The Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is considered to be one of the most radical health care moves in legislation after Medicare. The reason being that it will provide universal health coverage to everyone regardless of circumstance. An evaluation of ACA’s influence on health care will be evaluated in this paper. The Cost of Health Care As the new healthcare law takes effect insurance premiums are expected to rise. On average for the last six years insurances premiums have
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legal termination of an employee the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) has no legal requirements for prior notice to an employee regarding the termination of his or her job (Mullin‚ 2002). The legal requirements in layoff situations are detailed in the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (the WARN Act). Generally‚ the WARN Act requires that a covered employer provide 60 days’ notice of a plant closing or mass layoff (Mullin‚ 2002). This act is designed to provide protection to workers
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Running Head: Health care Health Care Laws‚ Regulations and Standards Christina Brown Kaplan University IT128-01 Health Informatics I Professor Botts October 26‚ 2010 Health Care Laws‚ Regulations and Standards Its time for your annual check-up and the receptionist hands you a clip board with several sheets of paper requiring your personal information. The papers in it self seems harmless and the information appears generic‚ but thousand of patients withhold information that
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Failure to follow nursing standards of care is one of the six major causes of nursing malpractice. These standards may be part of a state nurse practice act‚ the hospital procedure and policies‚ a job descriptions‚ or recommendations of a professional national nursing organization (Reising‚ 2007). Examples in general nursing include (Reising‚ 2012): • Failure to follow proper safety protocols established by the health care facility • Failure to give certain medications in a timely and reasonable
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Research Paper: Healthcare Services and The Affordable Care Act (ACA). Table of Contents: Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………...3 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………….3 Background of the Affordable Care Act …………………………………………………4 The Affordable Care Act………………………………………………………………….. 5 Methodology………………………………………………………………………………...8 Collection of Data…………………………………………………………………………..9 Primary………………………………………………………………………………10 Secondary…………………………………………………………………………..11 The Environmental
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The key decision makers in this case are the patient‚ and the medical team. The big question is whether to respect the patient’s autonomy and compromise standards of care or ignore the patient’s wishes in an attempt to save her life. The key decision makers in this case is the woman’s husband and herself. The husband already lost an unborn child due to the mother’s religious background‚ should he lose his wife as well? Many religions‚ if not all believe in wrongs of innocent killings. If the woman
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Emerging Standards of Care Sheena Kristine Ascano NURS 531 March 9‚ 2015 Jane Jacks Emerging Standards of Care Living in an ethnically diverse nation‚ almost every health care system has a strategic plan implemented to achieve diversity and cultural competence when providing care to the public. According to the “U.S. Department of Health and Human Services” (2013) website‚ “newly enhanced standards such as the Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) will help organizations
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December 6‚ 2010 Professor Jones Medicare and Medicaid Medicaid and Medicare was created and called the Social Security Act of 1965 to provide coverage for medical treatment for qualified individuals and their families. Medicaid is a program that is jointly funded and managed by the federal and state governments that reimburse hospital and physician for providing care to qualified patients who cannot afford medical expense. To qualify for Medicaid he or she must be a United States or resident
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The big problems of the electoral system were particularly evident in the 2000 elections: There may have been significant discrepancies between the voter decision and the electoral vote; a candidate who obtains the most vote’s nationwide‚ does not necessarily have to combine the most electors. Al Gore won in 2000‚ the absolute majority of votes‚ but received fewer votes in the Electoral College as his opponent George W. Bush. Another disadvantage is the focus of the candidates on states where pollsters
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The Impact of the Affordable Care Act Tiffany E. Snowden Walden University NURS 5050/6050 Section 06‚ Policy and Advocacy for Improving Population Health January 4‚ 2015 The Impact of the Affordable Care Act “Three important concepts that form the framework for health policy discussions are quality/safety of care‚ access to care and the cost of care” (Milstead‚ 2013). In March of 2010 the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed. The focus of this paper is to explain the
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