Introduction to the U.S. Health Care Delivery System

The overall goal of the Session Long Project is to examine healthcare delivery in the United States from a strategic perspective.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) changedthe landscape of the health care industry. For this assignment, readthe "Three brutal facts that provide strategic direction for health caredelivery systems: Preparing for the end of the health care bubble" byNathan Kaufman. Kaufman discusses that the health care industry isheading for a fall and that organizations need to prepare now byfocusing their strategies on new market realities. After reading theKaufman article, write a paper to respond to the following questions.

1. Why does Kaufman believe the health care bubble is going to burst? Explain whether you agree or disagree with his views.
2. Discuss what he means by "Physician autonomy and the organizedmedical staff will become less relevant". Do you believe this willimprove patient care?
3. Discuss what a prepared organization is to Kaufman. Do you believethis is what it will take to effectively deal with the health carebubble? What are some suggestions that you have based upon this articleand your own research?

SLP Assignment Expectations Length: Length: Submit a 3-page paper. 3 cited sources

Required Reading

Asaria, M., Ali, S., Doran, T., Ferguson, B., Fleetcroft, R.,Goddard, M., & Cookson, R. (2016). How a universal health systemreduces inequalities: lessons from England. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 70(7), 637-643.

Beitsch, R. (2015). Hospitals oppose site-neutral outpatient pay proposal in Obama's budget. Inside Washington Publishers' Inside CMS, 18(5).

Beland, D., Rocco, P., & Waddan, A. (2016). Obamacare wars: Federalism, state politics, and the Affordable Care Act. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. Retrieved from https://muse.jhu.edu/book/43112

Galarraga, J. E., & Pines, J. M. (2016). Costs of ED episodes of care in the United States. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 34(3), 357-365.

Harrison, S. (2015). Health care reform may drive higher comp costs. Business Insurance, 49(6), 4-4,22.

Foundation Recovery Network. (2016). The effects of the AffordableCare Act and outpatient treatment. Accessed fromhttp://www.outpatientcenters.org/affordable-care-a…

Gavil, A. I., & Koslov, T. I. (2016). A flexible health careworkforce requires a flexible regulatory environment: Promoting healthcare competition through regulatory reform. Washington Law Review, 91(1), 147-197.

Joynt, K. E., Chan, D. C., Zheng, J., Orav, E. J., & Jha, A. K.(2015). The impact of Massachusetts health care reform on access,quality, and costs of care for the already-insured. Health Services Research, 50(2), 599–613

Kaufman, N. S. (2011). Three "brutal facts" that provide strategicdirection for healthcare delivery systems: Preparing for the end of thehealthcare bubble. Journal of Healthcare Management, 56(3), 163-8.

Kennedy, S. (2015, December 1). New health care jobs in Pennsylvania not at hospitals. The Morning Call. Retrieved from http://www.mcall.com/business/mc-health-care-emplo…

Mead, R. (2015). The obstacles to health care reform. Policy, 31(3), 12-13.

Merlo, G., Page, K., Ratcliffe, J., Halton, K., & Graves, N.(2015). Bridging the gap: Exploring the barriers to using economicevidence in healthcare decision making and strategies for improvinguptake. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 13(3), 303-309.

Outpatient medical procedures save money. (2016). Healthcare Leadership Review, 35(5), 13.

Rich, G. (2015, March 30). Hospitals going out for profitable care:Outpatient sites cheap, serve paying patients, align with Obamacare. Investor's Business Daily, p. A1.

Young, Q. D. (2016). Health care reform: A new public health movement. American Journal of Public Health, 106(6), 1023-1024.