Resource:

https://www.kff.org/health-costs/
Please see all attached for resources as a guide as well as see the discussion resource for the policy to use.

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.

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 weeks 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 conrols.

Rubric:
Required Content
Described how the policy is funded and annual costs of continuing the policy for the last year.–

Excellent 23 (17.69%) – 25 (19.23%)
Proficient 20 (15.38%) – 22 (16.92%)
Basic 18 (13.85%) – 19 (14.62%)
Needs Improvement 0 (0%) – 17 (13.08%)
Required Content Analyzed any financial and budgetary efforts developed or being proposed to contain costs.–

Excellent 23 (17.69%) – 25 (19.23%)
Proficient 20 (15.38%) – 22 (16.92%)
Basic 18 (13.85%) – 19 (14.62%)
Needs Improvement 0 (0%) – 17 (13.08%)
Required Content Related current cost-containment strategies including regulations, managed care efforts or other financial and budgetary initiatives.–

Excellent 23 (17.69%) – 25 (19.23%)
Proficient 20 (15.38%) – 22 (16.92%)
Basic 18 (13.85%) – 19 (14.62%)
Needs Improvement 0 (0%) – 17 (13.08%)
Required Content Analyzed how health care financing impacts health outcomes and impacts the role of the nurse in the workplace.–

Excellent 23 (17.69%) – 25 (19.23%)
Proficient 20 (15.38%) – 22 (16.92%)
Basic 18 (13.85%) – 19 (14.62%)
Needs Improvement 0 (0%) – 17 (13.08%)
Academic Writing Expectations (AWE 3) 4000 Level “Displays sentence and paragraph level skills: Constructs simple, complex and compound sentences; Writes without spelling, grammatical or syntax errors; Writes without sentence fragments or run on sentences; Uses punctuation appropriately; Writes appropriate introductions and conclusions. Demonstrates essay level skills: Cohesion and flow by using transition sentences; Precision, clarity and academic tone; Awareness of discipline specific audience. Displays academic expression: Scholarly voice: evidence of the students own ideas with a well-organized presentation of evidence; Synthesizes resources by using own words; Uses evidence from course learning resources, scholarly resources and seeks additional resources to support content as required in the assignment; In addition to course resources, writer uses at least two articles that discuss cost effectiveness and cost controls. “–

Excellent 14 (10.77%) – 15 (11.54%)
Proficient 12 (9.23%) – 13 (10%)
Basic 11 (8.46%) – 11 (8.46%)
Needs Improvement 0 (0%) – 10 (7.69%)
APA
“APA Formatting: cover page, title of paper on second page, level headings, Times New Roman 12 font, 1″” margins, and page numbers. APA References: Uses in-text citations appropriately and format correctly. Paraphrases to avoid plagiarizing the source.
Reference list is in alphabetical order, hanging indent, double spaced in format. Each specific entry contains all information required by APA format including author, year of publication, title of publication, pages, DOI, website, as appropriate.”–

Excellent 14 (10.77%) – 15 (11.54%)
Proficient 12 (9.23%) – 13 (10%)
Basic 11 (8.46%) – 11 (8.46%)
Needs Improvement 0 (0%) – 10 (7.69%)