Week 1. Operational Issues in Healthcare
Read: Weekly overview (in Course Content)
Asch, D.A., & Volpp, K.G. (2012). What Is the Business of Health Care? Harvard Business Review
https://hbr.org/2012/09/what-is-the-business-of-health
Gennett, L.S., & Wood, I.E. (2017, May 8). Two-Midnight Rule: Where are we now? Health Care Compliance Association.
https://www.hcca-info.org/Portals/0/PDFs/Resources/Conference_Handouts/Compliance_Institute/2016/208print2.pdf
Kacik, A. (2018). Preparing for the Boomer Wave. Modern Healthcare. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20180505/NEWS/180509944?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_campaign=financedaily&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20180505-NEWS-180509944
Merrild, P. (2015). The Biggest Challenges in Healthcare are Management Challenges. Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2015/02/the-biggest-u-s-health-care-challenges-are-management-challenges
Rappleye, E. (2018). CMS releases 2019 IPPS proposed rule: 10 things to know. Becker’s Hospital CFO Report. https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/cms-releases-2019-ipps-proposed-rule-10-things-to-know.html
Spitzer, J. (2018). CMS renames ‘meaningful use’ to ‘promoting interoperability’ and changes ensue. Becker’s Health IT & CIO Report. https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/ehrs/cms-renames-meaningful-use-to-promoting-interoperability-and-changes-ensue.html
ASSIGNMENT: APA (no more than 500 words) References
1. How has the two-midnight rule impacted the design and operations of healthcare?
2. How effective has this policy been in curbing costs?
3. Has it influenced what types of delivery structures healthcare systems are developing?
