...Cost Behaviors and Allocation Chandrea D. Taylor Dr. Laura Forbes Health Financial Management November 4, 2012 Throughout the world health care has been and will always remain a major concern. It’s always a good benefit for one to be able to have an affordable health care with a continuous aim to keep the cost of health care from rising. Author Louis Gapenski states that cost behavior is the relationship between an organizations fixed costs, variable costs, and total cost (2012). Fixed costs will remain fixed but variable cost will change roughly in direct proportion to volume. Analyze the complexity of cost behaviors in health care organizations and describe how costs are classified according to their relationship with volume. When it comes to looking at cost behavior within the health care organization a great deal or majority of the cost goes towards hospital services such as building, equipment, salaried labor, and overhead, which are fixed over the short term (Roberts RR, Frutos PW, Ciavarella GG, Gussow LM, Mensah EK, Kampe LM, Straus HE, Joseph G, Rydman RJ., 1999). Hospital organization fixed costs includes but not limited to capital expenditures, employee salaries and benefits, building maintenance, and utilities (Roberts RR, Frutos PW, Ciavarella GG, Gussow LM, Mensah EK, Kampe LM, Straus HE, Joseph G, Rydman RJ, 1999). The variable costs include health care worker supplies, patient care supplies, diagnostic and therapeutic supplies and medications...
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...Running head: HEALTH CARE SPENDING PAPER Health Care Spending Paper Lonna Becton 10/31/11 Steven Miracle Health Care Spending Paper Health care and health care spending is a huge topic that will always be discussed for years to come. Throughout the years, there are millions of monies spent on health care organizations to make them better to improve services to the public. For a long time there have been debates on how to come up with a solution for funding. So far the issue is the same and health care spending is gradually rising. Expenditures in the U.S. on health care exceeded $2.3 trillion in 2008. As a result of this growth it has become the main policy priority as we, employers, consumers, and the government fight to keep up with expensive health care costs. Even though we all benefit from investments in health care the rapid cost growth and the economic slowdown together have great strains on the systems used to finance health care which include employer sponsored health coverage and public insurance programs like Medicare and Medicaid. Premiums for employer sponsored health insurance have increased pushing burdens on employers and employees. While workers’ wages are decreasing or at a standstill health care costs is steady growing and employees cannot afford out of pocket spending. The United States is a capitalistic country; they put the blame on private consumers and other establishments like employers or insurers. The American health care system is...
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...The separation of powers by the Constitution Act divides the delivery of health in Canada because it can cause confusion as to which level of the government has more authority for action over the other. While some powers are exclusive to one level of government, most powers are shared, including jurisdiction over health care. Due to the potential conflicts that result from power sharing, the governments rely on the court system to clarify jurisdictional issues (Wakulowsky, 2013). As a Public Health Inspector (PHI), an order can be written to deem that bedbugs are a health hazard if the health officer reasonably believes that: (a) a health hazard exists, (b) because of the presence of bedbugs there is a significant risk of causing a health hazard. An argument that a landlord can use to get out of doing what a PHI is asking her/him to do is to state that whatever the PHI is asking is potentially harming the landlord’s way of life. Adam Smith’s, division of work is a manner of task specialization. If a company has negative equity than Y (liabilities) would be greater than the X (assets). Hugo Munsterberg was a psychologist and one of the pioneers in applied psychology, extending his research to Industrial/Organizational and business settings. Hugo published Psychology and Industrial Efficiency, which focused on selecting workers, designing situations and using psychology in sales. His work concentrated on the application of psychological principals. He was the founder of Industrial/Organizational...
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...Health care administrator , I have been in this role for about 11 years Bachelors degree for four years, at UCF, during that time she went and worked for a health admin. Aide for about two years. What I like about my job the most is working with different people each day and seeing the different people that comes into the hospital. Another reason I like my job is my co-workers that I work with, they are so friendly I consider them family. I work in a team environment My job position can be difficult at times and stressful. Sometimes you have to step in and be that “boss” when is needed which is hard because you don’t want to make people mad. I do not like the fact I have a lot on my shoulders to do, and I am busy from the time I start in the morning till the time I go home. I am always on call, and I hate that I have a lot of paperwork to do. My major in college was Health I went to Valencia for 2 years, I did the direct connect to go to UCF, I got into the honors program, I had to do business classes, and health classes, after a few years I graduated with my bachelors degree. During that time I was working in a hospital for a health care admin aide for about two years. I worked for them for about three years since I had an agreement with them that they would pay for my schooling if I worked for them for 3 years after. Know what you want to get out of this career, if you can take on the stress then go for it. Don’t start something and not finish...
