Finances in healthcare HCA340: Managing in Health & Human Services Instructor January 14‚ 2012 Examine the financial characteristics of health care delivery along with managing costs‚ revenues‚ and human resources
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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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THE HISTORICAL TRANSFORMATION OF WORK 1 Chapter contents Work in pre-industrial societies Work in industrial capitalist societies Main features of work in industrial capitalist societies Capitalist industrialization and the primacy of work Crises and industrial capitalism Technological and organizational change The rise of trade unions Women and work in the development of industrial capitalism The dominant conception of work in industrial capitalism Summary and conclusions Further reading Questions
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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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State Healthcare and Lifestyle Most of people may want a healthy life‚ but perhaps very few people adhere to a healthy lifestyle. Healthcare providers are supposed to be responsible for providing healthcare services to citizens. However‚ they could not directly control one’s health. Because there are many diseases which may be uncontrollable‚ and also associated with one’s family health background and age. (Palmer‚ 2008) Apart from that‚ large numbers of diseases may propagate due to unhealthy
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This previous week we watched a film in class called The Execution of Clifford Boggess. In the beginning I believe Clifford Boggess to be a regular individual. Actually Clifford Bogess graduated with honors‚ was also a talented piano player who played at weddings‚ and he also went to church faithfully. He was a normal individual that you wouldn’t even expect to commit crimes like these. On June 18th‚ 1988 a man by the name of Clifford Holt Boggess was born. Clifford Boggess was a lower class Caucasian
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Competencies In this context of social work‚ all of the competencies have a high level of importance. However‚ two competencies that are used frequently in this setting are engagement‚ assessment‚ and evaluation and critical thinking. Engagement includes having a common goal and being actively prepared and involved in the work environment and with clients. Assessment includes gathering data and interpreting it. This data includes a client’s strengths‚ weaknesses‚ personal goals and potential intervention
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CDA Competency Goals and Functional Areas CDA Competency Goal I. To establish and maintain a safe‚ healthy learning environment Functional Area 1. Safe 2. Healthy Definitions Student provides a safe environment to prevent and reduce injuries. Student promotes good health and nutrition and provides an environment that contributes to the prevention of illness. Student uses space‚ relationships‚ materials and routines as resources for constructing an interesting‚ secure‚ and enjoyable environment that
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Transformations in The Atlantic World When the exchange of people‚ plants‚ and animals began because of the Columbian exchange the new and old worlds underwent some serious change. Ideas‚ peoples‚ and goods were swapped between Western Europe‚ Africa‚ and the America through series of trade systems. The Atlantic trade system allowed more then just goods and slaves to be sent around all of the Atlantic world. The Columbian exchange and Atlantic trade system allowed both social and economic
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Assessment of Healthcare outcomes in term of Cost‚ Access and Quality Health outcomes Health Outcomes include a number of aspects that help in assessing the health care system of any country. Parameters like cost of care‚ quality of care‚ access to care‚ morbidity‚ mortality and use of specified services are indicative of how well the health care system is performing. Healthcare outcomes motivate practitioners to compare their performances and improve from each other. It highlights value enhancing
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