According to Draper et al (2002), managed care plans have historically relied on two key strategies to enable them to offer expanded benefits with limited financial responsibility for consumers and cost containment for employers; traditional managed care technology-limited provider networks and growth of plan management to gain leverage in provider negotiations. ... Draper et al (2003) lists three strategic shifts "Offering less restrictive products and product features, reconstituting their often adversarial, friction ridden contracting relationships with providers in order to establish a ...

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Introduction Shaefer et al. addresses the reason families shift their children from private to public insurance, while taking into account the concept of crowd-out by examining the transition of children from private to public health insurance in the wake of establishment of public programs that provide coverage to the uninsured alongside the continued offering of private health insurance. He identifies such programs as the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and using the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), a nationally representative household survey, identi...

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Teamwork has been linked to greater job satisfaction, which has been linked to productivity (Kalisch et al., 2010). ... Furthermore, increased teamwork has been linked to higher quality of care and enhanced safety, due to the ". . . close associations of patient safety with team effectiveness and shared mindset in healthcare (Kalisch et al., 2010, p. 945). ...

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It encloses how a professional must consider first the well-being of the patient, respect for the patient and clinical autonomy, provide high-quality care without discrimination, and provide openness and honesty with the patient with an agreement of disclosure of the adverse events (Christian et. Al, 2008). ... Although there are steady changes of technology, policies and the conditions of practices, the ideas inspired by our early professionals should remain the same (Christian, et al, 2008). ...

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This was done by looking at 10 tests per 10,000 Medicare enrollees and only those test that were affected by at least 50% (Asplach, et. Al, 2014). ... Throughout clinical laboratories the most common tests following this trend were drugs such as, digoxin, carbamazepine, phenytoin, lithium, and valproic acid (Asplach, et. Al, 2014). ...

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Research has revealed that unhealthy children who fail to attend school characteristically encounter learning disturbances which result in lower academic success, trouble staying on grade level, and drops in academic accomplishments (Mueller et al., 2006). ...

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