PACIFIC HEALTHCARE CASE STUDY American Military University Case Name: Pacific Healthcare I. Major Facts Pacific Healthcare and its subsidiaries consists of Pacific Memorial‚ Pacific Cabrillo‚ and Pacific Isla Vista. It is the largest provider of healthcare in Santa Barbara County. The director of supply management is Barney Rubble‚ who is responsible for procuring supplies. Before passing away‚ Thurston Howell‚ director of radiology‚ made all decisions involving the purchasing of
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Assignment 2: Unethical Advertising Dupree Clark B6003: Ethics in Business Argosy University Professor Marla Brady February 11‚ 2013 To: Harris CC: Human Resource Department Subject: Advertisement Campaign Promoting Bait and switch is a dishonest marketing tactic in which a marketer advertises a very attractive price/rate/term that is really a teaser rate meant to attract customers. One good example of bait and switch is in the mortgage market. In a mortgage bait and switch an agent
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Intermountain Healthcare is a model healthcare system located in the Midwest region of the United States serving Utah and Idaho. They are considered the largest healthcare provider in the Intermountain West. As of 2013‚ Intermountain Healthcare operates 22 hospitals in Utah and 1 hospital in Idaho. Intermountain also operates clinics‚ and urgent care facilities that are run by physicians as part of the Intermountain Medical Group. In total‚ Intermountain Healthcare runs over 160 healthcare facilities
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Paper Topic III: What’s So Bad About the Matrix? I believe that through living in a matrix or being a brain-in-a-vat‚ you are ultimately alienating yourself from the world and missing out on the true experience of life. In this paper I will argue that life is not only comprised of the mental state‚ but rather the combination of a physical and mental existence. There are three reasons that justify my stance on life and existence. The rejection of a matrix and the brain-in-a-vat scenario is simply
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According to the Tampa Tribune‚ Shands Healthcare paid the federal government and Florida a total of $26 million to settle allegations of false claims to Medicare‚ Medicaid and TRICARE‚ according to a statement from the Department of Justice. The facilities at Shands were billing state and federal health care programs from 2003 to 2008 for inpatient services and procedures that should have been recorded as outpatient care (The Tampa Tribune‚ 2013). The VA had its share of problems as well. The Senate
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Unethical Marketing and its Consequences By Jose Gonzalez Dr. Henry Roehrich Park University MK351 26 January 2014 Outline Purpose Statement: To provide an understanding what constitutes ethics in marketing‚ what are some of the laws and code of ethics that protect unethical practices‚ and provide some examples of unethical behavior in marketing and their consequences? I. What constitutes ethics in marketing? A. Definition of marketing ethics II. What are some of the
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Elder Abuse According to the National Research Council (2003) elder abuse is a deliberate action that cause injury or generate serious risk of harm to a vulnerable older adult by a caregiver or other person who is in charge of the elder. In the United States‚ 700‚000 to 1.2 million of senior are exposed to abuse and there are 450‚000 new cases yearly (Bond and Butler‚ 2013). In fact‚ elder abuse and neglect is a critical health care issue that must be brought to the attention of health care providers
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Longevity Healthcare Systems Case Study Longevity Healthcare Systems‚ Inc developed from a couple in which both are familiar and involved within the healthcare system. Kathryn is a registered nurse and her husband is a medical doctor. This is very important to note because in the beginning of the establishment of their business they were able to see an opportunity within the healthcare system that they are involved that others may not have been able to envision. They also were able to set-up their
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sexual abuse cases perpetrated by Jerry Sandusky and the obvious negligence of the top four administrators (Joe Paterno‚ Timothy Curley‚ Gary Shultz‚ and Graham Spanier) to report Sandusky to the authorities. I always thought that Penn State was an excellent university and am surprised and shocked that such serious unethical conduct was tolerated for such a long time. (Wikipedia states that “Sandusky was indicted in 2011 on 52 counts of child molestation dating from 1994 to 2009‚ though the abuse may
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Case Name: Pacific Healthcare TLMT313: Supply Management 15 June 2014 I. Major Facts A. Pacific Healthcare is the largest healthcare provider in Santa Barbara County. B. The institution consists of three hospitals: Pacific Memorial (415 beds)‚ Pacific Cabrillo (250 beds)‚ and Pacific Isla Vista (300 beds). C. Barney Rubble is the corporate director of supply management for Pacific and he is in charge of procuring supplies for all Pacific Healthcare subsidiaries
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