2-2 Short Paper: Hospital Price Transparency

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IHP 610 Module Two Short Paper Guidelines and Rubric

Overview

Bureaucracy often dictates rules and regulations. For example, to help consumers compare prices across hospitals and estimate the cost of care, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid

Services (CMS) published rules governing hospital price transparency. Hospitals are required to provide clear, accessible pricing information online about the items and services they provide in

two ways:

As a comprehensive machine-readable �le with all items and services

In a display of shoppable services in a consumer-friendly format

Noncompliance with the mentioned transparency rule may lead to the penalties and other legal actions de�ned by CMS.

This assignment will help you understand how bureaucracy plays an important role in forming and reforming the rules. Also, it will support your project work by helping you understand how

policies and new rules impact stakeholders.

Prompt

Write a short paper focusing on the current hospital price transparency rule. Your research should include the rule enforcement strategy, how hospitals are complying with the rule, and the

impact of this rule on the healthcare system.

You must cite at least three sources to support your claims. For additional help with completing this assignment, refer to the Shapiro Library Guide: Nursing – Graduate item in the Start Here

module. You may also use the Online Writing Center, located in the Academic Support module.

Speci�cally, you must address the following rubric criteria:

1. Rule Enforcement Strategy: Explain the bureaucratic strategy CMS is using to enforce the price transparency rule for hospitals.

2. Legal Risks and Liabilities: Describe the legal risks and liabilities associated with the price transparency rule for hospitals, including how to differentiate between legal risks and liabilities

associated with this rule. Consider the following questions in your response:

What are the penalties and other legal actions de�ned by CMS for noncompliant hospitals?

3. Hospital Compliance Preparation: Describe how hospitals need to prepare in order to comply with the rule of price transparency. Consider the following questions in your response:

What are the guidelines for displaying standard charge information?

How does the rule of price transparency apply to federally owned or operated hospitals (such as a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital)?

How can this price transparency rule be improved to help people with low or no internet access?

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4. Impact on Overall Healthcare System: Hypothesize the potential effects of the price transparency rule on the overall healthcare system. Consider the following questions in your

response:

What are two potential drawbacks of this rule for privately owned hospitals?

What are two potential bene�ts of this rule for federally owned hospitals?

What to Submit

Your submission should be a 2- to 3-page Word document. You must also include an APA-style title page. Use 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and 1-inch margins. Sources

should be cited according to APA style.

Module Two Short Paper Rubric

Criteria Exemplary (100%) Pro�cient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Rule Enforcement Strategy Exceeds pro�ciency in an

exceptionally clear and

insightful manner, using

industry-speci�c language

Explains the bureaucratic

strategy CMS is using to

enforce the price transparency

rule for hospitals

Shows progress toward

pro�ciency, but with errors or

omissions

Does not attempt criterion 15

Legal Risks and Liabilities Exceeds pro�ciency in an

exceptionally clear and

insightful manner, using

industry-speci�c language

Describes the legal risks and

liabilities associated with the

hospital price transparency

rule, including how to

differentiate between the legal

risks and liabilities associated

with the rule

Shows progress toward

pro�ciency, but with errors or

omissions

Does not attempt criterion 20

Hospital Compliance

Preparation

Exceeds pro�ciency in an

exceptionally clear and

insightful manner, using

industry-speci�c language

Describes how hospitals need

to prepare in order to comply

with the price transparency

rule

Shows progress toward

pro�ciency, but with errors or

omissions

Does not attempt criterion 20

Impact on Overall

Healthcare System

Exceeds pro�ciency in an

exceptionally clear and

insightful manner, using

industry-speci�c language

Hypothesizes the potential

effects of price transparency on

the overall healthcare system

Shows progress toward

pro�ciency, but with errors or

omissions

Does not attempt criterion 20

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Criteria Exemplary (100%) Pro�cient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Articulation of Response Exceeds pro�ciency in an

exceptionally clear and

insightful manner

Clearly conveys meaning with

correct grammar, sentence

structure, and spelling,

demonstrating an

understanding of audience and

purpose

Shows progress toward

pro�ciency, but with errors in

grammar, sentence structure,

and spelling, negatively

impacting readability

Submission has critical errors in

grammar, sentence structure,

and spelling, preventing

understanding of ideas

10

Scholarly Sources Incorporates more than three

scholarly, current (within the

last �ve years) sources, or use

of sources is exceptionally

insightful

Incorporates three scholarly,

current (within the last �ve

years) sources that support

claims

Incorporates fewer than three

scholarly, current (within the

last �ve years) sources, or not

all sources support claims

Does not incorporate sources 10

APA Style Formats in-text citations and

reference list according to APA

style with no errors

Formats in-text citations and

reference list according to APA

style with fewer than �ve

errors

Formats in-text citations and

reference list according to APA

style with �ve or more errors

Does not format in-text

citations and reference list

according to APA style

5

Total: 100%