences in health status that we see from individual to individual and from group to group. Different groups have different rates of disease and death depending on a number of characteristics—race, sexual orientation, geography, etc. Explore healthcare disparities in the U.S. and determine one group of people likely to experience discrimination in healthcare services.

· Identify one policy that encourages healthcare disparities. Explain how it encourages disparities.

· Recommend at least one policy that could help to reduce or eliminate healthcare disparities in that population. Please justify your answer with data and examples.

From the Internet, review the following:

· Kaiser Family Foundation. (2016 August 12). Disparities in health and health care. Retrieved from https://www.kff.org/disparities-policy/issue-brief/disparities-in-health-and-health-care-five-key-questions-and-answers/

· Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. (2017, October 20). Disparities. Retrieved from https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/about/foundation-health-measures/Disparities

To support your work, use your course and textbook readings and also use the  South University Online Library . As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.

Your posting should be a minimum of 200 words in length.

Submit your posting to the Discussion Area by the due date assigned. Be sure to use the lessons and vocabulary found in the reading.

Follow-up posts need to be submitted by the end of the week.

· Week 5 Final Project Instructions

Assignment

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 Due March 22 at 11:59 PM

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NCF:

This final project assignment is associated with the NCF (non-completion failure) grade. Failure to complete this assignment will result in the issuance of a grade of NCF if the course average would result in a failing grade in the course. Students should contact their Academic Counselor or Program Director if they have any questions regarding the NCF grade and its implications.

Supporting Lectures:

Review the following lecture:

· Incrementalism in Policy Making

Consider what you have learned about the Patient Protection and ACA, the uninsured population, health disparities, and programs and policies intended to improve quality of care and health outcomes while reducing healthcare expenditure. Summarize your thoughts on the future of healthcare given the provisions of the ACA—changes to Medicare and Medicaid, the individual mandate, etc.—and whether or not current efforts are sufficient to reduce disparities in healthcare and improve healthcare outcomes.

Tasks:

· Evaluate the impact that the ACA has and will have on the uninsured population in the U.S.

· Discuss the current successes and failures of this act.

· Discuss the implications of this act’s successes and failures.

· Explain specific policy changes that could be made to the ACA to improve its impact on overall health outcomes in the U.S.

From the Internet, review the following:

· U.S. Health Policy Gateway. (n.d.). ACA Impact Analysis. Retrieved from http://ushealthpolicygateway.com/vii-key-policy-issues-regulation-and-reform/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-ppaca/ppaca-research-and-analysis/

Submission Details:

· Submit your response in a 4- to 6-page Microsoft Word document.

· On a separate page, cite all sources using APA format.

· Name your document SU_MHA6050_W5_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.

· By the due date assigned, submit your work to the Submissions Area.