in other OECD countries and follow strict regulations to cut costs. In addition, medical malpractice cases in the US make risk-averse people go through extra tests and scans, also known as “defensive medicine” (Ginsburg 2012: 19). The costs of insurance premiums against the malpractice and lawsuits are already a great weight on health expenses, and the defensive medicine costs also contributed to it. Moreover, fraud cases in Medicare and Medicaid cause an extra spending and waste each year…
public from a more fundamental, pressing concern” (RWJF, 2013). What is this greater issue behind the healthcare debate? According to Dr. Davis, the concern is resource management and allocation. “The United States must deal with the fact that the health care workforce, facilities, and funds are available only in finite quantities,” he argues, and in addition “the U.S. population is mis-using its common resources related to health” (RWFJ,…
experience that could not come from class time, and in most cases, college interns are not paid. The students will work the same hours as the professionals in that field, and in some situations 12 hour shifts or more. Students will not have any compensation for the work they will do, that is, students are not professionals they are there to learn (Tepper). The Maricopa Community Colleges have a nursing program that has an internship that is not paid; I will be attending this nursing program, and…
standing putting machine-washed cloths on the clothesline or/and folding them, cooking, or planning for cooking, for example, chopping vegetables and making mixture, or cooking a piece of meal, ironing , housekeeping and extensions of these outside the home, for example, shopping. Domestic worker also work for childcare or care of elderly people. There are no standard standards that choose working conditions. All things considered, employers choose wages however this is frequently the "rate"…
never the same after the United States’ involvement in World War I. Throughout the early 1920s the economy was booming as businesses thrived off the increased spending of the public. The flourishing consumer culture generated new forms of leisure such as the radio, the automobile, and Hollywood films as apart of the everyday life. However, this period of prosperity would drift off as demand for these products decreased. After the 1929 crash, the United States plunged into the Great…
Within the last year or two police officers everywhere have been in the headlines for misconduct, whether that misconduct has been with citizens or within their own departments. When officers commit acts of misconduct there must be disciplinary actions taken. Chief of Police handles disciplinary actions. Disciplinary actions can range from verbal warnings to termination depending on the severity of the offense. The focal point of this assignment will be exploring time fraud within the police…
For over a hundred years, Wells Fargo has been a lead provider of both personal and business banking. Financial services including insurance, credit cards, mortgage and investments are offered through the company. According to the 2015 Wells Fargo CSR plan, two of their core principles include putting customers first and valuing their team members. However, in 2011, allegations against Wells Fargo began to accumulate that employees were reportedly opening fraudulent accounts and credit cards…
Annotated Bibliography: Blue Collar Crime Maressa Hawkins South Carolina State University Annotated Bibliography Blue Collar Crime Brooks, G., Button, M., & Gee, J. (2012). The scale of health-care fraud: A global evaluation. Security Journal, 25(1), 76-87. This article points out the seriousness of health care fraud by providing the findings from a survey of fraud and error loss measurement in the health care areas of six different countries. Health care fraud is a blue collar…
jails and the majority of the people who are put in federal prisons were because of drugs. As for state prisons, the majority were put into prison because of violence. In “Trends in U.S. Corrections” a survey was taken during the time from 1925 till 2011 about the populations in state and federal prisons. In 1925 it was…
holds the tax-exempt funds of the Family Musical Tree. If the Family Musical Tree was to ever undergo an audit by the IRS she wouldn’t be able to provide documentation proving the funds don’t belong to her but the Family Musical Tree…