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...Americans know how hard it is to keep Medicare strong because it is their security for health care. Skyrocketing health care cost threatens many individuals and they worry about the long-term solvency if it will still be around or enough funding in the program to care for them and their children. “The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a report demonstrating how much, and how fast provisions of the Affordable Care Act will improve the financial health of Medicare” (Berwick, 2010). New savings and strategies will strengthen Medicare financial outlook and help lead the system of health care of all ages. Reducing excessive payments to private health insurances companies, hold down on prescription drug prices and suggesting generic brands to consumers. Preventing fraud of Medicare that has wasted so much money is the first thing, and replacing the technology to keep up with fraud when it occurs. This will enable law enforcement to act quickly in strengthing the system to catch fraudulent activity. Being wasteful in cost is another way to strengthen Medicare. This is referring to getting equipment, or treatments that do nothing to help the individual get healthy or something that could make the individual worse than before. Many time physicians want to have an individual tested or given treatments, because they worry about a lawsuit. The physician wants to give the individual the best health care, but it sometimes involves wasteful spending and high price medication the...
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... Abstract The unabated continuation of rapid increase and broken parts of the health profession is very complex. This paper will explore the complexity of health organization as it related to individuals today. The best practice with health care systems comes from three major groups to help improve the necessary components for survival. “Communication is critical. Everyone should have sufficient opportunity to be heard and participate in primary scenarios affecting the health outcome for the community” (Griffin, 2002). Healthcare Organizations & Their Environments Introduction The United States health care system is unnecessary fragmented which is somewhat the central feature. The delivery system is continually undergoing critical changes periodically. Throughout the century rapid changes to the health care system is always redefining new ways about how new technology along with what kind of health care workers that will be needed. Where they should practice and how much they need to get paid. Health care becomes more sophisticated with new technology on what is needed, and how much the individual cost will be paying. The profession of nursing is rooted in history through the many shapes of social, political, and economic forces. Some health care workers do not have consisted well-defined roles. Who does what in health care are some of the social values that are related to work and gender. Gender is a major influence...
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...Health Care Administration Health care administrators have wide-ranging influence within the world of medicine. The leadership that these professionals provide sets the future course not only for the facilities they manage but also for the health care system as a whole. A health care administrator is responsible for establishing health care standards, making strategic policy decisions and implementing the personnel management procedures necessary to support his/her vision. In addition to the internal leadership they provide, health care administrators are leaders within the greater community as well. They partner with other health care organizations, comply with government regulations, advocate and testify on behalf of health care policies, and maintain campuses that are significant to communities. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2012-13) A bachelor’s degree is the typical entry-level preparation needed for health care administration jobs. Some employers, however, will promote from within or hire other professionals with related experience, such as nurses, who are ideal for an administrative role because of their direct health care knowledge. For high-level executive positions, a graduate education is usually the starting point. This means attaining an MBA, or a different type of master’s degree, or a doctorate in health administration. In most areas of health care administration, a license is not needed. One notable exception is for administrators of long-term care nursing...
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...What is a Master of Health Administration? A master of health administration is a degree designed for students who intend to work as a health care manager or administrator. Degree programs tend to either focus on either clinical supervision from a health care perspective or operations management from a business perspective. What is Health Administration? Health care administration includes elements of organizational leadership, personnel management, office administration and public health systems. There are two types of health care administrators. First, there are generalists who assist with front-line personnel and facility management. They are the equivalent of an operations manager in the business world. Second, there are specialists who work behind the scenes and ensure the...
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...Abstract Background: Primary health care (PHC) encompasses an array of health and social services that focus on preventative, diagnostic, and basic care measures to maintain wellbeing and address illnesses. In Canada, PHC involves the provision of first-contact health care services by providers such as family physicians and general practitioners – collectively referred as PHC physicians here. Ensuring access is a key requirement of effective PHC delivery. This is because having access to PHC has been shown to positively impact a number of health outcomes. Methods: We build on recent innovations in measuring potential spatial access to PHC physicians using geographic information systems (GIS) by running and then interpreting the findings of a modified gravity model. Elsewhere we have introduced the protocol for this model. In this article we run it for five selected Canadian provinces and territories. Our objectives are to present the results of the modified gravity model in order to: (1) understand how potential spatial access to PHC physicians can be interpreted in these Canadian jurisdictions, and (2) provide guidance regarding how findings of the modified gravity model should be interpreted in other analyses. Results: Regarding the first objective, two distinct spatial patterns emerge regarding potential spatial access to PHC physicians in the five selected Canadian provinces: (1) a clear north–south pattern, where southern areas have greater potential spatial access than...
