... this isn’t always the case. It has become common for an organization to ditch their ethical codes for the prospects of pleasing stakeholders and making profits, abandoning all sound reasons. On December 29, 2009 an article was written by J. Commins about Genesys Health Systems. According to the government, Genesys Health System, a member of Ascension Health, violated the False Claims Act by falsely billing Medicare for services that were not performed on patients. The alleged fraud was brought to the governments attention in a whistleblower lawsuit by a contracted auditor named Wendy Buterakos. Genesys Health System agreed to pay the federal government $669,413 to settle the allegations in which Ms. Buterakos received $133,882 from the settlement. Genesys Health System never admitted to the fraud, instead they stated that the mistakes in billing were made due to the claims made by physicians. It is an understatement to say that Genesys Health Systems action were unethical. In healthcare it is important that the clinical and management ethics are based “on a concept of health care professionals as moral co-fiduciaries” (Freund 2010 Ethics). Healthcare leaders focus should be to protect and promote the health related interest of the patients. They must also work with stakeholders to ensure the patients interest is protected. When faced with an ethical dilemma...
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...Practice Test Two Candidate Name _________________ INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TESTING SYSTEM LISTENING SECTION TIME: 30 MINUTES INSTRUCTIONS: You must not open the booklet until you are instructed to do so. Write your name and registration number at the top of the page. You should attempt all questions. All recordings will be played only once. Write all your answers on the test paper itself. After the section is over, you will be given ten minutes to transfer your answers to the given answer sheet. You are not permitted to take this exam booklet out of the examination room. There are 40 questions in this section. They are broken up into four parts as follows: Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Questions 1-10 Questions 11-20 Questions 21-30 Questions 31-40 Test 2 LISTENING SECTION 1 Questions 1-10 (CD3 Track 1) Questions 1-2 Choose the correct letters, A, B, or C. Example: What nursery school registration option does the woman choose? A Half-day B Full-day C Full-day plus after school care 1 What is the woman’s husband’s nationality? A Swiss B Swedish C Swazi 2 How is a child’s personal education number normally received? A By post B By e-mail C Picked up from the school Question 3 Choose the correct letters, A, B, or C. 3 Why is the husband out of town? A Vacation B Work C Family reasons Question 4 Choose three letters, A-F 4 Which THREE pieces of information are required to retrieve the child’s personal ...
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...Change that are predictable allow preparation time, whereas change that is unpredictable may be difficult for everyone to respond effectively too. Since in healthcare changes happen so fast, they are more than likely predicable. Even though change is recognized, the employees what to be able to understand why change is occurring and how it will affect them in the present as well as in the future. Another key element to guarantee a successful change is to establish a vision that is clear regarding the way the change process will occur. “Measuring and monitoring outcomes of the change process is essential for recognizing whether or not the change process has fulfilled its purpose.” (Al-Abri, 2007) In the United States and Catholic, Ascension...
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...Environment |Government Environment | |Specific |1. HCA. INC (Hospital) |1. U.S. Veterans Affairs Dept |1. Administration for Children and Families | |Organizations | | | | | |2. Tenet Healthcare Corp |2. Ascension Health (Catholic Hospital) |2. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services | | | | | | | |3. Hospital Corp. of America |3. Community Health Systems (Hospital) |3. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services | |...
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...HCA 340- MANAGING HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES SONYA PEDRO WEEK 4 FINAL PROJECT OUTLINE- 2 Topic selection: Analyze ethical and legal concepts, including specific federal regulations, required of health care organizations to ensure the delivery of high quality health care that protects patient safety 1. Title: The ethics and legalities of the modern healthcare system in the United States 2. Abstract 3. Body Thesis statement I. Ethical and legal aspects of healthcare a. Past aspect b. Present aspects c. Anticipated future changes II. Regulations a. State regulations b. Federal regulation c. Privacy Acts III. Medicare a. Pros b. Cons IV. Medicaid WEEK 4 FINAL PROJECT OUTLINE- 3 a. Pros b. Cons V. Higher care quality a. Patient safety b. Patient care c. The price of quality care VI. The US vs. Canada’s quality of health care VII. Recommendations to improve the quality of care 4. Conclusion 5. Citations * Better Health, Better Care, Lower Costs: Reforming Health Care Delivery | HealthCare.gov. (n.d.). Home | HealthCare.gov. Retrieved March 10, 2013, from http://www.healthcare.gov/news/factsheets/2011/07/deliverysystem07272011a.htm * Obtaining Greater Value From Health Care: The Roles Of The U.S. Government . (n.d.). Health Affairs. Retrieved March 10, 2013, from http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/22/6/183.full * Regulations. (n.d.). United States Department of Health and Human Services...
