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Managed Care Organizations Managed Care Plans
1,405 words... s insured through her employer which administered United Healthcare as the utilization reviewing agency. Mrs. Corcoran was deemed to have a high-risk pregnancy because of her history with pregnancy-related problems. Taking this into careful consideration, her doctors recommended hospitalization so that the fetus could be monitored as the due date approached, and another obstetrician (who was used for a second opinion) concurred (Pollack). Despite her doctors request, United Healthcare insist...
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Managed Care Organizations Health Care System
921 wordsMedia Chung Massachusetts is located in the northeastern section of the United States with a land area of 7, 838 sq. miles. It is nicknamed the Bay State. The total population of Massachusetts is 6, 016, 425. Massachusetts has a white majority with the protection of the rights of minorities. There is no single body responsible for making and enforcing health care policy. The majority of the population is White 5, 405, 374 (89. 8 %); Blacks 300, 130 (5. 0 %); Hispanic 287, 549 (4. 8 %); Asian 143...
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Managed Care In The Psychiatric Setting
1,646 wordsManaged Care in the Psychiatric Setting The healthcare has been of the greatest interest to governments around the world throughout the human history. The age dynamics, death expectations, and fertility rates are the facts that matter when the government ponders some social program. I should note here that if the US government managed to provide the health care to every US citizen, it would probably be re-elected billion times, because health issues, government support and aid can be used as a c...
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Ethics In Health Part 1
1,619 wordsEthics in Health Care Table of Contents Abstract 3 Patient Rights 4 Access to Health-Care Data 5 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) 6 Health Care and the elderly 7 Decision-making in health care 8 Synthesis 11 Conclusion 13 ABSTRACT Health care organizations have a tradition of concern about moral issues and the application of ethics to the decision-making process. This tradition is due, in part, to the tenets of the Hippocratic Oath, the historical involvement of religi...
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The Emergence Of Managed Health Care
1,747 wordsThe emergence of managed health care In this paper I want to investigate the emergence of managed health care and its influence on health care pros and cons. First of all I want to define what is the managed health care is. I think that it easier to discuss subject when we know what exactly we are going to discuss. Concepts of managed health care are used widely around the world, not only in US, in many places it can be seen as useful approaches to improving the efficiency and effectiveness of h...
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Weak Points Health Care
877 wordsHospital accreditation Before speaking about strong and weak points of Hospital accreditation it is necessary to define what accreditation is and why it is so important for health care establishments. Accreditation is a process in which an entity, separate and distinct from the health care organization, usually non-governmental, assesses the health care organization to determine if it meets a set of standards requirements designed to improve quality of care. (Hospital Accreditation Reports 1991)...
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Managed Care Organizations Wall Street Journal
2,148 wordsConsumers and Insurance Benefits Issues Paper The U. S. health care system continues to have serious problems, particularly in the area of coverage. Insurance benefits available for the health care consumers are certainly not enough to satisfy the growing needs for the qualified health care. Within the scope of this report, we will first analyze the current situation with US health care, to be followed by the discussion of the feasibility and relevance of the universal coverage option. First, 40...
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History Of Managed Care
653 wordsHistory of Managed Care Managed care organizations have been existing since the 1920 s. Important growth and national attention came during the mid 1970 s when Congress approved the Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) Act. This section of legislation made low cost loans accessible to organizations willing to create HMOs. The law also made available that an HMO could require an employer to offer its plan as an alternative to its traditional indemnity health insurance. It was through this time t...
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Long Term Care Home Health Care
1,947 wordsAmerica 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 has excelled treme...
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