Us health care system final presentation.Wendi Lee
Wendi Evans is pursuing a degree in health care administration. This presentation will provide an overview of the history and current state of the US healthcare system, including defining key terms, outlining milestones from 1900 to present, comparing the US system to Canada's, and discussing reforms and stakeholders. The summary will discuss the establishment of organized medicine in the US in the 1900s, the passage of Medicare and Medicaid in the 1960s, the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, and reforms aimed at improving quality and lowering costs.
The document summarizes the major characteristics of the US healthcare delivery system. It notes that the US system has no central governing agency and little integration between parts of the system. It is technology-driven, focuses on acute care, and is high in costs but unequal in access, resulting in average health outcomes. The US relies more on private sector involvement compared to other developed countries where government plays a larger role.
The document provides an overview of the complex U.S. healthcare system, including its decentralized market-based structure compared to other countries' centralized systems. It discusses key players like doctors, hospitals, insurers, and governments. It also covers major public programs like Medicare and Medicaid, as well as private insurance concepts like health plans, coding, and reimbursement structures including capitation and fee-for-service.
The document discusses the different types of health insurance in the United States. The majority (49%) have private insurance through their employer, while 13% have Medicare, 18% have Medicaid, and 11% are uninsured. Medicare covers those over 65 and is run by the federal government, while Medicaid provides coverage for low-income families and is administered by each state. Private insurance through an employer is most common but may not cover all conditions, and individual plans are increasingly expensive, contributing to the number of uninsured.
The document analyzes the healthcare industry in the U.S. and ways IT can help small businesses insure employees. It discusses four key factors impacting the industry: the Affordable Care Act, digital/IT infrastructure, advances in omics sciences, and the rising global middle class. The recommendations suggest that IT companies can create customized solutions to help small businesses comply with the ACA's insurance mandate for employees.
The document discusses the flow of patients through the US healthcare system. It begins with a patient scheduling an appointment with their doctor. During the appointment, the medical assistant collects vitals and health history from the patient. The doctor then examines the patient, orders any necessary tests, and prescribes medications if needed. Finally, the doctor's office bills the patient's insurance company for the services provided. The document provides additional context on electronic medical records, health insurance definitions, and the electronic prescription process.
The document discusses issues with the current US healthcare system and proposes solutions. It notes that the system incentivizes overuse of services due to fee-for-service payments. It also discusses collecting standardized data on procedures and prices to enable comparisons and drive costs down. The document proposes building an economic model and running scenarios to optimize strategic choices and improve quality and processes.
The document summarizes key aspects of the U.S. healthcare system, including how it is funded, how providers are paid, factors driving rising costs, and challenges around sustainability. It addresses these topics through discussing Medicare/Medicaid payment models, employer-sponsored insurance, measures of quality, and factors influencing costs such as administrative overhead and intensity of services provided. The document uses questions to test the reader's understanding of important healthcare concepts like DRGs, preferred provider organizations, and drivers of "good" practice patterns.
Us health care system final presentation.Wendi Lee
Wendi Evans is pursuing a degree in health care administration. This presentation will provide an overview of the history and current state of the US healthcare system, including defining key terms, outlining milestones from 1900 to present, comparing the US system to Canada's, and discussing reforms and stakeholders. The summary will discuss the establishment of organized medicine in the US in the 1900s, the passage of Medicare and Medicaid in the 1960s, the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, and reforms aimed at improving quality and lowering costs.
The document summarizes the major characteristics of the US healthcare delivery system. It notes that the US system has no central governing agency and little integration between parts of the system. It is technology-driven, focuses on acute care, and is high in costs but unequal in access, resulting in average health outcomes. The US relies more on private sector involvement compared to other developed countries where government plays a larger role.
The document provides an overview of the complex U.S. healthcare system, including its decentralized market-based structure compared to other countries' centralized systems. It discusses key players like doctors, hospitals, insurers, and governments. It also covers major public programs like Medicare and Medicaid, as well as private insurance concepts like health plans, coding, and reimbursement structures including capitation and fee-for-service.
The document discusses the different types of health insurance in the United States. The majority (49%) have private insurance through their employer, while 13% have Medicare, 18% have Medicaid, and 11% are uninsured. Medicare covers those over 65 and is run by the federal government, while Medicaid provides coverage for low-income families and is administered by each state. Private insurance through an employer is most common but may not cover all conditions, and individual plans are increasingly expensive, contributing to the number of uninsured.
The document analyzes the healthcare industry in the U.S. and ways IT can help small businesses insure employees. It discusses four key factors impacting the industry: the Affordable Care Act, digital/IT infrastructure, advances in omics sciences, and the rising global middle class. The recommendations suggest that IT companies can create customized solutions to help small businesses comply with the ACA's insurance mandate for employees.
