Health Policymaking in the United States, Sixth Edition

Beaufort Longest

• Publisher: ACHE Learn
• Year: 2015
• eBook ISBN: 9781567937206
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Public Health, Administration & Care

Instructor Resources: New test bank, PowerPoint slides, HAP Course Lesson Plans, answer guides to the chapter-end discussion questions, and a transition guide to the new edition.

In the past decade, the nation experienced an unusually active period in health policy with the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Historically, health policymaking has been a slow yet persistent evolution. The ACA, in spite of its magnitude, is an excellent example of the incremental evolution that characterizes policymaking in the United States. This book provides context and background for understanding the development of today's health reform legislation.

In the new edition of this widely used book, Beaufort Longest provides a framework for understanding the formulation, implementation, and modification of health policymaking at both the federal and state levels. Students will learn how policymaking relates to decisions that affect healthcare providers and patients. They will also gain insight into how they can influence the policymaking process. Incorporated in the book are excerpts from congressional testimony, news stories, executive orders, legislation, and other documents related to real-world policy issues.

Thoroughly updated and revised, this edition:

Discusses the ACA extensively, with examples of both its formulation and its implementation Expands coverage of policymaking's implementation phase Provides a new chapter on the role of courts in health policy and policymaking Includes more than 30 appendices, many brand new to this edition, to illustrate the policymaking process

Table of contents

• Brief Contents
• Detailed Contents
• Acronyms and Abbreviations
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1 Health and Health Policy
• Chapter 2 The Context of Health Policymaking
• Chapter 3 The Process Of Health Policymaking
• Chapter 4 The Role of Courts In Health Policy And Policymaking
• Chapter 5 Policy Formulation: Agenda Setting
• Chapter 6 Policy Formulation: Development of Legislation
• Chapter 7 Policy Implementation And Implementing Organizations
• Chapter 8 Policy Implementation Activities: Designing, Rulemaking, Operating, and Evaluating
• Chapter 9 Policy Modification
• Chapter 10 Building Policy Competence for Health Professionals
• Appendix 1 Overview Of The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act
• Appendix 2 Overview Of Medicare
• Appendix 3 Overview of Medicaid
• Appendix 4 Briefly Annotated Chronological List of Selected US Federal Laws Pertaining To Health
• Appendix 5 National Institute Of Biomedical Imaging And Bioengineering Establishment Act
• Appendix 6 Summaries Of A Proposed And A Final Rule
• Appendix 7 News Release: FDA Allows Marketing Of First Medical Device To Prevent Migraine Headaches
• Appendix 8 Smokefree Laws
• Appendix 9 Laws Implemented By The EPA
• Appendix 10 Medicare Revisited--Again and Again
• Appendix 11 The United States Constitution And The Federal Government
• Appendix 12 State Legalization of Recreational Marijuana: Selected Legal Issues
• Appendix 13 Finding Better Solutions: CMS Innovation Center Develops New Payment and Service Delivery Models
• Appendix 14 Coalition Letter Requesting Changes To Meaningful Use For Greater Systems Interoperability
• Appendix 15 Types of Groups Involved In Financing Political Campaigns
• Appendix 16 Testimony on Heart Disease Education, Analysis Research, And Treatment for Woman Act (Or "Heart For Women Act")
• Appendix 17 Congressional Conference Committees
• Appendix 18 The Federal Budget Process
• Appendix 19 Michigan's Budget Process
• Appendix 20 Oversight Plan Of The House Committee On Energy And Commerce, United States House Of Representatives, 113th Congress
• Appendix 21 MEDPAC
• Appendix 22 Improving Access To Mental Health Services for Veterans, Service Members, And Military Families
• Appendix 23 Performance Culture In The Federal Workforce
• Appendix 24 State Experiences With Implementing The ACA
• Appendix 25 Lower Costs, Better Care: Reforming Our Health Care Delivery System
• Appendix 26 Observations on the Department Of Homeland Security's (DHS'S) Efforts To Identitfy, Prioritize, Assess, And Inspect Chemical Facilities
• Appendix 27 Options For Reducing The Deficit: Increase All Taxes On Alcoholic Beverages to $16 per Proof Gallon
• Appendix Opening Statement: Hearing On "Where Have All The Patients Gone? Examining The Psychiatric Bed Shortage
• Appendix 29 A Proposed Rule On Revision Of Nutrition Labels
• Appendix 30 Summary Of The FDA's Ophthalmic Devices Panel Meeting
• Index
• About the Author
• About the Contributor