Full course description
This course provides students with an overview of how healthcare policy develops from origin to implementation by regulatory agencies, industry, and the healthcare delivery system. The impact of healthcare policies on the 4 P’s (patient, provider, payer, population) at the community, state, national, and global levels is explored. Key entities that influence healthcare policy are identified and their impact on healthcare policies is analyzed.
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Discuss how societal values shape healthcare policies that influence regulatory bodies, the industry and the healthcare delivery system
- Explain the process by which healthcare policy leads to the implementation of laws that support the healthcare policy
- Ascertain the impact that a healthcare policy has on each of the 4 P’s (patients, providers, payers and the population) to negotiate their competing interests
- Identify organizations on a local, state, federal and global level that drive health care to illustrate the influence these organizations have on implementing healthcare policy
- Advocate for a public health policy to influence key decision makers