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...IM/IT Governance and Decision Rights Give five different examples of simple systems and include the input(s), conversion process, and output(s)? Ensure that there is some feedback between your examples. Appointment –scheduling process of an ambulatory care center as a simple system. Inputs to the system consist, of appointment request from patients; physician schedules; and clinic resources, including personnel, set of actions; the scheduling clerks collect information from patents, match patient requirements to available time slots, and make appointment. Output of this simple system becomes the input for several other functional systems of the clinic, such as, medical records, patient accounting, and others. The conversion process includes a set of actions; scheduling clerks collect information from patients, match requirements to available time slots, and make appointments. The feedback will occur in the form of adjusted information on the number of time slot available as patients are scheduled for the clinic. (Austin and Boxerman’s, 2007). Admission- the admissions representative works in a team environment to facilitate admissions recruitment and the registration processes for that specific ambulatory care center. This position requires heavy outbound call volume, appointment scheduling, and handling of telephone, mail-in, walk-in, and internet-based (Alpine-college, 2009). The output for this simple system also becomes the input for several other functional systems...
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...The Importance of Occupational Safety Health Administration Mindy Merceri CS102-Academic skills January 28, 2013 What is OSHA, what is its mission and how does it protect you? OSHA stands for Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The Mission of OSHA is “to assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance ” (OSHA). This agency administered the OSHA Act of 1970 which comprises of standards or rules for workers and employers and penalties for those who do not follow the established guidelines. This Act sets many standards across a multitude of industries; more importantly there are sets of established designed specifically for the medical field. The guidelines cover standard precautions, personal protective equipment (PPE) and handling contaminated waste to name a few. The standard precautions are “a set of procedures recognized by the CDC to reduce the chance of transmitting infectious microorganisms in any health care setting” (Goucher, 193). The universal rule of these procedures is to assume everybody has some kind of microorganism. There are a multitude of safeguards in place to keep medical employees and patients from coming into contact from blood or other bodily fluids. Some of these precautions include the following: Proper hand washing and use of alcohol based hand rubs. Proper hand washing with soap and water should be used...
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...1-Given the increasing longevity of Americans and the costs of providing long-term care, anticipation of the costs should be a major element of every family’s financial planning. Current information suggests however, that very few families or individuals give this consideration. What factors might impede this advance planning? What measures might be effective in raising awareness among the Americans about this important matter? Age, diagnosis, and ability to perform personal self-care and the sites of care delivery vary widely. Also, the unrelenting progression of time is the one constant that expresses the diverse range of life's possibilities. According to Calmus (2013), Long-term care in the United States is in crisis. The current system is not meeting the needs of the frail elderly and disabled populations. As the 77 million baby boomers enter retirement, the Long-term care crisis will likely grow, both because of the sheer number of the baby boomers and because of medical advances that have increased longevity. Regrettably, few have prepared to pay for their Long-term care, either through insurance or savings. Policymakers need to move swiftly to reform the current system to ensure that tomorrow’s retirees have access to high quality care without bankrupting future generations. According to the article "5 Big Reasons Why Americans Don't Save Their Money," Savings aren’t just important for buffering life’s emergencies; research shows that financial assets, more than income...
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...Legal Aspects of U. S. Health Care System Administration Lillie Cox Dr. A. M. Miller HSA 515 Health Care Policy, Law, and Ethics October 31, 2014 Legal Aspects of U. S. Health Care System Administration In the United States health care administration, there are lots of health laws, such as federal, state and local. The administrator will need to know these laws, because they will be interacting with top professionals at all levels. The health administrator is new to Well Care Hospital, and the hospital for the past six months has been under scrutiny for breach of medical compliance. It is important that the top administrator be concerned about the importance of his or her conduct within the health care setting; compromise the boundaries of ethics and medical conduct. This paper will also discuss the four elements required of a plaintiff, to prove medical negligence and the duties of the health care governing board in mitigating the effects of medical non-compliance, as they apply to the rules of practice set forth in the Well Care Hospital governing board manifesto. As the top health administrator, professional conduct is very important. The staff is to conduct themselves likewise. There is no room for a lot of playing around, because patients, family members, hospital directors, and the administrators are depending on each and everyone to set their difference aside, and be the professional they are. According to Wolper...
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...Instructor: Dr. Denise J. Pica-Branco HSA 530 May 16th, 2013 Introduction Inclusive of this paper will be the steps I, the manager of HR, deem necessary to increase the progression of effectiveness of HRM in this organization. This paper will also examine current trends in health care that have an impact on human resource management. In this paper I will suggest a significant opportunity for HR to become more of a strategic partner within an organization. Afterwards, I will recommend a model of human resources management that would be the most appropriate for healthcare. This paper will recommend a strategy that HR could implement in order to develop more effective relationships between Human Resources and the organization’s managers and senior executives. Lastly, included in this paper I will determine a specific employment law that may affect the hiring and selection process at the acute hospital in your community. Current trends in healthcare that are affecting human resources management Currently, there are both positive and negative trends in healthcare human resources. However, present trends in the health care industry are unlimited. These trends include some of the following: • The aging of the workforce and retirement of the Baby Boom generation (those born between 1945 and 1964). • Problems finding skilled workers. • Economic uncertainty and volatility. http://www.shrm.org/research/futureworkplacet...
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