THE PRIMARY CARE CLINIC Your name here Professor’s name here School name here Date The Primary Care Clinic Patients in today’s busy world demand convenience which has lead to the rise of local centralized primary care facilities. The purpose of this paper is to look at forces that have influenced the development of the clinic, a mission statement, key performance indicators to measure effectiveness, decisions regarding clinic expansion
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provide to our patients. A Rationale for Selecting the Issue or Problem of Interest Hospital readmissions can occur throughout the patient’s transition through the healthcare system. Many times readmissions occur among those who are frail and have chronic conditions. Readmissions account for approximate 18% of Medicare patients, of this 13%, are suspected to be avoidable and are directly linked to poor quality. Quality is affecting outcomes, which impacts reimbursements and patient safety. Core
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Assignment Two: Human Resource Strategies of Google, Inc. & Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. BUS 508-Contemporary Business Alisha Ball Dr. Solomon Fakinlede Strayer University Compare and contrast the two (2) industries you have identified in terms of size, products, services, customers, economic and regulatory environment. Human resource management/ strategies refers to a various number of policies as well as practices that influence an organization significantly. It is related to employee
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Mirixa: Overview and Patient Interaction Examples Mirixa Corporation, a subsidiary of the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), was founded in 2006 to create a platform for health plans to meet the specific and constantly changing requirements established by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. It also served to facilitate the performance of clinical medication management services at the retail pharmacy level. They are partnered with over 50,000 pharmacies. Major corporations
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Statement Emanuel Medical Center (EMC) is encountering tremendous financial troubles as it struggles to remain open as an independent general acute care hospital. Changes in federal regulations such as the implementation of the EMTALA laws and lower reimbursement rates for federally run insurance programs, changes in service area demographics, and the evolution of the services that locally competing hospitals offer, all have contributed to five consecutive negative operating margins for Emanuel Medical
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The Healthcare Market Analyze the current health care delivery structure in your state. Compare and contrast the major determinants of healthcare market power. There are many issues that are causing changings in the healthcare system. Population aging, rapidly increasing costs of healthcare and the growing burden of chronic disease are challenges to health systems worldwide. To meet these challenges will require new approaches to healthcare
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KOT TASK 2 FINAL PAPER According to medicare.gov, Medicare insurance coverage is governed by federal and state laws, and the decision of whether a service is covered, or not, is made by Medicare. Moreover, insurance coverage/decisions are handled by local companies that process Medicare claims. These companies will make the decisions of whether procedures, and/or interventions recommended, are medically necessary, and whether that particular service is covered in their area (Medicare.gov).
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Karen is an independent contractor or an employee and discuss some of the preventative and ethical situations that are occurring in this case. Questions: 1. Do you feel that Karen is an independent contractor or an employee? What is your rationale for this decision? I think that Karen should be considered an employee of the company. She has been working for the company for five years and this company has paid her a salary yearly. I believe the company hire Karen as an
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HEALING HOSPITAL: A DARING PARADIGM Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Sibil Johnson Grand Canyon University :HLT 310 Prof.Maria Quimba March 31st,2012 Introduction The healing paradigm focuses on the holistic approach to healthcare and healing. The concept is based on the ancient tradition love is the foundation of healing. The mission of the healing hospital is to provide high quality care with compassion, reduce stress to patient and family due to illness and improve quality of life in the
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Carson Cummings Lab Assignment for May 16, 2015 1. HIPAA – Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was set into to place to ensure that all doctors, hospitals, health care providers and researcher keep classified patients information private. The HIPAA was designed to protect the consumer. The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society annual survey gave percentages of log sources. Firewall and Application Logs, servers, intrusion detection and network devices
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