Exam Content As a health care manager, you must be able to analyze financial and economic issues in the health care industry. In this assignment, you will demonstrate problem-solving skills as you cho

Exam Content

As a health care manager, you must be able to analyze financial and economic issues in the health care industry. In this assignment, you will demonstrate problem-solving skills as you choose an issue and address the financial impact in your analysis.

1. Preparing for the Assignment:

Select 1 current financial or economic issue in the health care industry that you want to address.

1. Assignment Directions

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper about the financial or economic issue you selected in which you:

• Analyze the financial impact of this issue on the health care industry. Consider the following:
• What are the economic trends of the health care payment system?
• What are the supply and demand challenges for health care services?
• Why are costs increasing in the health care system?
• What regulatory issues are affecting, or will affect, the health care industry?
• Recommend at least 1 strategy to address the issue.
• Consider current strategies being used or presented for improving the issue.
• Discuss what you believe would be the outcome of these recommendations, if implemented.
• Pharmaceutical Cost
• Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) in health care
• Disruption from established players and newcomers (think CVS, WalMart, Walgreens)
• Transitions in Payment/Reimbursement Models
• Provider Shortage
• Consumerism of health care
• Virtual or telehealth
• Increased patient responsibility (high insurance cost/deductibles)
• Baby Boomers
• Pricing transparency
• Electronic Health Records (EHR)
• Movement of health care service delivery from traditional settings toward more distributed settings

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