Essays on Medicare And Medicaid

Medicare

What are the purposes of Medicare regulations other than the one mentioned above? Medicare was signed into law in 1965 with the intention of providing better healthcare to the citizen through medical insurance. It provides protection to its recipients, and it is a government program intended to provide insurance to the aged and people living with certain disabilities (Moon, 2006). It is mandated by the law to provide hospital insurance, medical insurance and cover drug prescription for its recipients. How will the federal government enforce compliance in the Medicare Advantage program? Which two other Medicare regulations do you think ...

There is the need for seeing to it that the care which patients receive has been founded on evidence since such a move is aimed at achieving improved outcomes on the patient. In the same regard, the way a patient is assessed assists in developing the best forms of care which will adequately address all their healthcare needs. Therefore, the questions which I would ask my patients during all their visits for the purposes of providing them with individualized services will include the following.

How many times have you visited this healthcare facility?

Have you ever received some vaccination in this facility? Have you ever been vaccinated in ...

There is the need for healthcare facilities and the professionals working in such facilities to be aware of the safety and quality issues which affect the wellbeing of patients. The core objective of such a move is to ensure that patients are able to emerge with desirable outcomes and that possible readmission cases, high morbidity and high mortality cases are reduced. In this regard, therefore, it is essential that hospitals take into account the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) measures which will oversee an improvement in the safety and quality of services which patients receive ...

Introduction

Unexpected medical expenses are very common, and they are frustrating when they happen. These medical requirements have to be met, and this necessitates the need to have an insurance cover. The US federal government offers health insurance programs called Medicare and Medicaid that cater for the financial burden for aged and poor citizens respectively (Rowland & Lyons, 1996). A hospital that accepts Medicare or Medicaid as pay sources is very sensitive to its clients. Furthermore, a hospital should satisfy its customers fully and reduce the cost of medical services for them (Rowland & Lyons, 1996). This paper analyzes quality initiatives that ...

Gap in Care Quality during the Discharge Process for Care Coordination for Patients with Chronic Illnesses

Patients in the United States who experience long-term illnesses may change from one health care setting to another. They might move from home to a hospital, to an assisted living facility, or to other types of residential care. The coordination of care for patients with chronic illnesses is reliant on the abilities of health care providers to interact effectively in order to provide optimum outcomes (NTCC, 2010). In order to determine the best possible option for the patient, care coordinators must accurately assess the patient’s condition, reach a consensus on prognosis, evaluate possible resources, and develop and initiate ...

1. Goals of the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) The physician quality reporting system is an effective tool that helps the physicians in order to evaluate and measure the processes of health care, the structure of the organization and the perceptions of the patients. The goal of this system is to provide the high-quality health care. Some of the most crucial goals of PQRS include timely care to the patients, patient-centered, effective and efficient. a. Advantages and disadvantages of the PQRS program

Advantages

In case of the reporting through the claims, it requires only 20 unique Medicare patients In case ...

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Long-term care is usually required for those people, who have chronic illness and/or disabilities, thereby requiring personal care assistance for long period of time. This long-term care not only includes health-care services but also requires assistance in personal care and activities such as dressing, eating, bathing, walking, and transferring (Housing Bureau for Seniors, 2015). This paper deals with the information about the care required by older people and integration of long-term care services in a cost-effective and attainable manner.

Percentage of older people requiring long-term care

Older people require not only formal care at home but also require long-term care either at home ...

Medicare and Medicaid

The current paper aims to discuss the prevalence of Medicare and Medicaid and enlighten the influence of Affordable Care Act (ACA) in the hospital system of the United States. Medicare offers the healthcare insurance to the individuals who are aged 65 years or more and have provided their services to country. Medicare also provides financial assistance to the young individuals with disabilities or chronic diseases. The program was originally initiated in accordance with the legislation of Medical Care Act in the year 1956 in order to provide financial assistance in healthcare services to the military personnel (Chan et al., ...

