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One of the components of this act will create specific measures for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBH). These criteria include staffing, availability and accessibility of services; care coordination, scope of services, quality and other reporting, and organizational authority. These criteria will allow CCBH’s “to serve individuals with serious mental illnesses and substance use disorders that provide intensive, person-centered, multidisciplinary…

expected to increase to approximately 79.7 million by the year 2040. Of these older adults, ages 65 and older, about 14.1 million is will be 85 or older. As this population is increasing, health care professionals, especially nurses need to be aware of their specific needs so they can provide quality care. I had the opportunity to interview a 75-year-old male resident at Golden living nursing home on a warm Saturday afternoon. I interviewed him at a nursing office to maintain privacy and…

emerged as a common employer-sponsored benefit (Matte, Liu, Caloyeras, Huang, Van Busum, Khodyakov & Shier, 2013). Health care costs in the United States are incredible and is on the rise as more Americans rely on health care. By incorporating healthy lifestyles, many of the most prevalent chronic conditions and illness could be mitigated altogether, thus reducing health care costs. Furthermore, according to Noelcke (n.d.), healthy employees tend to be happier and more productive. As employers…

analysis of how the facility is reimbursed for the services, their methods of funding and any research issues. The quality and ethics portion will discuss the facility 's accreditation, awards, regulation and any ethical issues regarding who receives care at the organization. An analysis of the reimbursement status of the state of Washington and the federal government programs such as the Medicare and Medicaid services. In Washington there was a legislation procedure that allowed for an…

This report studies the relationship and stigma behind mental health in a workplace environment. Achieving and maintaining positive mental health combined with decreasing workplace harassment, plays an essential part in achieving success in a company. In 2008, the Canadian Medical Association conducted a study that found only 23% of Canadian employees felt comfortable talking to their employer about mental illness (“Topics: Workplace”, 2015). This statistic suggests that the remainder of people,…

funding due to it’s inclusion of abortion services to women. As recent as December 2015, the Senate came one step closer to blocking all deferral funding to the largest women’s health care organization, Planned Parenthood. This is the Republican Parties (Grand Old Party, GOP) latest effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act that was signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2010. Congress and the GOP wants to strip Planned Parenthood’s funding because of the centers abortion services, but…

the case, right to use, good organization, value, and sustainability have been the matters put into inquiry in the constant conflict of the health care improvement over the years. Today President Obama is working on providing treatment for uninsured American 's. Obama’s solution to health care improvement, is universal health care. “Universal health care…

We often hear of how obesity is an epidemic in the United States. After all, the US contains one of the highest populations of obese citizens in the world. This, in tandem with all the other extenuating health problems that occur with obesity, which themselves can incur more trips to the physician, increaseing the uses—and costs—of healthcare, prompt a great deal of outcry against the US healthcare system to treat obesity as a public emergency. However: should it be treated as such? Should…

Marguerite M., 89 years old female, who suffered from a massive myocardial infraction, was admitted into the cardiac intensive care unit in Chicago’s Memorial Hospital at 3 AM, Sunday morning. In order to identify the degree of Marguerite’s heart attack her primary physician Dr. K. ordered an angiogram. Angiogram and following treatment based on the test’s results must be administered during the first 6 hours of post infraction time period in order to effective (Fremgen 2014). Angiogram is a…

Its national care system provides an insurance plan that minimally covers primary and secondary care visits, resulting in high out-of-pocket fees for patients. Citizens have the option to select public or private insurances. Overall, 16.9% of its total healthcare expenditures are out-of-pocket expenses from families and individuals (OECD Health Statistics 2014: How does Ireland Compare?, 2014). These high out-of-pocket expenses discourage use of primary care services that are often the…