Responsibility and Current Health Care Issues Paper - Health Care Fraud Roberta Roelofs HCS / 545 November 17‚ 2014 Michael Grossman Health care fraud is a current health care issue throughout the health care industry from hospitals to home care services. “The National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association (NHCAA) estimates that health care fraud accounts for at least three‚ but as much as ten percent of total health care expenditures”(Hubbell‚ 2006). Health care organizations that work with
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Health Care Interview Justin Sanders May 28‚ 2014 Instructor: Kathleeen Mais HCS/235 Health Care Interview For this paper I am interviewing my friend’s mother who lives down the street from me. Her name is Kimberly Addison and she is a registered nurse in the State Of California‚ who acquired her registered nursing license August 31st 1987. She has experience as a hospice nurse‚ Charge nurse‚ trauma nurse‚ Head nurse of the ER and Director of Nursing. One of the first questions I asked
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Many employers are now requiring mandatory drug testing for applicants and current employees. Drug use has risen sharply over the past years and employers now need to take further precautions in order to maintain a reputable work environment. I believe this extra precaution will improve the workplace by creating a safer atmosphere‚ keep integrity and honesty in the staff‚ and eliminate many illegalities that go along with drug use in the workplace. These qualities would be further infused if drug
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current place of work are adults with mild learning disability and some of the residents have a dual diagnosis of mental health issues as well. Both the social and medical model has an impact on their daily life. The home’s ethos is to empower the residents and in able them to lead a normal life as possible. This is done by providing and engaging them in their own individualised care plans and asking their opinions on what they like how they like it etc. allowing them to make informed choices for them
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University of Phoenix HCS/413 Self Assessment A career in health care is a growing segment in the developing world. Home health care is not a considerably understood role for nurses. In some ways because people view home health care as care only for the older patient and in some ways because the responsibility of a nurse in home health often varies. The nurse’s role in home health is one of a nurse‚ professional‚ companion‚ friend‚ and much more. Nurse’s job duties in home health never end. In
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Week 5 Assignment Questions 1. Locate the subheading “Pacemaker or Pacing Cardioverter-Defibrillator” following the “Heart and Pericardium” heading in the CPT manual‚ read the special notes and guidelines provided and identify how electrodes may be inserted. The doctor makes an incision at the insertion point. Then the docotr inserts a sheath into a blood vessel‚ usually under the collarbone. A lead wire is inserted through the sheath into the blood vessel. The doctor will run the lead wire through
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Professional Health Care Communication HCS/350 June 27‚ 2011 Personal and Professional Health Care Communication "Health communication refers to health-related transactions between individuals who are attempting to maintain health and avoid illness" (Northouse & Northouse‚ 1998‚ p. 20). The effectiveness and therapeutic nature of communication between individuals in any health care relationship has a strong influence on the success of interpersonal relationships and health outcomes
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Week 5 Discussion Discuss the following: A staff meeting has been called for all members of the administrative department at the hospital where you work. Due to a change in patients’ needs‚ the hours of operation need to be modified. Several scheduling options are presented and a decision has to be made. Should this decision be made by a majority vote‚ or a consensus? Support your choice with reasoning from the decision making section on page 98 of your GMC. I think that due to the time
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Positive Public Health Carrie "Shellie" Cobbs Public and Community Health HCS 457 Dee Martinez‚ RN‚ MSN April 20‚ 2014 Positive Public Health Doctors advise their patients to be healthy and work towards wellness. This advice affects more than the patient and their immediate actions to make corrections to their own wellbeing. Making changes to yourself can inspire other family members‚ friends‚ and co-workers to get up and start making changes for themselves. In theory the Health Impact Assessment
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Abortion Final Stephannie Breeding COM323: Persuasion & Argumentation Lejla Tricic February 2‚ 2015 Women always fought for the right to have abortions‚ it’s known throughout history. In 1973 a well-known case‚ Roe versus Wade‚ is what legalized abortion in the United States. “The United States marks 40 years of legalized abortion in all fifty states at any time for any reason throughout pregnancy on January 22nd‚ the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision. Since that time‚ there
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