Introduction

Each patient that is in need of care have varying needs. Similarly, there are also patients with varying preferences. This means that while the standard health care provided by a health institution may readily satisfy the needs of a patient, there are bound to be shortcomings for some patients. This is because in terms of health care, one strategy does not fit all. This is the same reason why there patients with the same illnesses, but undergo different treatment options. Furthermore, the hospitals should likewise be able to provide the health needs of their patients to the best of ...

Influence of Cost on the U.S Healthcare System

Influence of Cost on the U.S Healthcare System

Introduction

In the United States, the health care system is incorporated by private sector, public sector and non-profit organizations. It has been inferred that the United States has incorporated the highest spending on healthcare per capita with the 17.2 percent of its GDP in the year 2011, which is also the highest in the world. It eventually indicates the inclination of the United States towards enhancing the wellbeing of its citizens by means of providing the effective means of healthcare services (Grol et al., 2013). The current paper enlightens the effect on ...

People above 65 years of age and older are eligible to avail Medicare health insurance. It is provided by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. One can also enroll for Medicare through the social security administration and railroad retirement board. Medicare cards can be issued to the person before 3 months of reaching 65 years of age. For people aged 65 and above, there is no need to pay a monthly premium for Part A benefits of Medicare. This is because, these people or their spouse had paid FICA (Federal Insurance Contributions Act) taxes, while they were working. ...

The healthcare industry in the country is continuously evolving. There are people and organizations who argue that the industry is becoming increasingly bureaucratic, especially with the introduction of new policies and regulative procedures meant to protect the patients and systematize the process. On the other side, there are those who favor these kinds of development, arguing that the healthcare industry cannot rely on free market forces solely. In this paper, the author discussed at least three of the most impacting healthcare laws, policies, or regulations. The ones chosen were the Amendments to the Social Security Act 1965 (specifically the ...

Introduction

The purpose of this paper is to compare two research studies--one quantitative and the other qualitative--that concern a particular health issue or an issue that is pertinent to nursing. In each case, the study was chosen that addresses patient satisfaction and how we should measure that. The quantitative study, by Berkowitz (2016), concerns the complexity of measuring patient satisfaction when there is no simple way to go about it. The qualitative study, by Grondal, Wilde-Larsson, Karlsson and Hall-Lord (2012) looks at patient satisfaction through the use of interviews with a small number of patients (n=22) and then coding their ...

Successful marketing is one of the most important segments of home health care industry (home health agencies, hospices, private duty home care companies) which includes advertising, public relations, promotions, and sales. According to National Association for Home Care and Hospice, home health service is the dynamic business with more than 12 million patients in America. There are no state laws that prohibit home health care organizations from advertising in newspapers, magazines, television, radio or internet. However, home health care products and services can be legally marketed under a variety of special complex marketing laws, rules, regulations and government agencies ...

An administrative agency is a government organization that has the concurrent authority to make laws, enforce laws, and interpret laws. While the Constitution does not specifically allow for the establishment of an administrative agency, the United States Supreme Court has interpreted the Congress’ Article I legislative power to mean that it has the authority to create administrative agencies. Under the Court’s analysis, with the congressional ability to create administrative agencies, it is unlikely that Congress would have the time, resources, and expertise to monitor and regulate the myriad issues that part of modern society (Mistretta v. United States, ...

Quality Control and Accreditation

Core Competencies and Functions Following the proposals for the Community Clinic and the GAH as well as their structure, there are various functions and competencies that relate to their mandate. They are defined as follows. The design, development and implementation of an integrated care that is centered on the patient. The main goal for this core competency is to build the capacity for the measurement, management and improvement of the quality of care and the efficiency in the delivery of care across the continuum of care (American Hospital Association, 2011). The continued organizational-wide collection and use of data to ...

Hi Student, since its establishment in 1977, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services has been involved in human and health services throughout the United States. In your response, you highlight that the CMS introduced the Affordable Care Act to allow every citizen to access high-quality medical services. The CMS has also taken up the role instituting and managing various tasks for advancing IT in health care such as the use of electronic records and promoting medical data privacy. Much of the work done by the institution is handled in conjunction with federal and national agencies. The CMS thrives ...

