Assignment Objectives (Unit 1 IP)

Execute and employ appropriate quantitative and qualitative techniques to manage and allocate human, fiscal, technological, informational, and other important resources.

Execute leadership in all levels of private and public healthcare policies, resource allocation, and priority setting.

Unit 1 IP: Health Care Services Delivery and Finance

Reading Assignment: Feldstein, Chapters 1-3, 5, 15, 22, 30, 32, and 35

Title: Health Policy Issues: An Economic Perspective by Feldstein

Publisher: Health Administration Press

Edition: 5

Reducing the Price of Health Care

The focus in health care reform is cost control in light of annual double-digit inflation since the late 1990s and the consumption of nearly 17% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2009 (more than any other country in the world). The debate is over how to reduce the rate of spending for health care while preserving quality and access to care for patients. Research at least 2 methods of reducing the percentage of the GDP spent on health care. You will need to be able to describe how you would do this in specific terms. This can be a number of approaches, such as the following:

• Completely dismantle the current system and start over—A monumental task
• Revise the current payment system to reflect current economic constraints
• Cut Medicare and Medicaid
• Insurance reform
• National health insurance based on the Massachusetts Model
• Malpractice reform
• Legislation such as the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003, the Affordable Care Act (2010), and others

Provide the following elements in your paper:

• Describe the model you are supporting to best control costs without compromising the quality and access to health care, and explain how the model works.
• Analyze the method that you are supporting, detailing the strengths and weaknesses from all stakeholder group (e.g., patient, provider, and third-party payer) perspectives.
• Provide an example of the model in real time or as a scenario.
• Summarize the anticipated results in terms of costs and benefits

Absolutely NO Plagiarism, Abstract, Introduction, MUST have 3-5 Body Pages, Conclusion and Credible References. All Citing’s when/where necessary. APA Format.

I will Pay $2.00 down with an Additional $12.00 upon Completion.