Module 4 520 Discussion-Access to Affordable Care and Organizational Policy

ASSIGNMENTWhat is the responsibility of health care administrators to work towards, as part of their organizational policy, access to affordable care? How does this relate to community benefit spending?Cite reliable sources in your discussion posts.Required ReadingAmerican College of Healthcare Executives. (2016) Access to affordable healthcare. Retrieved from https://www.ache.org/about-ache/our-story/our-commitments/policy-statements/access-to-affordable-healthcareChaiyachati, K. H., Qi, M., & Werner, R. M. (2018) Non-profit hospital community benefit spending based on local sociodemographics. Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved, 29, 1259-1268. Available in the Trident Online Library.Clary, A. (2018, May 8) States work to hold hospitals accountable for community benefits spending. National Academy for State Health Policy. Retrieved from https://nashp.org/states-work-to-hold-hospitals-accountable-for-community-benefits-spending/Cox, K. & Westbrook, D.H. (2017) Hospital leadership recognizes need to create partnerships to treat consequences of poverty. Current Problems in Adolescent Health Care, 47, 229-232. Available in the Trident Online Library.Cronin, C. (2017) The prevalence of community benefit participation in the hospital region and its relationship to community health outcomes. Journal of Health and Human Services Administration, 40(1), 98-124. Available in the Trident Online Library.Folkemer, D. C., Spicer, L. A., Mueller, C. H., Somerville, M. H., Brow, A.L.R., Milligan, C.J., & Boddie-Willis, C.L. (2011) Hospital community benefits after the ACA: The emerging federal framework. The Hilltop Institute. Retrieved from https://hilltopinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/publications/HospitalCommunityBenefitsAfteTheACA-TheEmergingFederalFramework-Summary.pdfJames, J. (2016, February 25). Health policy brief: Nonprofit hospitals’ Community Benefit requirements. Under the Affordable Care Act, many nonprofit hospitals must meet new requirements to retain their tax-exempt status. Health Affairs. Retrieved from https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hpb20160225.954803/full/healthpolicybrief_153.pdfMatthew, D. B. (2018) Next steps in health reform: Hospitals, Medicaid expansion, and racial equity. Journal of Law, Medicine, & Ethics, 46, 906-912. Available in the Trident Online Library.Olive, M. (2015, October 12) Surrounded by poverty, urban hospitals reach out. Pew Charitable Trust. Retrieved from https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2015/10/12/surrounded-by-poverty-urban-hospitals-reach-outRTI (n.d.) Community benefit insight, Retrieved from http://www.communitybenefitinsight.org/Singh, S., Young, G., Lee, S. D., Song, P. H. & Alexander, J. A. (2018) Analysis of hospital community benefit expenditures’ alignment with community health needs: Evidence from a national investigation of tax-exempt hospitals. American Journal of Public Health, 105(5) 914-921. Available in the Trident Online Library.

 
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