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Accounts Receivable are monies due for services or goods provided to an individual. As stated in Pearson's Medical Assisting in Chapter 18, page 407, the seven step billing cycle begins with a) the patient receiving service, and g) ending when payments due from the patient and insurance payers are received and credited to the patient/s account/s. These steps include the b) the patient's co-pay, and the deductible and/or co-insurance if applicable. c) the provider then bills insurance; d)…

There may be an upside to economic recessions, as health tends to improve for Americans during recessions. This is counterintuitive as traditional thinking suggests that economic development would lead to a better healthcare system and better health. During recessions, unemployment rates rise resulting in Americans working less. Recent studies suggest that “for every 1 percent increase in unemployment during recessions, we’re seeing a 0.5 percent drop in adult mortality rate.” This emphasizes…

Documentary films are aimed at explaining or highlighting aspects that are essential for humans. Film Sicko raises the issue of health care and health insurance in the USA. In addition, the film showed that there are insured Americans suffering from health care service in contrast to other countries (Documentary Storm, 2011). Insurance coverage does not guarantee one’s well-being and health. As it was shown in the film, health insurance companies are trying to maximize their own profits. For…

Ann Clwyd is a citizen of the UK and her husband passed away a couple of years ago. As many of you may know, the United Kingdom has universal healthcare. This means that Ann’s family did not have to pay large bills for her husband to be admitted into the hospital. However, she explains in her story that during her husband’s last days he was not treated properly. “ ...(He lay there) with an oxygen mask so small it cut into his face and pumped cold air into his infected eye… nurses treated...him..…

Medicare Part D is a federal program that reduces the cost of prescription drugs for Medicare recipients. To become eligible for Part D coverage you must be entitled to Medicare Part A and B. Beneficiaries can receive coverage by selecting from a pair of private plans: Prescription Drug Plan (PDP) for drug coverage only or they can choose Medicare Advantage (MA), which is a plan that covers both medical services and prescription drugs. The changes that will affect Medicare will not change…

Social Justice And Health Reading Tracy Kidder’s, Mountains beyond Mountains, and Anne Fadiman’s, The Spirit Catches you and you Fall Down, gives a special meaning to health justice, it is a right for all humans to have access to good health care, as it is intrinsic to a high quality of life. The disparity of health care within countries of lower socio-economic status is decreasing, but access to formidable care is unfortunately not improving. Suitable access to good health is a basic human…

The 1970’s was a decade full of social, economic, and political changes for the American people. During this era, the country was plagued with high inflation rates, but social spending, at that point in time, was at an all-time high. After the passage of Medicare and the Community Mental Health Act of 1963, deinstitutionalization became a major factor in the development in mental health care policy. It caused the states to shut down their mental hospitals and introduce a more-community based…

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has implemented intervention programs within 16 states to combat prominent public health issues within America. However this paper take a closer look at the intervention program implemented in the state of Arkansas. The intervention program named The Arkansas Disability and Health Program, was funded by the National Center on Birth Defects and Disabilities. Their aim for this intervention program was to promote good health of Arkansans with…

The distribution of beneficiary age ranges compared to money spent by age range is disproportionally skewed left. The younger 44% of beneficiaries use only 37% of the $375 billion that goes towards Medicare annually. People over 80 account for 24% of all Medicare beneficiaries and also consume 33% of Medicare’s budget. It is estimated that by the year 2050, the population of people over 80 will triple, from 13 million to 39 million. This is a huge problem for the Center for Medicare and…

In the documentary film Sick Around America follows individuals around America with different medical scenarios and their experience with the health care system. The film starts out with a family who had a million-dollar baby to insurance companies. But this family did not have to worry about the cost because the father had a job at Microsoft. He had health insurance through them, so they end up paying for all bills from the baby. However, this is a rare case in America that individuals are…