Review the Congress website provided in the Resources and identify one recent (within the past 5 years) proposed health policy.
· Review the health policy you identified and reflect on the background and development of this health policy.
Post a description of the health policy you selected and a brief background for the problem or issue being addressed. Which social determinant most affects this policy? Explain whether you believe there is an evidence base to support the proposed policy and explain why. Be specific and provide examples.
Medicaid Provider Screening Accountability Act .(I chose this one)
· Short, N. M. (2022). Milstead’s health policy and politics: A nurse’s guide (7th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.
· Chapter 4, “Policy Analysis and Design” (pp. 77–93)
· Chapter 9, “The Influence of Patient Health Data on Health Policy” (pp. 197–217)
· Chapter 10, “Financing Health Care” (pp. 247–257 only)
· American Nurses Association (ANA). (n.d.). Advocacy Links to an external site. . Retrieved September 20, 2018, from https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/advocacy
· Congress.govLinks to an external site. . (n.d.). Retrieved September 20, 2018, from https://www.congress.gov/
· Klein, K. J., & Sorra, J. S. (1996). The challenge of innovation implementationLinks to an external site. . Academy of Management Review, 21 (4), 1055–1080.
· Office of Policy, Performance, and Evaluation. (2019). The CDC policy process Links to an external site. . Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/policy/polaris/policyprocess/index.html
· Sacristán, J., & Dilla, T. D. (2015). No big data without small data: Learning health care systems begin and end with the individual patientLinks to an external site. . Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 21 (6), 1014–1017.
· Tummers, L., & Bekkers, V. (2014). Policy implementation, street level bureaucracy, and the importance of discretionLinks to an external site. . Public Management Review, 16 (4), 527–547.
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