...Table of Contents Executive Summary Assessment/Diagnosis Results/Outcomes Evaluation of the Effort Discussion and Conclusion References Introduction: "Who so ever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times." When organizations encounter difficulties, mergers and organizational change is often what is used to solve the problems of the organization. Within recent years we have seen many technological developments that are really path breaking and changed our lifestyles in more than one way. With these types new inventions being made every day all organizations have to keep up with the times. Changes are occurring more often at a much faster pace today than they were 15 years ago. The reason that we are experiencing change in every sector today is, because of the increase of globalization and technological changes that are taken place. Since these types of increases have been made in recent years organizations are trying to work on the change pace. The most prevent change being made is organizations across an array of different industries are confronting fundamental change. “Managing Change” refers to the making of changes in a planned a managed or systematic fashion. The aim is to be more effectively implement new methods and systems in an ongoing organization. The changes that will be made when the change is implemented are controlled by the organization. The task of managing change includes managing its impact on people. Change...
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...Questions & Health Care Segments Name: Michael Greene |Seven Strategic Questions | | |Yes or No. Your answer reflects |For “yes” answers, please provide a specific example. | | |your organization’s perspective. | | |1. |Yes |My current organization is a contracted service, therefore, the external environment | | | |influences capital allocation and decision making severely in the manner of labor and | | | |supplies, in particularly. | |2. |Yes |If any of our clients do not like a particular manager, no matter how good we think they| | | |are, my organization must respond to the needs of the ones we service. | |3. |Yes |Unpleasant surprises for my organization typically tends to be in the form of a | | | |cancellation notice. | |4. |Yes |My organization’s niche is in long term care. The...
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...I ‘m replying to your career opportunity posted on your website. I understand that your are actively seeking to hire a Medical Billing and coding specialist at one of your Genesis Medical Center locations. This position is responsible for preparing claims for submissions to insurance systems. Conducts follow-up and clean-up of insurance claims as needed, and coordinates claims as necessary with primary billing office. A very dear lifelong friend passed away nearly two years ago. He was taken to one of your locations where the doctors and nurses tried everything they could to save him; however, he passed away. Through that experience, though, I saw how your employees handle a very difficult situation, and all this really inspired me. I value your mission and visions to providing a full range of health related services including prevention, wellness, and education. The Heath Care industry has always been a dream of mine to pursue, however, I had to decide which area since there are so many different careers. After much researching I decided to pursue a Medical Billing and Coding degree, which led me to taking classes at Penn Foster University. Upon completion, I have gained the knowledge and proficiency in medical billing and collections programs. I also have the ability to multitask, a team-oriented attitude, and work well under pressure. As a Medical Billing and Coding Specialist within your company, I am confident that I could make a valuable contribution to the medical team...
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...Readiness for Change With an ever-increasing population and the rising cost of medical care, the healthcare industry is in need of innovated ways to provide quality health care while containing cost. Technological advances offer one-such solution to cost containment, though, adoption of Information Technology (IT) in the health care industry remains low despite overwhelming evidence that the use of electronic medical records (EMR) has improved staff efficiency, increased preventative care measures, and decreased medical errors thus lowering healthcare cost (Childs, 2009). Even in an environment that is rich with evidence-based innovations, diffusion of successful electronic medical records remains a problem in the healthcare industry. This paper will explore the implementation of transitioning to an EMR in a specific facility. Implementation of an Electronic Medical Record The change initiative in this scenario is implementation of an EMR. In 2004, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology was developed as a part of the Department of Health and Human Services. In 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was signed into law, the goal of this act was to create new jobs and spur economic activity and invest in long-term growth (U.S. Government, 2012). The Act had a plan to achieve goals by providing $787 billion that would offer tax cuts and benefits for many working families, fund entitlement programs, such as unemployment benefits, and...
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...Medical Tourism Industry - Advantage India C.B. Venkata Krishna Prasad* Traveling abroad for health is not a new phenomenon. Medical tourism is actually thousands of years old. In ancient Greece, pilgrims and patients came from all over the Mediterranean to the sanctuary of the healing god, asklepios; the god of healing was located at Epidaurus. In roman Britain, patients took the waters at a shrine at bath, a practice that continued for 2,000 years. During 18th century wealthy Europeans used to visit health resorts in North Africa. But in the past seven years or so, the movement has accelerated sharply. It is growing rapidly and turning out to be an immense business opportunity for nations which have the strategic advantage of having resources in terms of medical technology, infrastructure and right human resources. Cross-border travel for health reasons is a $40 billon market and growing at over 15% a year throws up huge opportunities for anyone smart enough to tap it. Broadly defined as a collaboration of medical services with the tourism industry, healthcare tourism offers cost effective medical services for individuals who cannot afford these services in their country due to high costs or to people who are tired by long waiting times. Also patients from countries, where treatment is not available, can avail the benefits of healthcare tourism. Countries that are actively promoting healthcare tourism include Belgium, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Thailand, Cuba, Costa Rica,...
