Comparing Health Care Financial Environments Melinda Calhoun HCS/577 May 14‚ 2013 Nicholas Coburn Comparing Health Care Financial Environments Health care organizations will have similarities and differences concerning finances‚ depending on the environment of the facility. The three types of health care environments are for-profit‚ nonprofit‚ and governmental organizations. Health South Rehabilitation Center is a for-profit facility specializing in rehabilitation. Cabell
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Medicaid is funded both by the federal government and the state government. The federal government pays a certain percentage (FMAP) which is based on the per capita income or the average income per person. Additionally‚ these percentages are adjusted for each state on a three-year cycle to account for fluctuations in the economy‚ such as recessions (Medicaid.gov). If Missouri’s Medicaid were to be switched to a block-granting program that would mean that rather than the federal government paying
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Health Care Utilization Health care in the United States is teetering on the edge; it will either turn into universal health care or become too expensive for the majority of Americans. Recent health care reform has been developed to lower the cost of health care and make it more widely available. However‚ health care in the United State may start trending towards becoming a universal system. There are many arguments to both sides of health care reform and universal health care. The Affordable
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Medical Center HCA340: Managing in Health & Human Services July 12‚ 2013 S.W.O.T Analysis I am a C.E.O at Community South Medical Center. It is a large‚ urban for-profit healthcare facility. It has comprehensive health services that includes acute care‚ residential care‚ independent living‚ in-home nursing‚ hospice‚ neonatal‚ and pediatric services‚ advanced cardiac services‚ a major trauma center‚ a center of excellence for pulmonary services and a neurosurgery center.
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Medicare Bonds: things to know Introduction The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) had made it mandatory in 2009 for medical equipment suppliers to obtain a Surety Bond. This bond termed as ‘Medicare or Medicaid Bond’ is required for Suppliers of Durable Medical Equipment‚ Prosthetics‚ Orthotics‚ and Supplies. The purpose of this bond is to prevent any medical abuse and fraud. If a supplier is found to be involved in any unethical activities such as selling unnecessary medical equipment
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What major changes in the Affordable Care Act (ACA known as “Obamacare”) have occurred since the election of President Trump. What have been the implications of these changes? Should the Government have the major role in health care reforms? Why or why not? Despite blatant plans to quickly and radically repeal and replace the federal Affordable Care Act‚ the changes made since the election of President Trump have had limited effects thus far. The threatened repeal and replacement of the Affordable
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IntroductionLinda Best‚ a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) from Sarnia‚ Canada is the founder and sole shareholder of Best Financial Services Inc. which was established on January 1‚ 2001. Sarnia‚ the largest city in South Ontario‚ bordered the United States and was heavily populated with aging baby boomers and blue-collar workers. Best Financial earned its revenues mainly from blue-collar workers nearing retirement. Best financial had formed strong relationships with many clients throughout Sarnia
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Connected for Health The Potential of Health Information and Communications Technologies to Reduce Health Care Disparities In today’s technology-filled world‚ we have become dependent on the Internet for everything from doing any research (“Google it”)‚ making travel and restaurant reservations‚ paying our bills‚ managing our investments‚ finding recipes for dinner‚ making charitable and political contributions‚ all types of shopping‚ and on and on. And we communicate primarily by e-mail
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According to one of the videos which had compared the United States health care system to that of other countries such as France and Canada‚ we are ranked a whopping 37th in the nation when it comes to our health care system. I think it would be fair to say that that sounds pretty accurate considering that there are 47 million people uninsured in the United States‚ but that is not something to be proud about. However‚ if you have money in the United States or are just simply insured‚ then there is
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system for its citizens. A large number of the U.S. population does not have healthcare coverage‚ and it is more obvious among the population of color‚ minorities‚ low socioeconomic statuses‚ and cultures. Studies show Blacks‚ Hispanics‚ American Indians and people with low income are likely to be uninsured. They not only lack the healthcare coverage‚ but also do not get the quality of care and experience worse health outcomes. Disparities in health and healthcare are persistent problem in the U.S.
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