Understanding the Future of Managed Care Saida Ali Holyfield Abstract At one point‚ managed care was the viewed as a resourceful tool in efforts to help assist employee‚ physicians and hospitals with quality health care‚ while controlling the cost of medical care in the United States. Over the past 30 years‚ managed care has been in the limelight of health insurance‚ as a dictator of how it will pay for medical bills. There have been many factors playing a role with managed care over the years. For
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History When people first started to get involved in environmental ethics‚ the choices were based on “how does it benefit humans”. Most ethical perspectives were anthropocentric‚ human interests at the expense of nonhuman things. Such as clear cutting‚ or burning because we as humans can benefit more from the wood or the land‚ than the animals can benefit from it. The value of nonhuman things would depend on what the human needed the nonhuman thing for. In the early 1970’s some members
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profit because a fee-for-service was still the predominant form of payment (Zuckerman‚ 2011‚ p. 6). However‚ during the 1990s many medical facilities faced foreclosure and buyouts because of the rise of the managed care industry (Zuckerman‚ 2011‚ p. 6). More recently‚ the Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) has caused many healthcare organizations to reevaluate their strategic plans and missions statements‚ so that they may survive on making less of a profit while still offering a variety of medical
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Effectiveness Mental health care is something that everyone is affected by‚ whether it is being provided or being needed. Because of its vast reach‚ it is important to have access to mental health care when needed; Providing that care is no simple task. The article ‘The Managed Care Approach to Health Care Blocks Access to Mental Health Treatment’ (2008) uses pathos‚ logos and ethos as methods of persuasion‚ respectively‚ they elicit: emotion‚ logic and authority. Combined in this situation
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Managed care is any arrangement in health care in which an organization like HMO or another type of doctor-hospital network or an insurance company acts as intermediate with the individual that is seeking care and the physician. The intention of managed care is to eliminate facilities and services that are no longer needed or useful and also to reduce costs. In managed healthcare their insurance plans are very different from the fee- for-service‚ or FFS‚ insurance plans. In the
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Ethical Issues in the Use of Animals in Biomedical Research Richard R. Sharp‚ PhD Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy Baylor College of Medicine Historical Perspectives The use of animals in biomedical research has a lengthy history. Early Greek writings (circa 500 B.C.)‚ for example‚ describe the dissection of living animals by physician-scientists interested in physiological processes. These early vivisections appear to have been done mostly for exploratory purposes‚ however
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Ethical issues; meaning conforming to good morals‚ actions‚ or right principles of conduct‚ are problems that we encounter almost every day. Thinking about the word ethics brings to mind a controversial issue such as abortion‚ prejudice‚ or equalization of human rights. Goods ethics also means the simple things like telling the truth‚ avoiding cheating and manipulation of others‚ obeying the law‚ helping others‚ and doing what is morally right according to the standards set by our society. While
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Ethical Health Care Issues Paper HCS/ 545 May 19‚ 2014 Ethical Health Care Issues Paper Ethical health care topics vary in the news and media currently in the healthcare field. Many health care issues can involve the patient’s care‚ or the policies set forth by healthcare regulatory agencies. In many instances‚ ethical issues can arise during a patient’s treatment when religious or cultural discrepancies arise that would affect the manner in which the patient receives
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Ethical Issues CJA 595 Shirley Torain August 20‚ 2011 Dr. Joe Stern Over the last two decades the United States has had to concentrate more on antiterrorism and mass violence as well as providing emergency assistance to those in need from terrorist activity and mass violence. The Office for Victims of Crimes (OVC) is dedicated to supporting justice and restoring a peace of mind for the victims of all crimes. OVC administers federal funds to support victim services‚ provides training for diverse
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For the past several years‚ the health care and insurance industries in America have been undergoing significant reform in order to rein in the high cost of delivering health care services. Managed care has become a cornerstone of this process (Strickland‚ 1995). The case management industry (with its focus on cost containment‚ managed competition‚ and quality care) is playing an increasingly important role in the managed care environment (Owens‚ 1996). According to Mullahy (1995a)‚ the number of
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