Over the past several years there has been a decline in the rate of hospitals occupancies. The U.S. government saw the need to contain the rising cost of medical services. In 1983 the U.S. government made changes to the social security amendment coverage. That law required Medicare to stop paying hospitals per diem rate on the basis of their cost to operations. Instead hospitals would receive a pre-establish fixed rate per admission (Shi &Singh, 2013). In recent years there is extraordinary growth
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The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on North Carolina's Uninsured Population Wendy Patterson Walden University Policy & Advocacy for Population Health NURS 6050-13 Dr. Joan Moon June 30, 2015 The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on North Carolina's Uninsured Population In a speech delivered in the Rose Garden, President Obama stated, “Five years ago, after nearly a century of talk, decades of trying, a year of bipartisan debate -- we finally declared that in America, healthcare
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Satisfaction at Apex Hospital, Jaipur (Raj.) | Submitted by - Puneet K Jain III Sem MBA-HHC SIHS, Pune puneetkjain@ymail.com | A Case Study On NABH standard Awareness and Work Satisfaction at Apex Hospital, Jaipur Purpose - Accreditation has become major tool for any hospital to create its brand image in today’s
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WebMD, Google, and quality surveys. Patients are more informed, but don’t have the full context to base their opinions in reality. Hospital visits, whether inpatient or outpatient are measured by HCAHPS. (The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) The survey is a great tool to measure patient outcomes and level of quality provided by hospital staff members. The disadvantage is the data is collected weeks, to months afterwards and the feedback is not being addressed in a
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Memo District Hospital A Lesson in Governance Executive Summary Barclay Memorial Hospital (BMH) has been an important asset to their community. The hospital has been around for over 50 years and has been known to provide excellent patient care. There have been many changes that have taken place within the hospital’s organization over the past years. BMH has faced a merger with a physician group that ended negatively. Barclay Memorial Hospital did recover from this and since has went back to
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Rhetorical Analysis Many people believe hospitals are one of the safest place to be when sick, injured, or in need of care. This article suggests hospitals have many risk factors that are taken into consideration during the care of a patient. Post truth is defined as one's opinion with reasoning, instead of a pure fact. People will still consider a hospital a very safe place, even though the risk factors can be very high. Pathos and logos are the main rhetorical component I will be focusing on. Majority
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Cabarrus Memorial Hospital Terry Brown Strayer University Health Services Administration HSA 599 Dr. Donna Leveque November 17, 2012 Abstract This report will discuss the ways an open heart surgical program does or does not comply with Cabarrus Memorial Hospital’s (CMH) mission. It will analyze whether or not CMH has the infrastructure and financial resources/leverage to add this program. This report will describe the competitive situation among other hospitals that will impact
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America, there is development of Outpatient surgical care in recent years. The Ambulatory Surgical Centers have separated as specialized branches from major hospitals. In 1983, there were as many as 240 such specialized centers (Winter, 2003) and the number increased to 5,174 in 2008 (Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, 2009). The traditional hospital-based outpatient departments (HOPD’s) are facing challenges and competition from the specialized ambulatory surgical centers (ASC). A description of such
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As CEO of Middlefield Hospital for 2 ½ years now, I analyzed, observe and came up with a plan of execution to finally rectify the current workforce challenges that not only burden but also tormented the hospital when I first arrived. Recently meeting with the chief of financial officer (CFO), documentation was presented, regarding the hospitals financial performance and how it’s worsen for the past 6 months. Because of the financial performance is not meeting the hospitals standards the (CFO) as
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|Total quality management implementation and competitive advantage: The role of structural control and exploration | |Thomas J Douglas, William Q Judge Jr. Academy of Management Journal. Briarcliff Manor: Feb 2001.Vol.44, Iss. 1; pg. 158, 12 pgs| | » | |Jump to full text [pic] | | | |
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