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For this blog post I chose to use an article I found for another class of mine. The article was titled, “Repealing the ACA without a Replacement- The Risks to American Health Care”, by former president Barrack Obama. In the article, Obama discusses how like most things policy changes with the country’s leadership. Although some changes can improve the state of the United States not having a plan before repeal can not only not improve but decline. Adopting the ACA gave many Americans health insurance, more than ever before. Not only did the ACA provide coverage to more people it also rewarded providers for providing better quality care rather than quantity.   Repealing the ACA would take benefits away but also would prevent others from getting a job due to preexisting conditions. This article is very recent because just last week the GOP’s voted to repeal the bill. The effect that this event could have would not only effect patients but hospital administrators. Administrators w...

Keeping in line with my previous blog post I found an article from the Health Financial Management Associations titled, “Texas NFP Hospitals Will Feel Harvey Pain for Year: Moody’s.” In the article, it evaluates the different steps hospitals in Texas took to be prepared for the natural disaster, Hurricane Harvey.   With Harvey hitting towards the end of the fiscal year it puts a lot of executives in a tough position if their hospital had to close or evacuate patients. A lot of hospitals are requesting property loss due to flooding and other structural damaging but those assessments will not be made till a later point in time. While Harvey did do mass destruction to the state of Texas, 95 percent of the Houston hospitals are operational as of last week and all but one of them that closed are back up and running. Those that stayed up and running had to be prepared long before we even knew of Harvey’s power. Employees had to make sure they had a plethora of supplies and resources alo...

Hello for my first blog post I wanted to post about the recent situation that has burdened Houston, Texas. Hurricane Harvey has posted record numbers for rainfall with 49.2 inches of precipitation. Harvey has destroyed neighborhoods, schools, and even hospitals are at risk. Hospitals have had to cancel appointments and surgeries and at some hospitals have had to move patients out to receive care. Unfortunately for these hospitals the worst has yet to come because even after the precipitation goes down  people who have lost homes and jobs avoid medical treatment or seek charitable care. From a management stand point these hospitals are going to have to make some controversial decisions. One of the biggest decisions I feel that is going to have to be made is the care that is given after the precipitation has gone down. Food sources and drinking water have been contaminated, which leads to several problems such as waterborne disease like Cholera and typhoid, and fo...