Healthcare System: Course Analysis

1. Describe how you improved your knowledge, skills, abilities, and yourself in this session through this course.

I improved my knowledge, skills, and abilities in this class because I was able to understand more on the advantages and disadvantages of Medicare and Medicaid, benefits and eligibility, how the healthcare system is financed, hospital payment system and calculating payments for physician services. I have always enjoyed the threaded discussion. Reading and learning from other people’s different perspective on the topic being discussed. I also enjoyed participating and growing from this class.

2. Evaluate the work you did for the class and explain ways you could have performed better.

This class has challenged me and has taken me the next level when it comes to performing better. I have attained understanding of

I can use what I have learned in my line of work in the medical field as a Nurse in explaining to people how insurance works such as fee for service, bundled payment, capital payment, HMO, PPO, PPS, DRG payments, Medicare, Medicaid, payments systems, and calculations of payments when it comes to hospital and physician billing. This course has given me a different outlook of the United States government benefits program for the less fortunate people and disable people in the United States. Through evidence based research, I have performed better and most importantly understand the different classifications to be approved by Medicare/ Medicaid system and the different benefits that comes with it. As a citizen in the United States, we are fortunate to have different programs but, not a lot of people take advantage of it because of lack of information. By taking this course it made me a confident resource person and a liaison for people who are lacking the necessary information and understanding about our health care