Overview
Even before the Affordable Care Act was enacted, the government-run Medicare and the state-run Medicaid programs
extended healthcare services to all U.S. citizens above age 65, to citizens with disabilities, and to citizens belonging to low income groups. Considering the rising cost of healthcare services, create a PowerPoint presentation comparing the two
programs.
This activity will help you distinguish between Medicare and Medicaid. It will also enable you to assess the impact of
Medicare and Medicaid on organizational financial performance and strategic planning.
Directions
Create a PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes. In your speaker notes, be sure to indicate which notes belong with
each slide.
If you need writing support, access the Online Writing Center through the Academic Support module of your course.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
1. Medicare vs. Medicaid: Describe the differences between the federal Medicare program and the Medicaid program in
your state and how they impact financial reimbursement from the perspective of the healthcare system. Consider the
following questions to guide your response:
What are the features of the two healthcare programs?
Considering the age and disabilities of the groups covered by the two programs, what aspects of healthcare
services will be in most demand?
How will you obtain updates about the changes in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and the state
Medicaid Physician Fee Index?
2. Costing and Strategy: Explain why healthcare administrators need to consider cost when strategically planning for
Medicare and Medicaid population growth. Consider the following questions to guide your response:
What is the percentage growth in consumer base?
Which healthcare services (for example, virtual healthcare, wellness programs, fitness center memberships,
and so on) are the most in demand because of this consumer growth?
What changes can you propose in healthcare strategies to meet this change?
3. Cost-Reduction Initiatives: Identify cost-reduction initiatives and state how you would operationalize them within the
healthcare environment. Consider the following questions to guide your response:
Which are the services with the greatest potential to reduce costs?
Would external relationships with other healthcare systems or service providers help reduce costs?
Would helping the consumers choose the correct healthcare plans help curb costs?
4. Cost Control: Describe at least two effective, alternative ways to control rising healthcare costs Consider the
following questions to guide your response:
Which are the healthcare services where the costs have gone up the most?
Which preventative healthcare services could be used to control these costs?
Which less expensive services could be offered as alternative options?
Note that your presentation should be evidence based. Your citations should be from your independent search for evidence
(not from the scenario, textbook, or module resources) of credible sources and be current within the last five years. You are
required to cite a minimum of two sources overall. Refer to the IHP 630 Library Guide located in the Start Here section of the
course for additional support.
What to Submit
Your submission should include a 4- to 6-slide PowerPoint presentation and a 2- to 4-page Word document containing your
speaker notes. Use a clear, professional font and appropriate PowerPoint presentation slide design. Speaker notes should be
typed in 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA
style.
Criteria Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs
Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Medicare vs.
Medicaid
Exceeds proficiency
in an exceptionally
clear and insightful
manner, using
industry-specific
language
Describes the
differences
between the
federal Medicare
and state Medicaid
programs and how
they impact
financial
reimbursement
from the
perspective of the
healthcare system
Shows progress
toward proficiency,
but with errors or
omissions
Does not attempt
criterion
20
Costing and
Strategy
Exceeds proficiency
in an exceptionally
clear and insightful
manner, using
industry-specific
language
Explains why
healthcare
administrators need
to consider cost
when strategically
planning for
Medicare and
Medicaid
population growth
Shows progress
toward proficiency,
but with errors or
omissions
Does not attempt
criterion
20
Cost- Reduction
Initiatives
Exceeds proficiency
in an exceptionally
clear and insightful
manner, using
industry-specific
language
Identifies cost reduction initiatives
and states how to
operationalize them
within the
healthcare
environment
Shows progress
toward proficiency,
but with errors or
omissions
Does not a$empt
criterion
20
Cost Control Exceeds proficiency
in an exceptionally
clear and insightful
manner, using
industry-specific
language
Describes at least
two effective,
alternative ways to
control rising
healthcare costs
Shows progress
toward proficiency,
but with errors or
omissions
Does not attempt
criterion
15
Articulation of
Response
Exceeds proficiency
in an exceptionally
clear and insightful
manner
Clearly conveys
meaning with
correct grammar,
sentence structure,
and spelling,
Shows progress
toward proficiency,
but with errors in
grammar, sentence
structure, and
Submission has
critical errors in
grammar, sentence
structure, and
spelling, preventing
10
Module Three Presentation Rubric
demonstrating an
understanding of
audience and
purpose
spelling, negatively
impacting
readability
understanding of
ideas
Scholarly Sources Incorporates more
than two scholarly,
current (within the
last five years)
sources, or use of
sources is
exceptionally
insightful
Incorporates two
scholarly, current
(within the last five
years) sources that
support claims
Incorporates fewer
than two scholarly,
current (within the
last five years)
sources, or not all
sources support
claims
Does not
incorporate sources
10
APA Style Formats in-text
citations and
reference list
according to APA
style with no errors
Formats in-text
citations and
reference list
according to APA
style with fewer
than five errors
Formats in-text
citations and
reference list
according to APA
style with five or
more errors
Does not format intext citations and
reference list
according to APA
style
5
Total: 100%