Abstract

The above paper seeks to outline the role of Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) with a comparison of practices in two main states (Louisiana and Arkansas). The paper starts with a review of the prescriptive authority of APRN's in Louisiana, with an emphasis that the area faces a shortage of health professionals. According to the regulations of the state, it is a requirement that NP should offer prescription with an oversight of a physician. The collaborative practice agreement helps guide the two practitioners to work in close collaboration with one another in providing quality health care to the residents. ...

Elderly care facilities provide services in the fulfillment of the special needs and requirements that are unique to the senior citizens. They are also called residential care facilities for the elderly or assisted living or sometimes referred to as ‘board and care’. Primarily, they are non-medical facilities that provide housekeeping, meals, supervision, storage and distribution of medications including personal care assistance with basic activities. Eldercare is a broad term that encompasses services that include assisted living, long-term care, adult day care, nursing homes, hospice care and home care (Saul, 2013, p.79). It emphasizes the social and personal requirements of ...

This paper looks at some of the implications of public and private heath control and measures that have been taken, or can be taken in a bid to improve health care for consumers. First off, it is important to mention possible for medical plans such as Medicare and Medicaid can in fact adopt methods like those used by insurance companies to provide payment for these health services that are in question. Thanks to the controversial Affordable Care act attention has been drawn to issues regarding healthcare for all that some people might have taken lightly(Grabowski, 2007). The fact ...

History of national healthcare reform

The quest for the universal healthcare in the United States has dominated political debates for the last 100 years (Shi & Singh, 2014). The proponents of a universal healthcare system have made frantic efforts to reform the system. However, each time they have attempted, they have often been met by challenges, which lead to defeat. Unlike other developed countries which have comprehensive health insurance for their citizens, the United States still struggles attain a universal healthcare system. In the initial days, the government made little efforts to subsidize access to healthcare. The federal government left the responsibility of healthcare to ...

1. Introduction The health care expenditures in the United States are one of the highest among the developed countries. The studies and researches done on the topic of growing expenditures are showing the need to change the health care expenditures by introducing new policies in order to keep the health care system sustainable in the future. With the ageing population and the Medicare and Medicaid health programs the expenditures are rising and are predicted to grow beyond the governmental budget capabilities in the near future. The paper will examine the reasons for the high costs of the health care ...

Abstract

The transformation of the Primary Care Practices (PCP) into The Patient- Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model is expected to improve patient’s care, comprising even the ones with complex needs. According to Rich et.al (2012), PCMH is expected to reduce the risks associated with fragmented care and poor outcomes. The paper will also address factors as whether or not patient health care needs and even preferences are being met, whether the care is appropriate for the illness, timeliness, and procedures involved. Moreover, it will comprehensively address the state of provider contracting and its direction in the future. Nonetheless, the ...

The articles I selected are “A federalist approach to health reform: The worst way, except for all the others” and “Medicare and Medicaid spending variations are strongly linked within hospital regions but not at overall state level.” In their article, Aaron and Butler (2008) suggest that the support for state actions should be instituted as part of any model of expanding the health insurance coverage. Political issues, which have lasted for over ten years, have been an obstacle to the national efforts to expand coverage. The researchers argue that some states have expanded the coverage while others have reiterated ...

The CMS is a government agency within the US DHHS that finances and oversees the Medicare program. It also collaborates with state governments to administer Medicaid and CHIP services. In addition to these primary programs, CMS also manages various quality standard in clinical care, HIPAA (1996), as well as certifies and surveys on the quality of standards in critical care facilities. The following discussion compares and contrasts Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP as CMS’s Pioneer services. Medicare is an adult-focused health insurance service program designed for individuals above 65 years of age. However, it also takes care of the ...

Part 1: Support and Opposition of CMS Imminent Rule

The Centre for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMC) released a proposed rule document highlighting measures aimed at improving the long-term care systems. The proposed rule focuses on reducing excessive hospital readmissions and infections, improving the quality of care, and implementing new safety procedures. This move counts as one of the first major refurbishments of the Medicaid governed care systems since the establishment of the rules that presently accommodate over 70% of the total Medicaid enrollees (Haskins, 2015). Some Stakeholders have commended CMC efforts to improve the efficiency and effectiveness the long-term care systems. However, benefits of the proposed rule ...

