Download or read book Conversion of HMOs and Hospitals written by Bradford H. Gray and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book For Profit Enterprise in Health Care written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[This book is] the most authoritative assessment of the advantages and disadvantages of recent trends toward the commercialization of health care," says Robert Pear of The New York Times. This major study by the Institute of Medicine examines virtually all aspects of for-profit health care in the United States, including the quality and availability of health care, the cost of medical care, access to financial capital, implications for education and research, and the fiduciary role of the physician. In addition to the report, the book contains 15 papers by experts in the field of for-profit health care covering a broad range of topicsâ€"from trends in the growth of major investor-owned hospital companies to the ethical issues in for-profit health care. "The report makes a lasting contribution to the health policy literature." â€"Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law.
Download or read book The Corporate Transformation of Health Care written by Warren J Salmon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-25 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author explores how the corporate transformation of hospitals, HMOs, and the insurance and pharmaceutical industries has resulted in reduction in services, dangerous cost cutting, poor regulation, and corrupt research. He sheds light on the political lobbying and media manipulation that keeps the present system in place. Exposing the shortcomings of reform proposals that do little to alter the status quo, he makes a case for a workable single-payer system. This is an essential read for today's practitioners, policy makers, healthcare analysts and providers, and all those concerned with the precarious state of America's under- and uninsured.
Download or read book The Corporate Transformation of Health Care written by J. Warren Salmon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-06-23 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new volume illuminates the growing corporate in-roads into the health care system and its probable consequences, especially for physicians and other practitioners. Its fourteen contributors examine both the delivery and supply functions in the health sector in America. Ambulatory care, hospitals, health maintenance organizations, and health promotion activities are each critically dissected. A major thrust of the investigations focuses upon implications for the medical profession, principally how the increased scrutiny over clinical decision making by corporate purchasers and payors threatens the traditional role and relative autonomy of physicians. Varying theoretical perspectives are debated, with an additional Canadian perspective offered.
Download or read book Nursing Staff in Hospitals and Nursing Homes written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1996-03-27 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hospitals and nursing homes are responding to changes in the health care system by modifying staffing levels and the mix of nursing personnel. But do these changes endanger the quality of patient care? Do nursing staff suffer increased rates of injury, illness, or stress because of changing workplace demands? These questions are addressed in Nursing Staff in Hospitals and Nursing Homes, a thorough and authoritative look at today's health care system that also takes a long-term view of staffing needs for nursing as the nation moves into the next century. The committee draws fundamental conclusions about the evolving role of nurses in hospitals and nursing homes and presents recommendations about staffing decisions, nursing training, measurement of quality, reimbursement, and other areas. The volume also discusses work-related injuries, violence toward and abuse of nursing staffs, and stress among nursing personnelâ€"and examines whether these problems are related to staffing levels. Included is a readable overview of the underlying trends in health care that have given rise to urgent questions about nurse staffing: population changes, budget pressures, and the introduction of new technologies. Nursing Staff in Hospitals and Nursing Homes provides a straightforward examination of complex and sensitive issues surround the role and value of nursing on our health care system.
Download or read book The Corporate Transformation of Health Care written by John P. Geyman, MD and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2004-09-14 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author explores how the corporate transformation of hospitals, HMOs, and the insurance and pharmaceutical industries has resulted in reduction in services, dangerous cost cutting, poor regulation, and corrupt research. He sheds light on the political lobbying and media manipulation that keeps the present system in place. Exposing the shortcomings of reform proposals that do little to alter the status quo, he makes a case for a workable single-payer system. This is an essential read for todayís practitioners, policy makers, healthcare analysts and providers, and all those concerned with the precarious state of Americaís under- and uninsured.
Download or read book Not for Profit Hospitals written by James O. McClyde and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1999-04 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviews the process that some not-for-profit hospitals have used in converting to for-profit status. Specifically, it determines for selected conversions: (1) the method used to value assets; (2) the process used to solicit interest and obtain bids; (3) some of the terms negotiated as part of the sales agreement, including provisions for continued charity care; (4) the extent of community involvement in the process; and (5) how the proceeds from some of the sales were used to fulfill charitable missions. Also determined the role that state and federal governments play in regulating and monitoring hospital conversions.
