(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fee-for-service). With the implementation of ACA‚ various payment methodologies have been developed by payers to shift the healthcare system from volume-driven to value-based. The idea behind doing so lies in the cost containment‚ and improvement of outcomes‚ quality‚ and efficiency. (https://www.aap.org/en-us/professional-resources/practice-support/Pages/Payment-Models.aspx). One of these models
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The Cold War was a period of hostility and rising tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union beginning soon after the end of World War II‚ lasting from 1945 until 1989. The Cold War originated from conflict over the type of government in Eastern Europe after the war. The United States pushed for freely elected governments while the Soviet Union denied it. At the Potsdam Conference in July 1945‚ shortly after the death of Franklin Roosevelt‚ the new president‚ Harry Truman ordered instant
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Advisor. At the time of the inspection there was 1 x supervisor present and 8 x employees‚ this site is spread over a ½ mile radius that encompasses small sections of operational railway. The works taking place include cable containment and installation of cable containment bridging which required small excavations using hand tools; there was also the intermittent use of an abrasive wheel which was used to cut concrete troughs. SUMMARY Numerous hazards have been identified within the
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Medical Terminology Medical Terminology has a history in Latin and Greek languages. Many of the terms used back in the days are used today resulting in new medical concepts regarding disease‚ treatment and containment. Medical records were all written by hand‚ which allowed for books to be created. Many of the medical terminology terms that we use today is credited to Hippocrates‚ who is said to be the “father of medicine”‚ and Claudius Galen‚ one of the most well-known doctors in the Roman Empire
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Realism and Constructivism are two theories that offer two different alternative answers to the outcome of future relations. Realism is based on the principle of state security and survival. The recent expansion of China into the South China Sea is due to China wanting to establish a modern tributary system. The tributary system was based on the principle that countries that were interested in trading with China‚ had to pay tribute to the Chinese emperor and the tribute was loyalty. In today’s China
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War began in December 1956 and ended with the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was fought between North Vietnam‚ supported by China and USSR‚ and South Vietnam backed by the US. The US involvement in the war was part of the wider strategy of containment to stop the spread of communism. The North Vietnamese government and the Viet Cong were fighting to reunify Vietnam under communist rule. Vietnam launched a full-scale invasion of Democratic Kampuchea on 25 December‚ 1978 after clashes along
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The Cold War developed slowly between the United States and the Soviet Union‚ as both nations were fighting for control of the postwar world. This cold war was a war of words with lots of tension. These two nations were on the same side during the war but after the war they began to grow apart and not trust each other. The United States and the Soviet Union had different beliefs as to where the world should go in terms of government and economics. This caused big problems for the two nations. These
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Michelle‚ I agree with you that the healthcare industry‚ particularly the Long Term Care sector is in the shakeout phase of the industry life cycle and may even be headed into the decline phase. However‚ I feel like the managed care sector of the healthcare industry is in the growth stage. Parnell (2014)‚ describes the shakeout phase as a time when industry growth is no longer rapid enough to support the number of competitors. For example‚ take nursing facilities; the new push is for people to be
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Once the Cold War started‚ Truman was the president. He made his Truman doctrine to help influence the democracy. In other words‚ Truman’s choice to fight a limited war was not justified because the United States did not want South Korea to fall under communists rule and not lose against the Russian War. For example‚ in “Textbook A”‚ it illustrates that the American invaders were being more aggressive to the war because they wanted to destroy its infancy. Even though‚ the American invaders were carrying
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Health Care Costs Health care costs have become a major issue in the United States‚ both socially and politically. According to the U.S. Census Bureau‚ 50.7 million people‚ or nearly one in six U.S. residents‚ were uninsured in 2009 (Kaiser Health News‚ 2010).This is because the high cost of health care has driven the cost of insurance out of the reach of many Americans. Contributing factors to the continuing increase in the cost of health care are the generally unhealthy lifestyle practiced by
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