Paper Proposal and Annotated Bibliography

This assignment is designed to guide you as you start your research for the Final Paper.  Review the criteria for your Final Paper.  Then, use the following guide as you write your proposal and bibliography:

I.   Paper Proposal: For the Final Paper, you are to choose a topic related to the future of managed health care delivery.  Describe the topic that you will be covering.  Explain why you chose it and how it relates to the future of managed health care delivery systems.  

II.   Annotated Bibliography:  Provide an annotated bibliography of at least five of the required eight to ten scholarly sources you will be using to write your Final Paper.  An annotated bibliography for this purpose is one that is in APA format and is followed by a brief description of how the resources are relevant to the topic of your paper.

Your Assignment:
Must be three- to- five pages in length and formatted according to APA style

1. Must have a cover page that includes:
   1. Title of paper
   2. Student’s name
   3. Course name and number
   4. Instructor’s name
   5. Date submitted
2. Must have a Paper Proposal of one-to- two pages in length.
3. Must have an Annotated Bibliography of one- to- two pages in length.
4. Must document all sources in APA style.

so the final paper question is below

Final Paper

The Final Paper must have depth of scholarship, originality, theoretical and conceptual framework, clarity and logic in its presentation and adhere to grammar guidelines. You will select a topic for your Final Paper related to the Future of Managed Health Care Delivery Systems, which will be submitted to your instructor for approval during Week Two.  The 10-15 page paper (excluding title and reference pages) must follow APA guidelines for written assignments and contain eight to ten scholarly and/ or peer-reviewed sources, excluding the course textbook.  

Your paper must address the following bolded topics, which should be titled appropriately in your paper:

1. Include an Abstract which is a synopsis of the overall paper.  
2. Managed Health Care Quality should address such factors as whether or not patient health care needs and even preferences are being met; the care is right for the illness, care is timely, and unnecessary test and procedures are not ordered.
3. Provider Contracting is when doctors and health care practitioners have a contract agreement through a third party payer to accept a specified payment for services provided to patients.
4. Cost Containment deals with managing the costs of doing business within a specified budget while restraining expenditures to meet a specified financial target.
5. Effects on Medicare and Medicaid in managed health care appear to be moving in a direction where both types of recipients will be enrolled in some type of managed health care plan in the near future.  
6. The Future Role of Government Regulations, to include ERISA and HIPAA health care policies.
7. Include Three Recommendations each, related to quality and change in Medicare and Medicaid managed health care plans

Note: you would only write the bibilography paper.Final Paper

The Final Paper must have depth of scholarship, originality, theoretical and conceptual framework, clarity and logic in its presentation and adhere to grammar guidelines. You will select a topic for your Final Paper related to the Future of Managed Health Care Delivery Systems, which will be submitted to your instructor for approval during Week Two.  The 10-15 page paper (excluding title and reference pages) must follow APA guidelines for written assignments and contain eight to ten scholarly and/ or peer-reviewed sources, excluding the course textbook.  

Your paper must address the following bolded topics, which should be titled appropriately in your paper:

1. Include an Abstract which is a synopsis of the overall paper.  
2. Managed Health Care Quality should address such factors as whether or not patient health care needs and even preferences are being met; the care is right for the illness, care is timely, and unnecessary test and procedures are not ordered.
3. Provider Contracting is when doctors and health care practitioners have a contract agreement through a third party payer to accept a specified payment for services provided to patients.
4. Cost Containment deals with managing the costs of doing business within a specified budget while restraining expenditures to meet a specified financial target.
5. Effects on Medicare and Medicaid in managed health care appear to be moving in a direction where both types of recipients will be enrolled in some type of managed health care plan in the near future.  
6. The Future Role of Government Regulations, to include ERISA and HIPAA health care policies.
7. Include Three Recommendations each, related to quality and change in Medicare and Medicaid managed health care plans