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Week3-Discussion5300.docxHealthcare Crisis
Defend whether you believe there is a healthcare crisis in the United Sates. Analyze how the US health care system performs. Consider the fact that as technology advances, so does the cost of health care. Evaluate the implications for this in terms of service delivery for human services providers. Based on this evaluation discuss what you believe are the challenges leaders will face in the managing of human resources in human services organizations. Be sure to support your position with academic references. (This issue has many political implications; please try to avoid party rhetoric and political arguments). Explain your answer.
Be sure to support your solutions and cite your references.
Resources
Required Text
Herzberg, J. T. (2015). Foundations in human services practice: A generalist perspective on individual, agency, and community. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson. Chapter 5: Human Services Management and Supervision
Karger, H. J. & Stoesz , D. (2018). American social welfare policy: A pluralist approach (8th ed). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson. Chapter 12: The American Health Care System
Recommended References
Bucci, S., Butcher, I., Hartley, S., Neil, S. T., Mulligan, J., & Haddock, G. (2015). Barriers and facilitators to recruitment in mental health services: Care coordinators' expectations and experience of referring to a psychosis research trial. Psychology And Psychotherapy: Theory, Research And Practice, 88(3), 335-350. doi:10.1111/papt.12042
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (n.d.). Homepage. Retrieved from http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ (Links to an external site.)
Light, A. (2016). Human resources as a strategic partner for health and human services. Policy & Practice (19426828), 74(3), 20.
Healthcare Triage. (2014, February 17). The healthcare system of the United States [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN-MkRcOJjY (Links to an external site.)
Introduction: Human Services Delivery
The healthcare system is a complicated web of public and private insurance with an endless trail of governmental regulations. Navigating this system takes a great deal of knowledge, skill, and patience. This can impact how human services are delivered and requires the careful recruitment and selection of staff and volunteers.
The current national focus is on the need for healthcare system reform. This movement has been motivated by two issues:
· Millions of uninsured Americans
· Runaway healthcare inflation
The healthcare insurance system has already undergone a multitude of changes in the last 20 years—once dominated by fee-for-service indemnity plans, the system is now primarily a managed care captivated environment.
Week 3 Instructor Guidance
In Weeks 1 and 2 we focused on policy and foundational issues related to human service policy. You have hopefully gained an understanding of how integral lobbying and advocacy are to change the systemic regulations related to human service issues. Health care is a major issue that has benefitted (or not, depending on your perspective) from lobbying and advocacy. With the institution of Obamacare, our nation saw health care debate at the forefront and many Americans, who previously were unable to afford it, had an opportunity for equal access to healthcare. In this week’s readings, you will explore the complex world of both private and public insurance and you may feel like your head is spinning trying to grasp the trail of government regulations related to the healthcare system. We will discuss healthcare reform and the motivation behind the movement towards it. Again, think about our previous weeks’ readings related to lobbying and advocacy and how this has had an impact on healthcare reform.
Some videos to get you thinking:
Canada's Healthcare System Explained! (Links to an external site.)
And an article: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/1769890
