Understanding Continuum of Care Services Long-term care provides a certain level of medical care that requires the experience of a skilled physician to diagnose and treat multiple chronic conditions that are generally associated with elderly patients. Long-term care provides a variety of services to individuals who suffer from chronic illness or terminal condition‚ including people who live with a disability and are not adequately capable of taking care of themselves over the course of an extended
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The Future of Managed Health Care Delivery System: Accountable Care Organization Veronica L Nelson MHA 628: Managed Care & Contractual Services Dr. Hwang-Ji Lu June 1‚ 2015 Abstract The health restructuring dispute has centered on compensating providers particularly more when delivering quality care to their patients than for enhancing the volume of services they provide (Ries‚ 2014) Accountable care organizations (ACOs) is a single proposed way of altering compensation methods to
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Managed health care plans are often described as continuum models. Continuum models are used to describe gradual transition with sudden changes such as managed health care plans. These plans are involved in models consisting of cost and quality. There are four main healthcare plans that emphasize on continuum of managed care including service plans‚ POS‚ HMO‚ PPO and CDHP plans. Each of these health plans are consisted of different features‚ structures and guidelines that make them unique and effective
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Continuum of Inpatient Care Kathleen Powers HCS/235 February 9‚ 2015 Paul Dereadt The Inpatient Continuum of Care • Since the passing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010‚ there has been a great amount of efforts by healthcare providers to manage what is often referred to as the "continuum of care" for patients. Physicians and health systems are participating in a number of different structures and agreements that aim to achieve the same things‚ to manage care for patients
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Continuum of Care Paper Maryann Bocak June 21‚ 2010 Dr. Denise W. Hines Continuum of Care The component of the U. S. health care delivery system continuum discussed in this paper will be mental health care. Mental health is how we think‚ feel‚ and act as we cope with life. It helps determine how we handle stress‚ relate to others and make choices. Like physical health‚ mental health is important to every stage of life‚ from childhood through adulthood. Mental illnesses are common and
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problems and addictions‚ need to have strong emphasis on the continuum of care — an integrated and unified method of treatment. This should include mental health and addiction services‚ personnel‚ and service levels that address and support the needs of individual clientele in treatment within this continuum. To be effective‚ treatment for concurrent disorders must address the client’s substance abuse‚ mental state as well as associated medical and negative lifestyle impacts as a result of their CD. Treatment
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What are Accountable Care Organizations: and Are They Really Going to Help? Park University: HA 604‚ Health Care Economics and Payment Systems Abstract In the 1980s and 1990s Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) were the next big thing in the health care community. At the time‚ this form of health insurance was believed to be end all solution to high‚ and getting higher health care costs. The Government quickly started using HMOs and its different forms for their
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Continuum of Care Outline Topic: Home Health Care I. Introduction II. Stakeholders A. The “description of the roles of various stakeholders in the health care industry who are involved in the continuum of care” (University of Phoenix‚ 2015). 1. Who the patients are. 2. Who the employees are. 3. Who the payers are. 4. Who the providers are. B. “How the component contributes to or detracts from the overall management of health care resources” (University of Phoenix‚ 2015). 1. Is this a positive
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In medicine‚ continuum of care refers to a system that follows patients over time as they go through different health services. Basically‚ it is a way of integrating different treatments over time. This type of treatment is often used in drug rehabs because addictions are extremely complex. To treat the addiction‚ many different programs are incorporated into the rehab’s process. What Is Continuum of Care? Addictions affect people in different ways. Some people have a co-occurring disorder like
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A Report on Care at Home‚ Care in the Home and Care within the NHS Over the past two decades and more there have been huge changes made to the children’s residential care sector. There have been many reasons for this‚ abuse scandals‚ staffing problems and the effectiveness of group homes being called into question - also the cost effectiveness of these homes. It is far often cheaper to keep these young people at home‚ sometimes this is good
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