Effective Financial Policies and Procedures HCR/230 Week 7 Checkpoint Theresa Bowman In order to maintain the proper billing of patients and the process of collecting funds owed‚ medical facilities must create and use an established financial policy. Some of the elements required to ensure that the financial policy established will prove effective are; a financial policy that patients understand and one that staff members are able to interpret as well. The financial policy must openly state or
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Support children and young people’s health and safety 1. Understand how to plan and provide environments and services that support children and young people’s health and safety. 1.3 Identify sources of current guidance for planning healthy and safe environments and services. As a childcare provider it is my responsibility for the safety of the children in my care. There are a number of legal and regulatory guidance to help protect children and adults in my setting. All staff should be made aware
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knowledge and understanding of health and safety in social care settings. You will use case studies to show your awareness of the legislative framework‚ identify hazards and assess levels of risk. You will demonstrate your awareness of the use of care or support plans and risk assessment in social care. You will investigate topical issues‚ examine incidents and make assessments of the appropriateness of the actions taken and you will prepare materials to enhance the safety awareness of others. Learners
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undertaking are safe at all times and this law is called the Health and Safety Act/Law. “The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 is the primary piece of legislation covering health and safety in the workplace. This piece of legislation lays out the employer’s responsibilities for health and safety. Employers have a ‘duty of care’ over the health‚ safety and welfare of their staff in the workplace”. (www.labourguide.co.za/health-and-safety”) The purposes of these laws are: • To protect the ORG the
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SHP 3433 SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK DISCUSSION CASE 1 – EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT “Forget it! We are not going to train our employees in first aid. Emergencies notwithstanding‚ I don’t want a bunch of amateur doctors running around the company doing more harm than good.” Mary‚ safety director for Gulf Coast manufacturing‚ was getting nowhere trying to convince her boss that the company should have employees trained in first aid in the event of an emergency. “But John‚ we have had three hurricanes
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Sharps- In a hospital health and social care setting needles are frequently being used in lots of different places and lots of them are actually used. It’s important to have a place where these used needles can be stored which is why now after a needle has been used it’s put into a ‘sharps box’. If all the sharps are kept in the box then it reduced the possible harm to service providers and users such as if a person was to come into contact with a used needle they could hurt themselves because it
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General Health‚ Safety and Welfare in the Workplace | 1.4 | State why and when health and safety control equipment‚ identified by the principles of protection‚ should be used relating to types‚ purpose and limitations of each type‚ the work situation‚ occupational use and the general work environment‚ in relation to:– collective protective measures– personal protective equipment (PPE)– respiratory protective equipment (RPE)– local exhaust ventilation (LEV). | 1.5 | State how the health and
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identify how four health and safety laws and two health and safety regulations influence the policies and working practices within your organisation. Health and safety law or regulation How this influences your workplace policies How this influences working practices Control of Subtances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) 2002 This regulation covers all substances that could affect a person’s health. These include cleaning materials‚ chemicals‚ dust and fumes. The workforce policies need to ensure
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Value Dimensions of the Affordable Care Act President Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) enacted in March 2010 will increase health insurance coverage to millions of Americans. This is the first significant reform in health care in over 40 years and targets closing the gap of uninsured Americans by mandating insurance. There has been debate over the individual health insurance mandate and whether it is constitutional. Opinions on the individual mandate and the values it impacts are conflicting
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Effective Financial Policies and Procedures Kayla Lysak HCR 230 October 11‚ 2012 Benita Fisher Effective Financial Policies and Procedures The basic elements of an effective medical office financial policy are that it must be easily to follow for both staff members as well as patients. These policies should be explained to staff and patients so that each understands what is expected of them. These policies should include explanations for the patient as to how the practice is going to handle
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