Health Policy Reform

Managed Markets Excellence: Health Policy

As the ink begins to dry on the new health reform legislation, it’s important to take a hard look at the issues raised during the health reform debate, their resolution, and their impact on key stakeholders.  The Pharmaceutical Institute's e-course modules on Health Policy Reform, developed in partnership with subject-matter experts from Campbell Alliance, provide the background necessary to understand the policy changes.  The e-courses also provide a comprehensive view of the new law and its implications for the US public, businesses, and the healthcare industry.

Health Policy Primer is the first in the two-course series.  Topics covered in the Health Policy Primer e-course include:

  • Health Policy Stakeholders:  Introduces key players in the development of health policy and leaders spearheading current efforts to achieve health insurance reform.
  • US Health Coverage - A Current View:  Provides an overview of the existing US health insurance landscape and the roles played by both commercial health plans and the major government insurance programs.
  • Health Reform Options:  Clarifies the confusing array of reform options currently under consideration and explains possible implications for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sector.
  • Hot Topics:  Explores recent or proposed “movement” on pressing issues related to healthcare quality and cost, including Medicare Part D non-interference clause, comparative effectiveness research, drug reimportation, health information technology, and follow-on biologics. 

Health Policy Reform: Understanding the Implications of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the second e-course in the two-course series and is now available.  This course will offer a deep practical understanding of the new law and its implications for the US public, businesses, and the healthcare industry.  Key topics addressed in the Health Policy Reform e-course include:

  • “State of the Union” prior to health reform
  • Overview of health reform goals 
  • Provisions of the enacted legislation
  • Timeline for implementation
  • Impact of legislation on key stakeholders
  • Impact of legislation on the national debt
  • Unresolved issues

After completing this course, participants should be able to:

  • Discuss the major issues of the US healthcare industry that resulted in demand for health reform
  • Understand the original objectives of health reform and some ideas to fulfill them
  • Describe the overall concepts of health insurance exchanges, the individual mandate, and the employer mandate, as well as how they are addressed in the new legislation
  • Discuss some of the new regulations imposed on health insurance companies
  • Describe how Medicaid will be expanded, along with a few of the Medicare reforms being put into place
  • Define the goal of comparative effectiveness research and how the legislation addresses it
  • List the different channels of funding for the new legislation
  • Describe the impact of the legislation on
    • The uninsured
    • The insurance industry
    • Hospitals
    • Physicians
    • The biopharmaceutical industry
  • And describe, at a high level, the issues left unaddressed by the new legislation

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Our e-courses are only available for group and corporate-wide licenses. Pricing is based on the estimated number of users. Please contact us to learn more about incorporating Managed Markets Excellence® into your corporate training program. We can also develop custom training solutions to meet your specific training needs.