themselves as well as their children let alone having to pay for medical costs for their loved ones. When your loved ones cannot afford commercial healthcare or don’t still have it form a job that they retired from, they have to sign up for Medicare or for Medicaid if they are poor and or disabled. As much as most families feels that its right to provide support and help the quality of life of elderly citizens, it should not be their sole responsibility. Our senior citizens include many people that
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The United States has faced many challenges as it entered into the 21st century. First is ensuring that individuals receive the medical care and support they need throughout their life with dignity and quality. With the aging of “baby boomers,” the number of individuals 65 and those with disabilities will increase from 12.4 percent in 2000 to about 20.4 percent by 2040. This will represent a need for increasing nursing facilities, assisted living, other residential care, and home care services
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Washington, DC — 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of three of the nation’s most important programs for seniors—Medicare, Medicaid, and the Older Americans Act (OAA). It is also the year when advocates and policymakers from across the country will be discussing the future of aging services at the 2015 White House Conference on Aging. “These events offer the perfect opportunity for Congress to expand and reinforce its commitment to supporting older Americans’ health and economic security,” said Howard
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as preventable adverse events by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (http://www.cms.gov/). Starting in 2008, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services eliminated or reduced payments for certain “never events” (Thornlow & Merwin, 2009). The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid requires hospitals to report claims for discharges and whether or not selected conditions were present on admission. If a condition is acquired in a hospital, Medicare will not cover the cost of the acquired condition
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Medicare is a federal government payer program for people over 65, for people with certain disabilities, and people with end stage renal disease. The program was started in 1966 by President Lyndon Johnston under the Social Security Act. Medicare is the largest of the government payer program in the United States. Because of this, Medicare has a large impact on licensing, certification and accreditation standards. Every health care facility is required to be licensed to provide care to patients
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Evolution of Programs and Services Vicki Sellers HCS/310 June 16, 2014 Geraldine O'Neal Evolution of Programs and Services For many generations, care of the elderly has continually been the responsibility of various family members. The elderly individual needing care would generally stay in the home of their children or other relatives until their death like some still do today. In various cultures such as that of the Chinese and Japanese, their traditions dictate that caring for the elderly
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The Joint Commission is a nonprofit organization that certifies more than 18,000 health care organization and programs throughout the world. Founded in 1951, the Joint Commission provides a national symbol of quality for health care as well as analyzes each organization’s commitment to meeting high quality performance standards. The Joint commission focuses on accrediting Acute Care Hospitals, ambulatory, behavior health, long term care, health care facilities, clinical laboratories, health care
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Payment Reform Action Plan: Meeting the New Medicare Payment Reform Target There has been much addressed about the Affordable Health Care Act (ACA). The law was passed to allow preventive care more accessible and affordable to the population. Today, most health care payments are made on a fee-for-service basis, which rewards overuse, promotes waste and inefficiency, and pays little attention to accountability for quality of care. The ACA offered the opportunity to test alternative payment models
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Reimbursement and quality, improvement in long term care systems, Medicaid has complained about reimbursements have been lower and if they become lower than quality car would suffer. However, if states set Medicaid nursing home reimbursement levels and the federal government make changes also think the quality of care will come down or suffer. The withdrawal of services will affect quality, if they are not covered or no longer funded than these services will no longer be provided. It seems that no
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projected to more than double to 89 million by 2050” (Jacobsen, Kent, Lee, & Mather, 2011). It is not easy to say who will and will not prosper during this time. Supplemental programs like Medicare and Medicaid were developed to assist the low income citizens with medical care cost. Will Medicaid and Medicare cover costs for long-term care? Can the low-income aging population afford long-term care, or will they have to depend on family for support? Will there be an adequate number of medical professionals
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