...greatly influence how the change is perceived by employees and how quickly they adapt to the new normal. Communication is very important, especially during times of change. It’s crucial that leaders help remaining employees understand why downsizing was necessary. Informed employees who understand the rational for the downsizing will be able to feel more confident about the choices that were made and hopefully less concerned or worried. Frequent communication is critical. Leaders should make every effort to speak with each employee individually and let him or her know that they are valued within the organization. These one-on-one meetings allow employees to express their opinions about the situation and to ask questions. In order for health care teams to function smoothly, communication must take place on different levels. First, you must make clear to each team member what is expected of her. The flow of communication, however, must work in both directions. Transparent communication is promoted through honesty and cooperation. When managers are able to tell employees and other stakeholders as much as possible as soon as possible, it reduces the stress and anxiety that accompany a downsizing event. Face-to-face communication is the best method for communicating about downsizing. Finally, managers must find a way to make the communications two-way. Employees and other stakeholders want to hear transparent and consistent information from their managers, but they also want an opportunity...
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...HSMA 4075-Managed Care in Health Systems Gynecologists as the Primary Care Physician? Sonya M. Artis September 11, 2008 Gynecologists as the Primary Care Physician? In managed health care the primary care physician has a role that is very significant to the delivery of care. A primary care physician serves as the initial contact for a person with an undiagnosed medical concern and they are responsible for the continuum of care for varied existing medical conditions. These conditions are not limited by diagnosis, organ system, or cause. Ordinarily, a primary care physician does not specialize in any medical specialty, such as neurology, oncology, pulmonology, or gastrology. However, the concept of the gynecologist as the primary care physician remains arguable. In comparison to the primary care physician the obstetrics/gynecologist also plays a vital role in the health care treatment plan---for women. As a result, some managed care organizations (MCOs), health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and indemnity health insurers may allow the gynecologist as the primary care physician. According to Kongstvedt, many obstetrics/gynecologists (OB/Gyn) feel as if they indeed deliver primary care. They make this assertion because “they are often the only physician a young woman sees for many years” (66). Healthy women do not always have medical concerns until problems arise with their female reproductive systems. Therefore, care provided by the...
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...Public Health and Health Care Paper Health care focuses on the health of individuals whereas public health focuses on preventing disease and injury while promoting and protecting the health of populations. Public health is the science and art of promoting health, prolonging life, and preventing disease as a result of organized community efforts. Public health by way of systematic effort, identify the health needs of the community and then organize ample health service for the defined population (Association of Schools of Public Health, n.d.). The interdisciplinary approach of health services, biostatistics, and epidemiology are incorporated in public health. The purpose of this paper is to describe Center of disease control and prevention (CDC) as a public health agency and how it contributes to the core functions of public health. This paper will also examine the specific ways CDC influences the health care organizations and provider and will also discuss the roles of the agency workers including specific responsibilities, competencies, and skills. CDC as an agency and its contribution to the core functions of public health. CDC is the lead federal government public health agency and a key operational element of the Department of Health and Human Services. The CDC manages a variety of programs intended to control and prevent specific disability risks, injury, and disease on a national level through dissemination activities, program development, research, epidemiologic surveillance...
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...prison healyh care paper Prison Health Care Paper Tinamarie Edwards July 11, 2012 HCS/430 Legal Issues in Health Care: Regulation and Compliance Terry Matherne Introduction Prison health care is caring for the inmates in prisons and correctional facilities around the United States. Even though a prisoner is incarcerated does not mean that a prisoner should receive any different care than a person outside the prison. The federal prison population around the United States was 217, 806 (U.S. Department of Justice, 2012). The federal agency that would handle the health care is the National Commission of Correctional Health Care (NCCHC). This agency was created in the early 1970’s as a result of a study done by the American Medical Association, which proved the correctional facilities had inadequate health care for the inmates (National Commission for Correctional Health Care, 2012). The study also showed the correctional facilities did not flow national standards as far as the health care to the prisoners. The mission of the NCCHC is to improve the quality of health care provided to inmates and the commission has the support of several other organizations such as the Academy of Pediatrics, The American Dental Association, The American Medical Association, The American Bar Association just to name a few. Structure of the Agency The structure of the agency is very important for the agency to continue the mission of the organization. The organization...
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...Health Care Utilization Paper HCS/235 July 22, 2013 University of Phoenix Health Care Utilization Paper The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act one of the most controversial pieces legislation of the last 50 years was signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010. The Affordable Care Act was designed to put control of health care back into the hands of individuals, families, and small business owners. This paper will discuss the ways health care reform has expanded access to care; how these reforms will influenced the utilization of health care; this paper will explain the difference between these reforms and universal health care: and my personal experience these reforms and what are the positive of my experience with health care expansion. Ways the recent health care reform measures expand access to care. One way the Affordable Care Act will expand coverage is by allowing those with pre-existing health conditions to get health care insurance. Before this law it was almost impossible for people with these pre-existing health conditions to get affordable health care coverage. According to “Aspe.hhs.gov”(2012 “starting in 2012 Americans cannot be denied coverage, be charged significantly higher premiums, be subjected to an extended waiting period, or have their benefits curtailed by insurance companies because of some type of pre-existing heath condition.” Without the protection of the affordable health care act between 50 to129 million non-elderly...