The sources I have found so far are adequate. They have provided information on the political history of Medicare and Medicaid in the 1960s, the various parts and service provisions of Medicare as well as the relationship between healthcare and civil rights. The sources are:

Health Care, Human Services, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by FindLaw organization

Medicare and Medicaid by Thomson Gale The 50th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid: Providing Hope for the ACA’s Future by Justin Morgan Reaction Notes In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Social Security Amendments that resulted in the initiation of Medicare and Medicaid in America (Morgan par 3). Previous attempt to introduce accessible ...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) or the Affordable Care Act (ACA) intends to make patient care more accessible and affordable than ever before (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 2016). The act passed in the year March 2010 by President Obama has been a breakthrough in the history of healthcare in the United States. The act aims to cover millions of Americans who were uninsured prior to the implementation of the act. The act is designed to reduce the cost of healthcare and improve the healthcare services provided across the States (Health Insurance Resource Center, 2010). ...

Electronic health records are a collection of information concerning patients that are organized and well stored electronically in digital formats. Patient’s information that can be found in the EHR includes diagnosis, treatment plans, radiology images, laboratory and test results, and allergies (EHR Incentive Programs, 2016). The use of this system in the healthcare sector has been a major improvement and, therefore, there is the need to undertake a research on the meaningful use of the Electronic Health Records (Wright et al., 2013). EHRs enable the sharing of information between healthcare providers and organizations. The enactment of the information ...

Abstract

This study analyzes the benefits and challenges of implementing an electronic medical system in both hospital and clinic environments. The overall research problem addressed in this study is determining how to effectively manage and communicate expectations associated with perceived benefits and challenges derived from a new install of an electronic medical record. The purpose of this study is to analyze perceptions associated with both the benefits and challenges derived from installing an electronic medical record system. This problem is relevant to many such as those who ...

A hospital administrator is tasked with the day to day running of the hospital (Sharma and Goyal, 2013). This means that the administrator bears responsibility for any breach of law that may occur during the discharge of their duties. The administrator must thus be aware of any legal requirements that relate to the hospital. One of the key laws to be aware of is the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA). From a general perspective, the law prevents ‘dumping’ of patients out of emergency departments (Pozgar, 2012).

Dumping essentially means transferring patients to another hospital either because ...

Introduction:

Nursing Homes are an evident requirement of time dedicated to serve the elderly the patients of around 65 years of age. In the US, there are more or less 16,000 of which around 67% of the nursing homes functions privately and serve around 1.5 million people. The cost of a nursing home is primarily reimbursed by Medicare. However, if the stay exceeds from 100 days in a period of a year than the reimbursement is supported by Medicaid. There is also the option of paying the cost of nursing homes privately.Keeping in view the importance of ...

Fraud and Abuse in Managed Care in America: An Introduction

The American government significantly knows more about health care reforms, and what requires to be put into practice to resolve the poor health care system. The major trouble the government is trying to deal with the considerable rise in health care expenditures that are creating a large number of patients that are registered all over the USA. There exist various factors that are linked to ...

Introduction

The Centre for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency within the US Department of Health and Human Services is responsible for the administration of various key federal health care programs with a main mission of enhancing the timely delivery of quality health care to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and ensure that these programs are administered in an efficient manner. The agency also ensures that program beneficiaries are aware of the services they are entitled to receive, and that those services are accessible and of high quality. To achieve its mandate, the agency has adapted policies, actions and legislation that ...

Health care spending in USA has been reported to be high than most nations in the world. A greater percentage of the nation’s total income is spent on health care even though some people are not insured. It is the third largest public health care expenditure per capita due to the current high cost of medical care and utilization

The level of current health care expenditures

Health care costs have been increasing for many years. In 2008, health care expenditures surpassed $ 2.3 trillion which was more than the expenditure in 1990 that stood at $714 billion. In 1980 the nation spent $253 billion. The increase ...