The document discusses the flow of patients through the US healthcare system. It begins with a patient scheduling an appointment with their doctor. During the appointment, the medical assistant collects vitals and health history from the patient. The doctor then examines the patient, orders any necessary tests, and prescribes medications if needed. Finally, the doctor's office bills the patient's insurance company for the services provided. The document provides additional context on electronic medical records, health insurance definitions, and the electronic prescription process.
The document discusses issues with the current US healthcare system and proposes solutions. It notes that the system incentivizes overuse of services due to fee-for-service payments. It also discusses collecting standardized data on procedures and prices to enable comparisons and drive costs down. The document proposes building an economic model and running scenarios to optimize strategic choices and improve quality and processes.
The document summarizes key aspects of the U.S. healthcare system, including how it is funded, how providers are paid, factors driving rising costs, and challenges around sustainability. It addresses these topics through discussing Medicare/Medicaid payment models, employer-sponsored insurance, measures of quality, and factors influencing costs such as administrative overhead and intensity of services provided. The document uses questions to test the reader's understanding of important healthcare concepts like DRGs, preferred provider organizations, and drivers of "good" practice patterns.
The American healthcare system consists of four main players: patients who receive medical treatment, providers like doctors and nurses who deliver treatment, payers such as private insurance companies and government programs that reimburse for treatment, and public health organizations that monitor and promote population health. Understanding these four players can help simplify the extremely complex and ever-changing U.S. healthcare system.
The document provides a historical overview of the U.S. healthcare system from preindustrial times to the present. It describes how healthcare progressed from a domestic practice with untrained physicians to the modern medical profession. Key developments included the establishment of medical schools and licensing, the rise of hospitals and health insurance, and the creation of Medicare and Medicaid to expand coverage. The U.S. system remains primarily private but with significant government financing and regulation.
The Affordable Care Act And Its Effect On American Healthcare (3)amande1
The document discusses the impacts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on the U.S. healthcare system. It finds that the ACA has significantly expanded health insurance coverage, increased funding for Medicaid and Medicare, and improved access to services. Specifically, it led to more jobs in nursing, longer solvency for Medicare, and millions more being covered by Medicaid. The ACA aims to provide universal and affordable coverage through reforms such as subsidies, mandates, and protections for pre-existing conditions.
Canada has a publicly funded healthcare system that provides universal access to medically necessary services. The system is administered by provinces and territories, with funding and guidelines provided by the federal government. Services covered include hospital care, physician services, and necessary medical services. Healthcare is delivered through both public and private systems, with about 72% of expenditures coming from public funds and the remainder from private insurance and payments. The system continues to evolve to improve quality of care and ensure sustainability.
The US health system is complex, relying on government, private markets, and charities. It consists of private health insurance, government programs like Medicare and Medicaid, and a public health system. Major components include private physicians and hospitals, as well as health maintenance organizations. The system faces rising costs and led to the 2010 Affordable Care Act which expanded insurance coverage.
Seminar 9 health care delivery system in united states of americaDr. Ankit Mohapatra
Health care organization
Health financing in US
Payment mechanism
Health expenditure
Human and physical recourses
Public health
Patient pathway into health care
Provision of services
ACA
US vs India Healthcare
This document provides an overview of the U.S. healthcare system. It discusses key players like providers, insurers, and patients. It notes that healthcare is a trillion dollar industry, comprising hospitals, medical practices, and insurance companies. The document also outlines government programs like Medicare and Medicaid, different types of health insurance plans, and managed care organizations. Finally, it summarizes some electronic transactions used in healthcare like claims submission and response.
US healthcare insurance can be public (e.g. Medicare, Medicaid) or private (employer or self-purchased plans). Medicare has parts A, B, C, and D that cover different services like hospitals (Part A) and prescription drugs (Part D). Plans may require premiums, deductibles, co-payments, or co-insurance. They often have limits and do not cover all costs. Private insurers provide additional plans like PPOs, HMOs, or Medicare Advantage plans combining Part A, B, and D benefits. SCHIP provides coverage for children from families that do not qualify for Medicaid.
During the webinar, attendees will be presented with:
- An overview of the basic roles and responsibilities of federal and provincial governments within our healthcare system
- A review of the key players and structures operating within the system
- The differences between engaging politicians and bureaucrats when advocating within the healthcare system. Each has important and different roles to play.
The document discusses healthcare in the United States. It covers several topics related to US healthcare, including what makes the US system different compared to other developed countries, what health insurance looks like in the US, costs associated with diabetes, and who pays for healthcare. The US system is unique in that it does not have universal healthcare coverage and relies more heavily on private insurance compared to other countries which have nationalized systems. Healthcare costs, especially for conditions like diabetes, place a large financial burden on individuals and the system.
