DECISION-MAKING APPROACH IN REGARD TO THE HEALTHCARE CHALLENGES SET FORTH BY THE PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT OF 2010 CECILIA AVEROS MBA IN HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT ‚ ABSTRACT Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act( PPACA) also known as Obama care is a healthcare reform signed in March 23‚ 2010 whose main goal is to conceptualizes the “ Universal affordable Healthcare Coverage “making significant
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This week’s reading left me with a sense of confusion at the complexity of the healthcare system. Teitelbaum and Wilensky (2013) the lack of a unified healthcare system makes health care overly complicated and obtuse. There are many players and a lack of coordination allows for unnecessary redundancies and is costly. In 2009‚ the United States spent the equivalent of $8‚086 per person on healthcare‚ moreover‚ this represents a 4% increase over 2008 spending. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) set out
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cardiologists to meet a rising demand for services is a possible explanation. Although‚ in the Time Magazine article by Brill‚ Steven (2013‚ March 4)‚ he exposed the widespread practice of ordering medically unnecessary CT scans. Statistics show that the use of CT scans alone has more than quadrupled in recent decades‚ many times to ward off a possible malpractice lawsuit‚ but oftentimes to drive up profits. The demand for more skilled physicians to interpret results may be genuine‚ yet it is exacerbated
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6.1 Activity 1. Marketing provides consumers with choice. Identify two methods used by business to do this. Marketing provides consumers with choice. This is identified by two methods in businesses‚ Product features (e.g. car with power steering) and pricing strategies (discounts). 2. Describe the importance of market share to a business operating in a highly competitive environment. The importance of market share to a business operating in a highly competitive environment is to show how
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| Economic Activity Economics is concerned with humanity’s well being or welfare. It encompasses the social organization and the relationship involved in using scarce resources and available technology to satisfy seemingly unlimited human wants and in allocating those resources among diverse alternative wants. The key elements of economic activity are (1) human wants (2) resources‚ and (3) technology. Price theory (microeconomic theory) and
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The Liberty Medical Group (A) 1. Prepare a brief situational analysis of LMF for Dr. Townsend‚ identifying at least 3 internal issues and 3 external issue/competitive issues that are affecting LMF. Liberty Medical Foundation‚ which includes Liberty Medical Group (LMG) and Liberty Medical Plan (LMP)‚ is a physician-centered‚ group-practiced health maintenance organization. Liberty was one of the first organizations to embrace “evidence-based” medicine‚ whereby an effort was made to identify best
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these issues could be explained by the poorer health and mental health issues that are more prevalent among those in poverty. However‚ discrimination effects healthcare in wealthier minority groups such as Asian Indian Americans. Nearly one in ten Asian Indian Americans reports having perceived discrimination when seeking or receiving healthcare. While this percentage is low in comparison with other minority groups‚ the high income levels of those surveyed demonstrate that it is more than a socioeconomic
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changes in the U.S. health care system‚ this best-selling text remains the most concise and balanced introduction to the domestic health care system. Like its predecessors‚ it provides an accessible overview of the basic components of the system: healthcare personnel‚ hospitals and other institutions‚ the federal government‚ financing and payment mechanisms‚ and managed care. Finally‚ it provides an insightful look at the prospects for health care reform. Steven Jonas‚ a revered expert in public
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at a faster rate than the economy for year now and still many citizens are lacking adequate healthcare. This represents a challenge in the private and government sectors such as (Medicare and Medicaid) . With the health care spending rising in economic production for the future‚ the citizens for the United States could or will be confronted with challenging adoptions amongst other priorities and healthcare in their everyday existing. There is a collection of data that propose of opportunities to
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