Discuss the origin and structure of your selected managed health care delivery model. Describe how your selected model strives to contain the costs or improve the quality of care.

Managed Health Care Delivery Models – ACOs

This assignment is designed to get you started on your research and development of the final paper. Go to Week 6, and review the requirements for your Managed Health Care Delivery Models final paper. For the final paper, you are to choose a managed health care delivery model, an accountable care organization, or a patient-centered medical home. For this assignment, you will write a two-page detailed outline that addresses the first three requirements of your final paper.

For your Final Paper Prep, develop an outline that addresses the following:

• Discuss the origin and structure of your selected managed health care delivery model.
• Describe how your selected model strives to contain the costs or improve the quality of care.
• Summarize health care providers’ contracts and payment methods in your selected model.

For assistance with your outline, review the Writing Center’s Outlining Links to an external site.page.

The Final Paper Prep

• must be two to three double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references page and formatted according to APA StyleLinks to an external site.as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft Word Links to an external site.
• must include a separate title page with the following in title case:
  • title of paper in bold font
    • Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
  • student’s name
  • name of institution
  • course name and number
  • instructor’s name
  • due date
• must use at least three scholarly sources in addition to the course text.
  • The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesLinks to an external site.table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source.
  • To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view the Quick and Easy Library ResearchLinks to an external site.tutorial, which introduces the Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
• must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your PaperLinks to an external site.
• must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center.
  • See the APA: Formatting Your References ListLinks to an external site.resource in the Writing Center for specifications.