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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original Social Security mandate was also expanded to include Medicare and Medicaid (Advance).” Some other changes more recently have added more benefits to this well known plan. “The most significant legislative change to Medicare--called the Medicare Modernization Act or MMA--was signed into law by another President from Texas‚ George W. Bush‚ on December 8‚ 2003. This historic legislation adds an outpatient prescription drug benefit to Medicare and makes many other important changes (Cms).” With the
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obtain Medicare is very comforting. Medicare is a federal health care program that was put in place by Congress in 1965 to provide health insurance to Americans sixty-five and above. Medicare was then expanded in 1972 to also cover younger individuals who are disabled (Kaiser‚ 2012). Traditional Medicare provides coverage to all Americans sixty-five and older without taking into account income. Prior to Medicare a whopping fifty percent of seniors lacked health coverage (Center for Medicare Advocacy
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Interest Groups I. What is an Interest Group? II. Why do people Join Interest Groups? III. Types of Interest Groups IV. Interest Groups Incentives V. Interest Group Strategists VI. Regulating Lobbyists I. Interest Group Interest Group- An organized group of individuals having common goal and actively attempting to influence government policies. II. Why have interest groups been so successful in the United States? Variety of interest due to economic social cleavages among the members of the American
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December 8‚ 2003‚ President Bush signed into existence the Medicare Prescription Drug‚ Improvement‚ and Modernization Act (CMS‚ 2003). This Act over the years is intended to provide prescription drug benefits to seniors. It will also provide subsidies to insurance companies‚ health maintenance organizations‚ and would allow private plans to compete with Medicare (CMS‚ 2003). Why were changes to Medicare deemed necessary? The changes to Medicare where deemed necessary‚ because many seniors and elderly
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Interest Groups and Political Action Committees Interest groups influence the American government very heavily and have become motivation for public policy. An interest group is an organized group of individuals‚ who together‚ support and try to publicly persuade the government to adopt certain policies. All interest groups are different‚ varying in size‚ purpose‚ unity‚ influence‚ and resources. They can range from mass membership‚ to labor unions‚ to large corporations. Interest groups have been
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political party‚ or an interest group. The book’s definition of a Political Party is as follows‚ “A political party is an ongoing coalition of interests joined together in an effort to get is candidates for public office elected under common label.” Political parties tend to have a wide array of views of different issues. The book’s definition of a Interest group is as follows‚ “ An interest group-also called a “faction‚” “pressure group‚” “ special interest‚” or “organized interest- can be defined as
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There are many people who can effect the decision making of a government official in many ways. One of the person who can effect the decision making process of the official is lobbyist. Lobbyist are the people who effect the decision making process of the government officials in seeking a different outcome rather than the expected one. Likewise‚ there are interest groups who are responsible for being the voice of the people on different subject. Interest group represent the general public for showing
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Medicare Advantage The article I found is about Medicare Advantage and its main points are basically about how Obama and some democrats think that it is waste of money to have. But not everyone agrees with them. A Medicare Advantage Plan is a type of Medicare health plan offered by a private company that contracts with Medicare to provide you with all your Part A and Part B benefits. Medicare Advantage Plans include Health Maintenance Organizations‚ Preferred Provider
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Medicare Fraud | Ms. Iris Hobson- Introduction to Logic | Atinuke Adumatioge | Medicare Fraud Healthcare today is one of the most lucrative businesses in America and many people are trying to take advantage of that. One of the reasons in the transition of street crimes is how much safer it is compared to the drug business. If we take a look at South Florida‚ we can see hundreds of people living the “high life”. The truth is rarely anybody sells drugs and more than half of those people
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