...Study | FIN 1103 | Business | Finance FIN 1103 Week 9 Individual Work Home Health and Life Insurance Assignment Instructions | To complete this assignment: 1. Answer all of the questions below in the space provided. 2. Reflect on the information presented in this week’s lesson and provide an insightful response to each question writing no more than two paragraphs. | Save and Submit to Dropbox | 1. Save your work as a Microsoft Word 2010 (.docx) file that includes your name, course code, and title in the file name. For example: JaneSmith_FIN1103_Week9.docx. 2. To submit your assignment, go to the Dropbox and click "Submit Assignment." 3. Click on the drop-down menu to select the Week 9: Individual Work basket in the Dropbox. | Objective: Outline major concepts in health, disability, and long-term care insurance Locate the Do the Math on page 340 of your textbook and complete numbers 1 and 2. Locate the Do the Math on page 371 of your textbook and complete number 1. Do the Math #1, page 340: Health Care Coverage Amounts. | Christina Haley of San Marcos, Texas, age 61, recently suffered a severe stroke. She was in intensive care for 12 days and was hospitalized for 18 more days. After being discharged from the hospital, she spent 45 days in a nursing home for medically necessary nursing and rehabilitative care. Christina had a comprehensive health insurance plan through her employer. The policy had a $1,000 deductible, a $50,000 episode...
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...between the ages of two and 11 have had cavities in one or more primary teeth. Children living in low income houses and those of Hispanic or Black descent tend to be more at risk of dental caries, and 23 percent have dental caries that remain untreated. Oral health remains of great concern for all, as oral health impacts general health. Let\'s Smile! Pediatric Dentistry (http://www.letssmiledental.com/) works with parents and children to ensure any dental issues are detected and treated in a timely manner. j"Untreated dental caries can lead to future health problems. For this reason, early dental care is essential, as a child learns to care for their teeth properly. Good oral hygiene continues to be critical at every stage of life, and Let's Smile! emphasizes this at a very early age. The entire office is designed with children in mind, so they look forward to coming to see the dentist," Christina Bahrami, spokesperson for Let's Smile!, announces....
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...University of Phoenix Material Week 1 Health Care Terms Worksheet Understanding health care terms is a prerequisite for both academic and professional success. This assignment is intended to ensure you understand some of the basic terms used in this course. Complete the worksheet according to the following guidelines: In the space provided, write each term’s definition. You must define the term in your own words. In the space provided after each term’s definition, use the term in a sentence as it applies to the health care industry. You may wish to consider the following: * How has it influenced heath care? What role has the term played as health care developed over the years? * * Save the completed worksheet as a Microsoft® Word document with your name in the file name. * Submit the file to your facilitator. Submitted by: [Megan Hageman] Term | Definition | Use the term in a sentence as it applies to the health care industry. | Example: Electronic health records | Electronic health records are digital forms of entering and storing patient information. | My doctor entered the diagnosis into his laptop and told me that the information would go into my electronic health record. | HIPAA | HIPAA or Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, keeps health information confidential and protected. It also enables millions of American families to have insurance coverage. It reduces health fraud with electronic billing | I was given...
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...University of Phoenix Material Week 1 Health Care Terms Worksheet Understanding health care terms is a prerequisite for both academic and professional success. This assignment is intended to ensure you understand some of the basic terms used in this course. Complete the worksheet according to the following guidelines: In the space provided, write each term’s definition. You must define the term in your own words. In the space provided after each term’s definition, use the term in a sentence as it applies to the health care industry. You may wish to consider the following: * How has it influenced heath care? What role has the term played as health care developed over the years? * * Save the completed worksheet as a Microsoft® Word document with your name in the file name. * Submit the file to your facilitator. Submitted by: [Megan Hageman] Term | Definition | Use the term in a sentence as it applies to the health care industry. | Example: Electronic health records | Electronic health records are digital forms of entering and storing patient information. | My doctor entered the diagnosis into his laptop and told me that the information would go into my electronic health record. | HIPAA | HIPAA or Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, keeps health information confidential and protected. It also enables millions of American families to have insurance coverage. It reduces health fraud with electronic billing | I was given...
