Public Health – Communicating the Impact on Current and Emerging Policies
As a public health professional, you may be required to research, analyze, and communicate important policies. For example, as a state health department employee, you may design an educational campaign to encourage people to get particular vaccinations updated. If you were asked to make your case to the health department leadership about the benefit of this kind of program, you would need to realize that some individuals will use Medicaid benefits for coverage. What is the value to the state for Medicaid to pay for this? Often, research and policy analysis will target key stakeholders in leadership or regulatory positions.
There are several dynamics in public payment mechanisms, which are currently one of the largest parts of the United States federal budgetary outlay. What they do and who they serve makes them unlike any other system in this country or the world. A familiarity with various kinds of organizations, structures, and functions of public health and health-related systems and their regulatory systems will set the stage for how aspects of Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP can work.
For the assignment, you compare the organization, structure, and function of health care, public health, and regulatory systems across national and international settings and you research a pre-selected topic relevant to public payment mechanisms in Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP. Then, you analyze the potential impact of the payment policy in a specific setting and look at the payment policy against a broader perspective.
To prepare: Review the pre-selected topic focused on public payment systems, Medicaid, Medicare, and CHIP.
To Finish: Submit a 4-5 page paper on the pre-assigned topic, not including title page and references, that addresses the bullet points below.
*****PRE-CHOSEN TOPIC:
A Medicare Supplemental Insurance policy provides coverage that original Medicare does not cover.
select one state health insurance program (SHIP) and explain their approach in managing a Medicare Supplemental Insurance. Focus on how they work with private insurance and whether or not they are successful- to the extent possible against the regulatory backdrop
