As a health care specialist‚ I was asked to research the recent increase in health care costs and recommend a program that can be implemented to reduce these costs. The reason for this report is due to the amount of health care costs that have increased in the last three years. ABC Corporation has had an increase of more than 200% within the past three years in insurance premiums being paid. Although ABC Corporation has provided its employees with great healthcare plans‚ the cost‚ as you will see
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Ethical Health Care Issues Paper Angie Torres HCS/545 May 06‚ 2013 Mr. Charles J. Barron‚ MHA Ethical Health Care Issues Paper Health care staff governed to perform their professional duties based on the practice acts from the professional licensing boards under the statutes of the states. The professional duties include the balance between competency in skills‚ and application of ethics that will help promote the provision of the quality of care to the public (Harris‚ 2008). However‚ there
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Running Head: ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES IN HEALTH CARE Ethical and Legal Issues in Health Care [Writer Name] [Institute Name] Ethical and Legal Issues in Health Care Pharmacists offer various intermediary and vital services in medicine. Throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first‚ their scope of practice‚ duties and responsibilities have shifted dramatically‚ as have the situations in which pharmacists practice (Pharmacists Defence Association‚ 2008‚ p. 2). The laws
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Ethical Issues in Health Care Name Professor Institution Course Date 1. Determine two (2) specific ethical issues that General Electric (GE) Healthcare faced when implementing its strategy to introduce low cost diagnostic equipment to developing countries. Recommend two (2) actions that GE can take to resolve these ethical issues. It’s the role of the health organization to ensure they are offering quality services to the general public. In this case‚ General electric will be
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The field of Child and Youth Care consists of many different sectors one is able to work in. As a Child and Youth Care Practitioner‚ one will discover that there are many professional issues that are attached to these sectors. The following paper will go into detail regarding the issues in a Residential and Care Treatment facility. As a Child and Youth Care Practitioner‚ it is important to have knowledge on why these children and youth are placed in this setting. According to (Butler‚ Little
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Running head: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS Financial management of health care organizations Name: College: Date: Introduction Healthcare managers participate in various important roles that allow them to form and maintain flourishing organizations. Managers ought to be aware of the decisive elements of management and the generally accepted accounting principles. At the same time‚ they must realize‚ stick to‚ and put into effect the general financial ethical standards
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According to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) who sets national standards that gives patient assurance that their health care records information are safe‚ is keep private and are properly maintained by a health care organization. Many people consider their health care records to be very sensitive and private. For this reason some patients find it hard to disclose certain information sometimes even with the doctor’s‚ but the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
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uninsured and those who have inadequate health care plans are the most vulnerable in my perspective. Usually‚ these people are from low-income homes‚ minorities‚ elderly‚ homeless‚ children‚ mentally ill‚ and people with chronic conditions. Raising awareness of the health effects caused by being part of the vulnerable population is one step closer to policy recommendations. Professional organizations should offer education and provide guidelines and goals for medical care for the vulnerable‚ who often have
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Association‚ 2015). The current health care system in the United States (U.S.) is inadequate and at the same time expensive too. About 51 million people are completely uninsured and millions underinsured in the U.S. (Physicians For A National Health Program‚ 2015). The recent economic recession and the subsequent unemployment problems made the uninsured and underinsured problem worse. People who belong to these two categories have worse access to the primary health care. Hence‚ they suffer from their
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Introduction to Health Care Finance (HCA 240) Analyze Contemporary Health Care Issue According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) “health care fraud costs the country an estimated $80 billion dollars a year” ("Health Care Fraud‚" n.d.‚ p. 1). Because health care costs continue to rise more rapidly than the rate of inflation the threat of health care fraud continues to rise. The Affordable Health Care Act has put new policies in place to identify and stop health care fraud. The FBI
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