Wk3 Ethics And Legal
Organizational Ethics
Shannon McDougall
ETH/316
February 9, 2015
Ryan Busch
Organizational Ethics
The Healthcare industry today has changed so much over the years. In today’s healthcare industry compared to the industry in the past, has become much more accessible to the people. With more accessibility to the people causes for the industry to change many operational and business practices to be able to take on more. Unfortunately some of the changes are good and some not so good.
There are many outside factors that have pressured the healthcare industry, and that have influenced the industry make many changes for positive reasons with some negative impacts. Some of the positives to the changes in healthcare are the fact that all people, no matter what income bracket one may live in will have accessibility to healthcare. In the past, healthcare and insurance was not as affordable or accessible as it is today with the healthcare reform model. Now with the lower cost of health insurance people are able to seek medical help when in need.
The changes in healthcare have also caused some deltas to the industry. Some of the pressures that are seen as deltas to healthcare are due to the reimbursement costs for the visit or treatment a patients has been provided. With the anticipations of lower reimbursement costs and a percentage of that reimbursement being based on a patient satisfaction survey makes it much more difficult for healthcare agencies. Most healthcare agencies have been making significant changes to be able to survive the lower reimbursement rates. With these changes caused for healthcare worker to be laid off, and for others to do more with less. The “More with less” practice is difficult because facilities are working with less staff and are still trying to run the operations as if it were fully staffed while having to deal with the increase of patient visits. The model ”more with
Shannon McDougall
ETH/316
February 9, 2015
Ryan Busch
Organizational Ethics
The Healthcare industry today has changed so much over the years. In today’s healthcare industry compared to the industry in the past, has become much more accessible to the people. With more accessibility to the people causes for the industry to change many operational and business practices to be able to take on more. Unfortunately some of the changes are good and some not so good.
There are many outside factors that have pressured the healthcare industry, and that have influenced the industry make many changes for positive reasons with some negative impacts. Some of the positives to the changes in healthcare are the fact that all people, no matter what income bracket one may live in will have accessibility to healthcare. In the past, healthcare and insurance was not as affordable or accessible as it is today with the healthcare reform model. Now with the lower cost of health insurance people are able to seek medical help when in need.
The changes in healthcare have also caused some deltas to the industry. Some of the pressures that are seen as deltas to healthcare are due to the reimbursement costs for the visit or treatment a patients has been provided. With the anticipations of lower reimbursement costs and a percentage of that reimbursement being based on a patient satisfaction survey makes it much more difficult for healthcare agencies. Most healthcare agencies have been making significant changes to be able to survive the lower reimbursement rates. With these changes caused for healthcare worker to be laid off, and for others to do more with less. The “More with less” practice is difficult because facilities are working with less staff and are still trying to run the operations as if it were fully staffed while having to deal with the increase of patient visits. The model ”more with
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