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...THE FUTURE CHALLENGES OF HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT Timan Wainaina Essay March 5, 2016 Health care management denotes the management of clinical information technology and human resources to deliver optimal health care. The health care sector is a very extensive one because it encompasses preventive care, emergency services, follow-up, and rehabilitation. Forecasting the future of health care may be seen as an imperfect and challenging exercise. However, it is important in order to improve quality health, revenue, reducing expenses, and improving customer satisfaction. Based on past experiences, the health care industry is on the brink of an inevitable change. This essay examines some of the trends that are likely to pose future challenges to the delivery of health care throughout the world. The first threat likely to be encountered by the sector is the rising health care costs. The costs are expected to hit the roof due to increased expenditures in the sector. Some of the dynamics that may lead to an increase in health care expenditure include a rise in the number of medical practitioners’ remunerations and increased state budgets for financing research...
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...The fourth stage is Maintenance. This stage describes the “keeping “of the behavior change. The individual has made a change in terms of their health or health related issue. The behavior change I chose was not a health issue per say. However, spiritual health has been related to physical health in several journal articles. In the journal article entitled The Role of Spirituality in Health care by Christina M. Puchalski, M.D. she states that there is active research being done by physicians, psychologist and other health professionals. It has been focused on one of these three major areas: Coping, Mortality and Recovery. In addition, Dr. Puchalski discusses those aspects of spiritual care. She includes taking a spiritual history. I will have to comment on that aspect....
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...Running Head: Nontraditional Health Care Christina L. Seitsinger Grand Canyon University Transcultural Health Care November 13, 2011 Nontraditional Health Care When the words health care are thought about, it typically forces one’s mind to think of a doctor, nurse, or hospital. This is the typical Western idea of what health care is. The author has first hand experience of the typical health care, being she is a radiology technologist and works within a hospital. However, the author has research other forms of health care that are often put in a substandard category and looked down upon by Western medicine practitioners. These forms include natural and holistic approaches that use chiropractic, meditation, kineseology, homeopathic supplements, sound healing and holistic massage therapy, and energy medicine to awaken, heal, and transform from the inside out. Lotus of Light is global wellness boutique that use holistic massage, acupuncture, chiropractic, and many other alternatives to help people reach optimal person health and wellness. The practitioners at Lotus of Light “are committed to bringing balance, wellness, and less pain through the wonderful world of therapeutic massage and other natural healing modalities” (Duffy, 2009). Lotus of Light is also committed to teaching their techniques to individuals who are seeking to learn and practice natural medicine. DONA birth doula training is one of the many training class the author found interesting. Debbie Lavin...
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...due to income, specific health concerns or resources many people find themselves without the ability to seek treatment at a facility they can afford. To help communities with these issues, if resourced properly, a free or low cost clinic as an alternative can greatly benefit the community in addressing the economic and special needs of the patients. Healthcare in the United States has proven costly to patients. There options for treatment can be limited by their insurance, location, available of care and lifestyle. “Health care is a limited resource for which there is unlimited demand. In 2005 health care expenditures were 16% of GDP, with projected increases from $2 trillion in 2005 to $4 trillion in 2015. For the past forty years, demand for health care has risen each year without indication that the market for health care is satiated” (Crowe, 2010, p.455). Premiums for those with coverage has increased drastically over the years while what is being covered has decreased or has had increased copays and deductibles applied. “In 2007, the established system of payment for services and access to the health care system was impacted by an economic recession resulting in a loss of 5.1 million jobs between December 2007 and May 2009.10 In 2008, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the United States Census Bureau conservatively estimated that 2.4 million people lost their employer-sponsored health insurance, boosting the number of Americans without health insurance to 46.3 million...
