MHCM 5600 - Healthcare Policy, Trends and Public Financing
Credit Hours: 3
This examination of the politics of federal and state health policy process includes effects of political structure and institutions on various social factors, interest groups, classes and social movements. Unfunded mandates such as some provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that affect state budgets (e.g., expansion of Medicaid eligibility) are reviewed. Course participants examine the influences and functions of government agencies, legislative processes and procedures and executive branch rule-making. Course participants will objectively evaluate how policy changes occur at the federal and state levels and then how they subsequently affect your functioning as a citizen and a professional.
Class lecture will focus on the legislative path of federal law and then follow it through to the outcomes at the state level. Course participants will explore the importance of developing relationships, communication and advocacy strategies with elected officials and various stakeholdergroups that interact with the federal and state legislative processes.A historical overview of American health policy will set the framework from the turn of the century to current or proposed payment systems and initiatives.
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