Regulatory Agency Jennifer Mendoza HCS 430 May 6‚ 2012 Brenda Young Regulatory Agency The health care industry has to have a good leadership foundation to carry out rules‚ regulations‚ and procedures. It is important for the success of any organization. In a healthcare organization‚ good leadership is more than just important; it is significant to the organization’s success. The Joint Commission is an organization which requires that the health
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Certification Eligibility CCS-P BC3030 Week 2 May 31‚ 2013 Requirements to Take Exam for CCS-P First‚ to explain or identify what a CCS-P is exactly. CCS-P is a Certified Coding Specialist--Physician-based . They are coding practitioners who: Specialize in many different physician-based settings. Some examples are Physician offices‚ Group practices‚ and specialty clinics to name a few. CCS-Ps review patient records and assign CPT codes for services or procedures and diagnoses codes from ICD-9
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Revenue Cycle Education Improvement Strategies Presented by: Colleen Malmgren‚ MS‚ RHIA Fairview Health Services cmalmgrl @fairview.org Definition of Revenue Cycle All administrative and clinical functions that contribute to the capture‚ management and collection of patient service revenue *HFMA Scheduling/Registration Health Info Mgmt Case Management Pt Financial Srvcs Charge Capture Revenue Audit Chargemaster Establish Performance Indicators Establish measures that go beyond Accounts receivable
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Summarizing the Medigap Program There are ten plans available to Medigap policyholders labeled A through J. These plans have core benefits that are available to the policyholder. In summary‚ payment for an extended stay in the hospital that the Medicare insurance did not cover would be covered by the Medigap insurance. This insurance would also pay all or the majority of the co-pay. It would cover preventive care‚ first 3 pints of blood‚ skilled nursing facility coinsurance and deductible Medicare
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MEDICARE Prior to 1965‚ it was almost impossible for people 65 years and older to get a private health insurance. Medicare was enacted in 1965 to counter the growing health care costs and provide access to the elderly‚ making health care a universal right for all Americans 65 years and older. (Medicare & You‚ 2013) The rapid growth in the baby boomers population that began in 2011 caused a burden on the government by adding to the already high deficits. Medicare enrollment is expected to double
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What does this mean about the health care system in place now? This means that there must be some kind of health care reform in the United States. The president has constructed a plan called Obamacare‚ but this plan will cost the American people more if they do not abide by the individual mandate. If Obamacare is overturned by the Supreme Court it leaves
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Social Security Act (1935) With a dramatic increase in life expectancy and decreases in mortality rates‚ many old People live their later lives with chronic illnesses and disabilities. As a result‚ long-term care is becoming an important part of service to the elderly population. The US General Accounting Office (1994) reports that more than 12 million Americans need long-term care and 55% of them are people aged 65 or older (Binstock‚ Cluff‚ & Mering‚ 1996). Accordingly‚ the government
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campaign. The video campaign‚ “Obamacare: More Than a Glitch‚” is a perfect example of this. “Obamacare: More Than a Glitch‚” was a campaign ran by The Heritage Foundation in 2013. The Heritage Foundation is a forty-one year old institution which promotes conservative ideas and values. “The Heritage Foundation
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Robert Friedland. (2007). Long-Term Care Financing: Policy Options for the Future‚ Washington‚ DC: Georgetown University. O’Brien‚ Ellen. (2005). Long-Term Care: Understanding Medicaid’s Role for the Elderly and the Disabled‚ Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. Sammer‚ Joanne. (2011). Securing the Future of Long-Term Care‚ SHRM. Vol. 56 No. 8
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Long-Term Care: The Impact of the Elderly Providing accessible‚ affordable‚ and high-quality long-term care services to an aging population presents a growing challenge to long-term care providers. As the oldest members of the baby boom generation approach retirement‚ federal and state policy‚ makers are exploring policies to care for the increasing number of elderly and to finance expanding long-term care needs. Other concerns include how to provide an adequate mix of institutional care and home
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