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...Sacred Heart Health System is the one the main health providers in the Northwest Florida. Sacred Heart Health System is not-for -profit organization and is the part of system of Catholic health care facilities, Ascension Health. Headquarters of Sacred Heart Health System are located in Pensacola. In the area of Bay and Walton County Sacred Heart Health System owns the following facilities: hospitals Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast in Miramar Beach, Bay Medical Sacred Heart in Panama City, as well as numerous medical offices of primary care physicians, who are part of Sacred Heart Medical Group. Bay Medical Sacred Heart, former Bay Medical Center, is a hospital facility that is located in Panama City, FL in Bay County. Since 2012...
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...AHRQ Health Law and Regulations Shelia Y. Janice HCS/545 Donna Lupinacci RN, MSN January 22, 2013 AHRQ-Health Law and Regulations Today we will have the pleasure of learning about the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. This government agency is tasked with improving safety, quality, effectiveness and efficiency in the health care system. We will examine the role of this governmental regulatory agency and the impact it has on the health care industry, current laws and regulations being faced by the AHRQ and the impact these laws and regulations have on providers and hospitals. Once we are done learning, we will all be able to relate situations we see or have seen in our own lives and communities. AHRQ Snapshot Dedicated to improving quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care, AHRQ continues to build the knowledge base for what works and what doesn’t work in health care by working with public and private sectors and translates the information into everyday practice and policymaking. (AHRQ, 2013). The impact of AHRQ’s research is essential and very beneficial as people are able to understand the many ways to improve service delivery in the health care arena as well as addressing any other areas of need. Some major areas that have been under research such as information technology, health care utilization and costs, medication safety, disaster preparedness, illness prevention and other special needs in specific...
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...This paper will explore the Diane Mathis’ experience with non-English-speaking patients. I will compare and contrast the range of medical language interpretation and describe what is considered the “best practice”. Also, I will describe at least two scenarios in situations in which patients are non-English speaking and qualified language interpretation is not provided. I will highlight the key ethical principles to be considered and the implications for the patient in each alternative. Finally, I will discuss how the scenario relates to my own health profession's code of ethics. As the population of non-English speaking migrants continue to flood United States, the need for increasing medical language interpretation is vital in order to facilitate the communication...
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...Financial Environment Paper By T Hardman HCS/577 Financial management within health care organizations can be viewed in a lot of different ways. According to Siddhartha S. Syam & Murray J Cote (2010), “at the beginning of the 21st century, health remains one of the areas of crucial concern for millions of Americans” (p.158). With many changes done in health care legislation, it's giving health care organizations the opportunity to move in a different direction when it comes to reimbursement methods. The government will reimburse most health care organizations depending on the quality of care provided to the patient. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is what stands out most when talking about reimbursement and the requirements needed when making a claim. For example they highlight operating rules for each HIPAA transaction, the new standards for electronic fund transfer and health care claims, and health plans to certify compliance with the standards and operating rules (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2014). So as we all know there are many different types of healthcare organizations that provide medical services to patients in need. Throughout this paper, those kinds of organizations will be touched on along with their differences and similarities of the financial entities for-profit, non-for-profit, and government agencies. The examples I would like to highlight from each economic environment are (for-profit organizations: Private practices, group practices...
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...Introduction The New Yorker named Jean Nidetch, who is at the start of Weight Watchers in 1963, when she decided to invite her friends to hers in order to give them the possibility to lose weight "together". From there, the first Weight Watchers meeting was born. Quickly, the reputation of this program was spreading across the United States. It made thousands of followers. By 1970 it spread on to Germany, the first European country to import the Weight Watchers diet. In 1973, it followed by France and Switzerland and Belgium in 1974. The company is now present in forty countries across the world and hasn’t said its last word. In 1978, the company was sold to the famous U.S. food group H. J. Heinz until 1999, best known for the manufacture of ketchup and canned food. Since 2001, it went public and was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The Weight Watchers program, in addition to the weekly meetings that have been develop in all countries where it operates, brand extension of products created under the logo of the brand through partnerships (105 products from 12 different categories in 2011). In 1993, Weight Watchers has developed additional services, including concept correspondence "Weight Watchers at home." But the revolution came in the 2000s with the development of the Internet, which hasn’t escaped to Weight Watchers. Weight Watchers International is the global leader in weight management services, operating in all the market through a network of owned...
