...UnitedHealthCare A deep dive into United States’ largest health carrier Report by : Guo F. Deng Jiarui Li Malavika Verma Srikanth S. Perinkulam : December’06, 2013 Published on afafaafa United Health Care Contents Company Profile and History ........................................................................................................................ 3 Financial Statement Analysis ........................................................................................................................ 5 Major Acquisitions ...................................................................................................................................... 11 Major Litigations and Public News.............................................................................................................. 13 The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) .......................................................................... 15 Strategies and Foresight ............................................................................................................................. 18 Bibliography ................................................................................................................................................ 20 2 United Health Care Company Profile and History UnitedHealth Group is one of the largest health care companies in the United States. UnitedHealth Group is currently made of three entities which are UnitedHealthcare...
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...why we needed to describe the history of public health and include pertinent dates and significant events. Being a good student, I did what I was told. While doing the research I realized that history is what shapes us. We not only learn from our successes, but our failures too. History has transformed us into what we are and why we do the things that we do. The History of Public Health According to the “Southeast Public Health Training Center” (2012), “Leviticus is believed to be the first written health code in the world” (para. 1). The book of Leviticus was written around 1500 B.C. and dealt with such issues as personal and community responsibilities, hygiene, sexual behavior, and protection against infectious diseases (“Southeast Public Health Training Center,” 2012). I found this very interesting since here we are thousands of years later still dealing with basically the same issues. The middle ages (500 to 1500 A.D.) marked a time when sickness was thought to be a consequence of sin. Bloodletting and alchemy were prevalent during this time. The biggest mistake of this era was their failure to believe that the environment could be the culprit, thus leading to epidemics such as the bubonic plague which resurfaced in Europe during 1348. Two-thirds of the population died within two years before scientists and religious figures discovered the cause and a new public health plan was started (“Southeast Public Health Training Center,” 2012). During the period known...
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...Community Health Nursing C229 WGU Community Health C229 One of the more serious problems that the Southeast Queens Community is facing is obesity. Obesity has led to many other health concerns in this community such as Type 2 diabetes , heart disease, stroke, and even certain cancers. This presentation looks into who is at risk, and why? And what can be done to help this community. B1. Description of Community The Southeast section of Queens, NY is 1.802 square miles with a population of 34,929 people. (U.S Census Queens County Quick Facts, 2010, para. 2) The population density is 19,388 people per square mile. The community is a very diverse community and home to many foreign born natives mainly from the Caribbean. The neighborhoods are made up of lower to middle class people. The homes are mostly consist of single one and two family detached dwellings and semi attached homes. 75% of the homes observed were well maintained, 25% were in need of repair. The average age of the homes were approximately 50- 60 years old. There are many indicators of ethnicity in the community for example the West Indian restaurants, (Bodegas) which are usually Spanish or Arabic owned corner stores that are mini supermarket. Dominican beauty parlors, Churches on almost every other block, many liquor stores, laundry mats, and dollar stores. B2. Discussion of Health Concern The health concern I discussed during my field project was obesity. The...
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...women are college graduates or have had some college experience in their lifetime. Users are well informed about whiteners because most of them work in the health care and sales industries. Also, users tend to be Black or Hispanic and live in households that have an average income of $150,000 and over. The marital status for the typical user will be single or divorced and may live in the Southeast or Pacific regions of the United States. Users who use whitening gels are females between the ages of eighteen and fifty-four. Most of these individuals have a high school diploma or do not have one at all. Just like the demographic for all whiteners, whitening gel users are Hispanic and have jobs in the health care and sales industries. Furthermore, gel users are single or divorced, living in households with income between $10,000 and $30,000. And finally, gel users’ geographic locations are in Southeast or Southwest regions of the United States. Users who are using whitening strips tend to be females between the ages of eighteen and fifty-four. Secondly, strip users are single and have an income between $75,000 and $150,000. Most strip users have graduated from college or have had some college experience. Also, these individuals are predominantly white, have occupations in health care, education, or sales, and live in the Southeast or Pacific regions of the United States. 3. On table 7-2, the first diffusion determinant is the nature of the group. A potential problem for this...
