IHP 610 (IHP 610)

For Milestone Three of your final project, construct an outline of the key elements for analysis for your chosen issue. The full analysis (Milestone Four) should represent between one third and half of the policy memorandum. This outline should build on all of the information you set forth in the factual overview in Milestone Two, and should set the foundation for your full analysis in Milestone Four. Remember, this is just a draft, so you can revise this document if your approach changes or ...

Final Project All milestones

For your first milestone of your final project, you will select an issue prompt from the following three options: Issue Prompt One: Language Issue Prompt Two: Immunizations Issue Prompt Three: Access and Enrollment Assistance Once you have chosen a prompt, develop an executive summary to introduce your topic and preview the key elements you will address in more detail through the policy memorandum. Your executive summary should clearly state the prompt, provide a brief summary of the ba...

Healthcare stakeholders disagree about the impact of legal risks, medical malpractice claims, tort reform, and defensive medicine on the cost of care and the cost of health insurance in the United States, as well as the importance of such impact. How do legal risks, medical malpractice claims, tort reform, and defensive medicine impact the relationship between healthcare providers and patients? How should they impact the relationship? Make three suggestions to improve existing healthcare poli...

Healthcare reform can take place at multiple levels of government and in the context of professional regulation. Pretend that you are a policy aide to a governor. How would you engage with key stakeholders to determine which reform efforts (in the areas of payment reform, medical malpractice, and patient access to preventive services) should be prioritized in your state? Clearly identify the potential key stakeholders and propose a plan for engagement.

For Milestone Two, you will develop a factual overview of your chosen issue. The factual overview should represent between one third and half of the policy memorandum. Remember, this is just a draft, so you can revise this document if your approach changes or you receive substantial feedback from your Instructor.

IHP 610 Module 10 Journal

Review Box 11-1 ("Vignette") in Chapter 11 of your textbook. Develop a strategy to help the governor evaluate whether to expand Medicaid and create a state-run insurance exchange. Be sure to advise the governor on how to engage with key stakeholders. Explain the role stakeholders should have in shaping these policy choices. Your strategy should suggest an approach to resolving value conflicts among stakeholders.

People, including healthcare providers, typically behave the way they are incentivized to behave. Healthcare administrators, payers, and regulators spend a significant amount of time working to align incentives with desired behaviors and outcomes. Consider the following hypothetical scenario: You are the head of physician contracting at a small community hospital. The physicians who are employed by the hospital are paid an annual salary without any quality or outcome incentives. In contras...