The first source could be the data entry system the company is using. Data systems in hospitals are meant to make the organizing and calculating of information easier, however, at many times these system can have a glitch or be improperly set up to meet the company needs. The second source would be the administrators of each hospital. As history and chapter 2 explains that integrity and bonuses can play a major role in the thought process of an individual. Could administrator’s change financial and data entry to look successful or to receive more funding?
Risk Management and Quality Management Teshiya Camacho HCS/451 December 5, 2012 Mike Anderson Risk Management and Quality Management Questions | Risk Management | Quality Management | How does the leadership and governance of a health care organization influence the development and implementation of risk-management and quality-management policies? | By protecting the company’s assets, this is important for planning and organizing it also helps with preventing any sort of risks that may come about to patients. Also it will emphasize cost effective ways of going about the business. | Ensuring that desired level of quality is brought out and makes sure that all the participants are conducting themselves within the required procedures. This will generate profits due to its cost effective nature.This will also ensures that the public health care organization grows by showing its viability.
HCM432 Assignment 1-2 Erin Jones July 3, 2011 Not-for-profit-Hospitals Across the nation, local and state governments have challenged whether not-for-profit organizations deserve tax exemption. Many law-suits are in place right now against these hospitals stating that they aggressively overcharge the uninsured patients. Tax-exempt hospitals need to show that they are achieving their charitable activities Not-for-profit hospitals need to be committed to meeting the healthcare needs of their communities and to respond to everyone who walks through their doors, even the emergency room. One challenge that tax-exempt hospitals face is inappropriate physician recruiting arrangements and taxable unrelated business income. Some of them have offered lucrative physician recruitment and retention incentives, including signing bonuses, income guarantees, free office space, malpractice insurance, equipment loans, and loan guarantees.
Oops Is Not an Option – Case for Chapter 16 Background Statement Bill Salamander works as a consultant for a healthcare facility in the medical records department. As a vendor Bill’s company, must signed an agreement to abide by the hospital’s compliance and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Anna Anywaican, an injury attorney, and has recently recruited Bill to issue her private hospital documents to increase her clientele. When Bill is not able to provide all the information that Anna needs, he attempts to recruit Micah Makaliving in hopes that he will provide information regarding trauma injury patients that are admitted in the Emergency Room. Bill tells Micah for every patient Anna receives as a new client, he will pay him 50% of what he makes.
Comparison of Health Plans Allison Hershberger HCR/230 September 22, 2013 Jill Frawley Comparison of Health Plans PPO stands for preferred provider organization and is a managed care organization of medical doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers who have a binding agreement with an insurer or a third-party administrator, which usually pay participating providers based on a discount from their physician fee schedules, called discounted fee-for-service (Valerius et al, 2008). Providers in the PPO will provide the insured members of the group a substantial discount below their regularly-charged rates. These arrangements help to ensure that the insurer will be billed at a reduced rate when it’s insured utilize the services
Introduction With quality, being a big factor in healthcare, patient safety has proven to be one of most pressing health care challenges for hospitals and providers. The Affordable Care Act, which includes policies to help physicians, hospitals, and other caregivers improve safety and quality of patient care, is also intended to make health care more affordable. According to healthcare.gov, Medicare will begin to reward hospitals that provide high quality care for their patients through the new Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program. This means that Medicare will pay hospitals for inpatient acute care services based on care quality, not just the quantity of the services they provide. Changing how payments are made to hospitals for services, there is an expectation that there will be higher quality care for all hospital patients.
Economic Issues Simulation Paper The economic issues simulation refers to the use of managed care firms that wish to supply health insurance to companies and individuals. The managed care firms incur costs in providing health care services to enrollees, but earn profits or revenue from providing health insurance. In this paper we will discuss the economic issues simulation which focuses on the planning and decisions made by a health maintenance organization (HMO). HMOs can choose to provide or deny coverage to companies and individuals in order to maximize revenues and reduce risks to the organization (University of Phoenix, 2004). About the Company Castor Collins Health Plans (CCHP) is a regional HMO that was founded
Good CC, for example, a company CEO of a HCO defines good corporate citizenship as meeting the growth and demands placed on health companies by society in an economically, environmentally and socially responsible manner (“The Power to Change: Mobilizing board leadership to deliver sustainable value to markets and society”, 2001). Obvious there is a overlap between the two concepts (CC and PC). Political competence is definitely part of good corporate citizenship, and good corporate citizenship is part of political competence. Good corporate citizenship is about integrity, honesty, and service to the community. Political competence is about skills, perspectives and values necessary for effective political involvement.
Nursing Leadership and Strategic Planning Describe how the strategic planning process is conducted and implemented. The Governing Board of a hospital/health system is responsible for the hospital is planning process. The hospital that the author works for is the Virtua Health System and the person that is responsible with the help of other leaders is Mr. Richard Miller who is the chief executive office (CEO) of the hospital. A strategic planning process must be established to position the hospital/health system in a rapidly changing environment (Galbraith & Kazanjian, 2000). Strategic planning is the process of determining what an organization wants to be in the future and how it will get there.
It is our goal to position our products in such a way that our customer experience unrivaled satisfaction mentally and continue to patronize our organization despite our competitors offering. Our organizations offer a unique combination of brands and products at a good-value price. Customers are made aware of our products via numerous advertising and public relation efforts. Also, we have implemented tight control measures backed by an accurate budget to closely monitor quality and improve customer service and overall satisfaction. Table of Content Topic Page Executive Summary…………………………..............................................................2 Situation Analysis………………………………………………………………….4 - 8 SWOT…………………………………………………………………………………9 Marketing Strategy…………………………………………………………………10-12 Financial Information……………………… …………………………………..…….13