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...about the drug tourism: “Drug tourism can be define as the travel for the purpose of obtaining or using drugs for personal use that are unavailable or illegal in one’s home jurisdiction” or “Drug tourism can be also defined as the phenomenon by which one’s travel experience involves the consumption and usage of drugs that are considered to be illegal or illegitimate in either the visited destination or the tourist’s country of origin” (WTO annual report 1995). Today the only drug that is authorized to consume in some countries is the “marijuana”. But the legal consumption or not is attracting more and more tourist since the past decade, like for the sexual tourism I will take three different areas that are actually the same: Netherlands; southeast Asia and Latin America, and to see how the drug tourism impact the economy of those regions. Netherland is the only European country that has a permissive regulation regarding the drug consumption before the end of 2012; Amsterdam and Maastricht were the two main European destinations for drug tourism. In Amsterdam 50% of the entire tourists visit the “coffee shop” (place where you can smoke marijuana, and 10% of all tourists come to Amsterdam especially for that. In the city of Amsterdam, the Coffee shop tourism represents a business of $2.5 billion US, which led to a $503 million in tax revenues for the city of Amsterdam. In another Dutch city, Maastricht that allowed before October 1st 2011, the selling and consumption of drugs in...
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...CESPEDES HEATHER BECKHAM Launching Krispy Natural: Cracking the Product Management Code “Krispy Natural will provide Pemberton with its next generation blockbuster product and provide the foothold we need to dominate the salty snack market. I am counting on you to make sure our roll-out is a success.” The words of Ashley Marne, executive vice president of sales and marketing at Pemberton Products, echoed in Brandon Fredrick’s mind. It was January of 2012 and Fredrick, a marketing director for Pemberton, was reviewing test market results for a new cracker product, Krispy Natural. Pemberton had just concluded market tests in Columbus, Ohio as well as three cities in the Southeast. Fredrick was delighted that the Columbus market share results were double what the company had projected. However, the Southeast results fell well below management’s expectations. It was a late Monday night and Fredrick sat in his office preparing for a meeting with Marne, his boss. She had asked for summary analysis of the test market results and a recommendation for taking Krispy Natural to market. As Fredrick sketched out his proposal, he worried how he would draw conclusions from test market data that was so disparate. Equally as troublesome was the fact that he questioned if Marne’s high expectations were realistic. Pemberton Products Pemberton was the snack food division of Candler Enterprises, a multinational beverage and snack goods manufacturer. The majority of Pemberton’s sales were from...
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...Vol. 3, Issue 3 January 2012 India’s ‘Look East’ and America’s ‘Asia Pivot’: Converging Interests March 2013 What’s in a name? Asia-Pacific or Indo-Pacific? In a speech to the Indian parliament in 2007, Shinzo Abe, the then-prime minister of Japan, became one of the first Asian leaders to call attention to a dawning geopolitical reality: “We are now at a point at which the Confluence of the Two Seas is coming into being…The Pacific and the Indian Oceans are bringing about a dynamic coupling as seas of freedom and of prosperity. A ‘broader Asia’ that (breaks down) geographical boundaries is beginning to take on a distinct form.” Abe was a little ahead of his time in acknowledging the “distinct form” of the IndoPacific region. Many believe that day has now arrived. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used the term in her seminal 2011 Foreign Policy article “America’s Pacific Century.” More recently, India’s ambassador to the United States and former foreign secretary, Nirupama Rao, made the case for the Indo-Pacific in a speech at Brown University: “There is a seamless stretch of oceanic space that links the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The earlier concept of the Asia-Pacific had sought to exclude India— today the term Indo-Pacific encompasses the subcontinent as an integral part of this eastern world. We are glad that the mental map of the Asia Pacific has changed and that the center of gravity has moved westward to include India…The task before us is to concretely define...
