Unit 5 Health And Social Services Case Study

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed law March 23rd 2010 by President Obama. The Affordable Care Act is a health care reform that provides Americans with insurance and makes it more affordable as well as giving the recipient more options for places to go. An example of this would be able to choose between four doctors instead of two. The Affordable Care Act also provides people of a wide age range with better options for health insurance. As a results of the Affordable Care Act many uninsured people are receiving medical attention, young adults can stay on their parents insurance plans longer and Medicare and Medicaid have improved plans.

To further elaborate, the organization was brought up to manage and restore the attention of Medicare, Medicaid, and other related quality services and provide them to the American citizens who dire needed them. This is said in the first paragraph, “The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) was created in 1977 to combine under one administration the oversight of the Medicare program, the Federal portion of the Medicaid program, and related quality assurance activities,” (Federal Register. n.d.). The remaining of the article emphasizes the services by defining and explaining what Medicare and Medicaid are, and gives elaborate declarations of the two. Finally, to end by changing the name to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in July, 2001. As one can see, following the flow of the article’s history, there is no change whatsoever in the direction of the organization, as both names emphasize the product rather than the

In 2009, Cardinal Health in Ohio bought Pyxis Corporation and renamed CareFusion. Pyxis is an automated medication dispensing system supports transfer medication management with a lot of features for safety and efficiency. The system helps accurate medication when a pharmacy technician is dispensing medication and is time saving too. A Pyxis Medstation can reduce the cost of hospital pharmacies stock, increase the availability of billing, information, and increase the work rate of hospital staff. Pyxis Medstation has an inventory full

This has been highlights in an early study by McKeown [3], who attributed the large increase in life expectancy since the 19th century to be due to a change in living conditions. Although advances in medical care would likely have made significant contributions towards

HCPCS Level II codes commonly are referred to as national codes or by the acronym HCPCS, which stands for the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System. HCPCS codes are used for billing Medicare and Medicaid patients and have been adopted by some third-party payers. These codes, updated and published annually by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), are intended to supplement the CPT coding system by including codes for nonphysician services, administration of injectable drugs, durable medical equipment (DME), and office supplies. The main terms are in boldface type in the index.

What is Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010? What is ACA’s contribution to health care reform? The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a federal statute signed into law in 2010, that is designed to increase access to health insurance, expand Medicaid eligibility, subsidize health insurance premiums, and provide incentives for businesses to provide health care benefits (Marco et al., 2012). ACA is a law that levels the playing field for all American to have access to health insurance.

The Affordable Care Act “provides Americans with better health security putting in place comprehensive health insurance reforms that will; expand coverage, hold insurance companies accountable, lower health care costs, guarantee more choice, and enhance the quality of care for all Americans” states in the Affordable Care Act article. The base of the Affordable Care Act is to help the middle class or financially unstable people get cost effective insurance. This is a major benefit for millions of people especially that don’t have a stable job, young adults and many with families to support, and people who retire and can’t afford paying so much money for medical problems. So with that being said, it will be a long-term benefit for millions to

Healthcare has changed dramatically over the past few years. With the development of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), 2010 and the expansion of Medicaid in 2012, many Americans are to afford health insurance. Since it is a requirement that everyone has health insurance, the issue lies with which plan should one choose or how much they are willing to pay for it. There were many reasons as to why Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) were formed in the first place. First, physicians wanted to maintain and increase patient revenues.

The ACA aims to extend health insurance to about 32 million uninsured Americans by expanding both private and public insurance (NCSL, 2013). The United States Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights released its long-awaited final regulations expanding privacy rights of patients and others dated January 17, 2013. These new rules trigger major changes in medical record privacy measures required of health providers by two federal laws, such as the HIPAA (enacted in 1996) and the HITECH Act (enacted 2009), these rules will apply to virtually all people, including those newly covered through exchanges, private employer coverage, and Medicaid expansions. Patients can ask for a copy of their electronic medical record in an electronic form.

There are many different types of medical insurance companies to choose from. Different types include; Humana, Medicare, Medicaid, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Obamacare, Affordable Care Act, Cigna, United HealthCare, Aetna, AARP Medicare Supplement, Medigap, plus many more. With the right amount of research anyone would be able to find the perfect insurance match that fits their needs. In conclusion, medical insurance is a vital part in everyone’s lives.

Affordable Care Act (ACA) is comprehensive health care reform law passed by President Barack Obama on March 2010, is also named as Obamacare. This act has 3 primary goals; first, make health insurance available to more people who are in the line of the federal poverty level, second, expand the medical program to cover all adults and third, generally lower the costs of health care. The law also aims to expand private and public insurance coverage, and regulating the insurance industry. This paper discusses about some of the benefit of ACA and drawback of the act.

Meaning Use overall helps improve the health care outcomes (Health It, n.d). - ARRA: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (2009), that was passed in February. This act is to increase in federal matching money for state Medicaid programs, health coverage for laid off workers along with funding for health IT (Kaiser Family Foundation, 2009). - HITECH ACT: The health Information

Role of Family Nurse Practitioners: Case Study The shortage of primary care physicians has been a problem in health care system and will continue to the next decade due to increasing of aging population. According to National Governors Association (NAG) (2012), the growth of the aging population combined with the initiative of the Affordable Care Act, the problem of primary care providers shortage is worsening. Nurse Practitioners (NPs) are educated and prepared to perform primary care services as physicians do. More importantly, studies showed that NPs’ role as primary care providers achieve equal or higher patient satisfaction rates (Evangelista et al., 2011, Albers-Heitner et al., 2013).

Background In 2003 a study was published

To keep costs down, President Richard Nixon signs into law the Health Maintenance Organization Act to support health maintenance organizations (HMO). HMO is responsible for the financing and delivery of comprehensive health services for a prepaid, fixed fee for those who are enrolled (Shultz & Young, 2014). During this time, we also see the establishment of health insurance for federal workers and health insurance for the dependents of the Armed