HCS 455 UOP COURSE Tutorial/UOPHELP

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2. HCS 455 UOP Course Tutorial HCS 455 Entire Course HCS 455 Week 1 Individual Assignment Policy Topic Search Use the following resources to select a policy topic: Conduct an Internet search for key words such as health and health policy. Review different topics and ideas at The Kaiser Family Foundation, KaiserEDU.org., Health Policy Topics List, June 28, 2010, available at:http://www.kaiseredu.org/topics_index.asp. Consider reviewing the tutorials and issues modules. • HCS 455 Week 1 Discussion Question 1 • HCS 455 Week 1 Discussion Question 2 • HCS 455 Week 1 Individual Assignment Policy Topic Search and Selection • HCS 455 Week 2 Discussion Question 1  • HCS 455 Week 2 Discussion Question 2  • HCS 455 Week 2 Team Assignment Policy Issues Outline • HCS 455 Week 3 Discussion Question 1 

3. HCS 455 UOP Course Tutorial HCS 455 Week 2 Discussion Question 1 HCS 455 Week 2 Discussion Question 2 How do national economic trends, indicators, and challenges apply to health care policy? • What are the three interconnected phases of health policy making?  How do they affect each other?

4. HCS 455 UOP Course Tutorial HCS 455 Week 2 Team Assignment Policy Issues HCS 455 Week 3 Discussion Question 1 What is the role of various interest groups in health care public policy and equal access?  How have they influenced policy?   • Create an outline describing the overview of the team’s selected program used for the Policy Issues PowerPoint® Presentation due in Week Five. • Cite any sources consistent with APA guidelines.

5. HCS 455 UOP Course Tutorial HCS 455 Week 3 Discussion Question 2 HCS 455 week 3 Individual Assignment Policies are constantly being reviewed and considered to help improve the American health care system. Each one has the potential to affect each of us on a daily basis, so careful consideration must be given when policies are proposed. It is important to understand the process of how a topic eventually becomes a policy. Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper on the complete process of how a topic becomes a policy. In your paper, include the following information: Formulation stage • Is the role of the government, both at the national and state level, in the shaping of national health policy increasing? Why may this be either harmful or beneficial?

6. HCS 455 UOP Course Tutorial HCS 455 Week 4 Discussion Question 1 HCS 455 Week 4 Discussion Question 2 What strategies will you utilize to improve success in conducting meetings or performing group tasks in the health care setting? • In what ways can collaborative communication and therapeutic interventions improve health outcomes for clients? For patients? For communities? 

7. HCS 455 UOP Course Tutorial HCS 455 week 4 Individual Assignment The Policy Process HCS 455 week 5 Individual Assignment Legislator Handout Legislators are busy individuals and do not have extra time to sort through pages and pages of documents. Nevertheless, you feel it is important to meet with your legislator to obtain his or her support on your policy so it can be presented for approval. Resource: Policy Topic Search and Selection assignment from Week One Write a 1-page document to hand to a legislator about the pros of your selected policy. • Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper on how a topic becomes a policy. In your paper, include the following information: • Evaluation stage • Analysis stage • Revision stage • Describe the purpose and methodologies process for evaluating and revising a public policy. • Cite a minimum of three references. • Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines

8. HCS 455 UOP Course Tutorial HCS 455 week 5 Team Assignment Policy Issues HCS 455Week 1 Discussion Question 1 What are two major health care programs that have shaped the history of health care policy?  Explain each one. • Use the outline created in Week Two. • Develop a 12- to 15-slide PowerPoint® presentation that includes the following information: • Overview of the selected program • The budget of the program • Past policy decisions surrounding this policy’s administration • Projected costs of creating and implementing a replacement or revised policy • The role of the government in relation to the selected program

9. HCS 455 UOP Course Tutorial HCS 455Week 1 Discussion Question 2 • What major events in health care access and delivery since 1950 have significantly changed and enhanced health care policy in the United States?

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