Assignment #3: Health Care Regulation Impact (160 points)
Target: Assess the social determinants of health and health policy to optimize the management of health care delivery
Select a state regulation from a state of your choice on one of the below topics. Prepare an annotated copy of the regulation, including the sections you reviewed to answer the questions in the following format:
Prepare a three (3) to four (4) page written response addressing all information in the following table. Text must be double spaced. Also include a cover page and a reference page in APA Format (these do not count toward the page limit). Review the bolded text in the Class Guidelines section of the syllabus above for formatting requirements.
Highlight five (5) notable parts of the regulation. For each of the parts, describe how the patient, provider, product developer, health care organization and/or payer may be impacted. Remember to write in narrative format except for titles. No more than 15% of direct quotes or paraphrasing are permitted in the document. Use citations and attach the notated regulation. In Week Five, you need to sign up for a topic in the Assignment Three Topic Selection folder in LEO. Unless the professor reaches out to you directly, your chosen topic is approved. Note a maximum of five (5) students may select the same topic. The topics are as follows:
Frontline workers are required to be immunized for influenza and potentially other contagious diseases. Where does this requirement come from and how does the state regulation ensure compliance?
Health professionals have responsibility for reporting elder and child abuse and neglect. How do state regulations help to meet this expectation?
Long-term care facilities must offer certain services according to state standards. What are they?
Some states have a certificate of need program to assess the need for new health service providers. How does this work?
Lead paint screening is a federal initiative that takes place in nearly every state, how are these services regulated on the state level?
Sexually transmitted diseases are reportable under state regulation. What diseases and what regulations ensure this reporting properly.
Parental notification is required for the treatment of minors. Select a state and indicate how parental notification related to teen pregnancy in that state.
Patients must consent to participate in research studies, including granting permission to use their biological tissues for tissue banks or organ banks. Does this involve state regulations if not what laws govern this?
Health insurance is administered on a state level. What state regulations govern Health Information Exchange? (Note you must select a state with a Health Information Exchange in operation or close to operation.)
Alcohol and drug treatment varies widely across states. Select a state and note the specific regulations about drug treatment facilities.
CLARIFICATION: You need to select ONE specific state regulation/law from ONE state that addresses your chosen topic. Then highlight/select FIVE notable parts of the regulation. Then, in a paper format (NOT in the table), answer all the inquiries from the table. That includes analyzing all five parts of the regulation and its impact on the noted stakeholders in the table.
HGMT 310 Assignment #3
Student Name:
Type your name here.
Assignment #3 Title:
Provide a unique short name for the paper and the official title of the state regulation.
Agency Responsible:
Identify the state agency and subunit (such as a bureau or office) responsible for oversight of the regulation.
Incentives and Enforcement:
What enforcements and penalties are noted in the regulation? Is there training for personnel? Is Technical Assistance (funding, training, resources) provided?
Key Aspect of the Regulation #1:
How does this section of the regulation impact payers/insurers/health plans, health care professionals, health provider organizations, or health product developers?
Key Aspect of the Regulation #2:
How does this section of the regulation impact payers/insurers/health plans, health care professionals, health provider organizations, or health product developers?
Key Aspect of the Regulation #3:
How does this section of the regulation impact payers/insurers/health plans, health care professionals, health provider organizations, or health product developers?
Key Aspect of the Regulation #4:
How does this section of the regulation impact payers/insurers/health plans, health care professionals, health provider organizations, or health product developers?
Key Aspect of the Regulation #5:
How does this section of the regulation impact payers/insurers/health plans, health care professionals, health provider organizations, or health product developers?
Notated Copy of the Rules:
Attach a copy of the regulation that you have marked up. Underline, highlight or note key sections. Mark them (1), (2), (3), etc. You may use technology to mark up in PDF or print, handwrite and scan the regulation. Specifically:
1. Print out the regulation, write in notes and/or highlight the printed copy, use a scanner to scan in the document in PDF format, and then attach to the back of your paper, or submit as a separate, second file online.
OR
2. Save the regulation in PDF format (you could copy the text and paste into Word, then Save As a PDF file). Open up Adobe Acrobat and add comments and/or highlights via the Comments function. Then attach to the back of your paper or submit as a separate, second file online.
SOLUTION
HMGT Assignment 3: Safe Haven for the Aged: Federal Nursing Home Regulations
Student
The University of Maryland Global
HMGT 310
4/23/2024
Incentives and Enforcement:
Any or all of the following sanctions can be applied to execute the 1987 Nursing Home Reform Act:
Directed staff in-service training, a correction plan, state monitoring, civil monetary penalties, and payment denial for new Medicare or Medicaid admissions.
No payment for Medicaid or Medicare patients; temporary management; and provider agreement termination.
The federal government may impose fines and temporary nursing home management.
How does this regulation affect payers, insurers, health plans, healthcare professionals, provider organizations, and product developers?
Key Aspects of Regulation #1
Have enough nursing staff.
Businesses and groups involved in the delivery of medical care would gain from this. It has been demonstrated that having an adequate number of nurses on duty can improve the quality of care provided, reduce the risk of a patient dying within the first thirty days of admission, increase patient satisfaction, and maintain the number of nurses employed by the organization.
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