Healthcare Controversy 300-500 Words

 There is great controversy over whether a patient will be able to retain or choose his or her doctors with the advent of the PPACA. In addition, many existing plans are being ruled as incompatible with the requirements of the PPACA and discontinued or canceled as a result. Explore and explain whether the patients will be able to continue with their physicians and the rationale behind the plan cancelation. Additionally, identify the effect of expanding state Medicaid roles and the impact it has upon cost and non-reimbursable care. \

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Patient care—meeting the diagnostic and therapeutic needs of individuals—is the primary focus of healthcare organizations (HCOs).

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The components of the healthcare organizations include: caregiving teams, clinical support teams, logistic support teams and strategic teams

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Stakeholders are (buyers, workers, suppliers, regulators, and owners) individuals or groups who have a direct interest in the organization’s success and shape its mission and strategies.

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Patients are the not the most important healthcare organizations (HCO) stakeholders.

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The insurance industry and HCOs’ relations to it were dramatically changed by the passage and implementation Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) A federal law, signed by President Barack Obama in 2010.

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The three general functions of Healthcare financial management are: controllership, financial management, and auditing.

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Uncompensated care is caused by individuals having no or minimal insurance coverage.

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) only introduces sweeping restructuring changes to the insurance side of the healthcare industry

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The government’s role as a third-party payer continues to expand, currently providing reimbursement for over 95 percent of healthcare services

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The PPACA has faced legal challenges, with the most important Supreme Court decision recognizing the legislation as a tax.

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The World Health Organization [WHO] suggests that health may be defined as the complete absence of disease or infirmity.

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An epidemic is an acute outbreak of disease that reaches levels higher than normal.

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Epidemiology is defined to be study of the distribution and determinants of disease frequency in human populations.

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In a case control study, cases are studies regarding their past exposure to disease.

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Prevalence shows all affected individuals, irrespective of when the individuals contracted the disease.

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Prevalence is the status of a disease in a population at a point in time

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Incidence is the development of a disease among those who are free of the disease but at risk over a given time period

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Attributable risk is a measure of the strength of the association between an exposure and a disease

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When an exposure is dichotomous, it has either occurred or not occurred.

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To determine the significance of observations in a group of cases, you need to use a comparison (or control) group

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Andy found that for most of the people he reported to, financial performance was the most important measure of the program’s overall performance.

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The study of healthcare quality is no different, and performance is a comprehensive endeavor.

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Andy soon realized that quality involves not a single but multiple constituencies, as explained by Davis (1991).

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Andy learned that healthcare service outcomes are measured differently, according to a person’s relationship to the service.

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Andy could ask the question What is the relationship between structure, process, outcome, and quality? In efforts to measure quality.

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Chaos theory explains that in large and complex systems, a small change in one condition can cause large and unpredictable changes in future conditions.

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Without the systems perspective, a manager would devote efforts to improvements within one area of the organization.

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The integration of change to quality improvement in a well-managed healthcare organization focuses on individualism as a result of overcoming resistance among staff and the enhancement of the implementation process.

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It can be argued the US health system is not effective in meeting the needs of all people and not always efficient in meeting the needs of patients.

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In a system even a small change in one part can lead to large changes in other parts or in the system as a whole.

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Understanding the concepts of finance allows managers to make effective decisions

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Programs such as the upper price limit (UPL) are particularly useful for hospitals in high-income areas

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In the United States, there are no private payers who pay for healthcare out of pocket

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Medicaid was initially designed for disabled persons

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One of the cost drivers in healthcare is chronic disease

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Accrual refers to when an income is recognized

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There are four types of reports to evaluate a firm’s financial status

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The balance sheet is a financial statement that provides information about revenues and expenses over a period of time

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On the income statement, the difference between revenues and expenses is a measure of the profit or loss of the period in question

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A balance sheet contains information about the assets and the liabilities of a business

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Since all healthcare facilities are ultimately delivered by and to people, a strong understanding of Human Resource Management issues is required to ensure the success of any healthcare organization

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The enormous demand for healthcare workers is predicted to increase for a number of key healthcare positions

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A common theme in the skill sets and competencies of effective healthcare HR professionals are strong aggressive communications.

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Human Resource metrics are specific measures of HR practices. They are performance indicators of some element of HR, for example, turnover rate.

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Strategic HR management maximizes the effectiveness of employees and results in the achievement of an organizational mission and a competitive advantage in the market.

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The key to avoiding legal issues is to be patient in managing employees, the environment, and patients.

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When thinking about Human Resource Management’s ‘s role in dealing with legal issues, one must consider the various components that can impact the entire healthcare organization.

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It is very important for an HR manager to be approachable and be available to employees for any problems and concerns related to work or the work environment.

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There are many laws that affect healthcare operations and the sustainability of healthcare organizations that are ignored.

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Ethics are principles that govern the behavior of individuals or groups. Laws, on the other hand, are rules that are part of a system applicable to everyone who is part of that system

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