Download or read book The Boundaries of Medicare written by Katherine Fierlbeck and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2023-02-15 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While almost all universal health coverage in Canada is provided under the Canada Health Act, there is Medicare coverage that is provided outside of the act. This is the first book to explain the nature of these boundary health services, why they exist, and how to navigate them in practice. The Boundaries of Medicare examines the complex range of public health care services and coverage arrangements that predate or have developed alongside the Canada Health Act. These provisions – including for workers’ compensation, military personnel and veterans, incarcerated persons, migrants, and Indigenous Peoples – are often not well understood, even by those working at policy and delivery levels. Katherine Fierlbeck and Gregory Marchildon aim to improve understanding of these boundary services: why they were established, who is eligible for them, how services are provided, how they are paid for, and how they are managed within a multilevel governance system. They also look at the dramatic increase in virtual health care services since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and their relationship to the Canada Health Act. Explaining the origins, operations, and tensions of government-funded health care outside the Canada Health Act, The Boundaries of Medicare is an essential resource for policymakers, providers, administrators, and patients seeking to navigate Medicare in Canada.
Download or read book What s In What s Out written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Boundaries of Medicare electronic Resource the Role of Ontario s Physician Services Review Committee written by Colleen M. (Colleen Marion) Flood and published by Montréal : Institute for Research on Public Policy = Institut de recherche en politiques publiques. This book was released on 2004 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book What s In What s Out Stakeholders written by Brenda Jean Gamble and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although there was consensus that the system should continue to be needs based but needed reform, the concept of path dependency explains why reform remains stalled. It was found that the ideas of the policy elites are "stuck" in what has been created. The ideas and interests supported the existing institutional framework that privileges the public funding of medically necessary hospital services and physician services. Policy decisions that have been made at an earlier time have limited the choices and influenced the ideas of the policy elites on what should be funded under Medicare. The sustainability of the Canadian model of health care known as Medicare is the subject of intense public debate and has focused on updating the determination of what services should be publicly funded. Provincial/territorial health insurance plans must fully cover all medically necessary hospital and/or physician services. Even though there have been numerous reports over the last few decades identifying similar themes, reform has been stalled. The objective of this thesis was to assist in the policy process by ascertaining the views of policy elites from key stakeholder groups across Canada on what should be "in" and "out" of the publicly funded system. Using a non-experimental, cross-sectional design, a self-administered questionnaire (available in both French and English) was distributed between January and April, 2002, to policy elites involved in health policy discussions, either as health providers (doctors, nurses, pharmacists, home care providers, hospital/health authorities) or as business. The results are based on 2,523 responses. The ability of government to "buy real change" will largely depend upon its ability to mediate the scope of conflict within the existing institutional framework. Even incremental changes could prove contentious, as evidenced by the views on funding insured hospital services regardless of the site of delivery. A shift to a more holistic approach that would include an expanded funding role for government could be even more contentious, as the path of the medical model is so solidly established in governmental regulations and funding frameworks. Successful reform will need to address, rather than assume, a broader view of health.
Download or read book The Boundaries of Canadian Medicare electronic Resource the Role of Medical Directors and Public Participation in Decision Making written by Abelson, Julia and published by Montréal : Institute for Research on Public Policy = Institut de recherche en politiques publiques. This book was released on 2004 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The boundaries of Canadian medicare written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Importance of Public Participation Mechanisms in Canadian Health Care System There are several reasons to be concerned about the current gap in understanding related to health care decision making, not the least of which is the issue of the role of public values in these decisions and the accountability of these processes to citizens. [...] III: Descriptive Analysis of the Medical Directors and Their Meetings i. The Role of the Medical Directors The post of the Medical Director is similar throughout the various provincial and territorial Ministries of Health. [...] In assessing whether a mechanism for public participation is necessary at the level of the Medical Directors' meeting, it is critical to understand the nature of the meeting, with respect to how it is structured, the content of the discussion, and the effect that it has on policy outcomes in the home provinces. [...] Almost all of the Medical Directors interviewed articulated that the consideration underlying almost all of the discussion at the Medical Directors' meeting is the approach and experience of the other provinces. [...] To further understand the subject-matter of discussions of the Medical Directors requests were made under the various Provincial and Territorial Freedom of Information Acts, for disclosure of the minutes of the various meetings.
Download or read book The Boundaries of Canadian Medicare written by Mona Awad and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The boundaries of medicare written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In light of its recognition of the OMA as the exclusive bargaining agent for physicians, the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) has historically consulted and negotiated with the OMA regarding the "tariffs" or fees to be paid to physicians for the provision of publicly funded services. [...] Prior to the election of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party in 1995, the relationship between the OMA and the MOHLTC was negotiated through "Framework Agreements".7 Two framework agreements had been successfully negotiated, the first covering the period of 1991-1994, and the second covering the period of 1994-1997. [...] Page 7 of 25 The government membership of the PSC is selected from the Provider Services Branch of the MOHLTC.28 Under the agreements a professional facilitator, chosen by the parties, facilitates the PSC.29 Each party funds its own members, and the MOHLTC funds the administration costs of the Committee and the cost of the facilitator. [...] Under the 2000 Agreement, the agenda is determined by the facilitator in consultation with the co-chairpersons appointed respectively by the MOHLTC and the OMA. [...] Third, the PSC develops and delivers recommendations to the Minister of Health leading to the enhancement of the quality and effectiveness of medical care in Ontario.
