Long-Term Care Facilities II
Working
on the same two facilities that you identified in assignment on 3-18 Long Term
Care prepare a 8- to 10-page report in a Microsoft Word document including the
following:
•
Describe
the roles and responsibilities of the administration in each department of your
chosen facilities.
•
Identify
and list the sources of financing available to consumers for the various
programs provided by your chosen facilities. Identify the key public and
private sources of reimbursement available. Also discuss the role played by
managed care and its impact on long-term care reimbursement.
•
Describe
the various government and private resources available that assist in
developing and maintaining quality improvement programs in your chosen
facilities. Describe the ways in which quality and cost are controlled in your
chosen facilities. Also discuss the ethical aspect of access to care in the
facilities, including rationing.
Based
on your observations and learning from the two facilities, discuss the changes
brought in the long-term care system to make it reach full status as a
competition-driven system. You may include the following points in your
discussion:
•
Discuss
the changes made in the control mechanisms (external and internal) in order to
control the management, financing, and quality in the long-term care systems.
•
Discuss
the changes taking place in long-term care reimbursement system in order to
provide better reimbursement options both to consumers and providers.
•
Discuss
the changes made in the efforts of providers to accommodate changing magnitude
of the day-to-day needs of long-term care consumers.
Support
your responses with examples.
Cite
any sources in APA format.
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