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...Economic History and Health Care Funding Christina Bacon HCS 440 Economics: The Financing of Healthcare BSCS13JR00 University of Phoenix Online Geoffrey J. Suszkowski, Ph.D., LFHIMSS June 5, 2012 Economic History and Health Care Funding When writing this paper, the subjects covered will be the history of economics and how the economy and health care funding have changed and how the two go hand in hand in today’s society. Where the money will come from to fund health care services such as; Medicaid/Medicare, HMO’s, how hospitals and nursing homes get paid for taking care of people, going to the doctor’s office, or going to the hospital. How the elderly pay to have home health services come in and provide care in their homes. All these things will be covered in this paper. Economic History and Health Care Funding What is economic history and health care funding? Economic history is the way people dealt with supply and demand, cost of production of a product, the levels of income and distribution of wealth, the structure of overseas trade, and the volume and direction of investment, (Adelman, 1985). Health care funding, is the way people would pay for their health care, because in the early years, there was no Medicaid/Medicare, or HMO’s to help pay for health care. The government did not fund health care then like health care is funded now, through government programs such as Medicaid/Medicare, HMO, health insurance, etc. People paid for health care by paying the...
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...and personal qualities that make them champions in a health care setting, including multitasking skills, passion and efficiency, to name a few. It seems as though as we have to multitask even more, nurses are starting to get on board with apps on smart phones and handheld computer devices. As these devices are becoming more pervasive, the variety of applications (apps) available for them is increasing exponentially. There are apps designed for virtually every task, pastime and work endeavor, including nursing. While some hospitals are limiting the use of smart phones on the job because of security risks, others are subscribing to suites of applications to make available to their providers. Information Technology When the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law in March 2010, it signified the beginning of a new era in health care. Now, nearly a year later, hospitals across the nation work to embrace the future by implementing new health information technology (Orlovsy 2011). The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has a number of provisions around health IT, mostly focusing around electronic health information exchange. There are three distinct groups that the law’s provisions fall into: (1) improving quality of health care through increased data collection through health IT; (2) focusing on operating rules and standards at an administrative level; and (3) increasing the health IT workforce and nursing focuses into the first and...
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...Scenario Evaluation Plan Christina Bowers HSM/270 April 23, 2015 Kristen Peak The Madison Children’s Hospital mission is to the worldwide leader in improving children’s health by providing the highest quality of health care. To do this they need to be the leading source of research and discovery, educate the next generation of leaders in child health, and enhance the health and well-being of children and families in our local community (Appendix B). With this goal I have chosen the Project-Wide Evaluation Plan. The Project-Wide Evaluation Plan has what the Madison Children’s Hospital needs. A evaluation question, source of information, timeline, method and responsible person (Yuen/Terao, 2003, p.53).The Madison Children’s Hospital goal is to make the children better and do research to figure out how to control the chronic illness. Researchers suspect the unmanaged status of the children’s chronic illnesses is strongly related to this concern. The hospital and schools are very interested in addressing this concern (Appendix B). Biobehavioral studies of the children in the context of family and family-community dynamics are encouraged. The FOA is for ages 8-21, they are put into groups of developmental stages and cognitive disabilities (Appendix B). The children is what matters the most, and finding a cure for their chronic illnesses. Performance measurement is the ongoing monitoring and reporting of program accomplishments and progress toward pre-established goals...
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...Can effective Leadership influence Policy and Change in healthcare? Abstract This paper discusses how effective Leadership can influence policy and changes in the Unite States healthcare system. The implementation of new policy is often meant to improve the quality of the nation's ever-changing health care system. Several research organizations particularly healthcare based, have examined the strengths and limitations of health care in the United States and have recommended strategies to evaluate, improve the quality of health care, and leaderships ability to influence implemented changes to the system. This question proposed is can leadership style encouraged and influence both public and private initiatives to define and monitor the quality of care, measure health outcomes, develop better evidence and guidance on the appropriate use of medical services, and organize systems to improve health services and outcomes? The issues summarized in this paper are from scholarly journals, and text that offers several prospective, including real life examples that will illustrate my argument. The future of healthcare seems more defined that ever or at least compared to the last 60 years. Our great nation has had a significant history of great leadership both transactional and transformational. I will start off by saying, Leadership is not just about performing a job: It’s about making a difference. When thinking about changes in healthcare, whether it is institutional...
