Quality Improvement in the Health Care Organization Accreditation
The mandate for improving the way in which health care is delivered was stimulated by the public outcry over the estimated 98,000 deaths because of medical errors each year according to the Institute of Medicine in 1999. Since then, health care organizations have sought means by which the public can be reassured that they were meeting quality and safety standards. Accreditation agencies (e.g., The Joint Commission) and quality awards provide a means for the public to evaluate where the agency is meeting minimum standards.
You have been assigned by your manager to determine which accrediting agencies or quality improvement programs your hospital will utilize in its upcoming revenue cycle. Your hospital is a magnet hospital in a large urban area that provides multilayered services. You have previously used The Joint Commission for your accreditation but feel that you might be better served by using another accrediting body. You have three months in which to gather data and present the information to your manager.
Complete the following for this assignment:
Choose 3 quality improvement or accreditation-related programs to consider in replacing The Joint Commission for your organization, and briefly describe them. Your agency accepts Medicare and Medicaid payments; therefore, you will need to explore, as background, the conditions of participation for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). This is important information because you will need to compare your list of accrediting agencies and quality improvement programs with the conditions of participation to see if they meet the criteria.
Analyze the costs and benefits of each quality improvement or accreditation-related program by stakeholder group (e.g., patient, provider, and third-party payer).
Rank your quality improvement or accreditation-related program suggestions with rationale
ry tax should be levied in such a manner and at such a time that it gives the tax payer maximum convenience. Tax in the UK is generally collected by either taking from the tax payer before they receive the rest of the money, known as the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system, or they pay it directly to the government (HMRC).
Economy
The cost of collecting tax should be the minimum so that a major part of collection is towards the treasury. If administration expenses consumes a large portion of tax revenue, it cannot be said it is a good tax system. Tax systems vary around the world due to historical and institutional differences, but any good system must seek the least aggregate sacrifice in its tax policies. For 2018, the UK government spent 2% of their total spending on general government where HMRC is included (Chantrill, 2019).
Extra Characteristics
Simplicity
Tax should be so simple that any tax payer can understand its computation and complications without the help of an expert. It would also reduce the chance of tax evasion as it will not bother the individual to pay tax. A simple tax system is also beneficial for the government due to spending less time and money. A tax system that treats similar economic activities in similar ways for tax purposes will tend to be simpler and avoid discrimination between people and economic activities. However it can sometimes be efficient to discriminate between different activities for tax purposes, such as UK taxes on alcohol and tobacco, and other things that harm others and the environment.
Desirability
A tax should be desirable so that the government may defend itself against public criticism, by supporting its expediency. An unjust tax will always face sharp unwillingness on the part of the t