The objective of this project is to improve the Springfield region’s financial performance for the Saints Health. The Saints Health Region (SHR) is accountable for health care services for the 28-county Springfield Arizona Service Area. SHR Health Plan provides operating funds for SHR, and the services are provided through SHR Medical group, local physicians, and other providers. Currently, the operating margin is negative with an operating loss of $110.31 M although the membership growth is positive. As consultants, our team strives to develop strategies to improve the financial performance of SHR by focusing on short-term and long-term viability.
Pleasant Bluffs: Launching A Home-Base Hospital Program While analyzing the case on Pleasants Bluffs, the main problem is how will they come up with a proposal for the pilot program for Pleasant Bluffs home-base hospital care and how to manage it. According to the case, it stated that Graff Salot, the director of Performance Improvement (PI), at Pleasant Bluffs Health System, is tasked with making these changes. (Erskine,2016) Therefore some potential solution might be to complete this task, he must first hired more people for administrative, and clinical. By doing this, will help to better manage the PI department and patients.
(par. 2), “one local hospital charged an uninsured patient $29,000 for an appendectomy that would have cost an insured patient $6,783.” (par. 5), and “the uninsured account for only 2 percent of its patients, but 35 percent of its profits” (par. 5). The details and numbers build an appeal to logos and influence the reader that health care is a
[Cost] Cost could potentially be the biggest factor of the iron triangle and perhaps the side of the model that leaves administrators most puzzled. With new technology being released quarterly, drug prices soaring, a new aging population that can't be supported by the current workforce, Medicare cutting reimbursement payments and leaning towards insolvency, and the price per service continues to rise it seems as if cutting costs down may seem impossible. Not only have hospitals and clinics began looking for more cost-efficient ways to provide care or, unfortunately which programs to cut, the political arena has been evaluating this as well. Since Obamacare has not lived up to its true potential and glory an alternative method must be identified before the nation's model of healthcare implodes from high costs.
The system as a whole is now comprised of 20 hospitals, over 290 physician clinics, 18 community network hospitals, 18 home health care organizations, and four accredited colleges across its nine geographic regions that employ over 30,000 people total (UnityPoint Health, 2017). The mission of UnityPoint Health is to “Improve the health of the people and communities we serve” and a vision of “Best Outcome Every Patient Every Time®” (UnityPoint Health, 2017). Through this mission and vision, UnityPoint has served over six million patients, has had a $285.5 million community impact and has had approximately a $7 billion economic impact over the past year alone (UnityPoint Health,
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Creating Vision Organization’s Mission and Stakeholders The mission of HonorHealth hospitals states, ‘To improve the health and well-being of those we serve’ (HonorHealth, n.d.). The promise brand shows that HonorHealth is making healthy personal. HonorHealth has merged with several hospitals in the Phoenix area. The brand of promise will help unify mission’s common goal, and guide the deliverance on the promise every day (HonorHealth, n.d.).
As of 2017, the Kaiser Permanente is operating and providing
The life expectancy rate in another country has decreased compared to the United States because of different methods that use such as, social support and social services. The welfare of an individual is important, but we’re constantly spending more on health care due to fact, individuals can’t afford health insurance. This issue has been a problem for decades now and it appears to be that America is ignoring the fact, which something drastically needs to change, in order to get better results. In this book review, I will discuss the differences between social supports and social services, how America health care system is different from other countries and what kind of changes should be made in order to have a much and improved health care
Kaiser Permanente is an integrated health care delivery system that was founded in 1945 and is one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit health plans that serves more than 10 million members (Fast Facts about Kaiser Permanente, 2015, para. 1). Kaiser Permanente comprises of Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and their subsidiaries, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc, and The Permanente Medical Groups (Fast Facts about Kaiser Permanente, 2015, para. 1). Kaiser Permanente was created when people were unable to afford to go to a doctor during the Great Depression and WW2 (Fast Facts about Kaiser Permanente, 2015, para.3). The hospital has brought innovations to the U.S health care such as prepaid health plans, physician group practice, a focus on illness prevention, and an organized delivery system (Fast Facts about Kaiser Permanente, 2015, para. 3). The Fremont Kaiser Permanente provides emergency and pharmacy services, adult medicine, appointment and advice call center, bariatric surgery, medical weight management, laboratory and pathology services, pediatric and travel clinic services to name a few (“Departments and Specialties” Kaiser Permanente, 2015).
Abstract The paper reviews the organizational chart and stakeholders relationships for Sheppard Pratt Health Systems. The organizational chart for each health care organization is different depending on the size and services offer by that organization. Most organizational charts begin with either a board of trustees or the CEO. Stakeholders are anyone who has vested interest in an organization.
A rising number of hospitals throughout the U.S. are applying a service model known as integrated health care (Kathol, Perez, Cohen 2010). The need for this is center around this area: Integration has made its approach into the health care settings gradually. This can assist in treating one’s medical and behavioral health needs within patient’s primary care provider’s office, recommending a proper evaluation as a whole person (Blout, 2003). Medical clinics have been used for a many years but its recognition is growing nationwide because of its effectiveness. Impact all parties involved, including but not limited to, patients, providers and insurance companies can be very effective.
Governor John Bel Edwards of Louisiana enacted an executive order on January 14 to expand Medicaid through Obamacare in the state. The order will be effective July 1, 2016. Obamacare, also known as Affordable Care Act (ACA), is a healthcare reform law that aims to care for the health of U.S. citizens. More specifically, this law helps lower-income family access an affordable health care through taxes. Barack Obama made it his primary objective to pass this healthcare reform law, and signed it on March 23, 2010.
For both the uninsured group and those who are eligible for government assistance because of their low economic position, access to health is limited by the number of private providers willing to treat them. In many cases private providers are linked to particular private health insurance companies and won 't accept patients outside their network. These people must then rely on the overburdened public health system for care, and as such usually only seek treatment in emergencies. The public health system, while filled with competent staff, is nevertheless restricted by its funding and can therefore not always provide all these patients with the best quality of care. The inequality in health care access is a continuing issue in America and as such it is important for future consumers and workers on the Foothill College campus to have a thorough understanding of the issue so they can move to improve the problem in the
Previously, majority of healthcare systems were driven by other goals such as ensuring enhanced care access, containing the costs of healthcare delivery, and promoting patient convenience/customer service in a bid to improve the efficiency and quality of healthcare. However, the financial collapse had far-reaching consequences for the healthcare systems as it