As the Chief Executive Office of Middlefield Hospital‚ it has been brought to my attention by the Chief Financial Officer that our financial performance has been deteriorating for the past six (6) months. It has also been brought to my attention that the new facility has been admitting more new patients and our admissions have been declining. The number of uninsured patients has increased over this period of time. The management team has identified some other interesting facts that are possibly
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While excellent medical care is available in the United States‚ health care economics and the service delivery system present many challenges for the consumer and practitioner alike. This paper addresses four dimensions that are pivotal to the successes and failures of the system: cost‚ efficiency‚ choice and equity. The interplay of these dimensions across the canvas of health care options defines a system in flux‚ policymakers seeking a fair balance‚ and a nation in need of quality‚ affordable
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effectiveness. The paper will also give topics of consideration that all physicians should look into‚ before deciding if they should join an HMO with lipstick. I mean an ACO. Insert Paper Title Here During the 1970s- and early 1990s‚ Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) dominated the face of health care. They were an attempt by the government and insurance agencies to help reduce the rising and expensive costs of healthcare. In some ways these plans were effective‚ and in others they were
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References: The Political Management of Managed Care: Explaining Variations in State Health Maintenance Organization Regulations By: Gray‚ Virginia; Lowery‚ David; Godwin‚ Erik K.. Journal of Health Politics‚ Policy & Law‚ Jun2007‚ Vol. 32 Issue 3‚ p457-495‚ 39p‚ 3 Charts‚ 3 Graphs; DOI: 10.1215/03616878-2007-011
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References: Carefoote‚ R. L. (1998). Medical Management-Credentialing. Retrieved from http://www.mcres.com/mcrmm08.htm Kongstvedt‚ P. (2007). Essential of Managed Health Care. 5th Edition. Jones and Bartlett: Sudbury‚ MA.
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firms in the late 1980s through early 1990s promised to provide needed capital‚ cost savings‚ increase revenues‚ and improve management. They promised physicians they could negotiate better contract rates with emerging PPOs and HMOs. With increased managed care‚ medical group/physician organizations experienced lower net revenues and increased costs (Burns‚ Bradley‚ & Weiner‚ 2011). PPOs and HMOs required larger discounts from the physicians. PPMs with a lot of capital purchased many consolidated independent
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Cooper Green Hospital and the Community Care Plan Danita Hunter‚ DHA‚ PMP HSA 500 April 20‚ 2012 INTRODUCTION In the first section of my paper‚ I want to discuss six unique problems associate with delivering health care to an indigent population. Discuss five ways that the Community Care plan will improve the health status of the community. Discuss the five factors that point to the need for change by Cooper Green Hospital. Discuss five strengths and five weaknesses of Cooper
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of self-efficacy form a stronger sense of commitment to their interests and activities and can recover quickly from setbacks and disappointments. They are the types of people who view challenging problems as tasks to be mastered. Self-efficacy‚ or the belief in one’s abilities to deal with various situations‚ plays a vital role in not only how someone feels about himself‚ but also‚ whether or not someone can successfully achieve his goals in life. According to Albert Bandura (1994)‚ self-efficacy
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Analyzing and Interpreting Data ANALYZING AND INTERPRETING DATA Ballard Integrated Managed Services‚ Inc. (BIMS) is seeking to find the reasons why employees are in breach of the standards of quality and productivity. The company wants to find out the reasons why many employees have resigned and the causes of employee dissatisfaction. The initial survey that the company did had errors of design‚ and also had errors in the data entry of the results. BIMS executives decided
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A hospital marketing director has several research projects to undertake this quarter. He must try to determine the appropriate sampling methodology in light of each problem. Describe the methodology that should be used in each of the following and explain why: 1. The hospital urology department wants to establish a sexual dysfunction clinic. The department head wants to get an estimate of the number of males‚ ages 36 to 60‚ in the community suffering some form of sexual dysfunction.
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