Essays on Medicare Payment

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 ...

ABSTRACT

Computer technology has advanced through the 1960s and 1970s to the point where medical facilities have recognized the importance of utilizing advanced equipment, software, and hardware for the processing, storage, and accessing of patient medical records. As the majority of health care providers have moved into the domain of using electronic medical records in daily practice, the need for skilled employees trained in technology, science, and health care has become apparent. Today, health information system professional work within hospitals and clinics, doctor’s offices, law offices, government buildings, research facilities, and any organization requiring authorized transmission, reception, and storage ...

The cost of health care in the United States has increased in recent years. Health care providers and policy makers are facing a huge challenge in providing quality health care with the rising health care costs. This paper focuses on the policy decision-making process that determines what types of care provided by private and public insurers and the ethical aspects that surround such financial decisions. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (Med Pac) decides what health care services the Medicare program will and will not cater for. Med Pac determines the treatments, procedures, and medications. Medicare program uses information on ...

United States of America have many insurance plans available for its citizens. By 2014, the law requires everybody to have an insurance cover. The Affordable Care Act enables the Americans to get a comprehensive health insurance cover. The available insurance and health plans vary depending on the state. Every state has its own insurance. The government of America has the Medicare health insurance plan for the people aged 65 years and above or people under the age of 65 and has certain disabilities (Green & Rowell, 2013). The Medicare pays for nursing facilities, care in hospitals. It also includes doctor’s ...

Introduction

According to the Institute of Medicine (2004), part of the National Academy of Sciences, there are more than 43 million uninsured Americans, based on data for year 2002 alone (p.1), while data from the US Census Bureau report that the number of uninsured has risen to a record of 46 million, in 2009 (census.gov). The enormous number of uninsured individuals, which is as large as the population of 26 states combined, brings harmful effects to the uninsured, their families and the entire country too (Institute of Medicine, 2004 p.1). Despite the fact that medical technology has significantly advanced over the ...