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Assignment: Analyze financial models of reimbursement and their effects on patients and health care providers.

Directions: For this Assignment, you will distinguish between Medicare and Medicaid. Your paper must include the following topics:

• Provide a brief history of both Medicare and Medicaid.

• Define the populations that they are intended to serve.

• Determine whether your state has expanded Medicaid.

• Articulate the reasons that states choose not to participate in Medicaid expansion.

• Analyze your role in your specialized area of nursing practice when interfacing with Medicare and/or Medicaid recipients.

The word count for your paper, excluding the title page and references page, will be 800-1200 words. You must include a minimum of (5) different scholarly references.

Requirements

Before finalizing your work, you should:

• be sure to read the Assignment description carefully (as displayed above);

• consult the Grading Rubric (under the Course Resources) to make sure you have included everything necessary; and

• utilize spelling and grammar check to minimize errors.

Your writing Assignment should:

• follow the conventions of Standard English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.);

• be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful;

• display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics; and

• use APA formatting and citation style.