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HCS 455 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.hcs455edu.com   HCS 455 Week 1
Discussion Question 1 HCS 455 Week 1 Discussion
Question 2 HCS 455 Week 1 Individual Assignment
Policy Topic Search and Selection HCS 455 Week 2
Discussion Question 1 HCS 455 Week 2 Discussion
Question 2 HCS 455 Week 2 Team Assignment Policy
Issues Outline HCS 455 Week 3 Discussion Question
1 HCS 455 Week 3 Discussion Question 2 HCS 455
Week 3 Individual Assignment The Policy Process
Part I
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HCS 455 Week 1 Discussion Question 1 FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.hcs455edu.com   What are two
major health care programs that have shaped the
history of health care policy? Explain each one.
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HCS 455 Week 1 Discussion Question 2 FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.hcs455edu.com   What major
events in health care access and delivery since
1950 have significantly changed and enhanced
health care policy in the United States?
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HCS 455 Week 1 Individual Assignment Policy Topic
Search and Selection FOR MORE CLASSES
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resources to select a policy topic Conduct
an Internet search for key words such as health
and health policy. Review different topics
and ideas at The Kaiser Family Foundation,
KaiserEDU.org., Health Policy Topics List, June
28, 2010, available athttp//www.kaiseredu.org/to
pics_index.asp. Consider reviewing the
tutorials and issues modules. Use this policy
topic for your individual assignments throughout
the course. Write a 350- to 500-word summary on
your selected policy topic and the stakeholders
affected by the topic. Your stakeholders, for
example, may be veterans, the elderly, HIV
patients, or the uninsured. A minimum of two
references are required.
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HCS 455 Week 2 Discussion Question 1 FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.hcs455edu.com What are the
three interconnected phases of health policy
making? How do they affect each other?
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HCS 455 Week 2 Discussion Question 2 FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.hcs455edu.com   How do national
economic trends, indicators, and challenges apply
to health care policy?
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HCS 455 Week 2 Team Assignment Policy Issues
Outline FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hcs455edu.com  
Create an outline describing the overview of the
teams selected program used for the Policy
Issues PowerPoint Presentation due in Week
Five. Cite any sources consistent with APA guid
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HCS 455 Week 3 Discussion Question 1 FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.hcs455edu.com   What is the
role of various interest groups in health care
public policy and equal access? How have they
influenced policy?
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HCS 455 Week 3 Discussion Question 2 FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.hcs455edu.com   Is the role of
the government, both at the national and state
level, in the shaping of national health policy
increasing? Why may this be either harmful or
beneficial?
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HCS 455 Week 3 Individual Assignment The Policy
Process Part I FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.hcs455edu.com   Policies are constantly
being reviewed and considered to help improve the
American health care system. Each one has the
potential to affect each of us on a daily basis,
so careful consideration must be given when
policies are proposed. It is important to
understand the process of how a topic eventually
becomes a policy. Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word
paper on the complete process of how a topic
becomes a policy. In your paper, include the
following information Formulation stage
Legislative stage Implementation stage Cite a
minimum of three references. Format your paper
consistent with APA guidelines.
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HCS 455 Week 4 Discussion Question 1 FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.hcs455edu.com   In what ways
can collaborative communication and therapeutic
interventions improve health outcomes for
clients? For patients? For communities?
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HCS 455 Week 4 Discussion Question 2 FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.hcs455edu.com   What strategies
will you utilize to improve success in conducting
meetings or performing group tasks in the health
care setting?
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HCS 455 Week 4 Individual Assignment The Policy
Process Part II FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.hcs455edu.com   Write a 1,400- to
1,750-word paper on how a topic becomes a policy.
In your paper, include the following
information Evaluation stage
Analysis stage Revision stage
Describe the purpose and methodologies process
for evaluating and revising a public policy. Cite
a minimum of three references. Format your paper
consistent with APA guidelines.
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HCS 455 Week 5 Individual Assignment Legislator
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Legislators are busy individuals and do not have
extra time to sort through pages and pages of
documents. Nevertheless, you feel it is important
to meet with your legislator to obtain his or her
support on your policy so it can be presented for
approval. Resource Policy Topic Search and
Selection assignment from Week One Write a
1-page document to hand to a legislator about the
pros of your selected policy. Use appropriate
references so your legislator may understand why
he or she should support the potential policy.
They have little time and need a brief, concise
overview of what the policy entails and why they
should support its passage.
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HCS 455 Week 5 Team Assignment Policy Issues
PowerPoint Presentation FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.hcs455edu.com   Use the outline created
in Week Two. Develop a 12- to 15-slide
PowerPoint presentation that includes the
following information Overview of the
selected program The budget of the program
Past policy decisions surrounding this policys
administration Projected costs of creating and
implementing a replacement or revised policy
The role of the government in relation to the
selected program The effects of special
interest groups on the selected program The
policys desired versus actual outcome
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