January 26, 2024

Explain the purpose and source of law of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

This assessment’s HRM healthcare challenge is focused on foundational principles in law and ethics in the healthcare field using the the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), a law that extends healthcare-related rights, protection, and affordable costs to Americans. To help contextualize your approach to the legal, ethical, and regulatory environment of healthcare, you will prepare a lecture to the new class of HRM professionals on the foundation of law and ethics that guide the human resource practices at Vila Health.

This assessment’s HRM healthcare challenge is focused on foundational principles in law and ethics in the healthcare field through the lens of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The PPACA is a law that extends healthcare-related rights and protections to Americans that includes subsidies to make medical costs more affordable. The assessment’s scenario will help contextualize your approach to the legal, ethical, and regulatory environment of healthcare.

HRM Healthcare Challenge

The Regional Director of Human Resources at Vila Health, Silvia Reed, has come to you and suggested that you are the best person to provide a lecture to the new class of HRM professionals on the foundation of law and ethics that guide the human resource practices for the organization. This is a terrific opportunity for you to raise your profile in the organization. She is not a fan of the overly esoteric and she suggests you couch your lecture in the context of actual practice, while using the PPACA to explore the issues.

Using course resources and your own research about this law, include the following in your lecture’s script:

· Explain the purpose and source of law of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

· Does it originate in common law, statutory law, or administrative law? What are the differences between these sources of laws?

· Given the arguments and changes surrounding laws such as the PPACA, what might a single payer healthcare system look like in the future?

· Evaluate what ethical theories might be used to consider the PPACA.

· Conduct your evaluation of this legislation through the perspective of normative theory, consequential theory, deontological ethics, an ethical relativism view, and virtue-based ethics.

· Asses what the future might hold for public healthcare in the United States.

The deliverable for this assessment applies professional skills in HRM to workplace situations that you will likely encounter in your day-to-day work. As part of your learning, we focus on the development of effective professional communication skills for the workplace. Your assessment should meet the following additional requirements:

· Length: Your script should be 3–4 typed, double-spaced pages, plus the cover and resources pages.

· The first page should be a cover sheet with your name, the course number, assessment title, and date. No other information is required on this page.

· The last page should be the reference list.

· Organization: Make sure that your assessment writing is well organized, using headings and subheadings to organize content for the reader.

· Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

· Resources: Use a minimum of three references (may include the optional textbook) and include both trade publications and peer-reviewed articles.

· Evidence: Support your assertions with data and/or in-text citations.

· APA formatting: Resources and in-text citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting (see Evidence and APA Campus page).

· Written communication:

· Convey purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards.

· Use spell-check and other tools to ensure correct spelling and grammar.

Review the Law and Ethics in Healthcare Lecture scoring guide before submitting to ensure that you have met the expectations of this assessment.

Portfolio Prompt: You should consider adding this assessment to your personal ePortfolio. This assessment demonstrates your ability to research and write about a law that guides the practice of HR in organizations. This skill is necessary in a professional setting when you are trying to make recommendations. You will want to organize your assessments to easily support future reflection and to showcase your knowledge with employers after graduation. For more information on ePortfolio, visit the Campus ePortfolio page.

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies:

· Competency 1: Assess how the regulatory environment, the industry structure, and payer systems influence the delivery of health care.

· Explain the purpose and source of law of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

· Competency 2: Evaluate practices, policies, and systems used to guide HR in ethical, legal, and regulatory compliance.

· Evaluate what ethical theories might be used to consider the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

· Competency 3: Assess how health care organizations achieve health care delivery outcomes in a regulatory environment.

· Asses what the future might hold for public healthcare in the United States.

· Competency 4: Communicate in a manner that is consistent with expectations for human resource professional in health care.

· Convey purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards.

Scoring Guide

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