The two main health insurances are private (non-government) coverage and government-sponsored coverage. The private coverage is provided by either an employer, union or individually purchased from a private health insurance company. Government-sponsored insurance plans are those that are funded by the federal government, state government or local government. The major categories are Medicare, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Medicaid and military health care (Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 2014). Medicare insurance is provided by the federal government and helps to pay the health care costs for the people who are 65 years or older who worked ...

One of the core objectives of the Affordable Care Act is to improve the quality as well as enhance accessibility of healthcare services to all the citizens of the United States at affordable rates. One way of achieving this goal is through implementation and use of the certified Electronic Health Records (Blumenthal, 2009). An EHR refers to the digital process through which all patient’s information is recorded electronically so as to be available to all the approved users whenever it is needed (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012). The information contained in an EHR includes the medical history ...

Health Care in Russia vs Health Care in the U.S.

According to the Institute of Medicine of National Academy of Sciences, the United States of America is a single developed industrial country that does not have universal health care. Instead there is a powerful health insurance system, partially funded by government through national programs. As a result 45% of total health care expenditures are spent on these programs (Sultz and Young 154). Unlike the U.S., Russian Federation has free universal medicine, and state constitution guarantees each citizen free health care services. Numerous debates rise regarding both American and Russian health care systems, their availability, effectiveness and expenditures. Each of the systems has ...

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Connected Health: A Review Of Technologies And Strategies To Improve Patient Care With Telemedicine And Telehealth

- Joseph Kvedar1, - Molly Joel Coye2 and - Wendy Everett3,* + Author Affiliations - 1Joseph Kvedar is director of the Center for Connected Health at Partners HealthCare System, in Boston, Massachusetts. - 2Molly Joel Coye is chief innovation officer ...

IOM Recommendation on Nursing Education

IOM Recommendation on Nursing Education The American population is increasingly diverse and aging. This demographic shift has implications for the health care system. Chronic disease experienced as comorbidities with attendant disability among older adults increases the demand for acute and long-term care. Chronic disease is also prevalent in the younger population and increasing among children. In addition, there are issues regarding the safety and quality of care with the high incidence of preventable complications in many health care settings. The disease burden accounts for the U.S. being one of the countries with the highest spending in health care. ...

Introduction

Health care is one of the sectors that have been ranked among the top priorities in the United States. To promote health care, the government came up with the Medicaid and Medicare programs to support people in accessing health care services. Medicare and Medicaid are governmental programs that were developed to aid provision of medical and health-related services to definite groups of individuals within the United States. Medicaid is a social welfare program, which is meant for certain people and families that have low incomes and few resources. It is structured by the federal government, but managed differently depending on ...

Introduction

Ideally, the survey was conducted in California, Unites States for the two months: November and December 2013. The total number of respondents was 24 people: 12 males and 12 females were selected. This was from all age brackets; that is 16 - over 65, in the following order: 3 males and 2 females in age bracket 16 - 25, 2 males and 3 females in age bracket 26 - 35, 3 males and 2 females in age bracket 36 - 55, 2 males and 3 females in age bracket 56 – 65, and 2 males and 2 females in ages ...

Meaningful Use: Overview and Implications

Healthcare information technology is increasingly being recognized by healthcare providers and policymakers as a tool for providing high-quality and efficient care (American Hospital Association, 2010). Electronic health records have in particular received attention from policymakers. This attention is in the form of economic stimulus legislation and healthcare reforms: targeted information technology regulations have been introduced that incentivize adoption of electronic health records by hospitals and professional healthcare providers to enhance the well-being of Americans (Sensmeier, 2010). The impact of the adoption and meaningful use of electronic health records has been experienced on multiple fronts.

Overview of Meaningful Use

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ( ...

1) Title: Improving the Knowledge and Practice of Resident-Centered Nutrition: Nursing Home Staff and Resident Outcomes 2) What specifically are you looking to find out? I intend to explore the effect of resident-centered nutrition education on the knowledge levels of the staff and actual nutrition practices as well as resident outcomes. My hypothesis is that staff education will improve knowledge and practices that will also translate to better resident outcomes. The independent variable is staff education while the primary dependent variables are staff knowledge of person-centered nutrition and nutrition practices. Secondary dependent variables or outcomes include the ...