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...achievements and contribution to its members Since its inception in 1967, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has made a number of achievements towards regional peace, stability, and prosperity. Thailand has played an active role in ASEAN from the very beginning. Thailand is one of the founding members of ASEAN, together with Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore. The ASEAN Declaration or Bangkok Declaration was signed on 8 August 1967 at Saranrom Palace, Bangkok. As stipulated in the Bangkok Declaration, ASEAN was established with an aim to promote peace and stability, and accelerate economic growth, social progress and cultural development in the region through joint endeavors in a spirit of equality and partnership. Over the years, ASEAN has gradually evolved and expanded to include Brunei Darussalam (1984), Viet Nam (1995), Lao PDR and Myanmar (1997), and Cambodia (1999). The peace and stability that the Southeast Asian countries have been enjoying today to a large extent, largely due to ASEAN's role as a forum that promotes and fosters trust and confidence amongst its Member States. ASEAN has successfully maintained peace, stability and security in the region through the various frameworks and mechanisms, such as Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality (ZOPFAN) (1971), Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC) (1976), and Southeast Asian Nuclear‐Weapon‐Free Zone Treaty (SEANWFZ) (1995). To further enhance regional cooperation in political and security issues...
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...the policies are focusing on the mitigation and reduction of greenhouse gases through state-level climate action plans. “In North Carolina, the “clean smokestacks” legislation passed in 2002 states that a commission is to be established to study policy options for reducing carbon dioxide emissions. In 2005, the General Assembly passed the North Carolina Global Warming Act. This act established a Global Warming Commission that evaluates potential impacts on the state from rising temperatures, creates goals on reducing global warming pollutant, and prepares the economy to enhance economic markets associated with global warming” (“Cordato”). After passing this act, North Carolina became the first state in the Southeast to meaningfully step forward in the fight against global warming. North Carolina is one of the most vulnerable states to the impacts of global warming, but it can position itself to take advantage of opportunities that come along from the development of new technologies. The decisions we make today can affect the impacts of global warming on North Carolina, the opportunities for North Carolina to address the issues on global warming, and the recommendations that are established to fight against global warming. The impacts of global warming can have several different effects on North Carolina. Temperature increases, sea-level rises, public health consequences, ecosystem responses, and overall economic dislocation are all different effects that North Carolina...
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...In the last 10 years, our culture has changes dramatically. Our nation was once a physically active nation, however currently it looks that society discourages physical activity. everybody is aware of that good shape is very important to his or her health. education helps students improve their information concerning health problems and practices which will cause a a lot of pleasant life. Some faculties don't need students to participate in education categories, however it's vital for young children to remain physically active. the increase of fleshiness in young kids has become a growing concern in America. education ought to be needed per annum for all public college students. Some students square measure physically unable to participate in education. I agree that if a student includes a note from their doctor that it's fine for them to not participate. All the others ought to be needed to participate although. Their involvement in education teaches them concerning long fitness. whereas I attended school, education helped play a valuable role in my life. I became concerned in many completely different sports thanks to participation in education categories. throughout college we have a tendency to vie soccer games throughout education. additionally, we have a tendency to learned a number of the fundamentals of baseball and softball. I vie soccer and baseball for years thanks to my involvement in education categories. when graduation, I still unbroken identical habits from school...
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...doing this report have simply started from the range of Recruiting process, Training Process, Performance Appraisal, Transfer Process, Motivation Process, Employees Retention Programs and Respond to diversity. We surveyed two top telecom companies and one local private company altogether to prepare a high-quality research report. Our objective was to find out the strategic aspect of Human Resource Panning various HR issues that a bank and telecom company focuses for thriving in the market. The results of logistic regression indicate that the majority of the structure of HR approaches and proceedings of each of the organizations are studied. Table Of Contents: PART I 1. INTRODUCTION:…………………………………..6 1. Southeast Bank Ltd ..…………………6 2. Grameen Phone…………………………7 3. Banglalink………………………………8 2. ORGANIZATION REVIEW……………………….9...
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...destinations when they want to get there, on time, at the lowest possible fares, and make darn sure they have a good time doing it, people will fly your airline, Southwest Airlines Com, 2013.” “Company founder Bill Darden opened his first restaurant, The Green Frog, at age nineteen. From the beginning, Bill’s restaurants focused on quality and service. With a passion for seafood, it was only a matter of time before Bill and his team opened the first Red Lobster in Lakeland, Fla., in nineteen sixty eight, Red lobster.com, 2013.” In the 1970s, the Darden company expanded into the Southeast, making the Darden company the leader in casual dining restaurants. Southwest offers their Employees good health benefits, a way to save for retirement, discounted travel, and ways to learn, and grow. In 2011 southwest offered Employees, full-time and part-time employees the following, 1. Profit Sharing Plan. 2. Medical and...
