Health insurance

A health insurance specialist handles financial factors for patients. They’re responsible for medical insurance claims, medical coding, and maintaining patient records in other health care settings. For someone who wants to be in this field must have some preceding experience before doing this kind of job. Some may require strong computer and communication skills. Furthermore, most health insurance specialists have different duties. In this work area you can have a high school diploma or higher…

The solution I agree to the most is the National health insurance. I believe that with the National health insurance in which government health coverage for all citizens is a good solution because a lot of people do not cure their sickness due to not having insurance. They do not have insurance due to the lacks money that they make because of their social class. A factor of not having insurance they do not get to go to the doctor to get cure which then allows for the consequences to be deadly.…

The HIPPA Privacy Rule Are medical records really private and is there a difference between the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) and the Privacy Rule? In essence, the two are the same. However, the main difference is that the HIPPA Act, enacted in 1996, was not signed into legislation after the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) applied pressure to enforce the privacy issues within the medical field (Bethel University, 2015). Since legislation did not pass…

What is Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPPA)? Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) also known as the Kassebaum-Kennedy Act is not just a fanciful name, but it’s a legislation that was enacted on August 21, 1996, by Congress to protect human rights in regards to the confidentiality of their personal and medical information and also in alleviating the administrative cost. This legislation forbids discriminating by insurance companies and other…

With the movement from paper based systems of patient data to electronic health records there is a need to manage patient information with efficiency and the ability to allow access at the time of care. This is not only limited to physicians and nurses in outpatient or in patient settings but also includes insurance companies, researchers, and the government that also need access to patient data and information. Also while managing our care, doctors and nurses may also rely other sources to…

Patients’ Confidentiality Juliet Mpanja Milwaukee Area Technical College Confidentiality is a major requirement in health care. The requirement is for the providers to keep patients personal health information private without releasing it to anybody without their consent from either the patient or the patient’s legal representative. “Beginning in 1893, nurses taking the Nightingale pledge promised to do all in my power to maintain and elevate the standard of my profession, and hold in…

Financial Ratios & Health Insurance Industry How do financial managers know which company is better than the other? How do organizations know their capital management is meeting industry standards? Organizations and financial managers can use financial ratios to make comparisons. Financial ratios are comparison ratios, in which are used to assess the financial stability and operational performance of a company (Block, Hirt & Danielson, 2011). Financial ratios have many benefits to financial…

with Walmart. Walmart has one of the worst health insurance policies in all of corporate America. Most people are in awe of how poor the health insurance is for such a widely known and popular company as Walmart is. They pretty much tell their employees to sign up for any government assistance that they can, since they pay their employees a low wage, most of them are able to get assistance. Since the death of Sam Walton, Walmart has changed its health insurance policies and not for the better.…

Smokers should not have to pay more for health insurance. Smoking cigarettes is not the only reason that people get a higher risk of getting health conditions. Also, there are endless possibilities that causes high percentage of illness. Smoking tobacco is legal, which means that people are allowed to smoke the desired amount. This goes the same with eating, drinking alcohol and anything that is legal to do but has a risk of getting ill. When there’s an exception, there should not be other…

related to the epidemic are estimated to be 75 billion or more, taking up 4-7% of all health care cost (Dart, 2010). With this rising prevalence obesity has also become a worldwide health concern mainly being that as excessive weight gains within populations increase, the burden of several disease increases with it. In this paper, I will discuss the different burdens associated with the obesity…