Medicare Severity-Diagnosis Groups Diagnosis related groups (DRGs) have been around since the early 1980s‚ evolving over the years as a patient classification system. However‚ since October 1st‚ 2007‚ Medicare relies on the Medicare Severity-Diagnosis Group (MS-DRG) system to facilitate payments of services rendered for Medicare inpatients. The Beginning of MS-DRGs In the late 1960s‚ Yale University’s School of Management worked with Public Health to begin design and development of the DRG system
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previously fatal diseases. The new inventions in medicine have brought in treatments for most of the dreadful diseases. This has resulted in an increase in the life expectancy of individuals. Mortality rate has declined leading to an increase in population. Owing to modern medications and improved treatments to various illnesses‚ the overall death rate has gone down. The brighter side of it is that we have been able to fight many diseases and prevent deaths. On the other hand‚ the medical boon has
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Kayla Luft ENR 4000 October 5‚ 2017 Assignment #2 In assignment one I wrote about how pollinating bee populations were declining around the world and the solutions that can prevent this from happening. Addressing this issue can be very difficult. Not only are humans causing this problem but the bee population has a disease that is destroying the colonies. Currently there really isn’t a policy in place to regulate the problem but there are informal efforts that are being put into place by the
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From Homeless to Harvard Imagine‚ being a child of drug addicted parents‚ losing your apartment at the age of 16‚ becoming homeless‚ and having no one to truly depend on except yourself‚ this woman Liz Murray has been through countless circumstances. Murray saw herself wanting to be something more than just being homeless and a daughter of drug addicts. She turned around the odds that were against her. Learning about her and the horrific childhood she went through it shows people their present does
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Oftentimes‚ it is impossible to assume a person’s medical diagnosis from looking at a patient‚ and having no prior knowledge of them. Doctors and nurses can predict a diagnosis from patient’s files and symptoms presented. For non-medical personnel‚ some medical diagnoses can be surprising‚ while some people could determine a diagnosis without medical training. The four people in the presented scenario diagnosed with Dementia‚ ovarian cancer‚ HIV‚ and a self-inflicted abdominal wound. Person B and
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Homeless Bird The author Gloria Whelan‚ wrote a novel‚ titled Homeless Bird‚ which takes place in India. In the story‚ the main character‚ Koly‚ gets married then becomes a widow‚ then her Sass abandons her in Vrindavan and now Koly is on her own. Over the course of the story‚ Koly becomes more and more courageous. Koly shows courage throughout the whole story. Koly was courageous because she got the courage to marry someone she never met. “When I heard that at last a husband had been found for
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The Effects of Dual Diagnosis on a Person’s Life Jamie Sivels Georgia Military College November 28‚ 2012 The Effects of Dual Diagnosis on a Person’s Life People with severe mental disorders also experience a co-occurring substance abuse problem; approximately 50% of individuals with a mental disorder are also affected by substance abuse; 37% are alcohol abusers‚ 53% drug abusers (Medline). This is also called dual diagnosis which is when someone has a mental disorder
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Laurentians. More than four-fifths of Quebec’s population now lives within an area about 200 miles long and roughly 60 miles wide‚ stretching from Quebec City to Montreal. About four-fifths of all people in Quebec live in towns‚ a very small number are classified as rural farmers‚ and the balance of the population is scattered in small settlements focused on forestry‚ fishing‚ mining‚ and other types of activity. The historical movement of the population in Quebec has been from large numbers of scattered
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Sandberg-Cook‚ J. (2008). Primary Care: A Collaborative Practice‚ 3rd. Edition. Philadelphia‚ PA: Mosby‚ Inc. NO Davis‚ A. (2001). Adult Nurse Practitioner: Certification Review. Philadelphia‚ PA; Mosby‚ Inc. Ferri‚ F. (2012). Clinical Advisor: Instant Diagnosis and Treatment. Philadelphia‚ PA: Mosby‚ Inc. NO Franz‚ M. (Ed.) (2001). Diabetes Management Therapies: A Core Curriculum for Diabetes Education. 4th Edition. Chicago‚ IL: American Association of Diabetes Educators. Franz‚ M. (2012). American Diabetes
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Introduction A Vulnerable population is a group of individuals that lack the ability to protect themselves or their interests fully or independently. This can also be interpreted as lacking the ability to give informed legal consent. Lack of this could lead to economic exploitation‚ risk of incarceration‚ or being taken unfair advantage of. The USA Code of Federal Regulations stipulates that Vulnerable populations includes children‚ pregnant women‚ prisoners‚ educationally or economically disadvantaged
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