Bethel College Total Rewards Compensation & Benefits Discussion
Williams, S. J., & Torrens, P. R. (2008). Introduction to health services (7th ed.). Clifton Park, NY: Thomson Delmar Learning.
1 Identify and describe one key health policy issue that currently impacts or will impact the organization and design of the U.S. health care system for the next 5-10 years. Address how your identified health policy issue is anticipated to impact (negatively and/or positively) important organization and delivery issues related to cost, access, and/or quality.
As we explore various current health policy issues that impact the organization and design of health care, I want to direct your attention to a couple of excellent health policy resources:
1.Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Explore the Health Systems section of their web site for a variety of policy related issues:
https://www.rwjf.org/en/our-focus-areas/focus-areas/health-systems.html
2.Kasier Family Foundation. You can find all sorts of policy issues related to Medicare, Medicaid, ACA, Private Insurance, etc.
1,500 word count and there is a total of 6 questions each (not including in-text citation and references as the word count), a minimum of 4 scholarly sources are required in APA format. For the 4 scholarly sources, one from the textbook that’s posted below and the other two from an outside source . Let’s be sure to write it in own work 100% and give appropriately when using someone’s else work. Under no circumstances use any direct quotes. Any directly quoted or copied material will result in a zero for the assignment.
Reference for textbook attached:
Williams, S. J., & Torrens, P. R. (2008). Introduction to health services (7th ed.). Clifton Park, NY: Thomson Delmar Learning.
Knowledge: What are the two most important things to “know” about the evolution of health policy? About the importance of quality in healthcare? Why are they important?
Comprehension: What is your understanding of the state of affairs in the development of health policy in the United States? What is the most important thing to “understand” about quality in healthcare? Why is it important to comprehend the complexity?
Application: Give an example of either (but not both) a healthcare policy and its consequences or an example of a quality issue / practice in healthcare.
Analysis: Analysis: In your example analyze the root causes of the issues and the pros and cons of the example.
Synthesis: From your example offer a new and unique idea of yours or from the research that addresses a better solution to the issue cited.
Evaluation: How is the new idea better / same / worse than the experience you described in your example? Why is it better? What improved consequences might come from your new idea?