Category: Health Care

Policies and regulations related to health insurance

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Overview
Explore policies and regulations related to health insurance and examine different factors that impact patient access. In this assignment, you will explore health insurance, how it works, and the challenges in accessing healthcare to communicate the benefits of coverage to patients and families.

Instructions
Write a 2–3 page paper in which you:

Analyze the benefits of health insurance on access to care, including two examples of the benefits of having insurance.
Evaluate barriers to accessing healthcare, including two examples of barriers and recommendations for their removal.
Summarize the Affordable Care Act including two provisions that affect patient care.

Health Policy and Law Basics

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Overview
The role that laws play in the study of healthcare and public health is vital in understanding how your job in healthcare intersects with legal areas. This assignment will explore healthcare policy making, and the sources of law that govern health care organizations. The knowledge obtained will help you understand how policy structures and laws affect patient care. For this assignment, refer to your textbook for examples of specific sources of federal laws, state laws, and administrative regulations.
Instructions
Write a 2–3 page paper in which you:
Evaluate the policy-making process and policy structure within the healthcare system at the state and federal level.
Analyze an example of a state or federal bill related to healthcare, showing it in action, and including one advantage or disadvantage.
Analyze three sources of law related to healthcare and provide an example of one law in action.

Rural Population (demographics) and Rural Health Disparities

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Description of Module: This module will introduce the student to the demographics of the rural population and the health disparities that are unique to the rural population. Students will be provided with a base of information that will be used as they progress in NURS 434. They will use the skill of appraisal to gain knowledge about the rural population and rural health disparities the rural population faces. This knowledge will be used as the student progresses through NURS 434 and creates a plan to care for the rural population.

Module Objectives:

  1. Explore Sequencing Paper assignment for NURS 434
  2. Create teams as desired for course assignment
  3. Describe a definition of ‘rural’
  4. Describe the landscape view of life in a rural setting
  5. Appraise health status disparities of the rural population
  6. Explain the life expectancy of the rural population
  7. Summarize the rural population and rural health disparities

Private, nongovernmental healthcare organizations

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Private, nongovernmental healthcare organizations may be either for profit (FP) or not for profit (NFP).

Discuss the difference between not-for-profit and for-profit organizations.
What happens if an NFP organization makes a profit?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of each type of organization?
Describe two specific examples of how risk management has influenced nursing documentation.

Insurance in the US

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If you cannot afford insurance in the US., how does this negatively affect you?

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/04/03/826316458/coronavirus-reset-how-to-get-health-insurance-now
https://www.verywellhealth.com/how-can-you-afford-health-insurance-if-you-re-not-subsidy-eligible-4172180