Demographic Paper Karen Mervine HCS/490 September 30‚ 2013 Dr. Joanne Tritsch Demographic Paper An Aging Population I have been designated by the senior management team at a community hospital to write a summary on the effects of changes in population demographics on the needs and services for a selected population. The population that I choose to write about is the aging population. In this paper I will identify the aging population and provide data about the demographics and
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are on a continual rise with no relief on the horizon. As the population ages and lifestyles differ from one individual to the next‚ healthcare third party payers such as commercial insurance plans‚ employee health benefit plans‚ the Medicare program and state Medicaid programs are searching for strategies to lower the costs associated with providing healthcare benefits to their beneficiaries. Disease management programs are emerging as a way to help decrease the high cost of health care typically
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University of Phoenix Material Health Care Information Systems Terms Define the following terms. Your definitions must be in your own words; do not copy them from the textbook. After you have defined each term in your own words‚ describe in 40 to 60 words the health care setting in which each term would be applied. Utilize a minimum of two research sources to support your claims—one from the University Library and the other from the textbook. Be sure to cite your sources in the References
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effect? Effective this year‚ in six months‚ children with preexisting condition cannot be denied health care. In 2014‚ Medicaid will cover individual up to 133 percent of the poverty levels (Landau and Parker) also‚ in 2014‚ insurance companies will not be able to deny adults with preexisting conditions coverage or charge them higher premium. Some adult won’t likely qualify for Medicaid under the 2014 rules (4). More immediately however‚ they will benefit from the expansion of funding for community health
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healthcare and insurance reforms intended to assist all Americans in their endeavor to obtain affordable healthcare and insurance. Those Americans‚ who had been previously unable to obtain even basic healthcare because they made too much money for Medicaid but could not afford to pay insurance premiums‚ now had the opportunity to obtain the healthcare they needed. But‚ affordable healthcare for everyone is not necessarily a good description of a plan that puts the burden of payment onto those who are
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who are in need of health care with numerous options such as Medicare and Medicaid‚ the employment of millions of people‚ and billions of dollars each year for new discoveries‚ treatments‚ and cures. The government does indeed offer great assistance with programs such as Medicare and Medicaid‚ two of the largest programs that the government is involved in. Not only does the government provide those who are in need with Medicare and Medicaid‚ but there is also the Children’s Health Insurance Program
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Equal Opportunity Act/ War on Poverty The Equal Opportunity Act of 1964 led to the creation of the War on Poverty. President Johnson created it and it focused on bringing awareness to poverty nationally. The War on Poverty promoted opportunities to the poor through public works and training. It focused on three main programs which are head start‚ the Job Corps‚ and community action (Hazirijan‚ P. 229). Head start provided preschool education for the minorities. The head start program was the most
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past decade‚ while the amount of Americans that can afford private health insurance has dropped and the number of people relying on Medicaid and Medicare has increased with the aging baby boomer generation. Medicaid and Medicare being two of the governments most used medical insurances‚ the spending in health care has grown faster than the economy can bear. The Medicare physician reimbursement system provides a kind of “public good” for other insurance programs; that is‚ it offers a universally understood
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a health care policy set up between the government‚ employers and the people. It guarantees all Americans access to affordable health insurance. There are two different federal programs within the ACA that provide health care; Medicare‚ for adults older than 65; and Medicaid‚ for low-income persons. There are also private insurance options that are state regulated. Private insurance provides additional access with income based subsidies‚ which is government issued money to aid in
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the White House Office of Management and Budget‚ stated in a media briefing in 2009 that of the $98 billion in improper health care payments‚ $54 billion could be attributed to Medicare and Medicaid.
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