Discuss the challenges of EMS systems.

EMS stands for Emergency Medical Services. It’s a medical services, which are provided for people, who needs help in emergency situation. Different methods, which are used prior giving medical services: Incident recognition, access 911, dispatch, first Responder, basic life support, advanced life support, transport ground/air, emergency department facilities, specialty care, patient rehabilitation, prevention awareness, public education. This methods run in cycle order, each method has its own goals and objectives.

Describe the challenges of providing EMS services in the rural setting.

The main challenge of providing EMS services in the rural setting is having a challenge reaching the patient, as it’s sometimes hard to reach the patient prior it’s ...

Abstract

Employing the services of Nursing Homes is becoming a huge trend in the United States in recent years. Families can bring their elderly and ailing love ones to these nursing homes and pay for a certain cost to support their treatment. However, there is a growing debate within the country with regards to the use of these nursing homes as some groups believe families should take care of their love ones at home. Supporters to these alternative facilities argue that nursing homes would provide better care to their love ones, especially given the financial and living conditions. This paper will discuss the ...

Introduction

According to Peter R (2001), managed care contracts that are a process of negotiation between a physician or health care professionals and a well-managed health care facility for them to provide prospective services. These health contracts should be provided by well-established health professional or physicians. In the United States, there are well local well-established insurance companies dealing with managed care contracts. These companies include Wellcare Health plans, Humana, Coventry Health Care and Amerigroup.

Wellcare Health Plans

Wellcare Health Plans is one of the largest insurance companies in the United States. Being established in 1985, it has about 2.2 million members with about 91,000 ...

Introduction

- Summary - Medicaid - Medicare Analysis of challenges to Medicaid in terms of improving access to care, quality of care, and reducing the cost of care. Analysis of challenges to Medicare in terms of improving access to care, quality of care, and reducing the cost of care.

Conclusion

• Conclusions about the future of managed care in each program - Will it grow or decline? - What will be the challenges for success? Introduction This research encompasses a study of managed care in United States of America as perceived under Medicaid and Medicaid ...

Abstract

The ability to bring more revenues in the future is a major factor determining the choice of the type of project to invest in. The popular profitability metrics include NPV, PI, Payer Mix, and ROI. The above metrics were used to make a choice of investing into building a rehabilitation center, other than building a neonatal center. The benefits of investing into a project of constructing a rehabilitation center have more future financial benefits than investing into a neonatal center. This is because Medicare and Medicaid cover most patients in neonatal centers; therefore, there are a little financial benefits as compared to financial gains in rehabilitation centers ...

Is There an Inherent Right to Healthcare in the U.S.?

David Orentlicher Is There an Inherent Right to Healthcare in the U.S.? David Orentlicher This review is based on the analysis of the paper by David Orentlicher, outlining the inconsistency and instability in the U.S. Healthcare system in the current scenario. The explosion of chronic illnesses such as diabetes and heart disease are on the brink of overturning the current structure of the national healthcare insurance system in the U.S. At the very outset, this paper disagrees with the suppositionthat there exists an inherent right to ...

The Joint Commission has implemented several changes to show quality and performance improvements. First it has expanded the performance measurement requirement for accredited general surgical/medical hospital from four core measures sets to six (The Joint Commission, 2014). This change was implemented from January 2014.According to the new performance measurement, out of the six measure sets, four are mandatory for the hospitals that serve special patient populations addressed by both the measure sets as well as the related measures (The Joint Commision., 2014). For hospitals that experience more than 1100 births annually, a fifth measure set will be mandatory, and this ...

Introduction

Background of the problem Dramatic changes in the healthcare environment call for nurses to implement revolutionary changes. The health care industry is the most sensitive sector because it deals with saving lives of human beings. The industry currently faces many challenges due to evolving health problems, which lack adequate facilities and knowledgeable medical providers to offer the necessary solution. Nursing informatics forms one of the key areas of health care that need a thorough advancement. Effective application of nursing informatics supports safe and quality patient care. Physicians must utilize modern technologies now and in the future for quality improvement, ...