The Canadian healthcare system: May 20, 2011CFHI-FCASS
This presentation was given on May 20, 2011, as an overview of healthcare in Canada to a group of American Congressional Fellows on Parliament Hill. The Fellows were in Canada on an official visit, sponsored by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT), as part of an exchange with the Parliamentary Internship Programme. The group included 20 mid- to senior career professionals from various departments in the American and some foreign Governments, professors from American universities and journalists. They also include a number of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Fellows, who are all medical professionals.
This chapter examines the U.S. health care system—specifically, the organization of medical services; key governmental health programs such as Medicare and Medicaid; the crisis in health care, including attempts to curb health care costs; the large numbers of uninsured people; the impact of the American Medical Association on health care; and that of managed care in the American health care system.
The history of healthcare in the US shows rising costs over time and various attempts at reform. Early 1900s saw the rise of paid hospital care and surgery becoming common. The 1910s saw the beginnings of the health insurance movement despite opposition. In the 1930s, the Depression halted healthcare reforms despite Roosevelt's calls for reform. The 1940s saw the rise of employer provided health benefits and antibiotics. The 1960s saw Medicare and Medicaid passed under Johnson. Attempts at national healthcare failed under Nixon in the 1970s. By the 1990s, over 44 million Americans lacked health insurance, leading to the passage of Obamacare in 2010 in an effort to address rising costs and the uninsured.
The document summarizes the current state of universal health insurance in the United States. It discusses the fragmented nature of today's health care system and statistics on the uninsured. Research studies show that a universal single-payer system could cover all Americans for less money by reducing administrative costs. The document also briefly reviews universal health care systems in other countries like the UK, Germany, Japan, and Canada. It concludes by suggesting a universal system may be more achievable in the US than commonly believed.
Patient Protection and Affordable Care ActPaul English
The document summarizes the key aspects of the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare), including that it was presented by President Obama in 2010, upheld by the Supreme Court in 2012, and signed into law in 2010. It outlines some of the pros, such as expanding access to health insurance and protecting people from losing coverage, and some of the cons, such as increased taxes and the government having more control over healthcare. It also describes the individual mandate requiring people to have health insurance or pay a penalty.
The document compares public and private health care systems around the world. It provides details on systems in countries like the UK, Mexico, Germany, Canada and the US. Public health care in Canada began in 1946 when Saskatchewan introduced free health care. Key acts in 1966 and 1984 further established Canada's national Medicare system. While Canada spends less per capita on health care than the US, it ranks higher in terms of quality and life expectancy.
This document compares the healthcare systems of the United States and Canada. It notes that Canada has a single-payer, publicly-funded system while the US has a multi-payer, privately-funded system. Canada spends less on healthcare as a percentage of GDP than the US but performs better on health outcomes. Canadians pay for healthcare through taxes, and while it is often called "free", it comes at a high price through taxes and can involve long wait times. The document provides details on spending, coverage, and public support in both countries.
Canada has a universal healthcare system that is publicly funded and administered at the provincial level. It aims to provide comprehensive coverage to all Canadian citizens and permanent residents. However, there are some issues with long wait times to see specialists or receive elective surgeries. The UK has a similar universal healthcare system called the National Health Service, while the US relies more heavily on private insurance with high costs for many Americans. Myanmar's healthcare system has gaps between providers and patients due to limited resources.
The document discusses rising health care costs in the United States from 1969 to 2004, factors contributing to increased costs such as an aging population and technology, and responses to rising costs including managed care and malpractice reform. It also covers health care financing through programs like Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance, as well as the growing number of uninsured Americans.
Did you have time to read the 1,990 page healthcare bill that was recently passed through Congress? Have you since wondered about the impact that massive bill will have on the average American, health insurance providers, business owners and YOU? If yes, then join the Young Professionals of Chicago as we host a panel of diverse health care professionals that will be discussing current healthcare reform and taking questions on the impact of the United States' new healthcare policy. The distinguished panelists will also provide some insight and clarity into what this massive bill means for individuals like you. There will also be an opportunity for open networking with other young professionals before and after the discussion.
The American healthcare system consists of four main players: patients who receive medical treatment, providers like doctors and nurses who deliver treatment, payers such as private insurance companies and government programs that reimburse for treatment, and public health organizations that monitor and promote population health. Understanding these four players can help simplify the extremely complex and ever-changing U.S. healthcare system.
The document provides a historical overview of the U.S. healthcare system from preindustrial times to the present. It describes how healthcare progressed from a domestic practice with untrained physicians to the modern medical profession. Key developments included the establishment of medical schools and licensing, the rise of hospitals and health insurance, and the creation of Medicare and Medicaid to expand coverage. The U.S. system remains primarily private but with significant government financing and regulation.
