on Planned Parenthood. Every year, they help people get the important services they need. One of the nation 's best investments is in Planned Parenthood, the leading provider of high-quality, affordable healthcare for people of all age and gender. Planned Parenthood provides many health services, with the core medical services being prevention. For example, in 2015 half a million women went to…
and now has goals to be fully functional by the year 2016. Many Americans did not know how this change in national health care effects them, which is why many people are against it, simply because they don’t like change, and they don’t like not knowing what to expect. With Obamacare though, the majority, 86% of Americans, will not see extensive changes in their health care, if they even see any changes at all. What the Affordable Care Act mainly focus’ on is the…
responsibility to be patient advocates for all patients, including the diverse patient population. This discussion board post will focus on three topics. The first will be to describe the ethical dilemmas associated with the current state of the population and with the health disparities. Then I will discuss the cultural underpinnings supporting pros and cons of health care reform and the Affordable Care Act here in the United States. Lastly, I will explain how health disparities have been…
It Helps to be Rich,” by Joy Victory informs that how medical systems works for those who are in need of a transplant of an organ. In the article, Victory talks about 34 four year old man named:Brian, who is in need of a heart transplant, but is not able to because he’s not insured. Therefore, not having insurance, Brian is put into a worse situation because he is simply not getting any treatment for his heart failure. "I don't have the insurance to do it right now. They are treating the…
Professional Organizations Summaries The role of a principal expanded in recent years. A principal is no longer considered a manager but instead has many roles in the school. The principal is the visionary leader that dictates a path for the students, staff and community members. Principals need to prepare to lead in the 21st Century as their leadership role keeps expanding to achieve high results for students. Principals have opportunities to join professional organizations that support…
history behind it. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a health care policy that I choose. I chose this policy because at my place of employment in an assisted living facility, I am required to follow this policy and as my career as a nurse progresses I will always abide by HIPAA. HIPAA is a piece of federal legislation that was signed into law in 1996. The major two provisions of the law created a structure for maintaining health insurance coverage when…
Damages-Based Agreements Regulations 2010. Another type of funding available to clients is legal expenses insurance. IB(1.16) SRA Code of Conduct emphasizes how it is important for solicitors and staff to ask clients whether they hold any form of legal expense insurance which can be found as part of their household or motor insurance policies. If a client has legal expenses insurance then the insurance company will be prepared to pay the legal costs if the firm is on a panel which is a list…
CMS 1500 is a paper claim form that is a used by healthcare providers in order to submit claims and invoices to insurance carriers in order to receive payments for services provided to a patient. Before CMS -1500 was formed according to In 1975 the American Medical Association (AMA) approved a universal claim form called Health care financing Administration also known as HCFA-1500. During the transition of HCFA-1500 AMA joined forces with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to…
Our privatized health insurance is not beneficial to our people since their main goal, being a business, is to gain more money and spend less of it. Therefore, some companies cut costs on expenses that would otherwise benefit their clients. In Michael Moore’s film “Sicko,” he presents these stories of people who had insurance, but were told they couldn’t get procedures that would have prevented health conditions that would…
Germany’s health care is very similar to the United States in certain aspects. In Germanys health care cost is paid mostly by health insurance companies. The access to care for a patient will depend on the type of health insurance that they have. Depending on which one they have will depend on the type of care that a person gets in Germany. Health care providers get paid in a variety of ways. As for the quality of care Germany has good quality for what people are paying. With health care there…