In this assessment, you will review the private and public health legislation, regulatory agencies, and quality initiatives that have catapulted the United States into the quality revolution that we are experiencing today. As this quality revolution continues, health care professionals can expect to see more innovations contributing to individual patient and population health quality initiatives, with many more regulations to come.

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Scenario

You are a health care educator for a large integrated accountable care organization (ACO). You are tasked to work with a group of hospital executives to identify milestone events for three eras, the 1800s, 1900s, and 2000s, and identify trends from those events that impacted the health care industry. The trend analysis will consist of three critical measures: access, quality, and costs. Milestone events and trends identified for these three measures over time should include legislation, regulatory agencies, and quality initiatives in the various time periods. The final paper will be used in an annual strategic planning session attended by the ACO and hospital executives to demonstrate how the quality movement has evolved into a quality revolution.

Instructions

Write a 2–3-page paper in which you explain and analyze health care regulations and medical practice evolutionary changes for access, quality, and cost, including the significant milestone events from different time periods.

Complete the following:

1. References and citations:

. You are required to reference a total of three scholarly sources in your paper.

. Be sure to cite these references within the body of your paper correctly using APA style citations. Refer to Evidence and APA in the Capella Writing Center for help with using APA style.

· Complete the Trend Analysis Table: Evolution of Access, Quality, and Cost in Health Care in the appendix for the assessment template.

. For each time period, select 2 milestone events or regulations

. There should be a total of 18 milestone events or regulations in the completed table.

. Include bullet points with notes that describe each event or regulation and how it impacted access, quality, or cost.

· Write an introduction for the paper using the  Historical Health Care Trend Analysis Template [DOCX] .

. Provide a brief explanation of the purpose of this historical trend analysis and how it might be used in your work as a health administrator (1 paragraph).

· Use the Trend Analysis Table: Evolution of Access, Quality, and Cost in Health Care table to write the body of your paper. 

. Complete the Trends and Regulations section in the assessment template.

. Provide a brief description of the key measures of health care services, which are access, quality, and cost (1–2 paragraphs).

. In the Health Care Access subsection, explain the significant trends and regulatory milestones associated with access to health care over the recent eras (1–2 paragraphs).

. What U.S. legislation, regulatory agencies, and quality initiatives from the 1800s, 1900s, and 2000s have influenced access to health care services in the United States?

. What does your milestone trend analysis reveal for access to care?

. Include citations and references to specific regulations, events, or agencies.

· In the Health Care Quality subsection, explain the significant trends and regulatory milestones associated with health care quality over the recent eras (1–2 paragraphs).

. What U.S. legislation, regulatory agencies, and quality initiatives from the 1800s, 1900s, and 2000s have influenced care quality in health care services in the United States?

. What does your trend analysis reveal for care quality?

. Include citations and references to specific regulations, events, or agencies.

· In the Health Care Cost subsection, explain the significant trends and regulatory milestones associated with access to health care costs over the recent eras (1–2 paragraphs).

. What U.S. legislation, regulatory agencies, and quality initiatives from the 1800s, 1900s, and 2000s have affected health care costs for medical services?

. What does your trend analysis reveal for medical service costs?

. Include citations and references to specific regulations, events, or agencies.

· Complete the Trend Analysis section of the assessment template (1–2 paragraphs).

· Analyze the trends and regulations in health care access, quality, and cost to draw conclusions about the evolution of health care regulations and practice throughout the recent eras.

· Describe professional experiences or examples to illustrate the trends.

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· Write the conclusion for the paper (1 paragraph).

· Briefly restate the trends revealed for health care access, quality, and cost.

· Draw a conclusion about how the milestones, regulations, and changes have improved, been neutral, or inhibited progress of the U.S. health care system.

· Summarize clear and concise conclusions of your trend analysis.

Additional Requirements

· Your paper should be 2–3 pages, in addition to the title page, appendix, and references page.

· Double space your paper, and use Times New Roman, 12-point font, as indicated in the assessment template.

· Use a minimum of three resources. This may include your textbook and other course resources.

· Complete all parts of the assessment template, using the headings provided in the template.

· Support all points with credible evidence, in the form of APA citations.

· Include a references page in APA format with appropriate citations.

· Complete the Trend Analysis Table: Evolution of Access, Quality, and Cost in Health Care in the appendix of the assessment template.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

· Competency 1: Analyze trends in the U.S. health care system from a historical perspective.

. Identify health care legislative, regulatory agency, and quality initiative events in a trend analysis table of different eras.

· Competency 2: Explain the development of health regulation and the evolution of medical practice.

. Explain the significant trends and regulatory milestones associated with access to health care over the recent eras.

. Explain the significant trends and regulatory milestones associated with health care quality over the recent eras.

. Explain the significant trends and regulatory milestones associated with health care costs over the recent eras.

. Analyze the trends and regulations in health care access, quality, and cost to draw conclusions about the evolution of health care regulations and practice throughout the recent eras.

Historical Health Care Trend Analysis paper.