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...Infrastructure Library (ITIL) standards and guidelines. ITIL is essentially a set of publications that together offers a framework of “best practices” management guidance for all aspects of IT services (Tan & Payton, 2010). This assignment will cover the ins and outs of when information technology fails within the health care organization. Research will be done to identify what the contributing factors are when failure occurs, and how it impacts the organization’s operations and the security of the information. Also the team’s reaction to the failure, as well as the measures taken by the leaders in dealing with the various stakeholders will be explored. Custom application and proprietary systems, along with project metrics and portfolio management for the insurance of operational efficiency and effectiveness will be discussed. Also a view of what the government has done to secure health care and patient information will be analyzed. Background story- A Florida health system experienced an IT network failure that rendered the organization’s $80 million Epic electronic medical record system to fail, the outage lasted nearly two days. The three-hospital Martin Health System (MHS) located in Stuart, Fla, reported a...
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...productive, while lowering their overall health risk with innovative wellness programs and strategies. Our business is based on two simple facts: 1. Healthy school age children are more productive than chronically ill and overweight children. 2. It costs less to prevent injuries or illnesses than to treat them after they occur. At NextGen Fitness, we tie learning ability and productivity directly to the health care issue. We believe that traditional approaches to the current fitness and health care crisis are misdirected or nonexistent in most urban neighborhoods. These traditional efforts are what we call reactive--that is, they minimally address fitness levels then when illness or injury occurs, public assistance and basic health aide is provided as both solution and treatment. Our approach, which emphasizes prevention and good health promotion, is much more proactive. By helping school age youth change their behavior patterns and choose more healthy and active lifestyles, NextGen will lower parent’s health care expenditures and subsidies provided by healthcare organizations, while raising academic productivity. Health care expenditures will decrease due to reduced medical insurance premiums, reduced risk of obesity, reduced physical injuries and removal from prescription drugs that currently address these issues. 2. Situational Analysis Next Gen Fitness is a start-up company seeking to promote fitness and health reformation to youths and adolescents living...
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...Relationship between the U.S. Healthcare Industry and the U.S. Economy The healthcare industry plays an important part in the economy of the United States. The sustained increase and high level of spending on health care has been the subject of discussion and scrutiny for several decades. The enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) was hardly the first fiscal policy for healthcare in the history of the economy. There is a long list of fiscal policy attempts from predecessors such as Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Richard Nixon and most recently Bill Clinton (Sparer, p462). In 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt drafted amended provisions to his pending Social Security legislation to include publicly funded health care programs but ultimately removed the provisions due to opposition by the American Medical Association (Coombs, p5). Following the Second World War, President Harry Truman called for universal health care as a part of his Fair Deal in 1949 but strong opposition stopped that part of the Fair Deal (Peon, p161-168). On July 30, 1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the legislation establishing the Medicare and Medicaid program, social insurance programs administered by the United Stated government providing health insurance coverage to people who are either 65 or meet other special criteria for need (Roemer, p845). In October 1972, President Richard Nixon signed the Social Security Administration Amendments of 1972 which...
