Saint HCM590 module 3, 4 and 5 assignments

Policy Memo

In about 1,500 words, explain and assess the advantages and challenges of
one of the three emerging organizational structures and payment reform
approaches featured in this module (accountable care organizations,
patient-centered medical homes, bundled payment). In your paper, please draw
upon and cite at least five high-quality references not included in the Module
3 reading list. In the paper, please relate the organizational structures or
payment approach to the Saint Leo University core value of community.

HCM 590
Midterm Examination

and
Presentation Instructions

For the
HCM 590 midterm, you will prepare and submit a narrated PowerPoint presentation
detailing your Medicare reform recommendations. Please prepare a 30-slide
PowerPoint presentation with self-running embedded narration according to the
following outline:

· Title
slide (1 slide)

·
Medicare Reform Actions Favored (15 slides)

·
Medicare Reform Ideas Opposed (10 slides)

·
Conclusion (2 slides)

·
References Cited (2 slides)

The
running time of the recorded presentation should be about 30 minutes.
Therefore, you have about one minute per slide to explain the Medicare reform options
you favor (15 slides) and oppose (10 slides).

In
addition to assigned Module 1-4 readings, recommended references include:

· Kaiser
Family Foundation. (2013). Policy Options to Sustain Medicare for the Future.
Retrieved from http://kaiserfamilyfoundation.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/8402.pdf

· AARP
Public Policy Institute. (2012). Perspectives: Options for Reforming Medicare.
Retrieved from http://www.aarp.org/content/dam/aarp/research/public_policy_institute/health
/compilation-of-options-medicare-AARP-ppi-health.pdf

·
Weissert, W. & Weissert, C. (2012). Governing Health: The Politics of
Health Policy. 4th ed. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

· Plus
recently published resources retrieved through your own research.

Categories
of Medicare reform options include (but are not limited to) such areas as:

·	Beneficiary Cost Sharing	·	Medicare Advantage Plans
·	Beneficiary Premiums	·	Medicare Program Structure
·	Delivery System Reform	·	Patient Engagement
·	Eligibility Age	·	Prescription Drug Coverage
·	High-Need Beneficiaries	·	Provider Payments

Note: the
above ten areas were extracted from “Policy Options to Sustain Medicare for the
Future” (Kaiser Family Foundation, 2013). Your views on additional Medicare

reform issues
discussed in the module pages (e.g., a premium support approach) should also be
included in the Midterm presentation.

Recording
Assistance:

To record
narration for a slide in your presentation using, for example, PowerPoint 2007:

· Go to
the third slide

· Click
on “Slide Show”

· Click
on “Record Narration”

· Click
“OK”

· Click
“Current Slide”

·
<speak to record the slide narration>

· Hit
“escape”

· Click
“Save”

Many
websites provide additional instructions for embedding narration into a
PowerPoint presentation, for example:

·
Microsoft. (2013). Add narration to a presentation. Retrieved from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint-help/add-narration-to-a-presentation-HA001230306.aspx

· For
Dummies. (2013). How to Record a Narration in PowerPoint 2007. Retrieved from http://www.dummies.com/about-for-dummies.html

The
Midterm presentation is due no later than 11:59 pm on Sunday at the end of
Module 4. The presentation is to be submitted to the Midterm Dropbox.

Policy Critique Paper: “Medicaid Expansion and Dual Eligible Policy in My
Home State”

The paper should be approximately 1,500 words in length (excluding the list
of references cited at the end) and incorporate the Saint Leo University core
value of community.

Please upload your assignment to the Policy Critique Dropboxno later than
Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT. (This Dropbox basket is linked to Turnitin.)

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