Health care results cannot be guaranteed, as other products or services can, because the results depend on various factors which are often beyond the control of the health care provider. Stobierski (2021) indicates there are multiple aspects that contribute to health care economics.
Risk assessments (e.g., data breaches, medical errors, regulatory noncompliance, etc.)
- Explain in your own words the definition of the key area assigned to you.
- Briefly analyze what the assigned key area means to the health care industry in terms of revenue, profits, and productivity.
- Discuss how your assigned key area affects cost, quality, and access for health care services.
- Identify at least one U.S. law that has impacted your assigned key area. Provide your rationale for why you chose that law.
- Examples include, but are not limited to, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), Patient Protections and Affordable Care Act (PPACA or ACA). There are additional examples in Chapter 2 of the course textbook.
*250 words
*APA Formatting
Resources-
What Is Healthcare Risk Assessment? | symplr
A dozen facts about the economics of the US health-care system (brookings.edu)