The Affordable Care Act And Its Effect On American Healthcare (3)amande1
The document discusses the impacts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on the U.S. healthcare system. It finds that the ACA has significantly expanded health insurance coverage, increased funding for Medicaid and Medicare, and improved access to services. Specifically, it led to more jobs in nursing, longer solvency for Medicare, and millions more being covered by Medicaid. The ACA aims to provide universal and affordable coverage through reforms such as subsidies, mandates, and protections for pre-existing conditions.
Canada has a publicly funded healthcare system that provides universal access to medically necessary services. The system is administered by provinces and territories, with funding and guidelines provided by the federal government. Services covered include hospital care, physician services, and necessary medical services. Healthcare is delivered through both public and private systems, with about 72% of expenditures coming from public funds and the remainder from private insurance and payments. The system continues to evolve to improve quality of care and ensure sustainability.
The US health system is complex, relying on government, private markets, and charities. It consists of private health insurance, government programs like Medicare and Medicaid, and a public health system. Major components include private physicians and hospitals, as well as health maintenance organizations. The system faces rising costs and led to the 2010 Affordable Care Act which expanded insurance coverage.
Seminar 9 health care delivery system in united states of americaDr. Ankit Mohapatra
Health care organization
Health financing in US
Payment mechanism
Health expenditure
Human and physical recourses
Public health
Patient pathway into health care
Provision of services
ACA
US vs India Healthcare
This document provides an overview of the U.S. healthcare system. It discusses key players like providers, insurers, and patients. It notes that healthcare is a trillion dollar industry, comprising hospitals, medical practices, and insurance companies. The document also outlines government programs like Medicare and Medicaid, different types of health insurance plans, and managed care organizations. Finally, it summarizes some electronic transactions used in healthcare like claims submission and response.
US healthcare insurance can be public (e.g. Medicare, Medicaid) or private (employer or self-purchased plans). Medicare has parts A, B, C, and D that cover different services like hospitals (Part A) and prescription drugs (Part D). Plans may require premiums, deductibles, co-payments, or co-insurance. They often have limits and do not cover all costs. Private insurers provide additional plans like PPOs, HMOs, or Medicare Advantage plans combining Part A, B, and D benefits. SCHIP provides coverage for children from families that do not qualify for Medicaid.
During the webinar, attendees will be presented with:
- An overview of the basic roles and responsibilities of federal and provincial governments within our healthcare system
- A review of the key players and structures operating within the system
- The differences between engaging politicians and bureaucrats when advocating within the healthcare system. Each has important and different roles to play.
The document discusses healthcare in the United States. It covers several topics related to US healthcare, including what makes the US system different compared to other developed countries, what health insurance looks like in the US, costs associated with diabetes, and who pays for healthcare. The US system is unique in that it does not have universal healthcare coverage and relies more heavily on private insurance compared to other countries which have nationalized systems. Healthcare costs, especially for conditions like diabetes, place a large financial burden on individuals and the system.
The Canadian healthcare system: May 20, 2011CFHI-FCASS
This presentation was given on May 20, 2011, as an overview of healthcare in Canada to a group of American Congressional Fellows on Parliament Hill. The Fellows were in Canada on an official visit, sponsored by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT), as part of an exchange with the Parliamentary Internship Programme. The group included 20 mid- to senior career professionals from various departments in the American and some foreign Governments, professors from American universities and journalists. They also include a number of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Fellows, who are all medical professionals.
This chapter examines the U.S. health care system—specifically, the organization of medical services; key governmental health programs such as Medicare and Medicaid; the crisis in health care, including attempts to curb health care costs; the large numbers of uninsured people; the impact of the American Medical Association on health care; and that of managed care in the American health care system.
The history of healthcare in the US shows rising costs over time and various attempts at reform. Early 1900s saw the rise of paid hospital care and surgery becoming common. The 1910s saw the beginnings of the health insurance movement despite opposition. In the 1930s, the Depression halted healthcare reforms despite Roosevelt's calls for reform. The 1940s saw the rise of employer provided health benefits and antibiotics. The 1960s saw Medicare and Medicaid passed under Johnson. Attempts at national healthcare failed under Nixon in the 1970s. By the 1990s, over 44 million Americans lacked health insurance, leading to the passage of Obamacare in 2010 in an effort to address rising costs and the uninsured.
The document summarizes the current state of universal health insurance in the United States. It discusses the fragmented nature of today's health care system and statistics on the uninsured. Research studies show that a universal single-payer system could cover all Americans for less money by reducing administrative costs. The document also briefly reviews universal health care systems in other countries like the UK, Germany, Japan, and Canada. It concludes by suggesting a universal system may be more achievable in the US than commonly believed.
