Medicare and Medicaid

hospitalization were undertaken and showed some promising benefits. By the early 70’s Government-sponsored home care programs came to be financed mainly through Medicare, Medicaid and Title III of the Older Americans Act. This marked a new era for home care and the U.S. saw nearly 2000 agencies get certified to participate in the Medicare program to provide home health…

providers, and insurance carriers; and to decrease medical errors. Meeting this goal would help control rising costs of healthcare for both the patient and insurance carriers. In 2011 an incentive program was established by the name of the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program to encourage eligible professionals and eligible hospitals to adopt, implement, to upgrade, and demonstrate meaningful use of certified electronic health records. "Meaningful Use" is a…

tasked with understanding, interpreting and implementing procedures in accordance with state and federal laws. This involves privacy, patient services, efficiency standards and technology regulations,. It also involves ensuring compliance with Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare and the Affordable Care Act. Compliance technicians play a key role in reducing expenses and increasing affordable health care to patients. Most compliance technicians have a bachelor's degree related to health care. What…

the US Medicare system has the appropriate equity for the citizens. Some argue that it would be better if the US government regulates its subsidies between rich and poor citizens; because when a person pays the full cost of the benefits he receives, there will be no redistribution occurs. However, when a person pays less than the full costs of his benefits, he receives a subsidy and other population groups must bear the financial burden of that subsidy. Base on this point, the US Medicare system…

of the Medicare and Medicaid programs , but reformers advocating publicly-guaranteed universal health coverage have been continually disillusioned. So, in the spring of 2010 when President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act commonly known as ‘Obamacare’, a major piece of health care reform was made into a law. Yet, although the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is by far the most ambitious health care reform enacted in the USA since Medicare and Medicaid, this…

What has been the historic role of the American Medical Association in the passage of health insurance legislation? Founded in 1847, the American Medical Association (AMA), the professional organization for physicians that initially opposed Medicare, comparing it with socialized medicine. When it seemed that passage was inevitable, The AMA lobbied for the program to cover only the poor elderly. What has been the impact of the Patient Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010 on the U.S. health care…

by technologies and Medicare, Medicaid, social security, and even food stamps would be vanished from society. Out of the National Review company Oran Cass argues that, “Anyone left to rely on the UBI would be unable to afford both Medicare-quality insurance and other essentials” (para 31). In making this comment, Cass urges us to forbid the UBI from making its stand in the world because of the damage it could do in the long run. If it is costing people more money without Medicare than with it,…

organization in that the facility develops a good reputation and this will bring in more patients since they trust the facility. Risk and Quality managers who participate in reporting which is not mandatory provide the facility financial benefits. The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act (MMA) passed in 2003, placed in effect the Reporting Hospital Quality Data for Annual Payment Update program which allows hospitals that are able to report certain measures at a…

The Affordable Care Act’s aim is to make healthcare affordable for all people. Even for those who already are covered by Medicare. The law will finally close the gap between what insurers will cover for medications and what seniors have to pay. It also allows seniors to enjoy regular preventative care without the cost of co-pays or deductibles. The Cons: Not all doctors will be in-network for all of their patient’s particular plans. This means that doctors may lose some patients because in order…

programs include the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Center for Disease Control (CDC), the Indian Health Service (HIS), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Each of these programs pertain to dentistry, both in the private and dental public health sectors. The NIH’s main role is to conduct and fund research. This organization is vital as it “makes important discovers to improve…