Running head: HEALTHCARE ECOSYSTEMS TASK 2 Healthcare Ecosystems Influence by Government Regulations‚ Legislation‚ And Accreditation Standards Iona R. Heffley Western Governors University 1 HEALTHCARE ECOSYSTEMS TASK 2 2 Healthcare Ecosystems Influence by Government Regulations‚ Legislation‚ And Accreditation Standards Medicare is a national government-sponsored insurance program in the United States. Created by Congress in 1965‚ under President Lyndon B. Johnson‚ Medicare guarantees access
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Healthcare manager VS. Patient care outcome Ways to help managers focus and reach the goal-setting and make sure planning process to change employee engagement results into clinical improvements: 1. Seeing the big picture. Good managers not only understand the survey result‚ they also and can interpret to their employee for engagement. Meanwhile‚ making better outcomes for patients and employees. Regularly communicating the purpose and through the right direction get higher outcomes. Use staff engagement
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With healthcare spending steadily on the rise in the United States‚ healthcare payers are beginning to make the shift from volume-based to value-based payment regimes. The main focus in doing so is to improve the quality of care while reducing the cost. One type of value-based approach is an Accountable Care Organization (ACO)‚ which is defined as a “group of healthcare providers who agree to share responsibility for the quality‚ cost‚ and coordination of care for a defined population of patients
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industry but it has made it easier to come up with diagnosis and treatment plan for patients. Having to use equipment like MRI‚ CT scan‚ or X-ray machine requires technicians‚ and doctors. So the technology has also helped with creating jobs within the healthcare field. Health care workers can work in verity of environments such as hospitals‚ outpatient facilities‚ private practices‚ and long-term care facilities. Due to the fact that hospitals care for various types of patients requiring different kinds
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BRIEFING NOTE FOR THE INTERNAL HEALTHCARE FOCUS GROUP: WHAT IS MEDICARE? To: Healthcare Focus Group From: Taylor C. Gould Subject: What is Medicare? Date: September 13‚ 2015 CC: Professor Forney Fleming SUMMARY: • 1ST POINT • 2ND POINT • 3RD POINT ISSUE Healthcare around the world varies from nation to nation‚ and is one of the most important considerations throughout life as generations become older and become more dependent on their country’s healthcare system. One of the most significant differences
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I believe that limited access to healthcare is the primary problem in healthcare today. It directly effects the quality of care people receive and can cause fragmentation of the care available (Johns Hopkins University‚ 2017). There are many different factors to cause limited access to healthcare besides just the cost (Johns Hopkins University‚ 2017). Some people do not if or where care is available for them or they may not have a way to get there (Johns Hopkins University‚ 2017). A person’s cultural
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Emerging Healthcare Technology Presentation HIPAA: Protecting the Privacy of Patients How important is it for you to keep your medical records private? Many people don’t realize how easily accessible their medical records are‚ or perhaps it is just assumed that what goes on between a doctor and a patient stays between a doctor and a patient. Well‚ you know what they say about assuming. In actuality‚ your medical records can probably be accessed by any employee at your
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The major role of the healthcare financial manager is to ensure compliance. There are guidelines required for patient billing and coding which is the lifeline of the revenue cycle for hospitals that must be adhered. For example‚ when physicians submit bills that may have questionable charges it is one of their responsibilities to make sure it is accurate and if not that the error is unintentional. Take for instance a physician in Colorado accused by the U.S. Attorney of fraud. “The doctor billed
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The main goals of U.S. Healthcare Reform (Affordable Care Act) are providing universal healthcare access to uninsured and underinsured‚ controlling/minimizing the escalating costs of healthcare and improving the quality of healthcare. In terms of access‚ around 47 million Americans are uninsured. In terms of cost‚ healthcare cost represents more than 17% of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) which is still growing rapidly over time. In terms of quality‚ despite of new technologies‚ new treatments
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A large number of people use the healthcare service daily and a majority of them receive safe and high-quality care‚ however things can go wrong and mistakes can be made. Recently a high number of high profile cases‚ detailing neglect‚ show that there is still a lot more we can do to ensure the safety of all individuals when using the healthcare service. As a healthcare scientist‚ it is our responsibility and duty to ensure that all individuals receive the safest and highest quality of care. A cardio-respiratory
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