2011 Risks & Benefits of ACO Formation PPD513 Legal Issues in Healthcare 11/27/2011 Introduction and Statement of Intent Section 3022 of the Affordable Care Act requires the Secretary to establish a shared saving program outlining‚ encouraging and guiding the development of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) in Medicare (CMS‚HHS‚ 2011). Shared savings is a key component of Medicare reform and the ACO is a new concept that is being explored as a vehicle to bring shared savings from concept
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Smoking Smoking is very hazardous to your health‚ and yet many people still do it. Despite knowing the dangers and all the discouragement from the anti-smoking people out there‚ they choose to smoke. Does this mean that there is a logical reason for them to do so? In this essay‚ I will investigate why people smoke and the effects of smoking before deciding for myself whether or not the dangers of smoking out-weigh the benefits. Smoking has consequences in both the short-term and the long-term. Smoking
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Risks and Benefits of Cosmetic Surgery Nichole Johns University of Phoenix Axia College Risks and Benefits of Cosmetic Surgery What is cosmetic surgery? Cosmetic surgery is a process of one or more surgical procedures that are used to restore or enhance the appearance of different parts of the body. Cosmetic Surgery is a specialty field that is growing in the medical profession. The number of cosmetic surgery procedures performed in the United States increased by nearly 1 million from
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ESSAY 1 – DAVID MARQUES BENEFITS AND RISK OF THE USE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES‚ IN PARTICULAR‚ THE COMPUTERS Nowadays interaction with computers has become an integral part of daily routine for millions of people. Whatever career you choose to follow‚ you will probably be a frequent user of computers. IT (Information Technology) has become progressively more important in our society and many jobs are changing. There are some benefits and some risks associated to news technologies‚ in particular‚ the
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What’s the Benefit? (The Report) “It is easier to stay out than get out”.- Mark Twain. Smokers believed that smoking is like heaven that releases all your stress and problems furthermore only smokers can understand their fellow smokers. For all over the years the consumption of cigarettes increases and the government must do something about that. Taxation is one of the methods of the government in which they finance their expenditures by implementing charges on citizens and corporate entities
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without the addition of artificial chemicals.) Organic farming can be defined by the proactive‚ ecological management strategies that maintain and enhance soil fertility‚ prevent soil erosion‚ promote and enhance biological diversity‚ and minimize risk to human and animal health and natural resources. It can also be defined as Vegetable and livestock production using natural sources of nutrients (such as compost‚ crop residues‚ and manure) and natural methods of crop and weed control‚ instead of
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The Benefits And Risks Of Using Facebook Facebook as we all know is a social networking website launched in February 2004. Its aim was that users can add people as friends‚ send them messages and update their personal profiles to notify friends about themselves Some of the Benefits are: * Facebook is considered a social networking site and‚ if used as such‚ can be a good way to make connections with people with similar interests and goals. Facebooking can be a way to connect with or "meet"
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What are the benefits and risks of using the Internet as a source of information when writing assignments for Master’s programmes? Searching for information on the Internet is a methodology when writing essays for Master’s programmes. Obviously‚ both the advantages and disadvantages of this methodology can be found. The merits of using the Internet are obvious. It is very likely that MSc students are able to find more materials on the Internet quickly and conveniently. The huge amount of
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A New House – Risks and Benefits The government bodies that influence the national fiscal policies that potentially affect the housing market are the Federal Reserve. This body decides the rise and fall of interest rates. If the rate decreases‚ more money is introduced into the economy. The interest rates to decrease and therefore increase the demand for the housing market and then solidifies the prices of homes. And if the rate increases‚ less money goes into the economy and interest rates will
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A New House—Risks and Benefits CheckPoint There are many different government bodies that can influence the national fiscal policy; but the three I feel are most important are the Federal Reserve System‚ the Legislative‚ and the Executive branches. The Fed controls the interest rate which in turn controls the mortgage rate which makes a difference on how much money you have to pay the bank back extra after paying back what was borrowed to purchase the house. The Federal Reserve changing the interest
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