Continuum of Care- Long-term Care Long-term care has and is continuing to become an important part of the continuum of care. Years ago Long-term care (LTC) was considered only to be for the elderly‚ but as time passes it is for anybody and everybody who needs it. Barton (2006) stated‚ “Regardless of the length of time (i.e.‚ from weeks to years)‚ long-term care is an array of services provided in a range of settings to individuals who have lost some capacity for independence due to injury‚ chronic
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Medicare/Medicaid Kleta Shinn HCS 310 December 6‚ 2010 Professor Jones Medicare and Medicaid Medicaid and Medicare was created and called the Social Security Act of 1965 to provide coverage for medical treatment for qualified individuals and their families. Medicaid is a program that is jointly funded and managed by the federal and state governments that reimburse hospital and physician for providing care to qualified patients who cannot afford medical expense. To qualify for Medicaid
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"Privatizing system ’makes no sense‚ ’ official tells Charleston Rotary." Charleston Gazette‚ The (WV) (n.d.): Newspaper Source Plus. EBSCO. Web. 3 Nov. 2009. Ignagni‚ Karen‚ ‚ CEO President and Plans America`s Health Insurance "Long-Term Care And Medicaid." FDCH Congressional Testimony (N.D.): Newspaper Source Plus. EBSCO. Web. 3 Nov. 2009. Madrick‚ Jeff "Economic Scene; Bush wants $670 billion in tax cuts‚ but where ’s the bang for the buck?." New York Times 23 Jan. 2003: 2. Newspaper Source Plus
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Team Project Team A Medicare/Medicaid You are employed by the local government and you have been assigned to work with a team in educating the health care consumers of your community about Medicare or Medicaid. You and your team have been tasked with creating a multimedia tool that will be made available at any My Section Focus on the level of government (Federal‚ state or local) and the function it had in the process of implementing the policy. Federal Government “Medicare is paid for through
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Strengths and limitations (1 page) Strength: It required Risk flags for 27 different chronic disease of each patient when extracting data to form the CCW database [1]. Rheumatoid arthritis and other comorbidities of interest including stroke‚ heart failure‚ hypertension‚ diabetes and depression were all recorded in this database [1]. The type of claims to qualify for rheumatoid arthritis in the CCW database included at least 2 inpatient records‚ skilled nursing facility (SNF) claims data‚ Home Health
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Health Care America has a highly developed health care system‚ which is available to all people. Although it can be very complex and frustrating at times‚ it has come a long way from the health care organizations of yesterday. Previously‚ most health care facilities were a place where the sick were housed and cared for until death. Physicians rarely practiced in hospitals and only those who were fortunate could afford proper care at home or in private clinics. Today the level of health care
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that address crucial elements of operation‚ such as patient care‚ medication safety‚ infection control and consumer rights. Most state governments require that healthcare organizations be accredited by the Commission as a condition for licensing and Medicaid reimbursement. JCAHO evaluates and accredits approximately 18‚000 health care organizations‚ including hospitals‚ ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs)‚ health care networks‚ and clinical laboratories. History of JACHO The Joint Commission was founded
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Chapter 7: 1. Who is eligible for Medicare? Person eligible for Medicare include individuals ages sixty-five and over‚ those with disabilities‚ and those with end-stage renal disease (Hammaker‚ 2011). here are three basic entitlement categories: persons 65 years of age or over who are eligible for retirement under Social Security or the railroad retirement system‚ persons under 65 years of age who have been entitled for at least 2 years to disability benefits under Social Security or the railroad
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originally implemented by the Healthcare Financing Administration (HCFA)‚ now called Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services. This form must be used when submitting claims to Medicare and Medicaid. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)‚ formerly the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)‚ was created in 1977 _(answers.com)_ to combine the synchronization of Medicare and Medicaid. The CMS uses a small part of the US budget to manage the two programs‚ which insure millions of
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aware of the various policies that are being enacted from each state to state regarding the qualification of Medicare? Medicare is funded by the federal government and each state is responsible for operating the Medicare program as well as the local Medicaid programs. However‚ premiums have increased for Medicare and also‚ the coverage has changed in the past few years requiring people to purchase additional supplemental Medicare policies - this is difficult for elderly that have fixed incomes. If
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