Patient Protection and Affordable Care ActPaul English
The document summarizes the key aspects of the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare), including that it was presented by President Obama in 2010, upheld by the Supreme Court in 2012, and signed into law in 2010. It outlines some of the pros, such as expanding access to health insurance and protecting people from losing coverage, and some of the cons, such as increased taxes and the government having more control over healthcare. It also describes the individual mandate requiring people to have health insurance or pay a penalty.
The document compares public and private health care systems around the world. It provides details on systems in countries like the UK, Mexico, Germany, Canada and the US. Public health care in Canada began in 1946 when Saskatchewan introduced free health care. Key acts in 1966 and 1984 further established Canada's national Medicare system. While Canada spends less per capita on health care than the US, it ranks higher in terms of quality and life expectancy.
This document compares the healthcare systems of the United States and Canada. It notes that Canada has a single-payer, publicly-funded system while the US has a multi-payer, privately-funded system. Canada spends less on healthcare as a percentage of GDP than the US but performs better on health outcomes. Canadians pay for healthcare through taxes, and while it is often called "free", it comes at a high price through taxes and can involve long wait times. The document provides details on spending, coverage, and public support in both countries.
Canada has a universal healthcare system that is publicly funded and administered at the provincial level. It aims to provide comprehensive coverage to all Canadian citizens and permanent residents. However, there are some issues with long wait times to see specialists or receive elective surgeries. The UK has a similar universal healthcare system called the National Health Service, while the US relies more heavily on private insurance with high costs for many Americans. Myanmar's healthcare system has gaps between providers and patients due to limited resources.
The document discusses rising health care costs in the United States from 1969 to 2004, factors contributing to increased costs such as an aging population and technology, and responses to rising costs including managed care and malpractice reform. It also covers health care financing through programs like Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance, as well as the growing number of uninsured Americans.
Did you have time to read the 1,990 page healthcare bill that was recently passed through Congress? Have you since wondered about the impact that massive bill will have on the average American, health insurance providers, business owners and YOU? If yes, then join the Young Professionals of Chicago as we host a panel of diverse health care professionals that will be discussing current healthcare reform and taking questions on the impact of the United States' new healthcare policy. The distinguished panelists will also provide some insight and clarity into what this massive bill means for individuals like you. There will also be an opportunity for open networking with other young professionals before and after the discussion.
This document provides an overview and comparison of major healthcare systems around the world. It begins by outlining the educational goals of identifying key healthcare models, comparing systems, and examining issues and possible solutions in the US system. The document then analyzes four main models - the Bismarck model found in Germany and others, the Beveridge model in the UK, the National Health Insurance model in Canada, and out-of-pocket systems in developing nations. It also reviews quality, access and costs of healthcare in countries like the US, UK, Canada and France.
The document summarizes issues with the current US healthcare system including high costs, large number of uninsured, restricted access to care, and high administrative costs. It presents single-payer healthcare as an alternative that could provide universal comprehensive coverage for all Americans through tax funding, reduce costs, improve access and choice, while maintaining physician autonomy and quality of care. Medical students would have lower debt under such a system.
Leadership austin presentation chenven april 24 2015_pdfAnnieAustin
The document discusses healthcare costs and reforms in the United States. It provides an overview of Austin Regional Clinic, including the number of patients, locations, physicians, and specialties. It then discusses various challenges facing the US healthcare system like the costs as a percentage of GDP, the Affordable Care Act, deficits, uninsured Americans, increasing costs, and sustainability issues. Alternative payment models like accountable care organizations and medical homes are presented as ways to better manage costs for high-risk populations through care coordination and preventive care. The challenges of transitioning payments from fee-for-service to these alternative models is also noted.
The document provides an overview of the key issues in the U.S. healthcare system and proposals for reform. It discusses problems like rising costs, uninsured populations, and disparities in quality. The reform proposals aim to expand coverage, reduce costs, and improve quality through mechanisms like insurance exchanges, individual and employer mandates, expanded Medicaid, and payment reforms. Stakeholders like insurers, providers, consumers would all be impacted by the reforms through changes to financing, coverage, and care delivery.
This document summarizes a meeting that discussed the Affordable Care Act and the Supreme Court's review of its constitutionality. It provides an overview of key provisions of the ACA, such as the individual mandate, essential health benefits, preventative care coverage, and state health insurance exchanges. It also reviews statistics on health care spending, the uninsured population in the US and New Jersey, and the impact of rising costs on New Jersey employers and residents. The document concludes with a discussion of the various outcomes possible from the Supreme Court's review and a panel discussion on the Affordable Care Act.
Leadership austin presentation chenven april 24 2015_ppAnnieAustin
Norman Chenven, founder and CEO of Austin Regional Clinic, presented on healthcare costs and reforms to the Leadership Austin program. Austin Regional Clinic serves over 350,000 patients across 21 locations with 1,750 employees including 335 physicians. Chenven discussed the unsustainable growth of healthcare costs, key provisions and uncertainties of the Affordable Care Act, and strategies to shift payments from fee-for-service to models emphasizing quality and value through accountable care organizations and medical homes.
