quality of care for Medicare patients since the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010. In 2012 CMS implemented a program called The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRR)‚ this program is intended to improve health care for patients with Medicare to improve the quality of care that is provided versus the quantity of care. This program provides incentives to hospitals‚ which is intended to reduce costly and unnecessary readmissions (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services‚ 2016). The conditions
Premium Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Health insurance Hospital
safety net hospital are closing because‚ there is simply not enough funding to bear the rising population of the United States. Over thirty-three percent over the population are uninsured for various reasons. In today’s society there are so many single parent families that cannot afford to pay for private insurance‚ so as a result they rely on government assistance such as Medicaid‚ All-kids‚ and Medicare. According to an article I read in the New York Times magazine‚ Grady Memorial Hospital is known
Premium Health care Healthcare Health care provider
Healing Hospital "A Healing Hospital is a hospital that employs healthy role models who teach health improvement‚ offers a healing environment and also leads community health improvement instead of just focusing on illness care and rescue care. A Healing Hospital focuses on healing and becomes an active member in fixing the healthcare system because they lower the need for costly‚ invasive care by improving health" (Harmony Healing House 2013). The healing hospital paradigm focuses on a holistic
Premium Patient Health care Health care provider
Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Meghan Weir Grand Canyon University Spirituality in Health Care HLT-310V Kristan Farley May 16‚ 2013 Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm As the health care atmosphere changes‚ there has been a growing interest to closely examine how spirituality‚ values‚ and morals contribute to patient outcomes; specifically what it means to truly heal a patient. In the past‚ medical care was mostly geared towards curing our patients and their illnesses physically.
Premium Health care Medicine Healthcare
Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Sandra Mays Grand Canyon University HLT310V Patricia Mullen September 12‚ 2010 Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm The spirituality in a healing hospital starts with the Chief Executive Officer and spirals downward toward management‚ and then the frontline employees. Healing hospitals must have a form of culture that serves the community. This includes the building‚ its contents‚ the CEO‚ the managers‚
Premium Hospital Patient Illness
Running head: HEALING HOSPITAL: A DARING PARADIGM Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Karen McDevitt Grand Canyon University Spirituality in Health Care HLT 310V Patricia Mullen April 07‚ 2011 Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Service‚ Integrity‚ Safety‚ Trust‚ and Respect may be the core values established as guidelines for hospitals’ staff members. Without love it will not qualify as a Healing Hospital. The employees need to embrace the human spirit and incorporate genuine
Premium Patient Health care Love
FUNCTIONS OF THE HOSPITAL Hospital administration functions can be classified into three broad categories: 1. Medical - which involves the treatment and management of patients through the staff of physicians. 2. Patient Support - which relates directly to patient care and includes nursing‚ dietary diagnostic‚ therapy‚ pharmacy and laboratory services. 3. Administrative - which concerns the execution of policies and directions of the hospital governing discharge of support services in the
Premium Health care Health care provider Medicine
In 2016‚ Dr. Alexander Nonesuch‚ a doctor at Sunshine Hospital in the State of Discontent‚ failed to disclose that he was transgender on his employment application before he started working there in February 2015. Dr. Nonesuch‚ the plaintiff‚ married his wife‚ Renata Mercure‚ in June 2015. Since Renata was expecting twins on April 1st‚ 2016‚ Dr. Nonesuch requested paternity leave and to add his wife and children to his retirement plan. Since the hospital’s management and the board saw Dr. Alexander
Premium Gender Sexual orientation Discrimination
Flagiello Case Brief Type of Court - Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Facts of the Case - Mrs. Flagiello was injured due to negligence while staying at the hospital - Mrs. Flagiello and her husband want compensation for time spent in hospital‚ loss of potential earnings‚ and added medical expense - Hospital was a charitable organization Legal Issues in the Case - Does charity grant the hospital immunity from such cases? - What was lost during the extra time spent in the hospital? - Was the
Premium Tort Tort law Law
clinic’s situation without the new marketing program. How many additional daily visits must be generated to break even? Construct a break-even graph that can be included in your report The preceding question is if the clinic continues operating the hospital without expanding its marketing program‚ what would be outcome? In essence‚ continuing to operate the clinic with no new marketing plan have two outcomes: make or break the clinic. The main benefit of this decision is that there will be no adjustments
Premium Marketing Management Revenue