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Healthcare
This area includes a broad range of organizations and professions involved in the delivery of healthcare. Included are managed care models, healthcare trends, and ancillary services provided.
June 2008
Monday June 16, 2008
Posted by: Gita Uppal at 12:05AM EST on June 16, 2008
Considering the increasing national concerns on the shortages of nurses, what are HCOs doing to recruit nurses / ensure appropriate staffing of nurses? Does this shortage have an effect on the academic credentials that HCOs require for nurses?
Saturday June 14, 2008
Posted by: Rebecca Cartright at 12:06PM EST on June 14, 2008
In South Carolina, Medicaid sent out a letter and stated the beneficiary would have to chose a managed care plan. If the beneficiary did not, then they were automatically placed in one. This has caused a great deal of difficulty for the providers. Medicaid does not update their elegibility screens often enough to have accurate information and the beneficiary does not know which plan they have. Is anyone else having these issues with Medicaid?
Friday June 13, 2008
Posted by: Timothy Neville at 11:19AM EST on June 13, 2008
Is specialist capitation more or less common than primary care capitation and is capitation in general, on the increase or decrease?
Tuesday June 10, 2008
Posted by: Brian Thompson at 7:45PM EST on June 10, 2008
The last 3 hospitals I have worked had embarked on a staffing strategy to eliminate licensed pratical nurses (LPN's) and replace them with registered nurses (RN"S). Is there any data proving improved patient care from this sort of initiative? When looking at using a tierd model for the delegation of tasks in the hospital, is it not more cost effective to have a midline staff member between the RN's and the nursing assistants to handle the more routine skilled tasks like passing meds and dressing changes?
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