Download or read book The Changing Hospital Industry written by David M. Cutler and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, the hospital industry has been undergoing massive change and reorganization with technological innovations and the spread of managed care. As a result, the total number of hospitals countrywide has been declining, and a growing number of not-for-profit hospitals have converted to for-profit status. These changes raise two fundamental questions: What determines a hospital's choice of for-profit or not-for-profit organizational form? And how does that form affect patients and society? This timely volume provides a factual basis for discussing for-profit versus not-for-profit ownership of hospitals and gives a first look at the evidence about new and important issues in the hospital industry. The Changing Hospital Industry: Comparing Not-for-Profit and For-Profit Institutions will have significant implications for public-policy reforms in this vital industry and will be of great interest to scholars in the fields of health economics, public finance, hospital organization, and management; and to health services researchers.
Download or read book The Rise and Fall of HMOs written by Jan Coombs and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Drawing upon a wealth of research, Coombs compares HMOs throughout the nation with the one in Marshfield, which came as close as any HMO to realizing the ideal of early advocates. This book is a resource for specialists in the fields of health policy research and analysis, health care management, health law and politics, public health, and social and organizational history of medicine. It will also appeal to many readers who are disturbed by the current stae of America's health care system and are curious about its future."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book HMOs and the Politics of Health System Reform written by Joseph L. Falkson and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Managed Care and Public Health written by Paul K. Halverson and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 1998 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public Health
Download or read book Ethical Challenges in Managed Care written by Karen Grandstrand Gervais and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through twenty case studies that illustrate a wide range of ethical challenges, this book explores the goals, methods, and practices of managed care, and offers practical guidance for addressing the ethical and policy issues inherent in such a system.
Download or read book HMO s Health Maintenance Organizations Their Potential Impact on Health Manpower Requirement August 1974 written by United States. Health Resources Development Bureau and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book National HMO Development Strategy written by United States. Office of Health Maintenance Organizations and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Public Health Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Health Insurance and Managed Care written by Peter R. Kongstvedt and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health Insurance and Managed Care: What They Are and How They Work is a concise introduction to the workings of health insurance and managed care within the American health care system. Written in clear and accessible language, this text offers an historical overview of managed care before walking the reader through the organizational structures, concepts, and practices of the health insurance and managed care industry. The Fifth Edition is a thorough update that addresses the current status of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), including political pressures that have been partially successful in implementing changes. This new edition also explores the changes in provider payment models and medical management methodologies that can affect managed care plans and health insurer.
Download or read book The Insider s Guide to HMOs written by Alan Jeffrey Steinberg and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practicing physician and insider offers a practical, concise guide to avoid getting lost in the healthcare shuffle.Within five years, nearly half of Americans will be insured by HMOs, which provide seemingly little choice about everything from your primary care physician to your options for more serious medical treatment As the mast radical transformation of American medicine in history takes place, HMO horror stories -- of interchangeable doctors, ineffective treatment, and services denied -- a becoming all too common.From the basic definitions and terms you need to know, to how to read your doctor, to when you may need legal help, The Insider's Guide to HMOs provides expert, dear advice on how to get the most out of the HMO system. Learn the difference between the various managed care plans available, how to get referrals to specialists inside and outside your HMO, how to evaluate the doctors in your system, what HMOs cover in an emergency, and how to get them to pay for the best available treatment for complicated or rare conditions.For everyone who has felt lost in the healthcare shuffle, The Insider's Guide to HMOs provides indispensable advice to reclaiming control of your medical care -- and getting back your peace of mind.Lively, well-argued and immensely practical. This book is packed with savvy advice about making the medical/insurance bureaucracy work for you. -- George Anders, author of Health Against Wealth: HMOs and the Breakdownof Medical Trust
