Chapter 14 Project Management: Establishing the Business Value of Systems and Managing Change 589 What Went Wrong with Maine’s New Medicaid System? CASE STUDY he state of Maine provides medical coverage for over 260‚000 of its residents through its Medicaid program. Healthcare providers‚ including doctors‚ hospitals‚ clinics‚ and nursing homes‚ submit claims to Medicaid in order to be paid for the services they provide to Medicaid patients. As the 1990s drew to a close‚ Maine‚ like many other
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Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor‚ K. 310 Mozart’s Mourning “Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent” – Victor Hugo The Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor‚ K. 310‚ composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart‚ is an original piece which stands out even among all of his other works. To fully appreciate this sonata however‚ one must understand the events in Mozart’s life preceding the writing of this piece. Written in the summer of 1778 shortly after the
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Healthcare Fraud and Abuse As we head into the next four years under the Obama administration‚ many Americans are hearing more and more about healthcare reform and what needs to be done to fix the ailing healthcare system. Part of the dramatic increase in healthcare costs is due to Medicare fraud abuse. Healthcare fraud is defined as making false statements or representations of material facts in order to obtain benefits or payment. Healthcare abuse is defined as practices involving the overuse
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do things. Children of today’s generation are facing the growing problem of obesity because all they want to do is sit and play games‚ they do not have the desire to go out and get exercise. “According to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)‚ obesity rates in
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significant difference between the livelihood groups in terms of the literacy status of HH heads‚ leadership‚ access to training and participation in cooperatives at less than 10% significance level (table 5). Table 2: Summary of statistics for dummy variables by choice of livelihood strategies. Independent variables Response Livelihood strategies of households (%) χ2 value Y= 0 Y= 1 Y= 2 Y= 3 Total Literacy status of HHs Literate 35 46.9 46.2 63.9 46.1 7.57* no formal education 65 53.1 53.8 36.1 53
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Emergency Department An "emergency medical condition" is a condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity‚ such as severe pain‚ for which the lack of immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected to result in placing the patient in serious jeopardy‚ serious impairment to bodily functions‚ or serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part (Smith 2002‚ page 427) According to Pozgar (2012). The Emergency Department is a critical area among hospitals and a target
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wood edging: 8 meters (7‚400/8) x 4 = 3‚700 (7‚400/8) x 4 = 3‚700 (7‚400/8) x 0 = 0 Dispatch and transport costs: 12‚000 Cost driver: number of dispatches Total number of dispatches: 310 (12‚000/310) x 40 = 1‚548.3871 (12‚000/310) x 120 = 4‚645.16129 (12‚000/310) x 150 = 5‚806.45161 Administration and personnel costs: 27‚600 Cost driver: labor hours per cabinet Total number of labor hours: 120 (27‚600/120) x 48 = 11‚040 (27‚600/120) x 40 = 9‚200 (27
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New Heritage Doll Company: Capital Budgeting Teaching Note NPV Analysis for Match My Doll Clothing Line Extension TN Exhibit 1 2010 Revenue 2011 4‚500 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 9‚082 9‚808 10‚593 11‚440 12‚355 13‚344 14‚411 6‚860 8‚409 52.4% 22.6% 8.0% 8.0% 8.0% 8.0% 8.0% 8.0% 8.0% 575 575 587 598 610 622 635 648 660 674 2‚035 3‚404 4‚291 4‚669 5‚078 5‚521 6‚000 6‚519 7‚079 7‚685 0.4522 0.4962 0.5103 0.5141 0.5178 0.5212 0
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to 27% • Rural Literacy level improved from 36% to 59% • Low penetration rates in rural so there are many marketing opportunities. Durables Urban Rural Total (% of rural HH) CTV 30.4 4.8 12.1 Refrigerator 33.5 3.5 12.0 FMCGs Urban Rural Total (% of rural HH) Shampoo 66.3 35.2 44.2 Toothpaste 82.2 44.9 55.6 Detergents Formulation Synthetic Detergents are formulations comprising surfactants like
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Because HIE ’s primary purpose is to improve the quality of medical care‚ your health care providers ’ priorities are to gain and allow access to a comprehensive record of your medical history. When the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalizes its “accounting of disclosures” rule‚ providers that maintain EHRs will have to account to you for all disclosures of your personal health information that it makes for purposes of treatment‚ payment‚ and business operations for three years
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