Analyzing HSO’s Agency on Aging By Sandra Esqueda Elizabeth Montelongo Emma Johnson The Area Agency on Aging department that we visited is located on 255 S Kansas Ave in Weslaco‚ Texas. The representative that spoke to us on behalf of The Area Agency on Aging is named Vivian Moreno who is a social worker with a BSW. The Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council ( LRGVDC) was designated in 1984 by the Texas Department on Aging as the Area Agency on Aging of the Lower
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Michael Moore created a film about the American Health Care system‚ the film which stroke thousands of people all over the world. He showed us horrible reality. Nowadays the majority of Americans cannot afford the medical expenses‚ and there are nearly 50 million Americans without health insurance. And as a result these people are doomed to death. Nobody will help them‚ because you know that they don`t have The price of health is exorbitant. the Health system is the great business for country‚ business
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Eventually the government had to step back in and reassess their role in health care. Here is what you need to know about the industry. Types of Health Care Programs: - HMOs are Health Maintenance Organizations that provide health care for a fixed monthly fee. - PPOs are Preferred Provider Organizations are usually offered through large employers where patients can more options and not be as restricted as an HMO. Ambulatory health care services are those that are used on an episodic or emergency basis. They
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INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization‚ Provision‚ and Financing http://inq.sagepub.com/ Do Workplace Wellness Programs Reduce Medical Costs? Evidence from a Fortune 500 Company Hangsheng Liu‚ Soeren Mattke‚ Katherine M. Harris‚ Sarah Weinberger‚ Seth Serxner‚ John P. Caloyeras and Ellen Exum INQUIRY 2013 50: 150 DOI: 10.1177/0046958013513677 The online version of this article can be found at: http://inq.sagepub.com/content/50/2/150 Published by: http://www.sagepublications
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Bajaj Allianz LifeStyle Secure – Overview Bajaj Allianz LifeStyle Secure is a non-linked‚ non-participating‚ regular premium payment‚ term insurance plan that provides financial protection to the family so that the insured person can lead a worry-free life. The plan offers a choice of level cover term assurance and terminal illness benefit. Key Features • Special Rates for Women: Women policyholders are offered attractive premium rates which are lower than those provided to men • No Medical Examination
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In order to provide optimal service‚ managed care organizations utilize Capitation Payments to control healthcare costs by making the physicians responsible for services provided to patients. Meanwhile‚ a report is generated to measure level rates of resource utilization which are made available to the public. From this information‚ the quality of care can be applied to financial rewards and bonuses. To demonstrate‚ a physician is given a fixed amount of money per patient and per unit of time. This
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Describe the effects of managed care on physician’s practices. Do you see these effects as positive or negative? Why? Some effects are negatively affecting the care that physicians are able to provide their patients. In some patients are being denied health care coverage for health services by health plan providers because the provider does not believe that a severity of an illness is noticeable. For example: A teen tells his/her physician that they feel suicidal‚ but the mental health patient
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author mainly concentrated on differences between managed care and public health and he mostly talked about the disadvantages to public health departments due to managed care systems such as‚ decline in grants . Whereas 2nd editorial clearly explains about the advantages of collaboration between Managed Care and Public Health. It also clearly explains how managed care world and public health antagonize each other. The fact is that managed care and public health are co-dependent in the most straight
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Achieving and Maintaining Accreditation in Managed Care Accreditation is a process by which an impartial organization (URAC) will review a company’s operations to ensure that the company is conducting business in a manner consistent with national standards. For a physician and a nurse after they receive their degree they have to do continuing education courses every year to maintain their licensing with that particular state. These classes are generally known as CME’s (Continuing medical education)
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was established to maintain the quality of care in health plans. NCQA was established in 1990 to monitor health plans and improve healthcare quality. Their focus is to measure‚ analyze‚ and improve healthcare programs. The NCQA has developed a report card of accredited health plans that consumers can access on their website. There are currently 41 states that recognize the NCQA accreditation for both their Medicaid managed care and commercial managed care programs. Additionally‚ the NCQA has a physician
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