Given the lower reimbursements provided by medicare/Medicaid combined with the growing number of uninsured, and the longer A/R process in medical practices it is a daunting process for a medical provider to reach this level of patient revenue from services.…
In reviewing the case study of a thirty-year-old mother with four young children we can expect her annual costs for health care services to be exponential, and unfortunately health care costs are continually rising. Although this mother does not have any special health problems or any special health concerns for her children, there are many variables to account for on a yearly basis. It is important that she chooses the best health care option for her, and her family that isn 't going to become an imposition. This family has many options to consider, and many benefits that they can consider, in order to assure that health care does not become a burden, rather than an asset to keeping her family healthy.…
Choose one of the three nonparental care choices: nannies, center-based, or family-based care. Imagine that you are trying to sell your chosen method of care to a prospective client who is a parent of a toddler. Share the advantages of your childcare setting so that the parent chooses your method to care for their child. Address the following in your post: socialization, cost, turnover, and any other points that you believe are necessary to sell your childcare option.…
As we are a rather diverse society we find ourselves caring for many children with different backgrounds ethnicity religions and beliefs also social conscience can play a major role in how we want our children cared for. These all need to be respected and taken into account when caring for a child and before even accepting in the setting because if we are not able to meet these needs the parents must be informed as everything we do requires parental consent from physical care to observations and assessments of their child. This is one of the reasons we meet the prospective client to discuss needs and what is required before starting any settling in periods at the setting.…
Write a 700- to 1,050-word case study assuming you have been selected to assist in the instructional design process for the pediatric clerkship at State Medical University.…
affordable to the less fortunate. Health care providers are trying to bridge the gap between…
Under the PPACA, primary care will have the responsibility of increasing same-day access with the expectation of reducing emergency room visits and hospitalizations. Although, the PPACA attempted to address this challenge with a stimulus package which guaranteed to train additional primary doctors the burden would be too great. As it has been noted by 2030 the country will experience an estimated shortage of physicians between 40,800 to 104,900; and primary care’s deficient is approximated to be between 8,700 and 43,100 (Mann, 2017). Fewer Insurance…
Health care in the United States of America is a delicate balance between the supplier and the demander. The supplier is the person or company providing health care services, procedures, or good, and the demander is the consumer who is in need of the health care services, procedures, or goods. Supply and demand between these two sides of health care is how the prices of health care services are created. This equation has been the backbone of providing health care and paying for the services rendered.…
Children’s health care coverage has a long history in the United States. During the Depression-era certain health care programs were set up for children. This program would be the foundation of Medicaid which was established in 1965. The expansions in Medicaid coverage continues throughout four decades. With the help of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), federal financing was able to expand in order for low-income children to have coverage. Through an analysis of the article written by Mann, Rowland, and Garfield (2003) titled, “Historical Overview of Children’s Health Care Coverage,” three objectives will be reflected upon. The objectives are the evolution of publically sponsored coverage, the raising of health care costs, lessons learned throughout history.…
The debate about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) brings about issues in our healthcare system and how we will take on the 32 million additional patients not currently covered under some form of health insurance. The IOM report discusses current concerns about the shortage of primary health care professionals…
When a health care practice is providing medical services to their patients its essential that they are aware of how the patient is going to pay for the services they receive. The main resource that patients use to pay their medical finances is health insurance. When a patient is covered by health insurance they are required to provide their health provider with the necessary proof of what their health insurance coverage entails. Afterward its the health provider's objective to verify the benefits that the patient is eligible for concerning their health care coverage. All health insurance is different some insurance providers obligate the patient to pay a higher premium with low or no co-pay cost, and then other health insurance providers ask the patient to pay a low premium with a higher co-pay than others.…
The design of the health care delivery system has created a variety of obstacles to those seeking care. Strategies are needed to address such impediments. Improving the primary care system and access to it by conducting community assessments to determine gaps in services and engaging stakeholders in the process of access improvement. It is also important to focus on equalizing access to care by improving the quality of existing…
According to one research article, the parent's experiences of pediatric care can be a barrier to care. The wait time that the parent has to spend in the office waiting to be seen by a provider can defer the parent from taking their child to a health care provider (Sobo, Seid, & Gelhard, 2006). Lack of health insurance is a major barrier that can lead to poorer health and result in different life paths for children, with one out of every 9 children in the United States are without health insurance. The major populations that suffer are those children that are a part of the racial and ethnic minorities. Lack of health insurance is the single highest predictor of quality of care for children in the United States (Dunn, Brady, Star, & Glosser, 2013). Lastly an important barrier is having adequately trained medical providers to provide services to the pediatric population. There is a lack of providers to be able to deliver services to meet the demands of primary care. Having more advanced practice nurses who deliver high-value primary care services will lead to better outcomes for children and their future…
Working in a doctor’s office, I received phone calls from patient trying to find a primary care provider with their new marketplace health plan which our doctors are not participating in. I can hear the frustration in their voice because they have called…
The structure of the U.S heath care system is certainly a topic greatly debated. Whether it is discussing the cost of health care, poor outcomes, shortages in health care workers, underutilization of other health care workers, the lack of access to care, or growing demand by consumers for health care that offers choice, quality, convenience, affordability and personalized care. It is not a secret that the United States spends more money than any other nation on health care, but only ranks 34th in the world in life expectancy and has higher mortality rates in infants than any other nation that is developed.…