HCS 550 ENTIRE COURSE

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HCS 550 ENTIRE COURSE
 
 
WEEK  1
 
HCS 550 Week 1 Individual Assignment Health Policy Timeline Explanation
 
Choose a health policy issue in the United States to create a timeline of evolution.
Research events related to the policy's creation, development, implementation, and modification.
Create a 700- to 1,050-word timeline detailing the evolution of your chosen health policy. Include the following:
A summary of the chosen policy. In your summary, include the objective of the policy and a discussion of the role the policy has played in the evolution of the US health care system
At least five key events tracing the policy's path from inception to its current status.
For each event, include a 75- to 150-word explanation of why the event was significant in the development of the chosen policy.
Include at least two references.
Format any citations consistent with APA guidelines. 

Run your paper through the plagiarism checker and Grammarly programs. You do not have to turn in the Grammarly report, that is for you to fix your paper where grammar is concerned. Remember Grammarly does not correct APA.

WEEK 2 
 
HCS 550 Week 2 Individual Assignment Policy Evaluation Worksheet
Complete the Policy Evaluation Worksheet. 

WEEK 3
 
 
HCS 550 Week 3  Learning Team Assignment Budget Impact Evaluation Presentation
 
The board of directors at your health care organization need some background on the budgetary process, and more specifically the Medicaid budget.
Create a 15- to 20-slide impact evaluation presentation that considers the following issue:
Medicaid is an entitlement program based on specific criteria and income levels, which means it is a mandatory program that must be provided in each of the states. Traditionally, both the states and the federal government together pay for the program. In times when the U.S. economy suffers challenges, such as high rates of unemployment or when a major crisis like Hurricane Katrina occurs, more individuals and families become eligible for Medicaid. This forces states to make difficult budgetary decisions, like shifting dollars from programs that are not mandatory, such as K-12 school funding, into Medicaid Match dollars.
Choose a specific state and analyze the budgetary impact of the Medicaid program in that state.
Address the following in your impact evaluation:
What process do budgetary policies follow at the federal level and in the selected state? What legislative committee is assigned to each part?
How do budgetary changes (increases or decreases) affect the community?
How does the policy budget process in your selected state impact the health care environment? Give specific examples
Cite at least five references.
Format your analysis consistent with APA guidelines. 

WEEK 4
 
HCS 550 Week 4 Individual Assignment Email to the CEO
 
You work for a local health care organization. Your CEO feels she should have more of an impact on the legislative process and would like to know how she can have a more active role in shaping policy. She sent you an email asking you to explain the relationship between agenda setting and legislation, and to provide her with some practical ways your organization can influence policy development.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word email response to your CEO using intext resources to substantiate your viewpoint. 
You will need no less than 3 references that support your evidence on the relationship between agenda setting and legislation. Also make sure you are suggesting ways your organization can influence policy development. The word count is for the content of the email. The title page and reference page is not included in the word count. So the body of the email MUST be 700-1050 words. 
Reference page is APA formatted. Title page is APA formatted. WEEK 5

Format any citations consistent with APA guidelines.

WEEK 6
 
HCS 550 Week 6 Individual Assignment Policy Position Paper Signature Assignment
 
Choose either a fictional or already existing health care policy which you would like to see implemented or changed. Imagine that you have been given an opportunity to meet with a legislator to obtain support for your position or to influence his or her own policy decisions.
Read the Writing Policy Position Papers document from The Business Advocacy Fund. 
Create a 1,400- to 2,100-word policy position paper to support your position on your chosen health care policy. Be sure to keep the following in mind:
You are trying to convince them of the validity and necessity of your policy proposal.
You are showing the legislator your understanding of the policy development and implementation process and you understand the role that he or she plays throughout
When you are providing your legislator with your information, be aware of the impact that special interest groups and other politics will have on the legislator's decision. These factors will certainly impact the way that your proposal is received by the legislator.
Consider the relationship of government to the creation of policy and describe how your legislator's support will assist the creation of the policy for which you are lobbying.
In your policy position, you must address each of the following bullets. It is vital that you address them in relation to your chosen health care policy. For example, where is your policy at within the health policymaking process? What has been done and what still needs to be done? And what information is needed for the development of your policy? How does this differ from other policies being developed? Keep in mind those are only examples of how you may address the required bullets below in your policy position. 
Analyze the health policymaking process.
Consider the following:
How the policymaking process will impact the ability of your topic to become a successful policy
Which stage of the policy process will be the most difficult for your policy to pass, and why.
Differentiate information needed for the development of health policy.
Consider the following:
What data and research indicate a need for the proposed policy.
What information you will present to the legislator and why this information will be selected.
Differentiate key stakeholders and interest groups involved in health policymaking.
Consider the following:
Who the key stakeholders are and why they are important to your policy proposal.
What special interest group would support your policy and why you chose the group.
Analyze the drivers of health policy formulation.
Consider the following:
What factors will drive the formulation of the policy and why these policies elevate the issue from a topic to an agenda item.
Analyze the roles of legislative committees.
Consider the following:
What legislative committee(s) would be involved in reviewing your policy, their role, and how the structure of those committees might impact the success of your policy in the legislative stage.
Analyze local, state, and federal roles in the development of health policy.
Consider the following:
How any prior policy attempts related to your policy, either at local, state, or federal levels, have impacted the development of your selected policy.
Evaluate the impact of individuals and groups on the development of health policy.
Consider the following:
How either individual stakeholders or stakeholder interest groups have previously attempted to develop other policies like yours, and the impact of those efforts on the development of your policy.
Evaluate the impact of advocacy methods on the development of health policy.
Consider the following:
The impact of prior advocacy methods with regards to your policy and why you feel these efforts have been either successful or unsuccessful.
Contrast local, state, and federal policy implementation processes.
Consider the following:
Which level of government--federal, local, or state--would be primarily responsible for implementing your policy, and how the role of that level of government and differs from the roles of the other levels of government.
Analyze the differing roles of public and private regulatory agencies as they relate to the implementation of health policy.
Consider the following:
Which public and/or private regulatory agency (or agencies) is responsible for implementing your policy and how that agency's role would impact the implementation of your policy.
Analyze the effect of current health policy on the health care environment.
Consider the following:
How the policy would impact the healthcare environment
What resources healthcare organizations would need devote to implementing the policy
How the proposed policy will impact the cost of delivering care (both short and long term)
How implementing the policy will impact the quality of patient care
What important tradeoffs might occur if the policy is implemented
Use appropriate references so your legislator may understand why he or she should support or adopt your position.
You are encouraged to include tables, graphics, and visuals where appropriate.
Cite any sources consistent with APA guidelines. 

Predict future changes to health policy.