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...is not what we say, but it is how we say it. A quality education and career training are sound investments for a bright future, an illustrious career, and a successful life. Individuals who complete more years of education have greater access to higher paying jobs-such as management, professional, and related occupations than those with fewer years of education. “Where one goes to college can have effects on one's future education, occupation, and income” (Karen, 2002, p. 193). Self-discipline, sacrifice, patience, perseverance, and positive attitude should be sufficient motivating factors, and a reminder that a good education pays off eventually by reaping the fruits of hard work. Physical well-being, personal wellness, and good health are part of personal responsibility. “Participation in physical activity should remain a high priority to facilitate maintenance of healthy body weights” (Liebman, 2005, p. 95). Personal drive, ambition, and desire to succeed are necessary attributes that help in overcoming any obstacles. Volunteering, part of personal responsibility requires time, and flexibility to help less fortunate members of the community, and may work in homeless shelters, children’s, and nursing homes, hospitals, churches, correctional institutions, and schools. Learning from our past can help avoid repetition of mistakes in the future. Responsibility means doing the right thing and not blaming others for our actions. People who drink and drive risk getting...
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...mostly define a child’s acceptance and good relationship with things within the environment. Good socialization skills are developed when humans are exposed to as many things as possible. The more events that a child encounters and has positive reactions to, the better response he/she will have when these events are repeated throughout the course of life. It is important that you make the socialization process as entertaining and rewarding as you possibly can. This means that during this process, your infant will need to accept being handled and being touched by other humans so that she will not fear strangers (healthcare providers, or people whom they are introduced to.) This will prove beneficial when you have to take the infant to the health clinic per se. Make sure that all the experiences a child is introduced to are pleasurable experiences. That way the child will build a good association between the event and the reward. Human contact us necessary not only for the infant’s physical well-being, but for healthy social and psychological development as well. As infants grow, their inborn...
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...University of Phoenix Material History of Community Nursing Matrix Complete the matrix with the following concepts, and relate the concepts to two different periods of time in history and the present time: • Describe each period briefly. • Clarify the differences during each period with public health nursing and community health nursing. • Describe the key health issues. • Identify community health partnerships used during this period of time. • Describe how Watson’s Theory of Human Transpersonal Caring is related. | |Historical time |Nursing role in |Major health issues |Partnerships used |Watson’s theory | | |period |community | | | | |Past period 1 |Colonial period |Nursing care was |-Poor sanitation |Early colonial public |A nurse is able to detect | | |America |informal and was |-Small Pox |health effort included the |the other person’s condition| | |1600-1700 |provided by household |-Yellow Fever |collection of vital |of being (Watson, 1995). The| | | |women. They were |-Cholera |statistic, improved |theory relates to this era | | | |responsible for taking |-Typhoid...
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...The weight loss industry is making millions every year on Americans. So why are so many Americans continuing to gain weight at increasing numbers? Could it be diets and weight loss supplements are detrimental to the overall health of so many Americans? The unhealthy reliance on appetite suppressants and the restrictions of certain food groups generally don’t work in the long term and can even be dangerous. The low cost of diets and the promise of fast results can certainly encourage many Americans to diet. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention more than 20 million Americans use dietary supplements, including multivitamins, minerals and herbs. The rise of diet supplements from 42% in 2006 to 62% in 2010 has only fueled the growth of dietary supplements and diet plans to a multimillion dollar industry (Center for Disease Control, 2011). The weight loss industry encourages individuals to improve their overall health by dieting. The industry approach suggest people can eat poorly and just take a diet supplement and have the same results of someone who eats well, exercise and takes care of their health by getting regular checkups. This is farthest from the truth according to a CNN report. Dr. Roberta Anding, a registered dietitian and director of sports nutrition at Texas Children Hospital, stated “while some supplements can be helpful in losing weight they are not match to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. “ Studies haven’t shown any significant difference...
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...Axia College Material Appendix A Final Project Overview and Timeline Final Project Overview Describe briefly a current health problem or nutritional need that you are experiencing, or a health or nutrition problem you can foresee experiencing because of your family history. Using insights from the My Pyramid Plan Web exercise, the Recommended Dietary Allowances, Recommended Dietary Intakes for your age group and gender, and information from readings, develop a realistic nutrition and exercise plan to summarize in a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper. The plan should be plausible enough to be initiated within the next 30 days and continued throughout your life. Be sure to include the following: • Identification of the health/nutrition problem targeted • Four nutritional or physical exercise goals • Actions taken to meet each goal • Anticipated setbacks or difficulties, and methods to overcome them • Outcomes by which to measure success • Evidence of the plan’s effectiveness in addressing the identified problem or need • Identification of potential health risks that may develop if the plan is not implemented Your paper should also address how your plan may be adjusted to fit your changing nutritional needs as a result of age, pregnancy (if applicable), or changes in physical capabilities. Be sure to include information about physical activities, and how they may be altered to accommodate different seasons of the year and changes in age. Include all applicable references...
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