Redistributive Model For Care Delivery

The two most important things to know about the evolution of health policy is that policies and practices began informally. This means that when policies were introduced, they were more like general guidelines and directions for what it is that they are not willing to do as an organization. They are also easily influenced and changed, as well as having advantages for more interpretation. “The need for public policy that befits health was first recognized in the 1986 Ottawa Charter for Health promotion in the phrase “Healthy Public Policy” [World Health Organization ] (WHO) 1986) (Browne & Rutherfurd, 2017). The next important thing to know is how policies are enforced within an organization. It is important to know how a policy will be enforced

Territorial and provincial departments of health have the responsibility to give medical insurance plans, decide if there should be reimbursement for providers, and deliver certain public health services. By law, all provinces are required to provide access to all medical services and to provide an easy way to access benefits in each providence.

Health policies, health determinants and health are all categories that are intertwined with one another. As technology becomes more advanced within the health industry, society’s perception on healthcare may change for the better or for the worst. And with the new technology, new policies arise.

One element of an external environmental assessment is the complicated, dynamic process of a competitor analysis. The new paradigm of healthcare delivery makes it necessary for organizations to think about their competitive edge, something that healthcare administrators did not have to think about in the past. Ginter, Duncan, and Swayne (2013) identify the essential elements of a service area competitor analysis: establishing the categories of service; determine the service area, the geographical boundaries; and identification and analysis of weaknesses and strengths of those vying for the same market share (p. 78). Today’s healthcare leaders need to think beyond the facilities that are most close, owing to the fact that consumers of care are willing to move past their neighborhoods to centers of excellence that deliver the highest quality care. Leaders also need to consider service providers that are dissimilar in structure. These ventures are new to the healthcare market, offering one profitable, specialized service. Market niches should not be overlooked or underestimated because they are likely contenders (Ginter et al. p. 80). This paper offers a competitive analysis for detoxification, the first level of treatment for substance use disorders (SUDs). There is a discussion of the service category and service area of one treatment offered in a freestanding psychiatric facility in metro Boston, Massachusetts, and ends with a discussion on how the

Healthcare policy is dynamic and ever changing, especially in our society today with the many changes in government control, insurance company influence, and actual delivery of healthcare services. In order to corral our healthcare system and ensure that there is quality control amongst all populations, health policies must be put in place. Health policy is defined as many things due to its dynamic nature but the assigned text expresses a definition that encompasses all aspects of what health policy is for us today, “Authoritative decisions made in the legislative, executive, or judicial branches of government that are intended to direct or influence that actions, behaviors, or decisions of others”(Longest, p. 5, (2010)). Among the many reasons why health policy is pertinent to our society an aspect of health policy that I feel is most important is in regards to public health practices. Health policy is the reason why populations that whom otherwise would not receive the absolute needed healthcare, actually get to receive healthcare. The financial aspect of healthcare is quite steep and more often than not healthcare services are not sought out by populations because they cannot afford to do so. With health policy the policymakers allow for the proper and equal disbursement of goods and services to ensure that everyone is remaining healthy no matter what

People living with HIV and AIDS have always had a difficult time obtaining access to health coverage (Sorian, 2010). Medicaid, Medicare, and the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program have provided a critical safety net (Sorian, 2010). But today, nearly 30% of people living with HIV do not have any health insurance coverage, and many others have limited coverage (Sorian, 2010). In addition, people living with HIV and AIDS have faced hurdles to getting quality care from qualified providers (Sorian, 2010).

The common cost allocation methods which are used most often by health care organizations are the direct and the step- down methods. These methods are commonly used to help determine the costs of the services provided by the health care organizations. It is important to these agencies to know the costs of operation for each department. They can make smart business decisions on whether they can make investments, determine which department is making a profit or losing one, make improvements where necessary and have a sense of foundation for the future. There are other common cost allocation methods for patients-level costs, such as relative value units (RVU), ratio of cost to charges (RCC) and activity based costing (ABC) which gives us

One of the major problems nagging America is the need for a new health care system. The number of uninsured Americans needing medical treatment is rising. Medicare, a major part of the American health care system, is projected to go broke in 2019 according to USA Today 's article, "Congress refuses to swallow cures for ailing Medicare." I have seen this ruin people 's pursuit of happiness. I worked in a nursing home for the past five years. Many elderly patients run out of money to support themselves for their long term care. When they go on Medicare, only certain treatments and prescription drugs are available. This causes them to worsen in condition physically and mentally. I believe that with a

Healthcare is a hot topic for all Americans and everyone has their own views on how the healthcare system should run. This includes the public and the politicians. Today we are going to address issues in the United States healthcare system including access to care for both physical and financial reasons, how payment for care runs the industry, and quality of care in the aspects of internal factors including: public insurance plans, and private insurance, as well as the external factor of the economy.

Healthcare financing is proven to be challenging. A balance between adequate access, acceptable quality and affordable cost are the main objectives of a healthcare system (Paterson, 2014, p. 13). The island of Tekram is finding extremely difficult to achieve a solution to the current crisis of their healthcare system. The objective to this case study is to recommend a new healthcare strategy to island government.

There are many different ways that the American government can step in and assist to make changes, but not without a price. As the market changes, the effects do not just apply to one group, but all groups. There are cost sharing models that can be applied to assist in the health care delivery system. Also, looking at health care models from other countries could serve as an example for America to follow. One of these models is using a universal health care delivery with cost sharing based out of the government and being a publicly funded system.

Reimbursement models are able to demand higher quality because of the widespread use of information technology (IT) in healthcare. Another example of this is the implementation of strategies required by the IMPACT Act of 2014. This act requires the reporting and collection of various standardized measures across multiple health care settings (CMS, 2015a).

The United States health care delivery system is comprised of a complex, unorganized and flawed health system, compared to that of Australia’s health care system. The four components of the inefficient system in the United States are categorized into a quad-functional model. Financing, insurance, deliver and payment are the four flawed components. Australia’s efficient and organized system is based on a national health system, which consists of one central agency; the government. The United States health system is comprised of countless public and private entities. Australia’s health care system is superior to that of the United States.

A health care system is the association of institutions related to people's health and resources. It delivers health services in order to meet the health needs of the targeted populations (Nigam, 2011). There is a wide variation in the world of how different nations organize their health care systems, with almost all nations having differing health care organizational structures. Planning in some countries for health care distributes to those participating in markets. In other countries, however, planning is as a result of joint efforts between the government, religious bodies, and charities among other groups (Nigam, 2011).

The model of access to health care discussed in the LaVeist text “seeks to highlight the many decision points that create race disparities in the use of health care services” (LaVeist, 2005, p. 125). The two adjustments I would make would be at the top portion of the model. The original model begins addressing whether or not a person has a disease and if they present symptoms. If they do present symptoms; the original model continues to the next stage, “symptoms recognized”, which addresses whether a person will recognize the symptoms of the disease. If the person has the disease and does not present symptoms, the person would no longer move forward in the model; thereby decreasing the accessibility to health care for those who do not present