Linda Stevenson
HCS/545
November 3, 2014
Shawna Butler
Health Care Regulations
Regulation takes part in a critical position in the healthcare business and healthcare insurance coverage. Throughout many regulatory organizations, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) guards the community from many health threats through making available programs for public health and welfare. There are agencies that exist like the Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), American Hospital Association (AHA), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), the Joint Commission and Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), and many more agencies that protect and legalize public health at every point.
There are such a variety of features and areas of regulation involving in healthcare, including the regulations of the medical doctors and practitioners, financiers, drug, and healthcare items, healthcare facilities, hospitals, and public health and research facilities. Since healthcare is one of the majority regulated industries in the United States, every feature of the system is subject to inspection of the federal and state intensity. The regulatory agencies have great objectives of creating a healthy country and people. Sometimes they are looked at as laboring adjacent to their objectives and targets. Some regulations may seem to be all to restricted and have found a middle ground to the type of healthcare given to the community, some have delayed the competent delivery or medical care.
The Role of Regulatory Agencies
The roles of these agencies are much regulated. They have every level to protect the community health and safety. The department of Health and Human Service (HHS) is the U.S. government’s standard agency for guarding the health of every American and supplying the necessary human services, especially for the ones who are less able to