Article/Case Law Search Tina Thomas HCS/430 - Legal Issues in Health Care: Regulation and Compliance February 28, 2011 William Bross Article/Case Law Search The main function of the anti trust law in health care is to help keep the industry competitive and open so that any means of delivery service that are new or any new financing of health care services are able to compete for the acceptance by any purchasers. By developing these arrangements helps the competition such as providers
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Assignment 1: Implications of Health Economic Concepts for Healthcare HSA 510 Health Economics Introduction What is health economics? Health economics is one of the many branches in economic. Most of the concepts surrounding this branch are both the micro and macroeconomics placed in the context of efficiently and effectiveness in the production and services delivery in the health sector industries. The concept of health economics can be explained in layman language as the study of economical
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Economic Tools and Concepts Wesley Hill HCS/522 Health Care Economics University of Phoenix Introduction Current health care issues in the United States use economic tools and concepts to understand and explain how to improve quality and minimize cost. Although there are many issues facing health care, one area of focus is a nursing shortage in health care facilities. Three economic tools that will be focused on in this essay are choice and opportunity cost, supply and demand, and marginal
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[pic] The Functions and Roles of Health Care Management Kandra Shearer HSC/325 Phoenix University May 5, 2014 In health care management there are many roles and applications that are used and this paper will discuss the four mayor functions and also how these functions apply to management positions. It will also explain the most important role for health care managers and the most significant aspect that is related to health care management that I wish to gain by taking this
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Aging population in Charlotte County Abstract The word demographic means the amount as well as the characteristics of people that live in a specific area or region. These characteristics can range from a person’s health, ethnicity, religious beliefs, density, level of education, and economic status (Cambridge Dictionaries Online, 2011). Demographics can also include a person’s age, gender, disabilities, status of employment, and location (Cambridge Dictionaries Online, 2011). These are all the
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Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) became health care law on March 23, 2010, with the most major provisions to be phased in by January 2014. One significant feature of this legislation is a new provision for preventive care services. Cogan (2011) notes “By requiring … health plans to provide evidence-based preventive services with no out-of-pocket costs, and the PPACA transforms the U.S. public and private health care financing systems into vehicles for promoting public health” (p.355). This report
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demand for health care services. Due to the increase in population, baby boomers aging, and an increase in chronic disease is causing this higher demand for registered nurses. Nursing schools are struggling to expand capacity to meet the needs of the rising demand for care given the national move toward health care reform ("Nursing Shortage", 2014). Registered nurses compromise the largest group of health care professionals. The nursing shortage has caused adverse effects in health care, and nurses
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and anesthetic techniques” available for the first time because of technology.(Gilliard, Eggli & Halfon, 2006, p.2). Ambulatory care facilities or outpatient facilities where patients can receive surgical procedures and treatments with little or no recovery required allows patients to go
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Health Policy Determinant Timeline Kwabena Aboagye HCS/550 June 02, 2014 John Dean Health Policy Determinant Timeline In 1950, most American receives their health coverage through the private insurance market, usually through their jobs. Many people buy insurance on their own in the individual market. Since coverage from private companies is the largest surge of insurance for Americans it is likely to be a central part of federal and state health reform efforts. Private health
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Health Care Spending Ninnette Paulino HCS/440 Economics: The Financing of Health Care August 25, 2013 Michele Burka America’s national health care spending grew by 3.9% each year from 2009 to 2011, the lowest since the federal government began keeping these records in 1960. That slow growth appears to have continued into 2012, when expenditures totaled an estimated $2.8 trillion. The biggest reason for this slowdown is that people have spent less on health care in weak economic times. As
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