In this essay I will be summarising an article by Chris Mullen‚ a former Director of Nursing Services in the NHS who is now an independent consultant and coach‚ where she discusses aspects of the Cavendish Report. The main reference point I have used is Mullen’s own report. (Mullen‚ C (2013) ‘Cavendish: what is the prospect for genuine change?’‚ British Journal of Healthcare Assistants‚ vol. 7‚ no. 10‚ pp. 500-1). The Cavendish Report followed on from the Francis Report into the failures at the
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Policy Process II Paper Lori Bair University of Phoenix HCS/455 Professor Rene Grosdidier May 12‚ 2011 Workshop #4 Medicare Policy Process Policy Process Part II is continuing Medicare policy examination from policy process part 1. Policy process part II is that surveys were perform by the Social Security Administration of the general population for data of new beneficiaries and retirees through their retirement years. This paper I will discuss the evaluation stage‚ analysis stage and
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doing well‚ identify areas where you might like or maybe need more training or guidance in to ensure you are performing to the best you can‚ and are meeting all standards and expectations within the care settings policies and procedures. It helps you think about what you are doing in the setting and to always be aware of how you work with the service users and colleagues. Reflecting on your practice can enhance and improve your confidence and self esteem because you can look at what you are doing
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the Medicare rule for observation is very complex and confusing. The intention of the rule is to set clinical criteria for observation‚ and rapidly discharge the patient in twenty-four hours. However‚ this does not always happen. Some observation patients can stay up to ninety-six hours before being discharged or switched to observation status. One of the problems is individual health care organization interprets the Medicare rule differently. Then if the patient had a managed care Medicare carrier
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Medicare Overview This paper is an overview of the Medicare system and how it works. The document is intended for adults who will be applying for Medicare benefits at the present time‚ or sometime in the near future. I know that Medicare can be very confusing to most especially to those of you who are just aging into Medicare. Truth be told Medicare can still be very difficult to understand for those of you who are past 70‚ and have been on Medicare for a while. Hopefully by
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The Personalisation Agenda in a Care Home setting has the opportunity to provide: Outcome Focussed Care‚ genuine choice and a cost effective approach to Care Provision; it also has many challenges which I will attempt to briefly explore. The Personalisation Agenda means that Care Homes must embrace person-centered and relationship centred care and support; this should be at the core of services offered by Care Homes. The Care Home setting is a community‚ both of itself and within the community in
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Rolunda Baker Medicare Crisis Medicare is another project of Lyndon Baines Johnson Great Society. Spending is obviously out of control. On June 5th the government announced that the Medicare Trust Fund would go broke if something isn’t done with the spending (nationaldebt). In 1965 when LBJ started Health and Medicare‚ the Total Federal Spending for the year was $101 Billion. By the year 2000 we will spend over 4 times than amount on Health and Medicare alone‚ and Medicare will equal the annual
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Organizing Meetings Organizing meetings basically involves three steps: • Preparing Notice-to inform the participants about the title‚purpose‚date‚ time‚venue etc purpose of the meeting. • Enlisting Agenda-to inform and guide the participants about what issues are going to be brought under discussion in the meeting • Writing Minutes – to note down all the important discussion points‚ descions‚ and conclusions drawn in the meeting. Preparing Notice: The first and foremost task
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15‚ 10:53am Medicare Crisis You are chief of staff to your brother-in-law‚ Representative Howard Hughes‚ who was recently elected to fill out a term in Congress. a panel discussion on the Medicare funding crisis. You have been asked to prepare paper for him. The panel is asked to respond to a proposal for reducing Medicare expenditures by enrolling participants in HMOs. What does the Congressperson say? The following key questions must be addressed in the paper: Is Medicare in a state of
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Medicare Part D Drug Plan was created by Congress in 2003 to aid the elderly‚ disabled‚ and sick persons in affording their medication. Coverage for the drug plan went into affect January 1‚ 2006. This plan was called the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) (Cassel‚ 2005). The final bill that passed‚ was influenced by drug-company and health insurance lobbyists and focused mainly on the needs of those industries instead of the seniors it was meant to serve
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