Healthcare does not operate in a vacuum. Trends that emerge in the national market are influenced by legislation, delivery of care, changes in payment methods, and social and economic conditions. Healthcare professionals monitor policy at the national level by reviewing legislative initiatives and analyzing rules and regulations. Understanding healthcare policy helps in facilitating grant reviews and in developing new program initiatives. Legislation may cause changes in the way hospitals and healthcare providers deliver patient care. It is beneficial for hospitals to incorporate the national trends, policy, and legislation in determining the appropriate path for selecting service lines. You will use the “Service Line Development Case Study” to complete this task. Imagine that you have received a memo asking you to identify national trends, policy, and legislation and to summarize the impact it will have on the new service line. The proposed service lines are the following:
• Orthopedic center
A. Identify current national healthcare trends and policy initiatives that may affect the healthcare organization evident in the attached “Service Line Development Case Study.”
1. Discuss how the identified trends impact the delivery of healthcare in the case study.
2. Discuss possible legislation that may result from these trends.
B. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
The student will identify at least TWO U.S. Healthcare trends and recognize their impact on the hospitals service line and future laws and regulations. This is the most difficult Task and will involve research. You will have to forecast-make a strong statement about what is going to happen – the legislation cannot be an existing legislation, you are proposing legislation or creating a solution for what is going to happen = the proposed resolution. Create the solution based on how legislation is created. There is a title, there is a legislator who proposes legislation and what are the goals and aims of the legislation; there must be a discussion of how the proposed legislation addresses the National healthcare trend.
The candidate identifies current national healthcare trends and policy initiatives that may affect the healthcare organization evident in the attached “Service Line Development Case Study.”
The candidate provides a logical discussion, with sufficient detail, of how the identified trends impact the delivery of healthcare in the case study.
The candidate provides a logical discussion, with sufficient detail, of possible legislation that may result from the trends.
The submission includes in-text citations for sources that are properly quoted, paraphrased, or summarized and a reference list that accurately identifies the author, date, title, and source location as available.
Please see attached files for case study information