Healthcare Financaing

1. Financing of Healthcare

Describe the various mechanisms (e.g., third-party payer systems, health care exchanges) by which health care is financed in the United States. Please share your observations of patient and/or health care organization reimbursement

2. Nursing- Sensitive Indicators

Read this article on nursing-sensitive value-based purchasing by Kavanagh, Cimiotti, Abusalem, and Coty (2012). Explain how health care provider reimbursement is related to nursing-sensitive indicators. Describe how you observe your organization addressing nursing-sensitive indicators.