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Reading: Principles of Healthcare Reimbursement and Revenue Cycle Management, Chapter 4
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What to Submit
Submit your journal as a 1- to 2-page Word document plus a title page. Use 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style.
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IHP 630 Module Two Journal Guidelines and Rubric
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is meant to bring quality, affordable healthcare to all Americans. The ACA extends health insurance to previously uncovered individuals.
Understanding the ACA is important because healthcare organizations need to know how it impacts their �nancial performance and strategic planning process. Review your module readings
on ACA for this assignment.
It is time to explore the impact of the ACA on healthcare reimbursement. This assignment will enable you to explain how healthcare-reimbursement methodologies in�uence strategic decision
making and �nancial performance. It will also help you analyze the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and its impact on patient care and health system performance. Begin by
reviewing your chapter readings on ACA.
Directions
Write a journal exploring the aspects of ACA and explaining the ways that it has changed the healthcare scenario.
Speci�cally, you must address the following criteria:
1. Expanded Access: Describe how the ACA has expanded access to health insurance.
2. Advantages and Disadvantages: Describe at least two advantages and two disadvantages of the ACA.
3. Impact on Reimbursement: Explain how the expanded access, as well as each advantage and disadvantage you identi�ed, impacts healthcare reimbursement. You may add any relevant
personal or professional experiences in your response, after removing any identifying information.
4. Impact on Organizational Strategy and Finance: Explain how the ACA could impact an organization’s strategic decision making and �nancial performance regarding healthcare
reimbursement.
What to Submit
Submit your journal as a 1- to 2-page Word document plus a title page. Use 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA
style.
Module Two Journal Rubric
Criteria Evident (100%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Expanded Access Describes how the ACA has expanded access to health insurance Does not attempt criterion 20
Advantages and
Disadvantages
Describes at least two advantages and two disadvantages of the
ACA
Does not attempt criterion 20
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Criteria Evident (100%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Impact on Reimbursement Explains how the expanded access, as well as each identi�ed
advantage and disadvantage, impacts healthcare reimbursement
Does not attempt criterion 20
Impact on Organizational
Strategy and Finance
Explains how the ACA could impact an organization’s strategic
decision making and �nancial performance regarding healthcare
reimbursement
Does not attempt criterion 20
Articulation of Response Clearly conveys meaning with correct grammar, sentence
structure, and spelling, demonstrating an understanding of
audience and purpose
Submission has critical errors in grammar, sentence structure, and
spelling, preventing understanding of ideas
10
APA Style Formats in-text citations and reference list according to APA style
with no errors
Does not format in-text citations and reference list according to
APA style
10
Total: 100%