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...Health Care Reform 02-25-2010 The debаte оver heаlth саre refоrm in the United Ѕtаteѕ сenterѕ оn queѕtiоnѕ аbоut whether there iѕ а fundаmentаl right tо heаlth саre, оn whо ѕhоuld hаve ассeѕѕ tо heаlth саre аnd under whаt сirсumѕtаnсeѕ, оn the quаlity асhieved fоr the high ѕumѕ ѕрent, the ѕuѕtаinаbility оf exрenditureѕ thаt hаve been riѕing fаѕter thаn the level оf generаl inflаtiоn аnd the grоwth in the eсоnоmy, the rоle оf the federаl gоvernment in bringing аbоut ѕuсh сhаnge, аnd соnсernѕ оver unfunded liаbilitieѕ. Mоѕt рerѕоnаl bаnkruрtсy in the United Ѕtаteѕ iѕ саuѕed аt leаѕt раrtly by mediсаl debt whiсh iѕ аlmоѕt unknоwn in оther соuntrieѕ in the develорed wоrld. The United Ѕtаteѕ ѕрendѕ а greаter роrtiоn оf tоtаl yeаrly inсоme in the nаtiоn оn heаlth саre thаn аny United Nаtiоnѕ member ѕtаte exсeрt fоr Eаѕt Timоr (Timоr-Leѕte), аlthоugh the асtuаl uѕe оf heаlth саre ѕerviсeѕ in the U.Ѕ., by mоѕt meаѕureѕ оf heаlth ѕerviсeѕ uѕe, iѕ belоw the mediаn аmоng the wоrld'ѕ develорed соuntrieѕ.[6] Ассоrding tо the Inѕtitute оf Mediсine оf the Nаtiоnаl Асаdemy оf Ѕсienсeѕ, the United Ѕtаteѕ iѕ the "оnly weаlthy, induѕtriаlized nаtiоn thаt dоeѕ nоt enѕure thаt аll сitizenѕ hаve соverаge". Аmeriсаnѕ аre divided аlоng раrty lineѕ in their viewѕ regаrding the rоle оf gоvernment in the heаlth eсоnоmy аnd eѕрeсiаlly whether а new рubliс heаlth рlаn ѕhоuld be сreаted аnd аdminiѕtered by the federаl gоvernment. Thоѕe in fаvоr оf univerѕаl heаlth саre аrgue thаt the lаrge number оf uninѕured...
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...08/10/2014 HEALTH PROMOTION The Effects of Socioeconomic Influences of Health LO1 ICON COLLEGE (LO1) = TASK 1 1 • The notes contained in this PowerPoint presentation will cover LO1 (1.1;1.2;1.3) • Please print notes prior to attending lectures ICON COLLEGE (LO1) = TASK 1 2 1 08/10/2014 Learning Outcomes (LO) On successful completion of this lecture a learner will: LO1: Understand the socio-economic influences on health 1.1 explain the effects of socio-economic influences on health. 1.2 assess the relevance of government sources in reporting on inequalities in health. 1.3 discuss reasons for barriers to accessing healthcare. ICON COLLEGE (LO1) = TASK 1 3 Unit Content (LO1) Influences: social e.g. disposable income, unemployment, lifestyle choices, environment, access to healthcare facilities, access to information, citizenship status, discrimination. Sources of information: reports and enquiries e.g. Black Report DHSS 1980, Acheson Report ‘Independent Inquiry in ‘Inequalities in Health’ 1998, Health and Lifestyle Surveys (HALS), Health Survey for England (HSFE), census data ICON COLLEGE (LO1) = TASK 1 4 2 08/10/2014 Definitions (Class participation Review) • What is health promotion? • What is public health? • What do we mean by determinant of health? • What do we mean by environmental factors? ICON COLLEGE (LO1) = TASK 1 5 The main determinants of health Dahlgren and Whitehead's model, 1992 Figure 1: adapted from...
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...Professional Presence & Influence Janene Mills Loga Western Governor's University Professional Presence and Influence C351 Professional Presence & Influence Introduction In these days of HCAHPS scores, and patient satisfaction being tied to reimbursement, it can be vitally important for the success of a healthcare facility, to have nurses who strive for quality relationships with their patients because this can influence the perception of the care received. A very important part of this is the professional presence the nurse conveys. A nurse’s professional presence is uniquely personalized; it is influenced by their own views on health and medicine, individual personality traits, how mindful they are in their practice, and in the type of healing environment in which they may be practicing. Professional Presence Models of Health and Healing Dr. Larry Dossey, MD describes his theory of Western Medicine as having three Eras’. (Dossey) Era One, which he states to have started in the 1860’s and continued to the 1940’s. Era Two, which he proposes to have begun in the post World War II period to recent times. Era Three is the most recent which he states is an emerging shift to a new focus which he calls “Transpersonal Medicine”. In Era One, Dr. Dossey describes the practice of medicine as being only physical in nature. He equates this era as focusing on the body and mind, and their functioning only in a physical way, not related to one another. He describes...
