Physician Practice Policy Brief Essay

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Select a health care facility or service (e.g., hospital, physician practice, long-term care facility, ambulance service, pharmacy, or skilled nursing facility).

Identify and read one recently proposed or enacted state or federal legislation that has an impact on your selected health care facility or service.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word policy brief on the effects the legislation will have on your selected facility or service and on the state’s population. Use the following structure when putting together your policy brief (use the bolded as your subheadings within the assignment):

  • Title (on the properly formatted separate title page and at the top center of page one of the brief essay)
  • Executive summary (the second page of the brief with 175 to 260 words which replaces an abstract in a formal APA essay; this is a summary of your brief essay capturing the key points only - write it after the essay is completed)
  • Recommendations (a sub heading within the executive summary included in the word count listed above)
  • Introduction (this is the beginning of the policy brief essay)
  • State recommendation again (Restate the proposed or enacted state or federal legislation and its purpose and impact on your identified healthcare facility or service then offer your recommendation clearly and succinctly)
  • Body
  • Overview of problem (identify and describe your identified healthcare facility or service and then state the problem that the new legislation causes for your identified healthcare facility or service)
  • Review of relevant research (conduct a literature review regarding the problem - cite relevant research on the issue)
  • Application of research results (discuss and analyze how this new research applies to this issue or problem and how it might be applied within your identified healthcare facility or service)
  • Policy implications (what implications does the research have on the policy as it is currently offered and what are your recommendations regarding the policy and it's adoption)
  • Conclusion (this is a summary of the highlights of the essay and conclusionary statements)

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Running head: IMPACT OF REGULATION ON HEALTHCARE

Physician Practice
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IMPACT OF REGULATION ON HEALTHCARE

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Regulations in Healthcare
Executive Summary
The Stark Law is one of the several health regulations in the US. This paper discusses its impacts
on healthcare especially among the physicians in the delivery of care. It is a federal law enacted
over 30 years ago restricting physicians concerning patient referral and their relationship with
hospitals. Its complexity is discussed with regards to the impact on physicians. The section on
problem overview gives a broad discussion of the challenges associated with the regulation. It
mentions how complicated it is and that physicians may violate without knowing. The section of
the literature review discusses the issue of compliance. On the other hand, this section also
mentions the considerations that involve compliance and challenges. The next section on the
application of research results mentions ways of implementing the several considerations in
healthcare organizations. Nonetheless, the policy implications discuss implications on policy and
recommendations.
Recommendations
The identified recommendations involve amending the regulation due to the evolving
healthcare system and also meeting value-based reimbursement goals. Another recommendation
of the Stark Law discussed is to allow physicians to coordinate care and refer patients.
Introduction
The regulatory frameworks are crucial when it comes to complying with standards.
However, in some cases, the effects of regulation including the legal and ethical matters may
signif...


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