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Briefly describe what the organization is and what it does Apria Healthcare is a full-service provider for your home healthcare needs‚ serving over 2 million patients annually in all 50 states through more than 500 locations. Through our trained professionals and clinicians‚ Apria offers a wide range of clinical services and equipment. As the nation’s largest provider of home healthcare products and services‚ Apria helps thousands of Americans live healthier and feel better every day. Our ongoing
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important quality measures such as health inspections‚ medical and behavioral standards and staffing for Mecklenburg Health & Rehabilitation Center‚ nursing home. Quality of nursing home care is a major deciding factor for recovering from illness or injury. Mecklenburg Health & Rehabilitation Center is for-profit corporation‚ which participates in Medicare and Medicaid programs. It consist of 100 beds and is located on Southwest part of Charlotte‚ North Carolina. Although‚ it is not a hospital
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(DHMH): He is considered to be an internal stakeholder‚ The Deputy executive of the Office of finance: Internal stakeholder‚ The Director of the Maryland Department of Budget and Management: External stakeholder‚ and The staff for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS): External stakeholder. 1- The Secretary of Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) The Secretary is the most powerful person in the department. I was appointed by him and I have the duty and the obligation to serve
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because on this day‚ title 18 and title 19 were added to the Social Security Act‚ thus establishing Medicare and Medicaid as national health insurance plans. Over the course of the next 51 years since
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the realm of regular corporate law but under a special provision of the corporate law in each state. It is also noted that nonprofit hospitals also function under special federal and state tax provisions because of recognition of their community service function. Other characteristics of nonprofit hospitals are they do not have owners and their governing body is a community based board that has complete authority over operations. Nonprofit hospitals‚ in general‚ are not required to pay most of the
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Financing Long-Term Care in Nursing Facilities Long-term care in nursing facilities is very expensive and is paid for by both public and private payer sources. Long-term care is defined as services needed by a person when their ability to care for themselves has been diminished by an illness‚ aging process‚ or a disability. Most persons living in the U.S. at sometime or another will require some sort of long-term care whether it is given in a facility or at home. It is estimated that there
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Following Safety and Medicare Requirements in Home Care Jennifer Wilson Chamberlain School of Nursing Professor Amanda Denno NR 447 Collaborative Health Care Following Safety and Medicare Requirements in Home Care Introduction The first SMART goal is regarding the elevated re-hospitalization rates‚ and how as a team we can reduce these numbers by 10% within the next six months. I chose this goal because the Medicare requirements are changing for reimbursement rates and we are a non-for profit organization
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measurable objectives in order to flourish. In this case‚ Gastroenterology Associates is implementing a program that educates the physicians and administrators about the new Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)‚ enforced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. The overall goal is to educate the physicians and administrators in MIPS‚ in order to receive a higher amount of reimbursements from the government. Therefore‚ the plan of this intended program is to have it up and running by August
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and disability is correlated with advancing age‚ the demand for long-term care will correspondingly increase. Older persons will also be more ethnically and racially diverse. These circumstances cause concerns about the adequacy of long-term care services to assist culturally dissimilar elders with the management of chronic illnesses‚ functional impairment‚ and promotion of health to forestall institutionalization‚ maintain safety‚ and enhance quality of life. Although there are a number of options
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