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Bodenheimer‚ T.S.‚ & Grumback‚ K. (2002). Understanding health policy: A clinical approach. New York: Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill. Compilation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act‚ May 2010. Summary of the new health reform law. Retrieved July 16‚ 2011‚ from http://www.kff.org/healthreform/8061.cfm. CQ Health Beat News 2005. Ellis‚ J.R. & Hartley‚ C.L. (1988). Nurses‚ Power and Politics. Georgia Nursing. Nov 2002-Jan2003. Retrieved from http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3925/is_200211/ai_n933
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The public is aware of the financial challenges faced by Medicare‚ including rising U.S healthcare costs‚ aging population‚ and declining worker to beneficiary ratios. As a result in 2014‚ six in ten individuals surveyed say Medicare is either in “financial crisis” or faces “major” financial problems (Mollyann et al. 136). Coupled with the sense
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Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) is divided into two distinct subgroups: Level I and Level II HCPCs. Level I is made up of the Current Procedural Terminology Category (CPT)codes. CPT codes are used to bill public or private insurances programs for medical services and procedures. Level II HCPCS is the standard of coding used to identify products‚ supplies‚ and services not included in the CPT. These include transportation services‚ durable medical equipment (DME)‚ prosthetics‚ orthotics
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controversial debate has been centered around one thing‚ a universal healthcare system in the United States. It has occupied the minds of politicians and Americans day and night. Debates and speeches on this topic have taken over rallies‚ city council meetings‚ and more than one State of the Union Address. These debates are heating with concerns of increase taxes‚ decrease salaries for doctors‚ and the ethical question of whether or not healthcare is a basic right for all people or a privilege only to be
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law. When you receive a job in the Healthcare field‚ you are sworn that you will follow the rules of the HIPAA law. If the confidentially is broken‚ you may have a liable law suit. A patient is in a hospital or even a doctors office for many reasons! Reasons that not all people should even know about. If that patient had decided to announce why he or she was in that facility‚ which would be their own personal choice. If you also encounter someone at a healthcare facility‚ the only way you would
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Making Health Care Affordable: Lack of insurance in the United States leads to unnecessary deaths‚ loss of work‚ and unemployment due to disabilities‚ driving the country into debt taking on the emergency room fees piled up by the uninsured not being able to pay their bills‚ therefore‚ America desperately needs to implement a universal health care program like the health care programs in other developed nations around the world. Health care in a developed nation such as the United States of America
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Analysis of Power and Politics within Healthcare Organizations Dolores Metoyer Ashford University Analysis of Power and Politics within Healthcare Organizations Power and politics are natural in every type of organizations. Organizational performances hinges on the political makeup of the organization‚ and the people that holds the power within the organization. (www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/ndu/strat) Influence is usually exerted through the use of this power and is usually associated
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Personal and Professional Healthcare Communication Paper Kelle Bishop University of Phoenix Online Student Heath Care Communication HCS/350 Ann Cinco November 23‚ 2009 Personal and Professional Healthcare Communication Paper How we communicate effects everything we do. Whether talking to patients and family members‚ speaking in a team meeting‚ or talking with our children’s teacher at a conference‚ communication is how we learn information‚ teach information and express our concerns. With
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References: About the Law. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.hhs.gov/healthcare/rights/ American Dream. (2013). In American dream (4th ed.). Retrieved from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/American+dream Health Care Costs: A Primer. (2012). Retrieved from http://kaiserfamilyfoundation.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/7670-03.pdf
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