Managed health care plans are often described as continuum models. Continuum models are used to describe gradual transition with sudden changes such as managed health care plans. These plans are involved in models consisting of cost and quality. There are four main healthcare plans that emphasize on continuum of managed care including service plans‚ POS‚ HMO‚ PPO and CDHP plans. Each of these health plans are consisted of different features‚ structures and guidelines that make them unique and effective
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Long Term Care Facility vs. Home Health Care Nursing By: Ronald L. Bowling English 125 J. Shackleford 11/02/2012 Abstract: The decision of whether or not to place an aging parent into a long-term care facility‚ or to try and to keep them in their own home or yours is one that many American families are facing each day. Factors in dealing with this decision are too numerous to count but we will address a few of them in the following paper‚ like the financial aspects‚ psychosocial‚ and meeting
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The role of hospital have evolved over time from treating. Hospital are faced with the challenge of meeting the demands of patients while providing patients with quality of care. The primary role of hospital are to treat patient with acute medical conditions. Vertical and horizontal integration are key factors in the success of hospitals today. To accommodate patients‚ hospital have broadened their scope of services for inpatients and outpatients. Despite hospital being at the forefront of healthcare
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Continuum of Care Outline Topic: Home Health Care I. Introduction II. Stakeholders A. The “description of the roles of various stakeholders in the health care industry who are involved in the continuum of care” (University of Phoenix‚ 2015). 1. Who the patients are. 2. Who the employees are. 3. Who the payers are. 4. Who the providers are. B. “How the component contributes to or detracts from the overall management of health care resources” (University of Phoenix‚ 2015). 1. Is this a positive
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Continuum of Inpatient Care Kathleen Powers HCS/235 February 9‚ 2015 Paul Dereadt The Inpatient Continuum of Care • Since the passing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010‚ there has been a great amount of efforts by healthcare providers to manage what is often referred to as the "continuum of care" for patients. Physicians and health systems are participating in a number of different structures and agreements that aim to achieve the same things‚ to manage care for patients
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this essay it explains how week one reading changes my concept of long term care. The essay will provide two examples of current events related to long-term care and how it has changed. The paper will focus on examples of current events related to long-term care‚ and how might these examples increase awareness. This paper will explain what are three long-term care populations evident in my local community and if I was aware of these evident. Long term care is a health and social service there to provides
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Synthesis It is very important to the organization and its patients to retain well diverse and educated nurses. They may perform an array of duties that a hospital will have 5 or 6 nurses performing. Most of the patients need extensive care with chronic conditions. Nurses perform several duties in the LTC facility such as‚ Liaison between patient and doctor‚ family and any additional care such as rehab or psychiatric care. Although nurses with company longevity and stable family homes are easily
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Caring for Dementia Patients Rodrick Williams English 122 Professor Susan Turner – Colon Caring for Dementia Patient It can be very difficult caring for a patient with dementia. Most caregivers are unaware of the problems‚ they must face. A family member attempting to care for a loved one without training will eventually turn to a Nursing Home that has experienced staff in the care of dementia patients. Although many families feel a sense
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In medicine‚ continuum of care refers to a system that follows patients over time as they go through different health services. Basically‚ it is a way of integrating different treatments over time. This type of treatment is often used in drug rehabs because addictions are extremely complex. To treat the addiction‚ many different programs are incorporated into the rehab’s process. What Is Continuum of Care? Addictions affect people in different ways. Some people have a co-occurring disorder like
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1964. The U.S. Bureau of the census (1995) estimated that in Maryland‚ the 65 and older population would represent 11 percent of the total population in the year 2000. While life expectancy continues to grow‚ the need for long-term nursing care grows too. Long-term nursing care related services required by the elderly are costly. This is particularly a problem in the Montgomery County‚ Maryland‚ which has many low-income individuals who are not able to finance their healthcare needs using their own
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