Access to Insurance Versus Access to Care October 23, 2011 Access to Insurance Versus Access to Care Access to insurance means that a person has a contract where a company will reimburse either the person or health care professional for treatment of a certain disease process or medical problem. However, one may have insurance for a condition but not be able to access care for that condition. This can arise for several reasons including physical proximity to the care being rendered, available
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Public Health Insurance ------------------------------------------------- The Impact on Low Income Individual Medicaid is the U.S.’s primary public health insurance program designed to provide health coverage for low-income children and families who lack access to private health insurance because of their limited finances, health status, or severe physical, mental health, intellectual, or developmental disabilities1. Currently, 1 in every 5 Americans uses Medicaid as their primary form of insurance
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Access to health care refers to the ease with which an individual can obtain needed medical services. Access to comprehensive, quality health care services is important for the achievement of health equity and for increasing the quality of a healthy life for everyone. Individuals who have difficulty gaining access to health care may delay seeking and obtaining treatment, underutilize preventive health care services, and may have a high prevalence of chronic disease risks. Access and Usage
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HOBBY LOBBY VS. THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT Leonila Gonzalez oUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY HOBBY LOBBY VS. THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT Leonila Gonzalez oUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY Businesses can be affected by many laws and mandates that are set by the state or federal government. It can be difficult for a small firm to stay in business when such mandates are passed. The Affordable Care Act was signed into law by President Obama on Mach 23, 2010. Key components to the law are improving
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Capitation vs. Fee-for-Service Article Review HS546 HS546 Article Review Capitation vs. Fee-for-Service It seems that even the aspect of how health care cost should be paid is an every evolving problem in the United States. The Article Capitation Is for Specialist, Not for Primary care Physicians, describes transition to a group Capitated pooled system for Specialist. In addition to an every changing health care system and the introduction of Managed Care, there is also a shift towards
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influences the course of health care delivery in the United states. The main characteristics of the U.S health care systems : No central governing agency and little integration and co-ordination Technology driven delivery system focusing an acute care High on cost, unequal in access, average in outcome. Delivery of health care under imperfect market condition Legal risks
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full potential to improve patient care, provide easy access to health records and
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National Health Insurance Model There are four basic insurance models adopted by different countries in the world: the Beveridge Model, Bismarck Model, National Health Insurance Model, and Out-of-Pocket Model. This paper will focus on the National Health Insurance model and will discuss the meaning of the model, the countries that use the model, who funds the model and discuss the strength and challenges of the model. The model. The National health insurance model is a form of insurance that is run by
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against government intervention in or regulation of the health care industry in the United States. This section will focus on the grounds on which government intervention in or regulation of the health care industry in the United States might be justified. The overriding objective in regulation was, and continues to be, rate setting (Folland, Goodman, & Stano, 2010) in the health care industry. Generally, markets are problematic in health care because markets do not provide goods efficiently or equitably
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HIPAA Ruling in Tennessee Court Failure to adhere to regulatory compliance can impact a litigation process, which in the case of Stevens vs, Hickman Community Hospital was prominent when the Tennessee Court of Appeals dismissed the case based on failure to comply with Tennessee’s Medical Malpractice Act and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. This paper will include an IRAC Brief that will explain the case in detail followed by a brief explanation of governmental principles
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