TOPIC: Unintended Consequences of Health Care Reform
The PPACA of 2010 fostered new provisions for health care and the structure of healthcare delivery. The individual mandate to obtain insurance is one provocative provision. While this provision attempts to increase access to health care, it raises questions on how the existing system could sustain the potentially large influx of newly insured individuals.
Another provision calls for new models of health care provider organizations to ensure delivery efficiency and continuity of care. In this week?s media presentation, Dr. Kathleen White discusses the accountable care organization, which comprises a group of providers coordinating care across a variety of institutional settings. Yet becoming an accountable care organization may present a number of challenges.
This week?s Discussion builds on Week 1, continuing the examination of those societal and organizational contexts that influence health care reform. The unintended consequences of reform policy on the health care system are also considered.
To prepare:
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? Review this week?s media presentation and the other Learning Resources focusing on how reform may lead to improved quality, greater access, and reduced cost of care. Also think about the unintended consequences that may arise as a result.
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? Consider the information presented about the individual mandate and accountable careorganizations. What are some questions or concerns you might have regarding the individual mandate? What are the pros and cons associated with becoming an accountable care organization?
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? With posting instructions in mind, select either the individual mandate or accountable care organizations as the focus of your Discussion this week.
post a comprehensive response to these
1?In the first line of your posting, identify the topic you have selected?either the individual mandate or accountable care organizations. With regard to this topic, describe one or more positive results that could be achieved, and one or more unintended consequence(s) that organizations or individuals may experience.
2?.Briefly evaluate issues on the topic that may be a consideration for the organization you work in and the nursing profession.
Media
Video: Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2011). Healthcare policy and advocacy: Reforming health care delivery: Accountable care organizations. Baltimore: Author.
Required Readings
Course Text: Understanding Health Policy: A Clinical Approach
? Chapter 5, “How Health Care is Organized – I”
? Chapter 6, “How Health Care is Organized – II”
Articles:
? Institute of Medicine. (2011). The future of nursing: Leading change, advancing health. Retrieved fromhttp://www.iom.edu/Reports/2010/The-Future-of-Nursing-Leading-Change-Advancing-Health.aspx
? Institute of Medicine. (2010). Report brief: The future of nursing: leading change, advancing health. Retrieved fromhttp://www.iom.edu/~/media/Files/Report%20Files/2010/The-Future-of-Nursing/Future%20of%20Nursing%202010%20Report%20Brief.pdf
? McClellan, M. (2010). Accountable care organizations in the era of health care reform. American Health & Drug Benefits, 3(4), 242-244.
? Moore, K. D., & Coddington, D. C. (2010). Accountable care the journey begins. HealthCare Financial Management, 64(8), 57-63.
? Sussman, T., Blendon, R., & Campbell, A. (2009). Will Americans support the individual mandate? Health Affairs 28(3), 501-506.
Websites:
? HealthCare.gov. (n.d.). Understanding the Affordable Care Act. Retrieved from http://www.healthcare.gov/law/index.html
? HealthCare.gov. (n.d.). Understanding the Affordable Care Act: About the law. Retrieved fromhttp://www.healthcare.gov/law/full/index.html
Optional Resources are listed in the Week 2 Learning Resources.
Unintended Consequences of Health Care Reform
Post a cohesive response that addresses the following:
? In the first line of your posting, identify the topic you have selected?e ither the individual mandate or accountable care organizations. With regard to this topic, describe one or more positive results that could be achieved, and one or more unintended consequence(s) that organizations or individuals may experience.
? Briefly evaluate issues on the topic that may be a consideration for the organization you work in and the nursing profession.
