For this Discussion Board, a minimum of 300 words is required. During this unit, you will discuss the following three questions.

1. What organizations have appeared to be behind the standards movement in public health in the U.S.?
2. In order to successfully meet the health care needs of the community, public health agencies need to identify relevant, reliable, and feasible indicators of community health that may be used to monitor outcomes and practices at the local level. What are some of these indicators that you see as important to public health? How would you collect information to be certain that your indicators accurately reflect the needs of the community?
3. Statistics mentioned in Chapter 16 state that the average local health department performed 24% of the services to the community themselves (Miller, CA, Moore KS, Richards TB, and Monk JD, p. 389), accounting for 67% of the total community effort. The text lists those activities most likely and least likely to be performed in the average jurisdiction. Why do you think these specific activities fall into each category? Is this beneficial to the community or harmful? How would you change this?

The most powerful force shaping the U.S. health care delivery system is managed care. As a health care professional, it is vital that you understand the managed care system, as it impacts all stakeholders. The purpose of this assignment will be for you to demonstrate your

knowledge of managed care through a PowerPoint presentation that explains the following:

 

1. An explanation of what a managed care organization (MCO) is and how MCOs
   evolved.
2. The identification of the accrediting bodies for MCOs and an explanation of the types of care they oversee.
3. A description of managed care plans, such as HMOs and PPOs.
4. An explanation of the impact of MCOs on cost, access, and quality.
5. An explanation of what an accountable care organization is and its relationship to MCOs.

The PowerPoint presentation will be comprised of 10-12 slides with detailed speaker notes containing in-text citations.

 

Three references (minimum) in addition to your text book are required for this assignment.

 

While GCU style format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using GCU documentation guidelines, which can be found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

 

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

 

 

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.