Subject: Medicare Crisis Congressman Hughes, You have been asked to participate in a panel discussion concerning the Medicare crisis and how expenditures can be reduced. One proposal that is being considered is enrolling participants in HMOs. This memorandum contains information about the Medicare crisis and it will assist you in answering questions that the panel may have, and also aid you in making decisions concerning enrollment in HMOs. PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION The Medicare and Medicaid programs
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Medicare and a Never-Event Involving a Patient Transfer Case Week #7 Application MMHA-6205: Health Law and Ethics August 19, 2013 Introduction Who would have imaged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) initiative would increase the exposure risk to both physician and health care facility alike because of the term “never events”. Never events are inexcusable medical errors that should never occur; the initial list of 28 events defined as “adverse events that are serious
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business. Insufficient health care insurance or financial resources can cause excessive worry and concern for the dying patient. Depending on Mrs. Thomas’ life expectancy, she may qualify for Medicare hospice benefits that would greatly decrease their medical expenses. According to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services to qualify one must, “meet all
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medical personnel to document accurately and maintain records for billing and diagnostic purposes. CMS- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services- An agency within the Department of Health and Human Services that administers the Medicare and Medicaid program and standards for HIPPA. • The importance of CMS is it provides the different standards that Medicare and Medicaid providers must adhere to. CMS-1500- Health Insurance Claim Form- Health insurance claim form physicians and facilities
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, “requires that a healthcare facility be a safe environment and setting for care. Facilities that don’t meet this requirement can be cited for immediate jeopardy and lose their eligibility to provide services”. CMS also requires that the safety of patients at risk be assessed regularly and corrected if found to be deficient. A facility that fails to correct deficiencies is violating conditions of participation and could lose its Medicare or
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HIPPA Joe Smith Independence University HCA 542A Mod 11:2011 8wk-online Final Paper October 10, 2011 HIPPA This paper will begin with a brief background and history on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Following the background will be details about issues that are address within the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. The purpose of this paper is to provide a foundation with providing some information about HIPAA. Background
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Medicaid And The Problems The Program Faces Research Paper Introduction Medicaid is the largest health insurer in the nation, providing care to more than 50 million Americans with an annual cost around $250 billion. With Medicaid being the largest insurer in the United States, they face many problems and concerns, including limited access, low quality of care, financing and reimbursement concerns, and increased costs. Medicaid Reform is in the near future and with Medicaid’s spiraling costs
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address the current critical regulatory issues in health care. Medicare fraud and abuse violations are only but one critical regulatory issue that is happening in America today. Medicare fraud and abuse is a major issue and it must be addressed. Many people today are lying on their applications in order to be approved for Medicare. This is hurting the people who truly need Medicare. Nature of Medicare fraud and abuse laws Medicare fraud and abuse is when someone will make false statements about
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stand for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services which covers a very large portion of the United States. It covers not only people, but organizations, businesses, etc. Through Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program and the Health Insurance Marketplace, it covers approximately 100 million people! (CMS, 2014) The CMS is a federal agency that lies within the Department of Health and Human Services and their main focus is to administer the Medicare program as well as work
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cancers increase with the aging population. In fact, according to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (2015), Medicare accounted for 20% of total US health care expenditure in 2014, growing 5.5% and expected to “accelerate after 2015” in direct correlation to the expected increases in use of medical goods and services utilized by the aging, as well as the continued enrollment of baby-boomers into the Medicare program. With such a looming high-cost of national resources, the concept of
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