TOPIC DEFINITION:
Three groups are affected by the cost of healthcare. These are:
The Payer.
The Provider.
The Patient.
For your project, I want each student to consider and include information related to:
The various causes for the increase in the cost of providing health care for the American public.
How each group listed above is affected by the rising cost of health care.
How payers attempt to control their expenses related to paying for the cost of health care for their customers.
How providers attempt to control the cost of providing care for their patients.
What the patient can do to control their need for, and cost of obtaining the health care they need.
PROJECT REQUIREMENTS:
You must have at least 5 scholarly references for your project.
Grading Rubric for Term Project
Defining the causes of the increased cost of health care.
Defining how each group is affected by the increasing cost of health care.
Defining how payers and providers attempt to control their costs.
Defining how patients can help control their need for, and their cost in obtaining the health care they need.