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...Section I of the Capital Project Christina Haralson University of Phoenix HCS/571 Ralph Gigglio July 9, 2012 Section I of the Capital Project Within the hospital system, there are many decisions and steps one must take when deciding on a capital purchase for the organization. Capital purchases are considered purchases that will benefit your organization for more than a year. For the purpose of this paper the capitol purchase discussed is one of the electronic medical record. The federal government wants all medical providers to have an Electronic medical record by the year 2014. To keep up with the growing changes in technology allotting for this purchase will greatly affect the hospital system in many ways and prove its return on investment (ROI). According to Health Revenue.com, “ The goals of the EMR are: * EMR will help to streamline the medical records process by bringing structure to how it is done * EMR will help to ensure medical records are more complete and correct * EMR will help to providers follow drug authorization more thoroughly to protect against errors and abuse * EMR will reduce transcription costs * Fewer charts will have to be pulled because physicians will have easier access to information, no matter where they are * EMR will improve clinical messaging and thus improve the work flow and care of patients * EMR will help make charge capture more accurate (2011)”. This paper will explore the management and organization goals...
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...COMMUNICATION CHANNELS PRESENTATION ON NEW MRI MACHINE AT TRANQUILITY HEALTH CENTER HCS/320 Professor Kelly Henderson By Antoinette Taylor Christina Annett Cynthia Bryant Sharron Whitaker Tranquility Health Center At the Tranquility Health Center we have been given an opportunity to widen our goals in providing quality health services to the public. During this opportunity I hope that we will continue to stand out in our community of health professions while continuing to strength relationships with our clients new and old. During this time we are preparing to receive cutting edge equipment that will allow us to better diagnosis and treatment disease and injuries more efficiently. Please welcome this new chance to explore many wonderful ideas and break through to new cures and advancements with our new state of the art MRI machine. The presentation today will go into detail all the communication channels used for distributing vital information in reference to the change in MRI equipment at Tranquility Health Center. The information will be received by several different audiences including the public. Teams will be assigned from a signup list taken at the mandatory in-service. Each team will have their duties. Each task needs to be set-up, approved by the project manager and begin production by March 10, 2014 and everything completed by May 1, 2014 Tranquility Health Center will use different kinds of communication methods throughout the facility. Some types...
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...Childhood Obesity Epidemic How the Health Care Reform Law Will Help Prevent and Reduce Obesity Ellen-Marie Whelan, Lesley Russell, and Sonia Sekhar May 2010 w w w.americanprogress.org Confronting America’s Childhood Obesity Epidemic How the Health Care Reform Law Will Help Prevent and Reduce Obesity Ellen-Marie Whelan, Lesley Russell, and Sonia Sekhar May 2010 Contents 1 Fast Facts on Childhood Obesity 3 Introduction and summary 6 Provisions included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that address childhood obesity 6 Childhood Obesity Demonstration Project 7 Nutrition labeling 7 Community Transformation Grants 9 Broader measures in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to tackle childhood obesity 9 Prevention and public health 15 Primary care and coordination 18 Community-based Care 20 Maternal and child health 22 Research: Doing what works in obesity prevention 23 Data provisions that will help with tracking and providing improved outcomes to measure obesity prevention 25 What else is needed? 27 Beyond health care 29 Conclusion 30 Appendix: The White House Childhood Obesity Initiative 32 Endnotes 34 About the authors Fast Facts on Childhood Obesity Our nation’s children today are on track to have a lower life expectancy than their parents The obesity epidemic poses serious health problems for children including cardiovascular disease, mental health problems, bone and joint disorders...
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