BHA415 Module 2 Case Module 2 SLP

10/20/23, 6:24 PM SLP – BHA415 Topics in Health Care Policy (2023OCT09FT-1)

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Module 2 – SLP

HEALTH FINANCE AND DELIVERY POLICY

Uncompensated care continues to be a burden on safety-net hospitals in the United
States. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has had some impact on this burden. After
reviewing the background materials and doing additional research, answer the
following in a 2-page paper:

What is uncompensated care?

What are safety-net hospitals and how have they been impacted by
uncompensated care?

Describe the impact that the ACA has had on uncompensated care.

Make policy recommendations to further address the issue of uncompensated
care.

SLP Assignment Expectations

1. Your paper should be two pages.

2. Conduct additional research to gather sufficient information to justify/support your
analysis.

3. Support your paper with a minimum of 3 reliable sources. The course textbook
counts as one, and at least one of the others should be a peer-reviewed article.
Use How to Recognize Peer-Reviewed (Refereed)
Journals – http://www.angelo.edu/services/library/handouts/peerrev.php

4. Please use Evaluating Internet Resources for evaluating information found on the
internet to ensure that you are using reliable sources:
https://www.library.georgetown.edu/tutorials/research-guides/evaluating-internet-
content

5. You may use Purdue OWL to assist in formatting your assignment:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/.

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