Assignment 1 – The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act You are to write a four to six (4-6) page paper and provide responses to the questions posed below. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as health care reform or the Patient's Bill of Rights, was signed into law by President Barack Obama in March 2010. This law has generated much discussion and concern on the part of all stakeholders. 1. Determine how this Federal law will affect market-driven and non-market
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Economic Terms and Health Care History HCS 440 December 19, 2011 Lori Geddes Economic Terms and Health Care History This summary will show the history and evolution of health care economics. The readers will also get a timeline of health care funding. Once you have read everything the summary shows you then you will have an insight to economical terms can help to understand the history and the timeline the terms are going to be: Economics, supply and demand, microeconomics, macroeconomics
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Community Boundaries Understanding cultural issues among the community can improve health based on needs of the community. Choosing appropriate methods of care is challenging in implementing an educational plan. It is important for the health care providers to develop skills and knowledge when caring for people from other cultures. Assessments should include understanding strengths, weakness, resources and needs of the community. Hispanics form a large part of ethnic minority in the United States
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private health care records to patients, HIPAA (The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) began in 1996. Companies that need to implement HIPAA rules and regulations include healthcare providers, health plan organizations, and health care clearinghouses. Although the rules are stringent some exceptions exist to ensure the healthcare industry can both abide by the law and give patients (and/or family members if authorized by the patient) access to their healthcare records. Health care
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Health Care Spending Paper C Murphy HCS 440 December 19, 2011 Health Care Spending Paper Today, health care issues within the United States are still a major concern in regards to where people of our communities do not always agree with what is being done and what is not being done. The three major issues with health care spending is how much is it going to cost and where is the money going to come from? The amount of per-patient costs have doubled more in the United States than other nations
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Importance of Accountability By: Teresa Luna University of Phoenix February 21, 2011 Instructor: James Morello Accountability is honestly one of the most important aspects to the healthcare industry. It is one of those factors that one would expect to be a necessary part of an organization not only because it is expected but because it is a necessary evil. Employees need to be accountable for their actions in one way or another. An organization cannot function properly without this feature
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tend to be more nonverbally expressive in health care situations, talk more than men, engage in more partnership-building behaviors, and reveal more personal information about them-selves (Gabbard-Alley, 1995, 2000). Females in the United States are also more knowledgeable than males about health issues. This may be because women are most often targeted as consumers, utilize medical services more than men, and typically feel more responsible for the health of family members (“Women Most Active,” 2003)
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is a wide and intensive form of services which are related to well being of human beings. Health care is the social sector and it is provided at State level with the help of Central Government. Health care industry covers hospitals, health insurances, medical software, health equipments and pharmacy in it. Right from the time of Ramayana and Mahabharata, health care was there but with time, Health care sector has changed substantially. With improvement in Medical Science and technology it has
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difference is great between a boss and a worker because the boss controls the within working times. “Their job is to provide the company with a healthy workforce. In addition, the government allows companies to make profits from products that cause ill health, for example, tobacco and junk food.” (Billingham, 2007, p.351) Interactionist; This approach is the complete opposite to the Marxist way of looking at the society as a whole. They believe that every person has their own right to speak up and are
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office assistant for Dr. William’s. Jerry has received training as both a medical assistant and Licensed practical nurses (LPN). During the time the receptionist is out to lunch Jerry is covering for her. Jerry is faced with a common problem in the health care field today. Jerry has been asked to call in a refill for Valium to a pharmacy for a patient. This paper will address why Jerry is not qualified to refill any prescription medication. If Jerry is protected if a lawsuit is filled. Jerry’s decision
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