This document compares the healthcare systems of Australia and the United States. In the US, 49% of coverage comes from employers, while 16% of Americans are uninsured. Australia provides universal healthcare coverage through Medicare. While both countries face rising costs due to aging populations, Australia spends half the percentage of GDP on healthcare as the US and has no uninsured citizens.
This document compares the healthcare systems of Australia and the United States. In the US, 49% of coverage comes from employers, while 16% of Americans are uninsured. Australia provides universal healthcare coverage through Medicare. While both countries face rising costs due to aging populations, Australia spends half the percentage of GDP on healthcare as the US and has no uninsured citizens.
The goal of this webinar is to help healthcare professionals improve care coordination for patients with advanced illness and to reduce hospital readmissions and length of stay (LOS).
The document compares the healthcare systems of Australia and the USA. In Australia, Medicare provides coverage for medical services and public hospitals provide free care. The government contributes 44% of healthcare costs. In the USA, private insurance and government programs like Medicaid and Medicare cover most citizens, though 16% remain uninsured. Both countries face rising healthcare costs due to aging populations. While Australia spends less on healthcare as a percentage of GDP, it provides universal coverage, unlike the partially covered US system.
The document discusses problems with the US healthcare system and proposals for reforming it. It outlines issues like rising costs, lack of cost control, inefficiency of private insurers compared to Medicare, and the shortcomings of both the current system and the Affordable Care Act. It then proposes a single-payer system for Pennsylvania called the Pennsylvania Healthcare Plan that would provide comprehensive coverage for all state residents through a publicly financed but privately delivered system. Analysis found the plan would save the state government billions annually and have economic benefits for businesses from reduced healthcare costs. While opponents argue single-payer discourages cost control, proponents counter that Medicare has lower overhead than private insurers. The document evaluates the various options and advocates the Pennsylvania Healthcare Plan
The document summarizes key issues facing the U.S. healthcare system including rising costs, an increasing number of uninsured and underinsured Americans, and poor health outcomes compared to other developed nations. It attributes these problems partially to the for-profit insurance model which incentivizes denying claims to maximize profits. This leads to high administrative waste as hospitals must employ large staffs to deal with insurance bureaucracies. The majority of healthcare spending is shouldered by the government through programs like Medicare and Medicaid, yet the U.S. still spends over twice as much per capita as other countries without achieving better population health.
Single payer health care could provide universal coverage at lower costs than the current US system. Evidence from other countries shows that single payer systems lead to higher access to care, greater utilization of services, better health outcomes, and lower overall costs compared to the US multi-payer system. Administrative costs are much lower under a single payer system due to simplified billing and insurance processes. Taiwan's transition to a national single payer system improved health outcomes, especially for vulnerable groups, while keeping costs low.
The document discusses the U.S. healthcare system and the need for reform. It provides an overview of costs, coverage, delivery of care, and financing. Key points made include that healthcare costs are rising unsustainably and over 16% of GDP is spent on healthcare. Nearly 50 million Americans are uninsured and costs are concentrated in a small portion of the population. Reform efforts face obstacles due to the complexity of the system with multiple payers and political resistance to change. Overall the document analyzes the current system and arguments for why reform is needed to address rising costs and the number of uninsured Americans.
This document advocates for a single-payer health care system in Pennsylvania called the Pennsylvania Health Care Plan (PHCP). It argues that a single-payer system would reduce administrative waste, lower healthcare costs for individuals and businesses, create jobs, and provide universal healthcare coverage for all state residents. The analysis estimates that the PHCP would save over $32 billion annually compared to the current system due to reductions in insurance company overhead, drug prices, and healthcare utilization increases from reduced cost-sharing. The savings would finance expanded coverage and lower the growing burden of healthcare costs on the state economy.
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In this talk, Professor Anand presents the findings from his forthcoming book. To answer these questions, Anand examines a range of businesses around the world, from Chinese internet giant Tencent to Scandinavian digital trailblazer Schibsted, from The New York Times to The Economist, and from talent management to the future of education.
This document provides an overview and hands-on demonstration of Twitter's Heron stream processing framework. The agenda includes a Heron overview, hands-on experience launching topologies and using Heron tools, and exploring the UI. Instructions are given on installing Heron client and tools binaries. Example topologies are launched using the 'heron submit' command. The Heron tracker and UI are launched to view logical/physical plans, metrics, logs, and exceptions. Additional resources mentioned include the Heron starters repository and user forum.
