Health care finance, economics, and policy for nurses : a foundational guide / Betty Rambur, PhD, RN.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rambur, Betty, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care--Finance.

Medical care.

Nursing--Economic aspects.

Nursing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Springer Publishing Company, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The complexities of health care finance, economics, and policy today are inextricably intertwined with traditional nursing practice. This undergraduate nursing text distills these challenging topics into an engaging, easy-to-read format that facilitates ready application to any practice setting. Written specifically for RN to BSN and second-degree nursing programs, the book is the only such text grounded in nurses' own understanding and experience. Concise and practical, it supports foundational concepts with real-life case studies and clinical applications and reinforces information with interactive quizzes and multimedia materials. The book's content fulfills one of the AACN's key Essentials of Baccalaureate Education. Written by a health economics and policy expert, former dean, and award-winning teacher, the text synthesizes the vast scope of health economics to create an easily understandable guide for nursing action from bedside to boardroom. The text describes the relationship between nursing and health care economics and traces the history of our health care system from the early 1900s through today. It contrasts the economics of health care with that of classic free markets and discusses the intersection of ethics and economics, providing nurses with the ethical tools to thoughtfully consider dilemmas arising from today's focus on the bottom line. The book describes how to use economic principles to shape organizations and public policy and includes a step-by-step, skillbuilding guide to enhancing professional influence through participation on governing boards. Complex financial principles are broken down to facilitate understanding for nurses with no prior knowledge of this discipline. The book also includes relevant information on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and is compatible with online teaching and coursework. Faculty resources include PowerPoint slides, a test bank, comprehensive review questions, and sample syllabi. KEY FEATURES: Fulfills one of the key Essentials of Baccalaureate Education Addresses the specific needs of RN to BSN courses with a concise, easy-to-read format Illuminates complex principles with specific, engaging case examples relevant to nursing practice Authored by a leading nurse expert, health policy leader, former dean, and award-winning teacher Guides readers in using economic principles to shape organizations and public policy

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Share Health Care Finance, Economics, and Policy for Nurses: A Foundational Guide""; ""Section I: The Context of Health Care and Health Care Reform""; ""Chapter 1: What Is Health Economics and Why Is It Important to Nurses?""; ""Theoretical Economic Approaches""; ""Social Determinants of Health""; ""How Economics Differs From Financing and Reimbursement""; ""Insurance Industry Changes Since the Passage of the ACA""; ""Conclusion""

""Chapter 2: A Story of Unintended Consequences: How Economic and Policy Solutions Create New Challenges""""The Influence of the Flexner Report""; ""Early Hospitals""; ""Social Reform Addressing Unintended Consequences of Employer-Based Insurance""; ""Attempts to Change Financial Incentives to Contain Costs""; ""The ACA and New (and Renewed) Payment Models""; ""Chapter 3: Payment Reform""; ""From Volume to Value: Payment Models That Move Away From Fee-for-Service Reimbursement""; ""Nursing Roles Within Emerging Payment Models""; ""Section II: Health Care Economics: An Overview""

""Chapter 4: How Health Care Markets Differ From Classic Markets""""What Does It Mean to Bear the Consequences of Financial Decision Making?""; ""What Ideas Help Us Understand Overtreatment? The Example of Small-Area Variation and Supplier-Induced Demand""; ""Chapter 5: The Role of Information in Health Care Markets and Decision Making""; ""The Need for Information""; ""Data on Quality""; ""Big Data""; ""Meaningful Use""; ""Information Science, Quality Science, and Data""; ""Chapter 6: Market Entry, Exit, and Antitrust Law""; ""Entering and Exiting the Market""

""Merge, Consolidate, or Stand Alone: An Overview of Antitrust Law""""Is Consolidation the Same as Integration?""; ""Section III: Ethics And Economics in an Age of Reform""; ""Chapter 7: What Is Ethinomics?""; ""Can Economics Coexist With the Intention of Doing Good?""; ""Social Determinants of Health, Health Disparities, Ethics, and Economics""; ""Moral Conduct of Nurses in Contemporary Complexity""; ""Chapter 8: Additional Models to Guide Ethical Decision Making""; ""Consequence-Based Decision Making""; ""Deontology: Rule-Based Decision Making""; ""Virtue Ethics""

""Using These Models in Clinical Decision Making""""Moral Distress""; ""Ethics of Reform and Cost Containment""; ""Sustainability Is an Ethical Issue""; ""Nurses on Boards and in Politics""; ""Section IV: Pulling It All Together: Using Your Knowledge Of Health Finance, Economics, and Ethics to Influence Health and Health Care""; ""Chapter 9: Governance and Organizational Type""; ""Role of the Board of Trustees""; ""Types of Hospitals and Health Systems""; ""Navigating Governance Management Boundaries""; ""The Relationship Between Organizational Structure and Organizational Values""

""The Role of Board Committees""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78684-057-X

OCLC:

907289950