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    2024. In fact, between 2014 and 2024, health care spending is expected to increase to 5.8 percent, which is the highest percent of health spending in three decades (Luhby, 2015). By 2014, more than 19.1 million people are expected to be enrolled in Medicare as a result of the aging population. Other reasons for the continued increase of health expenditures can be attributed to complex factors to include general inflation, third party payment system and multi-payer system and administrative…

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    limitations. Analysis must be performed based on the financial class of each payor, where financial classes vary by organization. The financial class system categorizes payors into contract generalization terms. Financial class 1 or 2 is considered Medicare services, where financial class 3 or 6 is considered Medicaid services. Each financial class must be taken into consideration due to each having their own regulations. In addition to financial class information, patient accounts are also…

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    TRICARE (styled TRICARE), formerly known as the Civilian Healthh and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS), is a health care program of the United States Department of Defense Military Health System. TRICARE is tree-option managed health care program offered to spouses and dependents of service personnel with uniform benefits and fees implemented nationwide by the federal government. It also covers retirees, reservists on active duty after 30 days, widows and widowers. Active…

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    Financing Since 1997, the OASDI program have always placed a requirement for their workers and their employers and self-employed persons to pay taxes on every earning to cover jobs up to the annual taxable maximum. Amounts are automatically adjusted as wages continue to rise. There are two separate trust funds that funds are placed in; the OASI Trust Fund and the DI Trust Fund. All the money that is received by the trust funds is usually used to pay the benefits and operating expenses of the…

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    prominent form of ageism in the senior citizen’s life is the injustices in the health care system. Senior citizens reported that they are more likely to report ageism in their daily lives than racism or sexism (Marshall 2007, p. 258). Social Security and Medicare are two of the most attacked programs in the governmental budget, never physically altered because senior benefits are the third-rail of the budget (Campbell 2003, p. 32-33). The third-rail is the electrified rail of train tracks, and…

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    Past government intervention into medical workforce has been insufficiently allocating the service to patients who absolutely need it. It is crucial to realize that further federal authority would deteriorate the effectiveness of healthcare. Not only the current healthcare policies will adversely impact the benefits patients could receive, but also they will impede the productivity of medical staffs. With proper incentives and reliable information, consumers will be able to treat their…

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    The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) provides health coverage to eligible children, through both Medicaid and separate CHIP programs. CHIP is administered by states, according to federal requirements. The program is funded jointly by states and the federal government (Medicaid, 2015). Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) provides health coverage to more than 43 million children, including half of all low-income children in the United States. The federal government sets…

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    care facilities are largely controlled and operated by the private sector. The (60–65) % of healthcare spending and provision comes from the programs such as the Veterans Health Administration, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicare. The population under age of 67 acquires health insurance by their employer or by the employers of their family members. They either have to but the insurance on their own or they have to live without it. The…

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    The HIPAA Transactions and Code Sets Rule oversee how health care providers handle business via the internet. It founds the business-to-business communications and dictates a standard that everyone must follow. This also creates the codes and/or terminology to be used. Standardized transactions were implemented with one end goal in mind and that was to save money. If a practice management application printed the usual claim form, which was the HCFA 1500 and it is now the CMS 1500, the…

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    In light of the recent and controversial election of President-Elect Donald Trump, perhaps no economic issue plagues the minds of Americans as much as the Affordable Healthcare Act—colloquially referred to as “Obamacare”. It’s no secret that in the United States, healthcare accounts for a significant amount of government spending “consuming 17.1% percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2013, about 50 percent more than any other country” (The Commonwealth Fund, 2015). In response…

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