Medicare

On March 23, 2009 President Barack Obama signed the patient protection and affordable care act, one of the most influential and important health care reform act in the history of United States healthcare delivery. One of the most important goals of affordable care act is to improve access to quality and affordable health care. The key important provision of affordable care act to increase access and provide universal health care coverage is health insurance exchanges, which is an online…

According to 5 things to know about Trump's new budget plan, " Trump's budget proposal doubles down on his tax plan, and outlines cuts to federal spending in areas that touch many Americans directly". Trump gives his 5 ways of lowering funds " Medicare, food stamps, social security disability benefits and student loan changes". Student loans wil save not only the Federal System, but a lot of Americans as well. Student loans can take a toll on a person when trying to pay them off as well as other…

According to the American Journal of Public Health forty five thousand people die every year because they don’t have any health insurance. The people that do have insurance are most likely under insured or avoid use of insurance because they have a high deductible or co-pay. The affordability and the process of acquiring insurance are the soul causes of why the US health care system is not just. Families undergo bankruptcy each year just trying to pay off their healthcare plans, even though not…

the standards for practice. This accreditation influences the market perception, and engenders trust and confidence in the organization (Kelly, 2012, p. 61). The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services promotes health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services will not reimburse for services unless a hospital is accredited by TJC (Kelly, 2012, p. 40, 326). The Division of Health Service Regulation…

this could be looked at as a good thing if the physician’s decide to turn into a concierge service because they could take their Medicare patients that make up forty percent of their patient load. Furthermore when thinking about customers they need to determine their patient load which is five thousand between two physicians with forty percent of their patients being Medicare. When thinking about your customer we need to determine how many customers you can keep while maintaining a good…

You may also visit any military hospital or health center. Tricare for life is an extension of Medicare Parts A and B and there are no restrictions based on your age or where you reside. However, you must pay your Part B Medicare premiums. There are no enrollment fees for this program and no out-of-pocket costs for services that both Tricare and Medicare cover. VA Health Insurance Benefits If you served in the United States military, and you were discharged under any circumstance…

costs will be reduced by sharing tests results that were previously done and, therefore, will not need to be repeated. ACOs were started to manage health care needs as part of Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 and are controlled in the Center for Medicare and Medicaid…

The opioid epidemic has been an issue that the United States has struggled with since the early 1900’s. Opioids are drugs commonly used in medical practice to relieve pain. Before the knowledge we have currently on opioids, opioids were an essential in curing a range of symptoms; from relieving pain to being used as cough suppressants. Today, the war on opioids is at an all time high. In 2014, 14 thousand people died from an opioid overdose. In CNN’s article, Opioid History: From “wonder drug”…

Hospital Care Expenditures and Sources of Funds The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services (2012) reported health care expenditure increased in 2012 by 3.7 percent grossing at $2.8 trillion which marked a continued trend of deliberate progression. Hospital care also increased from 3.5 percent in 2011 to 4.9 percent in 2012 grossing at $882.3 billion. This progression was affected by cost and non-cost factors. Other personal health services also progressed significantly such as physician and…

Advantages of EHR over paper records include an expansive storage capability, availability of the data from many access points at the same time, and nearly immediate retrieval time (Gurley, 2003). The paper record is fragmented and depending on the charts used (e.g. some tend to fly open when dropped, causing paper to be scattered), pieces of the record can be lost. Additionally, when a patient is hospitalized more than once, their old chart must be retrieved in order to provide continuity of…