The Hive Think Tank: Unpacking AI for Healthcare The Hive
In this The Hive Think Tank talk, Ash Damle, CEO of Lumiata takes a deep dive into Lumiata’s core technological engine - the Lumiata Medical Graph, which applies graph-based machine learning to compute the complex relationships between health data in the same way that a physician would, and how this medical AI engine powers personalization and automation within risk and care management.
The Hive Think Tank: Translating IoT into Innovation at Every Level by Prith ...The Hive
In this presentation Prith Banerjee discusses how a sustainable future must become radically more efficient with the way we use energy. He shared how the Internet of Things (IoT) and the convergence of Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) are enabling Schneider Electric's innovation at every level, redefining power and automation for a new world of energy which is more electric, decarbonized, decentralized and digitized. Prith shared how, in this new world of energy, Schneider ensures that Life Is On everywhere, for everyone and at every moment. He also shared a set of IoT predictions for the future, based on findings of the company’s recent IoT Survey of 2,500 top business executives.
The Hive Think Tank - The Microsoft Big Data Stack by Raghu Ramakrishnan, CTO...The Hive
Until recently, data was gathered for well-defined objectives such as auditing, forensics, reporting and line-of-business operations; now, exploratory and predictive analysis is becoming ubiquitous, and the default increasingly is to capture and store any and all data, in anticipation of potential future strategic value. These differences in data heterogeneity, scale and usage are leading to a new generation of data management and analytic systems, where the emphasis is on supporting a wide range of very large datasets that are stored uniformly and analyzed seamlessly using whatever techniques are most appropriate, including traditional tools like SQL and BI and newer tools, e.g., for machine learning and stream analytics. These new systems are necessarily based on scale-out architectures for both storage and computation.
Hadoop has become a key building block in the new generation of scale-out systems. On the storage side, HDFS has provided a cost-effective and scalable substrate for storing large heterogeneous datasets. However, as key customer and systems touch points are instrumented to log data, and Internet of Things applications become common, data in the enterprise is growing at a staggering pace, and the need to leverage different storage tiers (ranging from tape to main memory) is posing new challenges, leading to caching technologies, such as Spark. On the analytics side, the emergence of resource managers such as YARN has opened the door for analytics tools to bypass the Map-Reduce layer and directly exploit shared system resources while computing close to data copies. This trend is especially significant for iterative computations such as graph analytics and machine learning, for which Map-Reduce is widely recognized to be a poor fit.
While Hadoop is widely recognized and used externally, Microsoft has long been at the forefront of Big Data analytics, with Cosmos and Scope supporting all internal customers. These internal services are a key part of our strategy going forward, and are enabling new state of the art external-facing services such as Azure Data Lake and more. I will examine these trends, and ground the talk by discussing the Microsoft Big Data stack.
Global Situational Awareness of A.I. and where its headedvikram sood
You can see the future first in San Francisco.
Over the past year, the talk of the town has shifted from $10 billion compute clusters to $100 billion clusters to trillion-dollar clusters. Every six months another zero is added to the boardroom plans. Behind the scenes, there’s a fierce scramble to secure every power contract still available for the rest of the decade, every voltage transformer that can possibly be procured. American big business is gearing up to pour trillions of dollars into a long-unseen mobilization of American industrial might. By the end of the decade, American electricity production will have grown tens of percent; from the shale fields of Pennsylvania to the solar farms of Nevada, hundreds of millions of GPUs will hum.
The AGI race has begun. We are building machines that can think and reason. By 2025/26, these machines will outpace college graduates. By the end of the decade, they will be smarter than you or I; we will have superintelligence, in the true sense of the word. Along the way, national security forces not seen in half a century will be un-leashed, and before long, The Project will be on. If we’re lucky, we’ll be in an all-out race with the CCP; if we’re unlucky, an all-out war.
Everyone is now talking about AI, but few have the faintest glimmer of what is about to hit them. Nvidia analysts still think 2024 might be close to the peak. Mainstream pundits are stuck on the wilful blindness of “it’s just predicting the next word”. They see only hype and business-as-usual; at most they entertain another internet-scale technological change.
Before long, the world will wake up. But right now, there are perhaps a few hundred people, most of them in San Francisco and the AI labs, that have situational awareness. Through whatever peculiar forces of fate, I have found myself amongst them. A few years ago, these people were derided as crazy—but they trusted the trendlines, which allowed them to correctly predict the AI advances of the past few years. Whether these people are also right about the next few years remains to be seen. But these are very smart people—the smartest people I have ever met—and they are the ones building this technology. Perhaps they will be an odd footnote in history, or perhaps they will go down in history like Szilard and Oppenheimer and Teller. If they are seeing the future even close to correctly, we are in for a wild ride.
Let me tell you what we see.
