The Cost of Health Care
To evaluate an issue or policy, you must understand financing requirements and reimbursement mechanisms. This Assignment creates the opportunity for you to examine and articulate specifically how health care financing directly impacts the health care policy you have chosen to address in your Position Paper. Note: This is the same policy that was selected in your Week 1 Discussion.
For this Assignment, review the following:
Walden paper template (found in the Writing Resources tab)
Resources on health care delivery and financing
Resources on health care outcomes
Your selected policy from the Week 1 Discussion
The Week 2 Assignment rubric
By Day 7 of Week 2
Submit a 2- to 4-page paper utilizing the selected policy from Week 1, analyzing the impact of financing and budgetary issues.
In addition to this week’s Resources, perform an informal literature search on the funding of your policy. Include at least two articles that discuss cost-effectiveness and cost controls pertaining to either your policy or nursing practices in general. Use these resources to respond to the following prompts:
Describe how the policy is funded and annual costs of continuing the policy for the last year.
Analyze any financial and budgetary efforts developed or being proposed to contain costs.
Relate current cost-containment strategies, including regulations, managed care efforts, or other financial and budgetary initiatives.
Describe how the financing of your policy impacts health outcomes and the role of the nurse in the workplace.
Support your responses with evidence.
In addition to the course resources, you must use at least two articles that discuss cost effectiveness and cost controls.
Support your ideas or those of others with references from the professional nursing literature. Refer to the Week 2 Assignment Rubric prior to submission.
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Excellent Proficient Basic Needs Improvement
Required Content
Described how the policy is funded and annual costs of continuing the policy for the last year.
23 (17.69%) – 25 (19.23%)
Provided a fully developed descriiption of policy funding and annual costs of the policy with insightful analysis of concepts and related issues.
20 (15.38%) – 22 (16.92%)
Provided a developed descriiption of policy funding and annual costs of the policy with reasonable analysis of concepts and related issues.
18 (13.85%) – 19 (14.62%)
Provided a minimally developed descriiption of policy funding and annual costs of the policy with limited analysis of concepts and related issues.
0 (0%) – 17 (13.08%)
Provided an under-developed descriiption of policy funding and annual costs of the policy with little or no analysis of concepts and related issues.
Required Content
Analyzed any financial and budgetary efforts developed or being proposed to contain costs.
23 (17.69%) – 25 (19.23%)
Provided a fully developed analysis of financial and budgetary efforts being proposed to contain costs with insightful analysis of concepts and related issues.
20 (15.38%) – 22 (16.92%)
Provided a developed analysis of financial and budgetary efforts being proposed to contain costs with reasonable analysis of concepts and related issues.
18 (13.85%) – 19 (14.62%)
Provided a minimally developed analysis of financial and budgetary efforts being proposed to contain costs with limited analysis of concepts and related issues.
0 (0%) – 17 (13.08%)
Provided an under-developed analysis of financial and budgetary efforts being proposed to contain costs with little or no analysis of concepts and related issues.
Required Content
Related current cost-containment strategies including regulations, managed care efforts or other financial and budgetary initiatives.
23 (17.69%) – 25 (19.23%)
Provided a fully developed discussion of cost-containment strategies with insightful analysis of concepts and related issues.
20 (15.38%) – 22 (16.92%)
Provided a developed discussion of cost-containment strategies with reasonable analysis of concepts and related issues.
18 (13.85%) – 19 (14.62%)
Provided a minimally developed discussion of cost-containment strategies with limited analysis of concepts and related issues.
0 (0%) – 17 (13.08%)
Provided an under-developed discussion of cost-containment strategies with little or no analysis of concepts and related issues.
Required Content
Analyzed how health care financing impacts health outcomes and impacts the role of the nurse in the workplace.
23 (17.69%) – 25 (19.23%)
Provided a fully developed analysis of how health care financing impacts health outcomes and impacts the role of the nurse with insightful analysis of concepts and related issues.
20 (15.38%) – 22 (16.92%)
Provided a developed analysis of how health care financing impacts health outcomes and impacts the role of the nurse with reasonable analysis of concepts and related issues.
18 (13.85%) – 19 (14.62%)
Provided a minimally developed analysis of how health care financing impacts health outcomes and impacts the role of the nurse with limited analysis of concepts and related issues.
0 (0%) – 17 (13.08%)
Provided an under-developed analysis of how health care financing impacts health outcomes and impacts the role of the nurse with little or no analysis of concepts and related issues.