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...Health Care Interview Paper vanessa connor week 3 Professor Hasting When asking a baby boomer or even a generation x about health care they have been provided throughout their lives ,they have a different picture .Even young people will note the big difference in the use of computers in the doctor’s office and other health facilities. The one thing that is agreed is healthcare has become about money ,rather than the caring of the patients . The problem is when this happens less people live and less respect for the physicians come to play. Access to healthcare, 1880–1930 Baby Boomer When i interviewed my friends grandma and grandpa on this matter ,all that was said "I remember when i could see a doctor and they would fix whatever ails me ".Further states ,"as a kid, the Insurance man would come to the house and take the premium of $10 a month, and then would write out a receipt,.Bill says" We didn't have all these hassles that today brings me". Gertrude said that she can't afford to go into a nursing home and her kids were too rotten to take care of her . As funny as she is the actual problem still lies that she can't afford health care even with medicare.Bill states ,"The doctors today don't care about nothing but their pockets".When my parents were out of work for time to time ,the insurance man would pay the premium...
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...Health Care Utilization Paper Margo O. Ellis-Gardner HCS/235 Health Care Delivery in the U.S. April 13, 2015 Tomeka Davis Health Care Utilization Paper In what ways have recent health care reform measures expanded or inhibited access to care? The signing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on March 23, 2010 has given millions of individuals the ability to gain access to medical insurance, and reduce the cost. In addition it insures that individuals who has pre-existing problems, such as heart disease, cancer, asthma, and previous injuries, as well as the need for preventative and immunization. According to Lee (2012), young adults can stay on their parents insurance until the 26th birthday, this is including those that are college graduates- Because of the law 6.6 million additional young adults, including more than 1.3 million minorities—many of them new college graduates—had access to coverage even if they were unable to find a job right away. This law does not allow health insurance to charge a higher premiums, deny coverage, nor limit an individual’s benefits. Making Improvements to facilities and creating new centers will help with the growth of new jobs, but allow them to better serve the new individuals who have recently been able to afford coverage. In addition individuals will be able to obtain coverage through their employment, on their own or from programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, along with subsides for those who have a limited...
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...Perspective on Health Care Nicole Asta HCS/212 January 14, 2013 Patricia Wolcott Perspective on Health Care I’ll be honest the main reason I got interested in healthcare was because I have been obsessed with ER all my life. George Clooney was my dream doctor, and he still is today. But as I grew older and relised that my day dreams may never come true, I still remained interested in healthcare. However, I did make the critical reaslation that I detest blood and anything to do with it. However, I still enjoy learning and working in the healthcare field, on the technological side. I how that when I achieve my degree that I will be able to work some day in the CDC. In that regards, what I have always found most interesting, in the history of health care, is the development of the vaccinations and other for diseases. I also am interested in programs like the Center for the Control of Disease and Prevention (CDC) which was founded in 1946. As well as hospice programs, I am currently volunteering at a local hospice and enjoy it very much. As for the vaccinations, what interested was a long term interest in personal health. I have always been a rather healthy person, and rarely ever do I get sick. So when I did, I always wanted to know why I was sick. I read quite a bit about different illness and what was being done to prevent them. I would always read about the early 19th and 20th centuries. About, how many people died from contaminated water and food, inadequate living...
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...Health Care Spending Paper HCS/440 Health Care Spending Health care spending in America is at an all-time high. The baby boomer generation is reaching retirement age and its dependence on health care is greater than ever before. This burgeoning demand for health care services has put a huge strain on the infrastructure of the health care system that was originally designed to accommodate far less Americans than it currently supports. Many financial experts predict a drastic increase in health care spending in the years ahead. According to Wayne (2012), "Federal, state and local governments are projected to spend $2.4 trillion on health care in 2021, half of all U.S. medical expenditures, according to the analysis in Health Affairs by actuaries and economists from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Government accounted for about 46 percent of health spending through 2013” (Glide Path). This particular article shows monumental increase predicted for government funded health care in the near future. Speculation regarding the impact of the Affordable Health Care Act on future spending has been mixed. Some analysts say that spending will level-off; while others state that the reform will increase spending. According to Walker (2012), "National healthcare spending grew very little in 2011 -- just 3.9%, which was the same rate seen in 2010 -- to reach $2.7 trillion. The slow growth was mostly because of the lingering effects of the recession, the study...
