... Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Health Literacy Center, 1 with the support of the Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc., addressed the problem by offering three national skills training workshops called Writing for the Medicaid Market. The training was marketed to public and private organizations...

... of the worker both represent a productivity-enhancing investment in the worker by the firm. The problem is that the employer frequently fails to capture the returns on the investment. A healthier or better-skilled worker can command a higher wage and threaten to leave the firm making the investment. This risk...

... the centennial anniversary of its founding, nurse leaders recognized systemic changes have required nurses to function in clinical,illness-oriented roles rather than in their more traditional community and public health roles. With nurses' public health skills atrophying, these leaders urged members...

...-activists who are emphasizing the need for greater civic engagement. Medical institutions have the opportunity to build on these commitments to inculcate strong social skills and civic attitudes and behaviors at all levels of education, training, and medical practice for the betterment of patients...

.... In addition, states vary in both the scope of their Medicaid programs and the sophistication of the skills and resources they can bring to bear in shaping them. Understanding how these influence the ability to implement market-based strategies in Medicaid and what the effects of these strategies appear...

... officials, health care providers, attorneys, and researchers must be skilled and prepared to successfully navigate and resolve potential pitfalls for its benefits to be fully realized. Among the significant challenges related to policy surveillance are: (1) timing; (2) agenda setting; (3) predictable misuse...

...;information-system assets; and financial and intellectual capital. Further,safety is an aspect of quality (the same tools, decision making,interventions, and monitoring apply), and safety management benefits from prior efficiency management (similar skills and culture of innovation). Observed variation...

... maternity care issues to the policy agenda; and politically skilled consumer groups (which in the case of maternity care essentially do not exist in the United States) can influence the process. Copyright © 1998 by Duke University Press 1998 References Allsop , J. 1995 . Health Policy...

... a gradual shift to “conditional and well managed universalism.” These latter principles stress the need to differentiate access to care according to some criterion to regulate demand and the need for efficient use of scarce resources through adequate valorization of managerial skills and the use of “market...

... for comprehensive health care reforms and conclude that the critical factor these states shared in common was skilled and committed leadership from “policy entrepreneurs” who formulated the plans for system reform and prominent “investors” who contributed substantial political capital to the development...

... pay for including an academic medical center; (4) future restructuring of organizations to sustain the educational mission of academic faculty within a viable delivery system; (5) satisfaction of managed care providers with graduates of academic medical centers, as measured by the clinical skills...

... related to decentralization as have been seen elsewhere in the world. The importance of effective intergovernmental relations to the creation of a national health system is highlighted. Negotiation, contracting, and coordination skills and mechanisms need to be strengthened to ensure a more effective...

...James C. Robinson This paper studies the link between occupational health hazards and job security. Consistent with the underlying hypothesis that firms utilizing hazardous technologies tend to employ low-skilled workers who can be discharged easily in case of a downturn in business, the analysis...

... Medicaid reimbursement levels for skilled nursing facilities. The results of this study have implications for proposals to extend Medicare's Prospective Payment System for hospital services to include postacute care. Proponents of a “bundled payment” that encompasses both acute and postacute services argue...

... and supervised injunction resulted in compliance with minimum staffing and some improvement in quality measures, but quality levels remained below the average California facilities. The litigation also had some negative financial impact on Skilled Healthcare Group's California facilities and parent company...

... it has not been eliminated. The costs of excess capacity include idle capacity and an alleged reduction in skill levels. The neurosurgery market's performance is evaluated and it is found that while relative income has declined, entry has continued at a high rate; excess capacity is therefore not being...

...Edmund J. McTernan; Alan M. Leiken In little more than a decade, the problems and issues relating to the supply of, and demand for, skilled health manpower in the United States have shifted dramatically. Where the key words in the late 1960s were “shortage,” “crisis,” and “expansion of training...

... the importance of comprehensive information and clear communication in promoting health care reform. Copyright © 1994 by Duke University Press 1994 References Bishop , C. , and L. C. Dubay. 1991 . Medicare Patient Access to Posthospital Skilled Nursing Facility Care. Inquiry 28 . 345 -56...

... Guy Takes It On the Chin. New York Times , 13 July. Harlow , Karen S. , and Laura B. Wilson. 1985 . DRGs and the Community-Based Long-Term Care System. Statement to House Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Human Resources, 30 July. Hospitals . 1984a . Nursing Skills...

...) or a skilled nursing home (Medicaid) and consequently for the receipt of federal reim- bursement funds. The relationship between regulatory compliance (particularly in skilled nursing homes) and federal reimbursement quickly became controversial. Officials in the Department of Health, Education...