Protection and Affordable Care Act-PPACA) is a United States federal statue signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23‚ 2010; it represents the most significant regulatory overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. There are many things that make Obamacare good and bad for this country as a whole. The debate: will it last or will it benefit the U.S. for the future? Obamacare is the unofficial name for “The Patient Protection and Affordable
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for the Southern District of Florida‚ lectureTo Health Care Compliance Association. Retrieved on May 4‚ 2008. Cavanaugh‚ Gerald (1999). "Why doesn ’t America Have Universal ComprehensiveHealth Care?" Retrieved on May 3‚ 2008. Sheehan‚ James (2008). Medicaid Inspector General‚ State of New York‚ lecture toHealth Care Compliance Association. Retrieved on May 4‚ 2008.
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nursing school. Medicare Medicare is a federal health program for individuals 65 or older‚ those with no age limit who have disabilities and those with End-Stage Renal Disease. My mother will be applying for Medicare when she turns 65. Professional Association A professional association is a non-profit organization looking to establish a particular profession that interests the public. Primary Care Physicians is part of a professional association for medical doctors. Medicaid Medicaid is a social welfare
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fraudulent health care provider to bill for medical services that were never rendered. Data security breaches and medical identity theft are growing concerns‚ with thousands of cases reported each year. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) tracks nearly 300‚000 compromised Medicare-beneficiary numbers.2 The Office for Civil Rights has received more than 77‚000 complaints regarding breaches of health information privacy and completed more than 27‚000 investigations‚ which have resulted in more
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already planning to increase their hours while trying to maintain patient care. With this new legislation‚ there will inevitably be growing pains‚ for the providers‚ the patients‚ and most all for the insurance companies‚ including Medicare and Medicaid. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reports that over 16 million additional adults will be eligible for health care coverage with the new Healthcare Reform Act. That is a substantial increase in patients needing to find a Primary Care Physician
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Title 2‚ or the role of public programs‚ extends Medicaid‚ preserves Successful children’s insurance plan (CHIP)‚ and simplifies enrollment. It also treats States equally and gives them flexibility to be able to come up with strategies to improve care‚ expand home care services‚ and make coordination with Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries better. Title 3‚ Improving the Quality and Effiency of Health Care‚ preserves‚ protects‚ and reforms Medicaid. It provides additional health services to rural
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Economic Terms and Health Care History Carrie "Shellie" Cobbs Economics: The Financing of Health Care HCS 440 George Atkins December 01‚ 2013 Economic Terms and Health Care History Health care in the United States of America is a delicate balance between the supplier and the demander. The supplier is the person or company providing health care services‚ procedures‚ or good‚ and the demander is the consumer who is in need of the health care services‚ procedures‚ or goods. Supply and demand between
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look into two healthcare agencies‚ Medicaid‚ a public agency created by the federal government but administered by the state in order to provide medical services for low-income citizens (Duel Eligibilities‚ 2013)‚ and The Joint Commission‚ an organization made up of individuals from the private medical sector that develops and maintains standards of quality in medical facilities (The Joint Commission‚ 2013). According to the Affordable Care Act‚ Medicaid and Medicare work together in order to improve
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& Gorman‚ Paul. (2011). Healthcare reform and the next generation: United States medical student attitudes toward the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. PLoS ONE‚ Vol. 6 Issue 9‚ 1-7. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023557. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services. (November 2011). Press Releases. Retreived from http://www.cms.gov/apps/media/press/release.asp?Counter=4158 Commonwealth Fund. (2011). Annual Report. Retrieved from http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Publications/~/media/Files/Annu
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) created incentives for health care providers to work together to treat patients across care settings‚ but in order for these facilities to receive any savings‚ they must demonstrate that quality performance standards are met. In an effort to align clinical quality measures with the goals of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) clinical quality measure are assessed against domains‚ heart failure and pneumonia fall under Clinical Process/
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