13 Jan hospital price transparency rule
Order Instructions
Prompt
Write a short paper focusing on the current hospital price transparency rule. Your research should include the rule enforcement strategy, how hospitals are complying with the rule, and the impact of this rule on the healthcare system.
You must cite at least three sources to support your claims. For additional help with completing this assignment, refer to the Shapiro Library Guide: Nursing – Graduate item in the Start Here module. You may also use the Online Writing Center, located in the Academic Support module.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Rule Enforcement Strategy: Explain the bureaucratic strategy CMS is using to enforce the price transparency rule for hospitals.
Legal Risks and Liabilities: Describe the legal risks and liabilities associated with the price transparency rule for hospitals, including how to differentiate between legal risks and liabilities associated with this rule. Consider the following questions in your response:
What are the penalties and other legal actions defined by CMS for noncompliant hospitals?
Hospital Compliance Preparation: Describe how hospitals need to prepare in order to comply with the rule of price transparency. Consider the following questions in your response:
What are the guidelines for displaying standard charge information?
How does the rule of price transparency apply to federally owned or operated hospitals (such as a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital)?
How can this price transparency rule be improved to help people with low or no internet access?
Impact on Overall Healthcare System: Hypothesize the potential effects of the price transparency rule on the overall healthcare system. Consider the following questions in your response:
What are two potential drawbacks of this rule for privately owned hospitals?
What are two potential benefits of this rule for federally owned hospitals?
Guidelines for Submission
Your submission should be a 2- to 3-page Word document. You must also include an APA-style title page. Use 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and 1-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style.
Criteria Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Rule Enforcement Strategy
Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear and insightful manner, using industry-specific language
Explains the bureaucratic strategy CMS is using to enforce the price transparency rule for hospitals
Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions
Does not attempt criterion
15
Legal Risks and Liabilities
Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear and insightful manner, using industry-specific language
Describes the legal risks and liabilities associated with the hospital price transparency rule, including how to differentiate between the legal risks and liabilities associated with the rule
Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions
Does not attempt criterion
20
Hospital Compilance Preparation
Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear and insightful manner, using industry-specific language
Describes how hospitals need to prepare in order to comply with the price transparency rule
Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions
Does not attempt criterion
20
Impact on Overall Healthcare System
Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear and insightful manner, using industry-specific language
Hypothesizes the potential effects of price transparency on the overall healthcare system
Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions
Does not attempt criterion
20
Articulation of Response
Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear and insightful manner
Clearly conveys meaning with correct grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, demonstrating an understanding of audience and purpose
Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, negatively impacting readability
Submission has critical errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, preventing understanding of ideas
10
Scholarly Sources
Incorporates more than three scholarly, current (within the last five years) sources, or use of sources is exceptionally insightful
Incorporates three scholarly, current (within the last five years) sources that support claims
Incorporates fewer than three scholarly, current (within the last five years) sources, or not all sources support claims
Does not incorporate sources
10
APA Style
Formats in-text citations and reference list according to APA style with no errors
Formats in-text citations and reference list according to APA style with fewer than five errors
Formats in-text citations and reference list according to APA style with five or more errors
Does not format in-text citations and reference list according to APA sty
