The document discusses trauma activation fees, which are charges billed when emergency services are alerted that a trauma patient is incoming. These fees can range from $837 to over $30,000 depending on the facility. The fees are meant to cover costs of preparing trauma staff and units, but some argue they are excessively high and not correlated to injury severity. Additionally, trauma patients still face other medical bills on top of the activation fee. Some level II trauma centers charge higher fees than level I centers, despite level I centers providing more comprehensive trauma care. Overall, the document questions the justification and variability of trauma activation fees.
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Complete cost benefit analysis on the outsourcing of surgical assistant services to an outside staffing agency such as American Surgical Assistants, Inc.
It is just not fair for the victim to pay his/her own medical expenses as a result of a semi-truck accident. If the driver of the truck is guilty, s/he should be responsible for paying for it.
The insurance company and the trucking company will not pay your bills quickly. They will pay them as a result of the judge’s verdict and settlement.
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HMO Models (Staff, Group, And Network)
Discuss the various HMO model and justify the answer
The HMO consists of various models that include staff, group, and network based on the analysis. Staff is the most influential people in an HMO because they deliver health services through salaried experts and physicians. The HMO employs them to take care of the HMO enrollees. The HMO characterizes the staff, and they are said to serve the HMO's membership. For example, the physician who takes care of a patient's health is said only to take care and see patients in the HMO's facility. The patients are told to receive services only through a limited number of experts and physicians.
The group is considered a model in the HMO, making them one of the essential parts. The HMO is said to offer compensation to groups to offer contractual services at a negotiated rate. The group is said to be responsible for giving compensation to their physicians and offering contracts to hospitals to care for their patients. The group practices many works with the HMO that is it provides services to the non-HMO patients. It helps the non-HMO patients to attain the service they require. The group is a speciality that provides care and services to the HMO's members.
Network in HMO models pertains to offering contracts to only one physician group to take care of the patients. The HMOs may contract a multi-speciality group or other health care workers to provide them with physicians who will take care of the patient. It can be said that HMOs that have networks contract more than one physician to provide care to their patients. The network may involve a single large group or a multi-speciality group. The employed physician may decide to offer services to both the HMO members and the non-HMO members because it is allowed by the HMO. According to the analysis, the staff and network are the most suited models required in the region. The reason is that they provide physicians who take care of the HMO members and the non-HMO members. They offer more than one physician who takes care of the patients.
Discuss the vital and application of levels of emergency department trauma care
Trauma is categorized according to different states. Consequently, there are various trauma care levels. Level 1 pertains to the regional resource that offers central trauma system care. For example, Leve I is said to provide care for all injuries through rehabilitation. There are various factors in the level I trauma centre. The factors include providing a continuation of education to trauma team members, providing leadership on public education to the community, and offering referral resources to communities in the neighbouring regions.
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You combine their practical, real-world experience in cancer patient medical billing services with action-driven results it's clear that those billing personnel are well-suited to turning your progressive practice in to profit shelling center.
This is an old article (2007) on the dangers of oversaturation of paramedics vs. EMTs. Well written, timely , and evidence based. Written by Matt Zavadsky. The original website, www.emsnetwork.org, is now defunct so I repost it so it doesn't get lost forever.
After completing this week’s readings, including, Anticipating Ut.docxdaniahendric
After completing this week’s readings, including, “Anticipating Utilization Trends in an Evolving Market ,” describe the ways in which healthcare financial managers use financial resources and cost classifications to allocate indirect costs to direct costs when determining patient charges. Also, explain how utilization rates are related to volumes and revenue generation.
Peer Response 1:
Paula Stroshine posted
Discussion 3: Cost Accounting
Health care financial managers use financial resources and cost classifications to allocate indirect cost to direct cost when determining patient charges. The first concept to be discussed is the operating cost which provides services to the patient that visits the emergency room (Nowicki, 2018). The emergency room will need equipment so that the financial manager would have to borrow money and this concept is called non operating cost (Nowicki, 2018). The concept of direct cost is directly traced to a department including supplies and labor. Indirect costs are the overhead costs (Nowicki, 2018). Here is an example of how indirect cost can be allocated to the direct cost.
In the vascular surgery area where cardiac catheterizations procedures are performed the direct cost would be the medications, machines to do the procedure, and the clinical staff to perform the surgery. The indirect cost includes the cleaning personal, the lighting, and the appropriate temperature for the machinery used in the procedure. The financial manager for the department would include the indirect cost for each procedure in the budget which includes the time that it takes to clean the operating room after the procedure and the time the electricity and the lighting was needed. This would be included in the budget. In the end the patient will go to the telemetry ward over night to be monitored for any complication.
The nurse manager on the ward accepts the patient from the cardiac catheterization unit for observation status. Patient volumes on the wards have decrease and observation status is just one-way utilization decreases the admission rates, but it has controversies (Feng, Wright & Mor, 2012). The observation status may not work for all patients that need hospitalization.
Nurse managers must be familiar with the budgeting process. This is difficult since you cannot count the quality of care in the ward or clinic budget. Hospitals and healthcare organizations must prepare for utilizations declines with the health care reforms. inpatient volumes have already declined, hospitals are merging, and outpatient utilization has increased (Samaris, 2013). The nurse manager must watch the census and staff the ward accordingly. Nurses may be asked to take low census days. Furthermore, nurse managers and financial manager work together to bring the budget together for that unit.
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You combine their practical, real-world experience in cancer patient medical billing services with action-driven results it's clear that those billing personnel are well-suited to turning your progressive practice in to profit shelling center.
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