Download or read book Medicare for All written by Abdul El-Sayed and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2021 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A citizen's guide to America's most debated policy-in-waitingAfter languishing for decades on the fringes of political discussion, Medicare-for-All has quickly entered the mainstream debate over what to do about America's persistent healthcare problems. But for most informed Americans, this surge of public and political interest in Medicare-for-All has outpaced a strong understanding of the issues involved. This book seeks to fill this gap in our national discourse, offering an expert analysis of the policy and politics behind Medicare-for-All for theinformed American.
Download or read book The Social Transformation of American Medicine written by Paul Starr and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize in American History, this is a landmark history of how the entire American health care system of doctors, hospitals, health plans, and government programs has evolved over the last two centuries. "The definitive social history of the medical profession in America....A monumental achievement."—H. Jack Geiger, M.D., New York Times Book Review
Download or read book The Boundaries of Canadian Medicare written by Colleen M. Flood and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Role of Telehealth in an Evolving Health Care Environment written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2012-12-20 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1996, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released its report Telemedicine: A Guide to Assessing Telecommunications for Health Care. In that report, the IOM Committee on Evaluating Clinical Applications of Telemedicine found telemedicine is similar in most respects to other technologies for which better evidence of effectiveness is also being demanded. Telemedicine, however, has some special characteristics-shared with information technologies generally-that warrant particular notice from evaluators and decision makers. Since that time, attention to telehealth has continued to grow in both the public and private sectors. Peer-reviewed journals and professional societies are devoted to telehealth, the federal government provides grant funding to promote the use of telehealth, and the private technology industry continues to develop new applications for telehealth. However, barriers remain to the use of telehealth modalities, including issues related to reimbursement, licensure, workforce, and costs. Also, some areas of telehealth have developed a stronger evidence base than others. The Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) sponsored the IOM in holding a workshop in Washington, DC, on August 8-9 2012, to examine how the use of telehealth technology can fit into the U.S. health care system. HRSA asked the IOM to focus on the potential for telehealth to serve geographically isolated individuals and extend the reach of scarce resources while also emphasizing the quality and value in the delivery of health care services. This workshop summary discusses the evolution of telehealth since 1996, including the increasing role of the private sector, policies that have promoted or delayed the use of telehealth, and consumer acceptance of telehealth. The Role of Telehealth in an Evolving Health Care Environment: Workshop Summary discusses the current evidence base for telehealth, including available data and gaps in data; discuss how technological developments, including mobile telehealth, electronic intensive care units, remote monitoring, social networking, and wearable devices, in conjunction with the push for electronic health records, is changing the delivery of health care in rural and urban environments. This report also summarizes actions that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) can undertake to further the use of telehealth to improve health care outcomes while controlling costs in the current health care environment.
Download or read book Medicare s Geographic Cost Adjustors written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Medicare Policy written by Karen Davis and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Politics of Medicare written by Theodore R. Marmor and published by Aldine De Gruyter. This book was released on 2000 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses Medicare's emergence as a political issue and the responses it elicited within the federal government and American society
Download or read book Medicare s Histories written by Esyllt W. Jones and published by Univ. of Manitoba Press. This book was released on 2022-05-27 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medicare is arguably Canada’s most valued social program. As federally-supported medicare enters its second half-century, Medicare’s Histories brings together leading social and health historians to reflect on the origins and evolution of medicare and the missed opportunities characterizing its past and present. Embedding medicare in the diverse constituencies that have given it existence and meaning, contributors inquire into the strengths and weaknesses of publicly insured health care and critically examine medicare’s unfinished role in achieving greater health equity for all people in Canada regardless of race, status, gender, class, age, and ability. Fundamental to the stories told in Medicare’s Histories is the essential role played by communities ¬– of activists, critics, health professionals, First Nations, patients, families, and survivors – in driving demands for health reform, in identifying particular omissions and inequities exacerbated or even created by medicare, and in responding to the realities of medicare for those who work in and rely on it. Contributors to this volume show how medicare has been shaped by politics (in the broadest sense of that word), identities, professional organizations, and social movements in Canada and abroad. As COVID lays bare social inequities and the inadequacies of health care delivery and public health, this book shows what was excluded and what was – and is – possible in health care.
Download or read book Annual Report to Congress written by United States. Physician Payment Review Commission and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