STATATHON: Unleashing the Power of Statistics in a 48-Hour Knowledge Extravag...sameer shah
"Join us for STATATHON, a dynamic 2-day event dedicated to exploring statistical knowledge and its real-world applications. From theory to practice, participants engage in intensive learning sessions, workshops, and challenges, fostering a deeper understanding of statistical methodologies and their significance in various fields."
Predictably Improve Your B2B Tech Company's Performance by Leveraging DataKiwi Creative
Harness the power of AI-backed reports, benchmarking and data analysis to predict trends and detect anomalies in your marketing efforts.
Peter Caputa, CEO at Databox, reveals how you can discover the strategies and tools to increase your growth rate (and margins!).
From metrics to track to data habits to pick up, enhance your reporting for powerful insights to improve your B2B tech company's marketing.
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This is the webinar recording from the June 2024 HubSpot User Group (HUG) for B2B Technology USA.
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End-to-end pipeline agility - Berlin Buzzwords 2024Lars Albertsson
We describe how we achieve high change agility in data engineering by eliminating the fear of breaking downstream data pipelines through end-to-end pipeline testing, and by using schema metaprogramming to safely eliminate boilerplate involved in changes that affect whole pipelines.
A quick poll on agility in changing pipelines from end to end indicated a huge span in capabilities. For the question "How long time does it take for all downstream pipelines to be adapted to an upstream change," the median response was 6 months, but some respondents could do it in less than a day. When quantitative data engineering differences between the best and worst are measured, the span is often 100x-1000x, sometimes even more.
A long time ago, we suffered at Spotify from fear of changing pipelines due to not knowing what the impact might be downstream. We made plans for a technical solution to test pipelines end-to-end to mitigate that fear, but the effort failed for cultural reasons. We eventually solved this challenge, but in a different context. In this presentation we will describe how we test full pipelines effectively by manipulating workflow orchestration, which enables us to make changes in pipelines without fear of breaking downstream.
Making schema changes that affect many jobs also involves a lot of toil and boilerplate. Using schema-on-read mitigates some of it, but has drawbacks since it makes it more difficult to detect errors early. We will describe how we have rejected this tradeoff by applying schema metaprogramming, eliminating boilerplate but keeping the protection of static typing, thereby further improving agility to quickly modify data pipelines without fear.
Beyond the Basics of A/B Tests: Highly Innovative Experimentation Tactics You...Aggregage
This webinar will explore cutting-edge, less familiar but powerful experimentation methodologies which address well-known limitations of standard A/B Testing. Designed for data and product leaders, this session aims to inspire the embrace of innovative approaches and provide insights into the frontiers of experimentation!
The Ipsos - AI - Monitor 2024 Report.pdfSocial Samosa
According to Ipsos AI Monitor's 2024 report, 65% Indians said that products and services using AI have profoundly changed their daily life in the past 3-5 years.
Open Source Contributions to Postgres: The Basics POSETTE 2024ElizabethGarrettChri
Postgres is the most advanced open-source database in the world and it's supported by a community, not a single company. So how does this work? How does code actually get into Postgres? I recently had a patch submitted and committed and I want to share what I learned in that process. I’ll give you an overview of Postgres versions and how the underlying project codebase functions. I’ll also show you the process for submitting a patch and getting that tested and committed.
4. US Healthcare spending
Americans Payer Providers Patients
Fee for Service
Hospital Care $ 882.3 Billion
Physician & Clinical $ 565.0 Billion
Professional Service $ 76.4 Billion
Dental $ 110.9 Billion
Personal Care $ 138.2 Billion
Home Health Care $ 77.8 Billion
Nursing Facilities $ 151.5 Billion
Prescription Drugs $ 263.3 Billion
Medical Equipment $ 95.0 Billion
5. The problem
Some facts:
Healthcare spend will crowd out
all spending other than defence
If city’s and towns were to report
their financials for healthcare
commitments, most would be
BANKRUPT!!!
Millions of uninsured (~48 million Americans)
Increasing premium amounts
Sick people are being excluded / health care cost was capped
Patients with pre-existing conditions were denied insurance or had to pay heft
premiums
Payments revolved around ‘Fee for Service’ and performance is not tracked
Healthcare is
TERMINALLY ILL!!!!
6. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
(Obamacare)
Health coverage for larger population
Continues long term care with no cap
Patients with pre-existing conditions get insurance
at the same premium
Medicaid Expansion with in states to accommodate
lower income groups
Healthcare Exchange for buying insurance
Individual Mandates requiring everyone to get
insurance
Medicare Shared Saving Program to improve care
coordination and performance
Obamacare bill is
20,000 pages long
Would be over 7 feet
tall if we stacked them
7. Accountable Care Organization (ACO)
Population Health Management
Patients
ACO must define processes to promote evidence‐based medicine and patient
engagement, monitor and evaluate quality and cost measures, meet patient‐
centeredness criteria and coordinate care.