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Financial issues that fall directly under the purview of patient access departments are among the areas most frequently overlooked in pandemic planning, suggests Valerie Sellers, MHA, CHE, vice president of health planning for the New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA).
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The "ICARE" values - integrity, compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence - emphasized at Methodist Hospital System in Houston have a great deal to do with the organization's second year in a row in the top 10 of Fortune magazine's list of 100 Best Companies to Work For, says Greg Page, MBA, MHA, director of patient access and scheduling services.
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Hypertension affects more than 50 million people in the United States and has long been recognized as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and renal disease.
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States working to expand health coverage for low-income, uninsured individuals - especially children - are running into a proverbial perfect storm of federal barriers.
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The nation's community health centers (CHCs) provide primary health care services to more than 15 million people, many of whom are members of racial or ethnic minorities, have low income, are uninsured, or have coverage through Medicaid.
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Major findings of a recent report by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured include the following:
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Massachusetts' subsidized care plan's cost to double
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Guaranteeing affordable health insurance for all, changing the way doctors and other health care providers are paid, and better organizing and coordinating care delivery are among the top action items that await the next president, according to a report by the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System.
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Medicaid is falling short in providing services for children with very low birth weight, according to a study by Boston University researchers, who say their findings reinforce the Institute of Medicine's concerns regarding inadequate outcome data and health care services for pre-term infants.
