Healthcare reform

Medical Center • Political/Legislative: the legislative environment in which EMC operates is a harsh one as the healthcare industry is highly regulated with new laws being passed and physicians made to complete numerous paperwork for procedures carried out. The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) is one of the laws passed that has triggered significant changes in healthcare organizations. This Act requires emergency medical care to be easily accessible to all patients…

1. The third-party-payment plays a key role in the increasing demand for medical care. First, it inadvertently creates an incentive for overconsumption and overprovision. Since the consumers are not directly responsible for the entire cost of medical care, they tend to overconsume medical services, thereby shifting the demand for medical service to the right. As the demand increases, the providers have to increase the price in order to reach a new equilibrium, which in turn drives up the medical…

The United States - The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 established “shared responsibility” between the government, employers, and individuals for ensuring that all Americans have access to affordable and quality health insurance. However, health insurance coverage remains fragmented, with numerous private and public sources as well as wide gaps in coverage rates across the U.S. population. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administers the Medicare…

Like any complex issue the answer is probably “all of the above.” In other words the problem of rising health care costs has many causes all of which need to be addressed if we are going to have a significant impact. We need to be realistic about the potential of addressing each contribution, however. It is tempting to blame the culture of medicine and overuse of procedures, because that is entirely fixable. I also agree with Gawande that optimizing health care to take maximal advantage of…

large number of people rely heavily on a federally provided healthcare system of insurance coverage known as Medicare. This program is available for people with disabilities as well as those of age sixty-five and up, with the huge majority of those enrolled in the program being part of the latter group. This means that a lot of the United States’ aging population is very dependent on this federal program as their main source of healthcare coverage. This reliance is particularly high for…

Case Analysis Emanuel Medical Centre Emanuel Medical Center consisting of the acute-care 150-bed hospital, a 49-bed assisted living facility, and a 145-bed skilled-nursing facility, was founded in 1917 with mission to serve the medical needs the people in the local community, regardless of their race, social, ethnic or religious backgrounds. The three goals identified goals are: caring for each other and their customers, providing clinical, operational and service area excellence and lastly…

I reviewed the case study “Ethical Response to Sickness” by group 6. The group did a good job presenting the facts. Ethical principles were correctly identified. I believe it good and fair to provide medical service to anyone in need regardless of their immigration status/ legal status. The group identified 5 stakeholders. The ethical decision making process was not so easy to follow/clear. The pros and cons of each option presented were weighed. The group offered primary and secondary decision…

Adjustable life is a flexible premium adjustable life insurance that allow insured to increase or decrease depending on the coverage they needs. It has a feature of both universal life insurance and whole life insurance. On the feature of Universal life insurance, Insured can increase or decrease the premium, increase or decrease face amount, lengthen or shorten the guaranteed protection period, and lengthen or shorten the premium payment period by showing an evidence or insurability. The…

Castro greatly improved the healthcare system for the entire country as it became a leading priority during the 1959 revolution. During the previous government health care was not viewed as a major concern, this was reflected by health care budget and by the number of facilities available to the lower class and black population in Cuba. With daily struggles preventing a large number of the population from getting the medical attention they deserved, all this changed as Castro ensured that…

Healthcare in the United States has undergone many significant changes in the last century and despite repeated attempts our system is still ravished with significant challenges. Sultz and Young (2014) argue that despite profound advancements in healthcare, our current system still struggles with aligning the various stakeholders. The sheer number of stakeholders in healthcare is astonishing and they all come to the table with their agenda to preserve. The success of the ACA depends on our…