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...region ------------------------------------------------- A NOAA (AOML) in situ pCO2 sensor (SAMI-CO2), attached to a Coral Reef Early Warning System station in Discovery Bay, Jamaica, utilized in conducting ocean acidification studies near coral reef areas [edit]Australia Main article: Environmental threats to the Great Barrier Reef The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system.[46][47][48][49] The reef is located in the Coral Sea. A large part of the reef is protected by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Particular environmental pressures include runoff, salinity fluctuations, climate change, cyclic crown-of-thorns outbreaks, overfishing, and spills or improper ballast discharge. [edit]Southeast Asia See also: Southeast Asia coral reefs Southeast Asian coral reefs are at risk from damaging fishing practices (such as cyanide and blast fishing), overfishing, sedimentation, pollution and bleaching. Activities including education, regulation and the establishment of marine protected areas help protect these reefs. [edit]Indonesia Indonesia is home to one third of the world's corals covering nearly 85,000 square kilometres (33,000 sq mi) and one quarter of its fish species. Indonesia's coral reefs are located in the heart of the Coral Triangle and have fallen victim to destructive fishing, tourism and bleaching. Data from 414 reef monitoring stations in 2000 found that only 6% are in excellent condition, while 24% are in good condition, and approximately...
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...for the code of ethics is to set a standard for employees and stakeholders to govern by. In this paper this writer will evaluate the code of ethics Catholic Health Services uses. How the code of ethics is used for employees, management, and board of directors will be discussed. Why the code of ethics is used, how it is used, and when it is used will be examined. This writer will modify if need be, how to modify the code of ethics and implement the change, employees reaction to the change, the effect the code has on the organization will be outlined. This writer will summarize the results of inquiry into the code of ethics of the organization Every organization operates by an ethical system. Catholic Health Services is an organization of the Archdiocese of Miami and the largest post acute provider in the southeast United States. Catholic Health Services provides a full continuum of health care and social services to the southeast Florida community. This association serves about 6,000 people daily with more than 7,500 new patients per year and operates 30 facilities in Broward and Miami-Dade counties (CHS, 2011). CHS mission statement is “To provide health care and services to those in need, to minimize human suffering, to assist people to wholeness , and to nurture an awareness of their relationship with God” (Catholic Health Services, 2011 para. 1). CHS operates by virtue-based ethics. Virtue-based ethics focuses on the good in a person by actions. Virtue is determined by community...
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...MINIWORKS® EX MICROFILTER THE BEST-SELLING FILTER ON THE MARKET, DELIVERING LONG-LASTING, FULLY FIELD-MAINTAINABLE WATER FILTRATION. The MiniWorks EX microfilter is the worldwide best-selling microfilter, delivering long-lasting, field-maintainable water filtration in demanding environments. Engineered for frequent and heavy use, it utilizes our workhorse Marathon™ EX carbon/ceramic element to ensure clean, reliable and taste-free water. Thanks to its innovative AirSpring Accumulator™, it’s capable of pumping one liter per minute and the flow rate can be renewed easily and repeatedly in the field—no tools required. It’s lightweight and compact and, most importantly, been proven reliable by thousands of adventurers just like you. This product it would be interested for Thai people who for away from clean water such as someone who live in the jungle or countryside. Geographic Totalling 513,120 square kilometres (198,120 sq mi), Thailand is the world's 51st-largest country by total area. It is slightly smaller than Yemen and slightly larger than Spain. Thailand is home to several distinct geographic regions, partly corresponding to the provincial groups. The north of the country is the mountainous area of the Thai highlands, with the highest point being Doi Inthanon in the Thanon Thong Chai Range at 2,565 metres (8,415 ft) above sea level. The northeast, Isan, consists of the Khorat Plateau, bordered to the east by the Mekong River. The centre of the country...
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