U.S. Health Care Systems for Small Populations, Part 6

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U.S HEALTHCARE SYSTEM FOR SMALL POPULATION 2

US HEALTHCARE SYSTEM FOR SMALL POPULATION 2

U.S Healthcare System for Small Population Part 5

Shawnette Jones

University of Phoenix

MHA/599

Kattie Huttegger

November 9, 2020

Introduction

Access to comprehensive healthcare services and quality is crucial for maintaining and promoting health, managing and preventing disease, reducing disabilities and premature deaths that are unnecessary, and achieving everyone's health equity. (IPatientCare, 2016) Quality improvement of healthcare is meant for improving effectiveness, safety, and efficiency. For that reason, designing a healthcare system needs indulgence in specialized tools and methods known to assist improvement. (Healthypeople, 2020) Healthcare is vital to society since it is the first point of contact to keep people well and enhance their life quality. A strong and accessible PHC system reduces the hospital's pressure by supporting individuals in managing their health issues in society (Rishu Agarwal, 2017).

MedStar Health in Waldorf, Maryland

Waldorf, MD, underlies the 18th population within the nation when it comes to the overall population of health, and it is also considered to do more than good. This city is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in the county of Saint Charles, Maryland, in the United States. The population of the census-designated area in the 2007 census was 67,752. The male population was 31,817, and the female population was 35,935. The healthcare system that is selected is MedStar Health, which is located in Maryland. To enhance competition in the health care system and improve the health care system's affordability, the organizations should leverage much on the patient outcome since patients are the key elements in the health sector.

The health institutions should revolutionize the breakthrough medicine where health care is made more affordable by people from different backgrounds. Rewarding the best results for patients can be used as one element to improve patients' affordability. The strong relationship across the organizations will enhance the aspect of innovation and creativity. The second way the system can be restructured to meet the health care goals is by utilizing management. Ensuring the patients in the community obtain a better deal on medicine in which can help improve the people's health care and maintain their wellbeing. The floor plan has been proposed to have large spacious rooms. With more spacious rooms, it will be advantageous for both the patient and the healthcare officers to have privacy so that they can discuss their help so they can have a private conversation about the patient's health improvements. A large amount of the treatment rooms in Maryland health care are also crucial since it highly reduces any mode of contagious diseases spread through the air.

To accommodate the extra rooms, the main building that will be nearly constructed 55,000 square foot, three-story facility. The organization chart starts with the president, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Information Officer, Chief Human Resource Officer, Director Administration, Registration Manager, Laboratory Manager, Facilities Manager, Chiefs Operations Officer, Chief Nursing Officer, Director of Nursing, Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Cardiology, Oncology, Neurology, General Health, Chief Medical Officer, Orthopedics, Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer. For a healthcare facility to be effective, there are some costs that they need to incur for the business's perfect running. Some of these costs are; direct costs, indirect costs. Direct costs are the costs that are directly attributable to patient care. Indirect costs are costs that are not related directly to the patients.

The anticipated costs

Some of the anticipated costs are; property the facility will almost be newly constructed for at least 55,000 square foot, three-story facility. The facility will be constructing new rooms that will be accommodating. The other anticipated costs are salaries; this will be incurred each month, so running the facility is a cost. They are the salaries that will be given to the employees who work in the facility. The other expenses are telecommunication. These are the costs, for instance, that are used for the telephone networks, internets, and computer networks that are used in the facility used for communication between employees and also the patients. The other costs that will be incurred are utilities; these costs may include water bills, electricity bills, and so on. Additional costs are licensing and permits; they are all permits, agreements, licenses, and authorization agreed to or issued by any private party or governmental authority and also can include building permits and so on (Steve Milano, 2020). So, these are also the costs that the facility will be incurring for them to run it effectively.

Other costs are taxes; they are the amount of money that will be given to the government so that they can be able to pay for public services. This cost will be incurred every month. Other costs that will be incurred by the facility are maintenance costs; these are the costs that the facility will incur to keep their assets, such as computers, in good condition. These costs may be spent on maintaining items such as running anti-virus software on a computer system. Other costs are food and medical equipment. Costs such as food are the costs incurred by providing food to the inpatients. The other one is professional liability insurance. These are the costs the facility will incur for it to provide the healthcare services to the patients and run the facility.

Revenue streams are different sources of income. My planned revenue streams for the facility that I have proposed are from collecting out-of-pocket payments from the patients. This is where the patients will be paying for the services that they will be getting from the facility. The patients will be charged a fee regarding the care that they get from the facility. My proposed facility's other source of income is by filing a claim with private insurance organizations and being paid through reimbursements. The other source is from foreign embassies. (Slalom Healthcare & Life Sciences, 2019) The other source of income is by billing the government in case of Medicaid and Medicare. With the quality services that the patients will be given, they will not feel hard to pay for the services and still visit the facility always, and that will keep the facility going because the patients will not opt to go for other services, and that will bring revenue to the facility. So, the organization will still be in business after we open because it will be providing the best services.

In conclusion, healthcare is an essential aspect of society, and the community with healthcare facilities also has healthy citizens. Healthcare organizations should provide healthcare services that are of good quality and ensure that they are given the services they require. The healthcare facilities should not offer expensive services to the patients since not all people can afford costly facilities and promote services that are fair to all the patients in society.

References

Healthypeople. (2020, October 8). Access to health services | Healthy people 2020. Healthy People 2020 |. https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/Access-to-Health-Services

IPatientCare. (2016, November 25). Why is quality improvement in healthcare important? iPatientCare. https://ipatientcare.com/blog/why-quality-improvement-in-healthcare-is-important/

Slalom Healthcare & Life Sciences. (2019, October 30). Traditional revenue sources can’t sustain today’s hospitals. It’s time to think outside the box. Medium. https://medium.com/the-slalom-daily-dose/traditional-revenue-sources-cant-sustain-today-s-hospitals-it-s-time-to-think-outside-the-box-fe2aac169596

Steve Milano. (2020, November 4). Categories of expenses & revenues in the hospital business setting. Small Business - Chron.com. https://smallbusiness.chron.com/categories-expenses-revenues-hospital-business-setting-4882.html