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...EXECUTIVE SUMMARY REPORT ON TWEGAITE EFFORTS FOR BUSOGA DEVELOPMENT By Dr. Bakama BakamaNume, Chair, Busoga Twegaite, Houston, Texas, Dr. Fred W. Alibatya, Chair, Twegaite Inc. – New Jerseyand Mr. John Kizito-Kalema, Chair, Twegaite, Minneapolis, MN. History and Accomplishments Purpose By the time of this report Twegaite has three announced chapters: (1) Twegaite Inc. – New Jersey, (ii) Busoga Twegaite – Houston, TX and (iii) Twegaite – Minneapolis, MN. Twegaite has had two international conventions: Houston, May 22nd – 26th and Minneapolis, May 22nd – 25th. The three chapters are unanimous in purpose and resolve to develop Busoga. Just note that both Houston and Minneapolis made Twegaite truly international. (i) New Jersey Chapter At the May 21st – 25th , 2009 Twegaite second International Convention in Minneapolis, MN, the banquet speaker Betsy Waibi Zikusoka spoke of the history and purpose of Twegaite as a concept and an organization. She also highlighted some of the achievements the organization had scored in specific projects back in Busoga. “I shall try my best to give you the history of Twegaite” she said. “Twegaite came about as a result of a meeting that was held in Princeton Junction, one Sunday afternoon, in October 1998. We figured that as a group the idea of trying to give back to our community in Busoga and Uganda at large was not a bad one. It is a non-political group and the name Twegaite means, "Let's unite." Membership is open to anybody in the world who subscribes...
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...186.80 and agree not to balance bill your member for the balance of $12,937.20 Please be advised that by the law this right is afforded to me pursuant to Texas law. See: § 1301.056. RESTRICTIONS ON PAYMENT AND REIMBURSEMENT. An insurer or third-party administrator may not reimburse a physician or other practitioner, institutional provider, or organization of physicians and health care providers on a discounted fee basis for covered services that are provided to an insured unless: (1) The insurer or third-party administrator has contracted with either: (a) The physician or other practitioner, institutional provider, or organization of physicians and health care providers; or (b) A preferred provider organization that has a network of preferred providers and that has contracted with the physician or other practitioner, institutional provider, or organization of physicians and health care providers; (2) The physician or other practitioner, institutional provider, or organization of physicians and healthcare providers has agreed to the contract and has agreed to provide health care...
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...INTERNAL AUDITORS BANKERS Punjab National Bank Standard Chartered Bank The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd. The Royal Bank of Scotland Citibank NA HDFC Bank Ltd. IDBI Bank Ltd. CORPORATE OFFICE Dabur India Limited Dabur Tower, Kaushambi, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad - 201 010, (U.P.), India Tel: 0120 - 39412525, 3982000 Fax: 0120 - 4374935 Website: www.dabur.com Email: investors@dabur.com REGISTERED OFFICE 8/3, Asaf Ali Road, New Delhi - 110002 Tel: 011 - 23253488 02 | Annual Report 2009-10 THE STORY BEHIND THE NUMBERS It is the number of years that define Dabur's journey of excellence. It is a legacy of dedication and commitment towards health & well-being of every household, making Dabur India one of the most trusted names and the world's largest Ayurvedic and Natural Health Care Company It is the number of Rupees Crore in Revenue that Dabur earned in the past one year. Riding on the strength of our R&D, marketing and manufacturing prowess, we have successfully created products to cater to the ever-evolving myriad needs of our consumers Dabur India Limited | 03 It is the number of times our sales have grown between 2001 and 2010. This three-fold increase reflects the speed and passion with which we brought excitement, freshness and sparkle to our consumers through a mix of new...
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...Economics Terms and Health Care History Joshua A. Barron HCS/440 May 08, 2012 Larry Gonzales Economics Terms and Heath Care History To understand how Americans came into being with the current health care system in place today, it would behoove society to look where it began, where health care economics had its genesis, and how it evolved into the monster it is today. “The United States spends more on health care, both per capita and as a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), than any other country in the world. In 2009, spending on health care reached a record high $2.5 trillion, or 17.6 percent of U.S. GDP” (Center for U.S. Health System Reform, 2011, p. 1, Para 2). The health care industry is the dominating industry in the United States and it is currently controlling and dictating the lives of Americans across the nation. Many workers are weighing the facts of switching jobs because they may have to switch health care coverage, and with the high cost of health insurance many people are left out or cannot afford it. Patients complain about the care they receive and are eager to award their physician with a lawsuit. This paper will discuss the history and evolution of health care economics and the timeline of health care funding. History of Health Care Economics “Who will pay for the dramatic changes to health care. In the past it has been our experience, for most individuals to pay their medical bills with private funding...
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