Current Trends and Issues in
Managed Care
Using the South University
Online library or the Internet, research on a series of topics that will help
you understand the current issues regarding managed care. You can use keywords,
such as (but not limited to) managed care, current trends and issues in managed
care, pharmacy benefit management, or utilization management. Like many other
aspects of health care, managed care is continually changing and evolving to
meet current consumer and market demands. This week, you are required to write
an essay on the following topics:
·
Pharmacy benefit management
·
Utilization management
Use the following guidelines
for developing your essay:
·
Select at least two articles
for each topic from the SUO library, and write a review for each source of
information.
·
Present a summary for each
topic tying together the information learned about that topic.
·
Describe and evaluate the
market forces, current trends, and changes in drug benefit programs over the
last fifteen years.
·
Discuss basic approaches and
techniques used in utilization management.
·
Analyze the future of
utilization management approaches. How might they change and why?
·
Justify your ideas and
responses by using appropriate examples and references from reputable and
scholarly texts, websites, and other references.
Based on your research,
summarize your findings on the selected topics and compile your observations in
a 5- to 6-page Microsoft Word document.
Support your responses with
examples.
Cite any sources in APA
format.
Submission Details
Name your document
SU_HSC3020_W3_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.