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...Technology and Health Care Paper Healthcare and transportation have been growing and evolving almost simultaneously. Although on individual tracks, they are both moving towards a goal. When trying to accomplish a goal, there are some barriers that may challenge the progress towards the mission. As a new member of Sentara Healthcare, one of the largest non-for profit healthcare organizations in Virginia and North Carolina, I was able to see firsthand some areas in the Nursing Centers that needed improvement. One area of opportunity is improvement in transporting patients to needed services. In fact, “transportation is often cited as a major barrier to health care access” (Syed, Gerber, & Sharp, 2014, p. 976). I will like to team up with medical transport to provide an option for wrap around services to improve the gap by providing a bridge between transportation and access to medical and other social activities. This paper will explain the potential impact the transportation service will have on quality care, quality of life, cost of care, and access. Background Medical transport is a well known transportation company in the Virginia area and other states. They provide emergency and non emergency transportation services to individuals with conditions that are disabling or who need extra assistance with mobility. All drivers are trained through the Critical Care Emergency Medical Transport Program (CCEMTP). The CCEMTP is an educational program for people who will be transporting...
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...Significant Health Care Event Paper Sarah Miller HCS/531 February 22, 2015 Instructor: Georgetta Baptist Abstract Managed care has changed health care as a whole. Before managed care, providers were not knowledgeable about public health. Managed care made big changes for public health, and gave access to health care for those individuals who lived in rural areas, who otherwise could not have it, or the middle class that made too much for government insurance, but not enough to afford private insurance. How Managed Care Has Changed Health Care As previously mentioned, health care providers did not have much knowledge of public health before managed care came about for the health care industry. Before managed care, ideas such as immunizations, management of infectious diseases, diagnostics, and laboratory testing were both public and personal health entities. They were mainly funded by government programs, but could be funded by third party payers without the instances of prior authorization. Patients were also free to choose what providers they had, and the insurance companies had little control over how the benefits were utilized. Today, managed care is the most utilized type of insurance in this country. The plans can differ from a loosely structured networks that give the provider and client more choices, to a tight health maintenance program. The looser structured programs provide limited controls on how it is used based on providers who would offer...
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...Health Care Spending Paper Candace Kovacs HCS 440 January 23, 2012 Pranab Rout Health Care Spending The United States is spending trillions of dollars on health care every year. Health care spending is continuing to rise to higher levels at unsustainable rates. The excessive amounts spent on health care accounts for a substantial portion of the national budget. Trends such as the aging of the population, obesity, and technological changes are expected to affect the future of health care spending patterns (RAND Corporation, 2011). Even though health care spending seems excessive right now, there are several ways it can be addressed effectively to decrease the amount in the future. Spending The National Health Expenditures (NHE) includes the amount of spending on private and public administrative costs, personal health services, government public health spending and investments involving costs of equipment, non-commercial medical research, and buildings (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2011). The current level of the NHE has raised $2.1 trillion in the year 2006, $2.25 trillion in 2007, and projects to reach $4.3 trillion by 2017 (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2011). The most recent forecasts of health care estimates a yearly growth rate of seven percent, which equals to the gross domestic product (GDP) of 19.5 % by 2017 (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
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...Health Care Spending Paper HCS 440 October 30, 2013 Health Care Spending Paper In the United States about 44 million people do not have health insurance. 38 million Americans have inadequate health coverage (PBS). The level of current national health care expenditures increases every year. Is this spending on health care too much or not enough? Where the United States should add or cut from, and why. How the public’s health care is paid for and who pays. The current level of expenditures of the nation’s health care is presently at $2.1 trillion. This translates to $7,026 per person, and 16% of the Gross Domestic Product (ajronline.org, 2008). Hospital spending accounts for 31%, which is over the national health care expenditures. Physician expenditures are at 5.9%, and this is presently lower than the general expenditure amount due greatly to the 2% Medicare fee for physicians. Medicare Part D is at 19% and caused a quick rise in prescription drugs. Due to the high rate of individuals that joined the Medicare Advantage plan, administration fees were at 8.8% which grew faster than the overall. Due to the vast number of people enrolling in Medicare Part D, Medicaid shrank for the first time in history. The spending with health care is very high, and continues to climb. This means that the growth rates in health care persist to surpass the overall Gross Domestic Product, and will eventually exceed other spending. The national health care expenditures will not be supportable...
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...By Dee Bizz Technology and Health Care Paper Athena Health ABC consultants have been assigned the task to introduce a solution to make health care delivery easier and user-friendlier for this organization. Health care delivery is in a constant state of flux and is ever changing. Technological advancements continue to push the industry and the demand from consumers for a faster, smarter, and economical product. The request for uncomplicated and more complete health care delivery can be at your fingertips with the introduction of Athena Health. This product is software is a solution that encompasses every aspect of health care delivery for this organization. The software can address every area of the organization from health care to human resources. Components coming all together to deliver the best care that can be given to patients while maintaining the focus on the patient. Patient Encounter The initial patient encounter for an admission to this organization ranges from forty-five minutes to an hour and a half. We believe that we can cut this patient encountered time in half while still maintaining the quality of the encounter. This software utilized on a tablet or notebook will automatically make the admission process stream lined. The medical assistant will be able to take all of the patient’s insurance information and vitals while accessing the prior health history of the patient. The medical assistant will be able to have all consents signed and gather all pertinent...
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