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Health Savings Accounts – An American Innovation in Health Insurance
INTRODUCTON – The term “health insurance” is commonly used in the United States to describe any program that helps pay for medical expenses, colourful-zone whether through privately purchased insurance, social insurance or a non-insurance social welfare program funded by the government. Synonyms for this usage include “health coverage,” “health care coverage” and “health benefits” and […]
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Group Insurance Health Care and the HIPAA Privacy Rule
HIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. When I hear people talking about HIPAA, they are usually not talking about the original Act. They are talking about the Privacy Rule that was issued as a result of the HIPAA in the form of a Notice of Health Information Practices. The United States Department […]
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Health Care Fraud – The Perfect Storm
Today, health care fraud is all over the news. There undoubtedly is fraud in health care. The same is true for every business or endeavor touched by human hands, e.g. banking, credit, insurance, politics, etc. There is no question that health care providers who abuse their position and our trust to steal are a problem. […]
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5 Expert Insider Steps to Begin Transforming Your Health & Body Today!
While yes, our team is born in a world of intense high athletic goals such as bodybuilding, it is not our goal to support people to become bodybuilders – FAR FROM IT!;-) So you can relax now!! But it IS our goal to share with you why the lessons from our experience of mastering human […]
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Occupational Health – Workplace Health Management
Workplace Health Management (WHM) There are four key components of workplace health management: Occupational Health and Safety Workplace Health Promotion Social and lifestyle determinants of health Environmental Health Management In the past policy was frequently driven solely by compliance with legislation. In the new approach to workplace health management, policy development is driven […]
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Occupational Health: Core Areas of Knowledge and Competence, Part 1
It is not possible to describe a highly complex and dynamic process such as occupational health nursing simply in terms of core activities or tasks. Occupational Health Nurse (OHA) are constantly learning new skills, petges adapting current practices to meet new needs and developing new approaches to solving problems and therefore their practice is not […]
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Occupational Health: Core Areas of Knowledge and Competence, Part 2
OHA’s can contribute by helping managers to manage sickness absence more effectively. The nurse may be involved in helping to train line managers and supervisors in how to best use the OH service, in how to refer staff, what type of information will be required, what to expect from occupational health. newshunt By developing transparent […]
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Rebuilding the Tower of Babel – A CEO’s Perspective on Health Information Exchanges
Defining a Health Information Exchange The United States is facing the largest shortage of healthcare practitioners in our country’s history which is compounded by an ever increasing geriatric population. In 2005 there existed one geriatrician for every 5,000 US residents over 65 and only nine of the 145 medical schools trained geriatricians. By 2020 the […]
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There Are Two Kinds of People in the US – Those Who View Health As Static and Those Who Don’t
The lead author of the I believe Americans need a new way of thinking about health. Look where our current perspectives on the subject have gotten us – we are last among the world’s 17 most industrialized nations in all the key indicators of health. It’s hard to believe but true: we’re last in life […]
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Health Care Reform – Busting The 3 Biggest Myths Of ObamaCare
In the last few months we’ve seen a lot of Health Care Reform rules and regulations being introduced by the Health and Human Services Department. Every time that happens, the media gets hold of it and all kinds of articles are written in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, netedition and the TV […]