Healthcare system trade-offs

In considering healthcare system trade-offs, politics plays a major role. Understanding the strengths and weaknesses of the current Medicaid system in the United States based on individual state policies is important to the political and legal platforms each state faces. As organizations seek to implement HMIS and IT program development, upgrades, and evaluations the organizations must be capable of separating the IT failures, budget overruns, and exogenous changes in enrolment that affect the healthcare system. In a minimum of 250 words, discuss the following:

Who is responsible on the state political level to propose legislature to overcome healthcare organizations concerns (trade-off) relating to patient enrollment and budget overruns?
What is your state’s responsibility in preparation for healthcare change such as the ACA?
How do healthcare leader’s best integrate pre-existing conditions and long-term illness?

Full Answer Section What is your state’s responsibility in preparation for healthcare change such as the ACA? My state's responsibility in preparation for healthcare change such as the ACA is to ensure that its healthcare system is able to meet the needs of its residents. This includes ensuring that there is enough access to care, that the care is affordable, and that the care is of high quality. How do healthcare leader’s best integrate pre-existing conditions and long-term illness? Healthcare leaders can best integrate pre-existing conditions and long-term illness by ensuring that all patients have access to the care they need, regardless of their health status. This includes providing preventive care, early intervention, and chronic disease management services. It also includes ensuring that patients have access to affordable medications and that they are able to afford their copays and deductibles. In addition, healthcare leaders can work to educate the public about pre-existing conditions and long-term illness. This can help to reduce stigma and discrimination, and it can also help patients to advocate for themselves and to get the care they need. Here are some additional resources that you may find helpful:
  • The Kaiser Family Foundation: https://www.kff.org/health-reform/
  • The Commonwealth Fund: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/
  • The Urban Institute: https://www.urban.org/
Sample Answer Who is responsible on the state political level to propose legislature to overcome healthcare organizations concerns (trade-off) relating to patient enrolment and budget overruns? The responsibility for proposing legislation to overcome healthcare organizations' concerns relating to patient enrollment and budget overruns falls on the state legislature. The legislature is responsible for making laws that govern the healthcare system in the state, and it is also responsible for allocating funding to healthcare organizations.