Create a research report summarizing your findings on the chosen health policy issue. This report will help you complete your Project Two submission.

You must cite at least two sources to support your claims. You may cite no more than one source from the module resources; all other resources must come from your own research. In other words, you may cite no more than one resource from the Resources section of this module. For additional help with completing this assignment, refer to the Shapiro Library Guide: Nursing Graduate item in the Start Here module. You may also use the Online Writing Center, located in the Academic Support module.

Use this resource to help you complete this assignment: Project Two Health Policy Issue Scenarios Word Document

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

Stakeholder Needs: Summarize the financial needs of any three key stakeholders and/or interest groups with respect to your chosen issue. Consider the following guiding questions in your response:
What financial needs for the identified key stakeholders and/or interest groups affected by the issue need to be considered, particularly for those in vulnerable populations or underserved areas?
Why is it important to consider these needs when making decisions regarding this issue?
Financial Influence: Analyze how the identified three key stakeholders and/or interest groups influence current financial practices regarding your chosen issue. Consider the following guiding questions in your response:
Which of the identified key stakeholders have significant or obvious financial influences on health policies?
Which of the identified key stakeholders have subtle or covert financial influences on health policies?
Why is important to be aware of these influences when making decisions related to health policies for this issue?
Benefits and Disadvantages: Explain which of the identified key stakeholders and/or interest groups might financially benefit or be disadvantaged by your chosen issue. Consider the following guiding questions in your response:
How might the identified key stakeholders and/or interest groups benefit from this issue?
How might the identified key stakeholders and/or interest groups be disadvantaged by this issue?
How might those in vulnerable populations or underserved areas be financially benefited or disadvantaged by this issue?
Competing Value Conflicts: Describe how competing financial value conflicts between identified key stakeholders could be addressed with respect to your chosen issue. Consider the following guiding questions in your response:
What financial value conflicts might the identified key stakeholders have with respect to this issue?
Why is it important to understand these value conflicts when making decisions related to health policy?
How might the competition between these financial value conflicts affect both identified stakeholders influence on the issue and how identified stakeholders are impacted by the issue itself?
Guidelines for Submission
Your submission should be a 2 page Word document. You must also include an APA-style title page. Use 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and 1-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style.
Health Policy Issue Option 2: Certificate of Need
A certificate of need (CON) allows a healthcare provider to build a new facility, make other high-dollar capital investments, and develop new services. A process exists in states with CON laws that requires providers to demonstrate a need for these new services and expenditures. The basic assumption of CON regulations is that this regulatory process is an effective healthcare cost control measure. Several decades ago, all states in the United States had CON laws. Today, approximately two-thirds of states still have CON regulations.
You are a legislative consultant based in West Virginia. A hospital in Kenova, West Virginia, is interested in creating a high-quality long-term care facility for elderly patients. After conducting a market study, the hospital administration has identified Kenova as a region where the local healthcare facilities are currently inadequate to meet the existing and expected future demands. The senior management views this new long-term care facility as an opportunity to rectify this concern.

As they begin to develop a business plan, however, they discover the new project will require authorization by the West Virginia Health Facilities & Services Review Board because of the states CON laws. In West Virginia, there is a specific CON law established in 1974 that regulates the construction of a wide range of healthcare facilities, including long-term care facilities, hospitals, birthing centers, and dialysis centers.

You are working for the hospital as a legislative consultant on this project. You have been asked to identify the stakeholders and their interest in this entire process to help the hospitals senior management understand who will be involved in and affected by moving forward with the construction of this facility. Also, you will be responsible for understanding the end-to-end process of obtaining a CON and providing senior management with the information they need to make decisions related to this. Because the process for obtaining CON is somewhat complicated, the hospital administration has highly recommended that you research the required efforts from each stakeholder involved in the process during your assessment.

The hospital administration was also recently informed that in order to obtain a CON, developers of healthcare facilities must apply to the local governmental authorities by making the case for why the community in question would benefit from that new development. However, the exact criteria used to determine whether an application for a CON is approved can differ widely between states. The senior management is unsure what the Health Facilities & Services Review Boards criteria are for West Virginia, so they have asked for your recommendations on how best to approach these criteria based on your assessment.

In your presentation to the senior management of the hospital, you should explain the process to obtain the CON and how each stakeholder is associated with this initiative. You should also share the legal and ethical considerations involved in this process.