HLTH 8051E Week 11 Discussion: PESTLE Analysis and Health Care Reform
Federal, state, and local health care policies are continually instituted or amended to address emerging issues and trends and to rectify problems in healthcare delivery. For instance, reform may be required to address cost containment challenges or disparities in access to health care services. When addressing reforms, it is helpful to consider issues from an external, environmental lens. A PESTLE analysis is one such method. Taking this approach can broaden your focus when dealing with complex factors. A solution may seem ideal, until you realize the economic impact it would create, the legal problems it presents, or technical limitations that prevent it from being a possibility.
For this Discussion, you will explore the political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environment circumstances surrounding the continued evolution of value-based care for the delivery of health care in the United States. You will also consider where you envision the future of delivery of health care in the United States and evaluate what this development might mean for your work in healthcare administration.
Resources
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
To prepare for this Discussion:
- Identify an issue currently in the news that relates to federal, state, or local reform, and research it through a variety of news sources, such as government websites (e.g., the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Mental Health) and online newspapers. Review the information in the Learning Resources and conduct additional research using the Walden Library and credible websites to assess this issue and associated reform efforts. Do not use blogs or other informal sources.
- Consider how the issue is related to your understanding of the U.S. healthcare delivery system and value-based care. Reflect on health care reform from an external, environmental lens and consider how to address the issue while incorporating the PESTLE approach.
- Perform an informal PESTLE analysis on the issue and associated reform efforts, making note of how your selected issue would be impacted by each factor of the PESTLE analysis (i.e., the political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental factors). The purpose of this exercise is not to submit a robust PESTLE analysis but to use the analysis as a basis for this week’s Discussion. You will summarize the results of your PESTLE analysis in the Discussion.
By Wednesday
Post an evaluation of the potential impacts of healthcare reform on healthcare administration through an external, environmental lens. Be sure to include the following:
- Summarize the issue you identified and the results of your PESTLE analysis for the issue and associated reform efforts.
- Of the six factors addressed in your PESTLE analysis, identify which one you feel might have the greatest impact on your future as a healthcare administrator and explain why.
- If more issues were addressed through an external, environmental lens (such as PESTLE analysis), assess what the overall impact might be for the future delivery of health care in the United States.
- Relate at least one aspect of your PESTLE analysis to the social determinants of health, including how focusing on that aspect could lead to positive outcomes.
Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings. Consider how your colleagues’ postings relate to the information presented in the Learning Resources and to your own posting.
Refer to the Week 11 Discussion Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this grading rubric to assess your work.
By Friday
Respond to at least two of your colleagues’ postings in one or more of the following ways:
- Provide an additional perspective on the information your colleague presented in terms of the political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environment context of healthcare reform.
- Ask a question or provide an additional insight that you gained from having read your colleague’s initial post.
Continue engaging in the Discussion through Sunday.
Congratulations! After you have finished all of the assignments for this week, you have completed the course. Please submit your Student Evaluation of Learning and Teaching by Sunday.
SOLUTION HLTH 8051E Week 11 Discussion: PESTLE Analysis and Health Care Reform
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Impacts of Healthcare Reform on Healthcare Administration: An External Environmental Analysis
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 introduced the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, a groundbreaking healthcare reform aimed at reducing prescription drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries. By allowing Medicare to negotiate directly with pharmaceutical companies for specific high-cost medications, the reform seeks to lower medication prices, improve accessibility, and enhance health equity among elderly and low-income populations (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [CMS], 2023). However, the program is also politically controversial and faces resistance from the pharmaceutical industry. A PESTLE (Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, and Environmental) analysis provides a comprehensive framework to evaluate the potential impacts of this reform, with particular focus on how it may affect healthcare administration…
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