Introduction

The aspect of healthcare is one of the crucial elements that make or break a nation’s stability. Healthcare systems vary widely from one country to another and many international health organizations have been concerned with determining which countries have done well in taking care of their populace and which ones have done poorly over the years. Comparing and contrasting two countries whose healthcare systems are highly different from one another may help us understand better (1) the advantages of a country with a good healthcare system and policy, (2) the strategies that make a healthcare approach successful, and (3) what the countries ...

The Effect of Medicare and Medicaid on the Social Work Field

Introduction The American society is at the cusp of transformative change. With Baby Boomers of the sixties now reaching retirement age, the proportion of older people in society is going to increase. A smaller base of working population will have to support a larger slab of older people. As a result, existing frameworks of social security, Medicare and Medicaid would prove inadequate. New ways and means need to be explored to sustain the concept of an equitable and caring society that has been built in the USA. In this context, it is essential to explore the effect of the changing ...

Article Analysis

Introduction into Nursing Research

Carol S. Coose Abstract Needleman et al., (2011) in Nurse Staffing Ratios and Hospital Mortality looked at the ratio of nurses to patients care, and found that there was the need to match staffing with patients’ needs for nursing care. Taking cross-sectional studies of hospital-level administrative data, they were able to justify the association between lower levels of staffing of registered nurses (RNs) and increased patient mortality. The reason for this is the unavailability of registered nurses. In an evaluation of patients of a particular hospital during the first 30 days of their admission, ...

The Never Event Plan from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Research indicates that about 44000 to 98000 deaths take place yearly within the US resulting from preventable medical errors (Kohn, Corrigan & Donaldson, 2010). According to reports by CDC, in the year 2002, about 99000 deaths occurred due to preventable or avoidable hospital-acquired infections (Klevens et al., 2009, p. 160). Moreover, studies reveal that medical errors can account for over 2.4 million additional hospital days as well as 9.3 billion USD in excess charges (Kohn, Corrigan & Donaldson, 2010). As a result, of these alarming statistics as well as shocking medical errors, efforts have existed to enhance the delivery of medical care ...

Opening Statement

Disaster preparedness is an essential aspect that should be observed by medical practitioners especially home nurses. Prior preparedness helps nursing homes develop and practice procedures to accommodate and offer accessibility to health services following any disaster. Over the years, nursing homes have been faced with challenges, especially exclusion from community planning. They have not been adequately equipped with supplies and medications that are appropriate for catering for disaster struck casualties. Many of the disasters that have occurred have brought about the deaths of people, as hailstones as huge as golf balls have beaten thunderously on the roofs of nursing ...

In the United States history, the healthcare economies have gone through humongous drastic changes, which have evidently culminated into the noble reforms that are notable currently. Although there are many factors, which come into, play concerning these changes, the fundamental driver behind these noble changes has been the key advances in advanced technology and medical care techniques especially in the field of surgical services and diagnostic imaging. In addition, it is paramount to comprehend the fact that in spite of the time-period taken, the payment for the services, as well as its primary source, has ultimately been a vital element ...

Introduction

In healthcare, there are several approaches used in the maintenance of standards and for communication between medical practitioners and insurers. Record keeping and coding make it easier for medical practitioners to maintain uniformity in service delivery and enhance clinical governance. Computers are utilized in the maintenance of electronic records in a manner which is secure, retrievable, editable and which can be used to track and maintain quality of care. Coding is used in the unification of medical language and diagnoses while specialized medical forms are used to collect patient information which is necessary to enable quality care. This paper provides ...

- Give at least two different reasons why the author suggests that Americans may be anxious about the economic future. Explain the economic causes and consequences of each of these issues. - Two different reasons causing anxiousness in Americans are unsustainable policies of the state and the shifts in demographics. Policies like the Medicare and Medicaid have begun to show signs of unsustainability with the fast increasing age of the working class and the comparatively slow growth of public economy. With foreign market influences and impending consumer debts the system relapses into slower growths of economy rendering policies ...