Category: Health

Health Policy & Political Action Senator Denise Grimsley filed Bill SB 210 in 2015 (Florida Senate, 2016). It was aimed at empowering ARNPs in terms of prescribing controlled medication to patients. It also provided an opportunity for physicians to bypass the existing forms, thus, easing the process of filling in the protocols. By the bill,…

Table of Contents Introduction Access to Healthcare is a Right Health Care Access Is a Privilege Analysis Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Many industrialized nations provide universal health care access to their citizens. However, America is different from its peers because it has struggled to provide unlimited access to health care services, despite being one of…

Strategies for Legislative Change The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was presented during the presidency of Obama to provide more opportunities in healthcare coverage and reduce the number of uninsured people in the country. While major achievements are already evident in the medical sphere, there are many points to elaborate on in the future.…

EMTALA, Emergency Medical Treatment, and Active Labor Act is a regulation that requires health care establishments to provide emergency treatment and examination, regardless of individuals’ ability to pay, access to insurance, and legal status. The provisions focus on such services as medical screening requirements, stabilizing treatment, restriction transfers, and enforcement. Medical screening is offered to…

In the United States to protect health information is implemented the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). According to HIPAA, any information that is somehow related to the physical or mental condition of an individual is considered protected health information or PHI (Drolet, 2017). PHI includes patients’ names, surnames, license numbers, email addresses, photos,…

Table of Contents Introduction Impacts of Health Care Reform on the Economy Governmental Policy Process Issues Arising from the Governmental Policy Process Stakeholders in the Health Care System Conclusion References Introduction Health care reform is a powerful strategy for supporting the economic position of a nation. The approach presents evidence-based ideas and policies that can…

In the current research paper, I will discuss two legal cases in the healthcare industry. The first case concerns Medicare and Medicaid fraud, which has caused approximately $3.5 million in losses. Consequently, the second case regards the false claims, fraudulent schemes, and consequent permission for Motion for Leave to file additional complaints. Ultimately, both cases…

Table of Contents Key Points of the Healthcare Policy: Literature Review Issue Overview Policy History Beneficiaries and Outcomes Financial Impact Support System Empirical Evidence: Statistics Impact and Importance: The Nurse Practitioner Role Conclusion References Although Florida, as well as other states in the USA, suffers from shortages of primary care physicians, acute physicians, and other…

Annotated Bibliography Al-Rousan, T., Rubenstein, L., Sieleni, B., Deol, H., & Wallace, R. B. (2017). Inside the nation’s largest mental health institution: a prevalence study in a state prison system. BMC Public Health, 17(342). The researchers carried out a cross-sectional study using the Iowa Corrections Offender Network to determine the mental illness prevalence rates and…

The 21st Century Cures Act of 2016 (2016), which has been a public law since the end of 2016 in the US, incorporates multiple important provisions regarding technology in healthcare, especially in connection to informatics. This paper is dedicated to its Section 4003. Section 4003 focuses on the nationwide interoperability of healthcare information technology (HIT)…