Professional Writing: Clarity, Flow, and Organization
7 (5.38%) – 7 (5.38%)
Content is free from spelling, punctuation, and grammar/syntax errors. Writing demonstrates very well-formed sentence and paragraph structure. Content presented is completely clear, logical, and well-organized.
6 (4.62%) – 6 (4.62%)
Content contains minor spelling, punctuation, and/or grammar/syntax errors. Writing demonstrates appropriate sentence and paragraph structure. Content presented is mostly clear, logical, and well-organized.
5 (3.85%) – 5 (3.85%)
Content contains moderate spelling, punctuation, and/or grammar/syntax errors. Writing demonstrates adequate sentence and paragraph structure and may require some editing. Content presented is adequately clear, logical, and/or organized, but could benefit from additional editing/revision.
0 (0%) – 4 (3.08%)
Content contains significant spelling, punctuation, and/or grammar/syntax errors. Writing does not demonstrate adequate sentence and paragraph structure and requires additional editing/proofreading. Key sections of presented content lack clarity, logical flow, and/or organization.
Professional Writing: Context, Audience, Purpose, and Tone
7 (5.38%) – 7 (5.38%)
Content clearly demonstrates awareness of context, audience, and purpose. Tone is highly professional, scholarly, and free from bias, and style is appropriate for the professional setting/workplace context.
6 (4.62%) – 6 (4.62%)
Content demonstrates satisfactory awareness of context, audience, and purpose. Tone is adequately professional, scholarly, and/or free from bias, and style is consistent with the professional setting/workplace context.
5 (3.85%) – 5 (3.85%)
Content demonstrates basic awareness of context, audience, and purpose. Tone is somewhat professional, scholarly, and/or free from bias, and style is mostly consistent with the professional setting/workplace context.
0 (0%) – 4 (3.08%)
Content minimally or does not demonstrate awareness of context, audience, and/or purpose. Writing is not reflective of professional/scholarly tone and/or is not free of bias. Style is inconsistent with the professional setting/workplace context and reflects the need for additional editing.
Professional Writing: Originality, Source Credibility, and Attribution of Ideas
8 (6.15%) – 8 (6.15%)
Content reflects original thought and writing and proper paraphrasing. Writing demonstrates full adherence to reference requirements, including the use of credible evidence to support a claim, with appropriate source attribution (when applicable) and references.
7 (5.38%) – 7 (5.38%)
Content adequately reflects original writing and paraphrasing. Writing demonstrates adequate adherence to reference requirements, including the use of credible evidence to support a claim, with appropriate source attribution (when applicable) and references.
6 (4.62%) – 6 (4.62%)
Content somewhat reflects original writing and paraphrasing. Writing somewhat demonstrates adherence to reference requirements, including the use of credible evidence to support a claim, with appropriate source attribution (when applicable) and references.
0 (0%) – 5 (3.85%)
Content does not adequately reflect original writing and/or paraphrasing. Writing demonstrates inconsistent adherence to reference requirements, including the use of credible evidence to support a claim, with appropriate source attribution (when applicable) and reference.
APA
APA Formatting: cover page, title of paper on second page, level headings, Times New Roman 12 font, 1″” margins, and page numbers. Reference list is in alphabetical order, hanging indent, double spaced in format.
8 (6.15%) – 8 (6.15%)
Demonstrates fully developed APA formatting requirements for writing with no formatting errors.
7 (5.38%) – 7 (5.38%)
Demonstrates developed APA formatting requirements for writing with minimal formatting errors.
6 (4.62%) – 6 (4.62%)
Demonstrates minimally developed APA formatting requirements for writing with several formatting errors.
0 (0%) – 5 (3.85%)
Demonstrates limited APA formatting requirements for writing with multiple formatting errors.
Total Points: 130
Name: NURS_4105_Week2_Assignment_Rubric
Mason, D. J., Dickson, E., McLemore, M., R., & Perez, G., A. (2021). Policy & politics in nursing and health care (8th ed.). Elsevier.
Chapter 16, “A Primer on Health Economics of Nursing and Health Policy” (pp. 134–140)
Chapter 17, “Financing Health Care in the United States” (pp. 141–156)
Chapter 18, “The Affordable Care Act: An Uncertain Future” (pp. 157–166)
Chapter 56, “Nurse Staffing Ratios: Policy Options” (pp. 452–458)
http://www.rand.org/topics/health-care-financing.html
https://go.openathens.net/redirector/waldenu.edu?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2014.953416
