quality of care for Medicare patients since the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010. In 2012 CMS implemented a program called The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRR)‚ this program is intended to improve health care for patients with Medicare to improve the quality of care that is provided versus the quantity of care. This program provides incentives to hospitals‚ which is intended to reduce costly and unnecessary readmissions (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services‚ 2016). The conditions
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Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm A healing hospital is with a concept of giving compassionate‚ loving‚ and efficient care to patient as well as to the family members and to community. It should be built in tradition of love as the center for healing. Within the framework‚ a faith in God that balanced between the technological and scientific achievements and the demand of spiritual needs of a human being. Healing is a journey toward wholeness or wellness of the patient. According to Mercy
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A criminal case was brought against four former employees of Patton State Hospital‚ for the several felonies which included the theft of unearned payroll for approximately $800‚000. All the defendants are stated to have received pay for hours they did not work. These thefts were alleged to have happened between August 2007 and March 2011. ("Former Patton State Hospital employees charged in $800‚000 payroll fraud case‚" n.d.) After criminal charges were filed‚ the State’s Controller’s office released
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safety net hospital are closing because‚ there is simply not enough funding to bear the rising population of the United States. Over thirty-three percent over the population are uninsured for various reasons. In today’s society there are so many single parent families that cannot afford to pay for private insurance‚ so as a result they rely on government assistance such as Medicaid‚ All-kids‚ and Medicare. According to an article I read in the New York Times magazine‚ Grady Memorial Hospital is known
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Healing Hospital "A Healing Hospital is a hospital that employs healthy role models who teach health improvement‚ offers a healing environment and also leads community health improvement instead of just focusing on illness care and rescue care. A Healing Hospital focuses on healing and becomes an active member in fixing the healthcare system because they lower the need for costly‚ invasive care by improving health" (Harmony Healing House 2013). The healing hospital paradigm focuses on a holistic
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Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Meghan Weir Grand Canyon University Spirituality in Health Care HLT-310V Kristan Farley May 16‚ 2013 Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm As the health care atmosphere changes‚ there has been a growing interest to closely examine how spirituality‚ values‚ and morals contribute to patient outcomes; specifically what it means to truly heal a patient. In the past‚ medical care was mostly geared towards curing our patients and their illnesses physically.
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Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Sandra Mays Grand Canyon University HLT310V Patricia Mullen September 12‚ 2010 Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm The spirituality in a healing hospital starts with the Chief Executive Officer and spirals downward toward management‚ and then the frontline employees. Healing hospitals must have a form of culture that serves the community. This includes the building‚ its contents‚ the CEO‚ the managers‚
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In 2016‚ Dr. Alexander Nonesuch‚ a doctor at Sunshine Hospital in the State of Discontent‚ failed to disclose that he was transgender on his employment application before he started working there in February 2015. Dr. Nonesuch‚ the plaintiff‚ married his wife‚ Renata Mercure‚ in June 2015. Since Renata was expecting twins on April 1st‚ 2016‚ Dr. Nonesuch requested paternity leave and to add his wife and children to his retirement plan. Since the hospital’s management and the board saw Dr. Alexander
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Flagiello Case Brief Type of Court - Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Facts of the Case - Mrs. Flagiello was injured due to negligence while staying at the hospital - Mrs. Flagiello and her husband want compensation for time spent in hospital‚ loss of potential earnings‚ and added medical expense - Hospital was a charitable organization Legal Issues in the Case - Does charity grant the hospital immunity from such cases? - What was lost during the extra time spent in the hospital? - Was the
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Briefing a Case Case Name: Traine Smith‚ Appellant v. Friends Hospital‚ Dewight Magwood‚ Benjamin Messina‚ Ronald Potter‚ Robert Anthony and Dewayne Thomas‚ Appellees • Who is the plaintiff? The defendant? The plaintiff is Traine Smith. The plaintiffs are Friends Hospital‚ Dewight Magwood‚ Benjamin Messina‚ Ronald Potter‚ Robert Anthony‚ and Dewayne Thomas • What is the issue? The plaintiff sued the defendants‚ claiming that she was sexually assaulted and beaten by hospital employees while
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