SAMHSA Headquarters Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 1 Choke Cherry Road Rockville, MD 20857 SAMHSA Headquarters: I am writing to you in regards to The Mental Health Parity. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, about 25% of American adults (those ages 18 and older) and about 13% of American children (those ages 8 to 15) are diagnosed with a mental illness during a given year. Mental health disorders account for four of the top 10 causes of disability
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Memo #1: Potential challenges on ACA Readmission Patient Safety Organization (PSO) was designated by the Affordable Care Act to assist Hospitals with relatively high readmission rates to reduce the number. Readmission is defined as an admission of a patient to the hospital within 30 days of the date of discharge. According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), University Hospitals was on the list of high readmission rates, with an AMI of 21.8, HF of 26.6, and a total of 1328
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Health Care Reform Lisa Juarez HCS 235 February 4, 2014 Holly O'Dell Health Care Reform The health care reform is an ongoing debate. We have heard it called to Obama Care, but it really is the Affordable Care Act. It was signed into law in 2010. The idea behind the Affordable Care Act was to provide affordable health insurance to every American. The law contains thousands of pages of insurance and health care reforms. All are designed to make it easier and more affordable for every American
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Overlake Medical Center, located in Bellevue, Washington is a large not for profit regional medical center. Over 50 years ago Overlake began providing medical care to the Puget Sound’s Eastside residents. They opened their doors to the community on October 16th, 1960 and after multiple expansions, Overlake is now a 337 bed, level III trauma center. Overlake “offers a comprehensive range of services including cardiac care, cancer care, general and specialty surgery, women’s programs, senior care and
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E35). It is one of the most remarkable transformations since Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. Obamacare argues that it changes every aspect of health care. This ranges from not only the insurance itself but to the delivery of the care. “Health care reform became a major component of campaigning for the 112th Congress in 2010,” (Manchikanti, E36). This elections result was a wake-up call for Democrats and Republicans. “In large due to widespread dissatisfaction, the country’s economic performance,
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unintentional errors while administering benefit functions. In light of the continuous changes that have impacted and will continue to impact our benefits administration, including: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PAACA or Health Care Reform), The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA), Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Age
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these services, in exchange for a fee paid in advance or periodic paid by or on behalf of the subscribers or enrollees. Also known as the service plan specialized medical care. C. Effectiveness of the delivery of health care services. a.Promote a reform strategy flexible payment in public programs to encourage the formation of more organized groups. b. Involve suppliers in the development of methods of public information to increase transparency for consumers and provide useful information to providers
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Standards of Evaluation: A Comparison of Health Care Standards Between the US and Canada The Canadian health care system is often compared to the US system. In 2007 a systematic review concluded that outcomes may be superior in Canada versus the United States. The US system spends the most in the world per capita, and was ranked 37th in the world by the World Health Organization in 2000, while Canada's health system was ranked 30th (Guyatt, 2007). In terms of access, more Canadians seem
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crisis and according to president Barrack Obama, reform is a must. Besides all economic factors affecting the healthcare system, the system has been blamed for inefficiency, excessive administrative expenses, inappropriate waste, and fraud and abuse. Many Americans today are having trouble keeping up with the continue rise of healthcare costs and many firms cannot afford to provide coverage to their employees. Although the government is working on a reform for the healthcare system, many questions are
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into law the comprehensive health reform known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act informally known as Affordable Care Act. According to the Executive Office of the President, Council of Economic Advisors (EOP/CEA), “the key goals of health care reform is to reduce the growth rate of costs while maintaining choice of doctors and health plans and assuring quality, affordable health care for all Americans.” (The Economic Case for Health Care Reform, June 2009) The ACA is created to
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