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Manage care organizations (MCOs) are types of health insurance that involve the creation of provider networks as well as prevention benefits, utilization review for medical necessity and standards of care, and often care management (Kongstvedt, 2013; Medline Plus, 2014). The beginnings of managed care in the United States reaches back to the early twentieth century and continue to thrive, but managed care has not been born from a single force or entity but from many sources seeking differing…

Education has always been my top priority, but what I don 't comprehend is - why is it? Most people view attending school and studying is mandatory, but I disagree. I usually spend all of my spare time, and even if it 's for one assignment, indulge myself for possibly six-eight hours a day and study in my room. I had a choice from the very beginning - to do the work or to fail, but that question already seems rhetorical as it is. I choose to work hard, not because I had to, but because I believe…

By Brigid Garrett , Wyatt Mullings, Jesus Sanchez, and Lydia Blaisdell Cable Sensation Russky Bridge, Vladivostok, Russia. What are Cable/Stayed Bridges? A cable/stayed bridge is a bridge that has two towers with cables supporting the bridge itself, as shown above. The towers are called pylon, the crossing area itself is called the roadway. The cables are obviously called cables. The supports underneath on the sides are called abutments, The foundations are located under the ground on the…

regional championships. At regionals you compete against not only people from Washington as you’re used to, but people from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Hawaii, Alaska, and Montana, otherwise known as Region 2. Last year by chance regionals was hosted in Tacoma, WA not even twenty minutes from my house. This was quite a surprise since it was my first year competing at regionals and I was able to compete in the comfort of my home town. Although I was not expecting this luxury I was definitely…

What is life without culture? I strongly believe that our culture shapes us into who we are and influences the numerous decisions we make throughout our life. There are many different traditions and beliefs that are affiliated with every culture. My parents are both immigrants who were born and raised in Afghanistan. They moved here about 25 years ago escaping the war leaving everything behind except there culture. Being raised in a more conservative household compared to the typical “American”…

gotten him on my birthday. I remember my dad had picked me up from my mom's house, then took me over to my grandparents who live in Highlands Ranch. To this day I remember the midday car rides that seemed to take an hour. I remember my dad's silver Tacoma and the bass from the sub he had in the back. I remember the late night car rides home; one second we had just gotten on the highway, music playing, sub bumping; and the next I was woken up by the reflection of the headlights on our bright…

One of the great things about technology is that it saves more lives then we will ever know. Many lives took tolls before technology because we couldn’t sense anything like we do now. We can now see where storms will hit before they’re even a week old and we can announce the news so anybody in danger can seek shelter elsewhere out of the storm’s path. With the technology we have today, we could have prevented many people killed during the storm on Armistice Day. The loss of lives because of the…

second leading cause of serious injury among children. To avoid such dangerous instances, it is necessary to undertake the concerned precautions. Wearing a bicycle helmet can reduce the risk of an accident by 85%. Most of the regions such as Seattle, Tacoma, and many more cities have made it mandatory to wear a helmet while cycling. But there are countries which do not follow such rules, creating a higher risk for accidents among kids. This needs to be changed. Why should you wear a helmet?…

Once upon a time in the year 2016 there lived a boy named Adrian Santiago. He lived in Tacoma, Washington and he loved sharks. Ever since he was a little boy he had a special attraction to sharks. The boy would always go to the aquarium and volunteer as a shark feeder. Every time he would feed the sharks, he was impressed of how the sharks would eat or swim in the water. When he was done he would continued his day in the aquarium. Then one day he recently noticed something odd with the employees…

Today, the United States’ health care system is not only complex, but it’s also drastically different from what it used to be. For most of the last century, health care was run and financed by indemnity plans or otherwise known as fee-for-service plans. As its name implies, in fee-for-service systems, physicians and other health care providers are paid for each service performed. In this system, the doctor would perform a given service, and then charge the patient a specific fee. In return, the…