Case Study: HHD Clinics

DHHS was responsible for creating Rules and Standards that health care entities had to abide by. During this process, DHHS could have created a format that would have allowed for access once permission was received from the patient in disclosing necessary pertinent information for the coordination of services for treatment.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the primary agency responsible for administering human services throughout the United States for people who are uninsured, isolated or medically vulnerable. It makes healthcare insurance more affordable through the Affordable Care act (ACA), Medicaid, Medicare, and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Implement and enforce public health safety, provide education and training, research, protect health care rights, and social services. It has a total of ten organizations that falls under its umbrella and offices and agencies that establish policies related to health care and legislation. It is instrumental in implementing laws and enforcing regulations that congress and executive branch mandates it to do.

1. Describe the various missions of the Department of Health and Human Services. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has the mission of enhancing the health and well being of all Americans. HHS is the U.S. government’s principal agency for protecting the health of Americans and is responsible for providing essential human services for all and especially for those who are least able to help themselves. The Department manages programs that cover all spectrums of activities that impact health care, patient safety, and public health. HHS, though its programs and partnerships, provide health cover to more than 100 million people through Medicare and Medicaid, promote patient safety and health care quality in health care settings, protects vulnerable individuals and communities from poor health treatment, and leverages health information technology to improve the quality of care for all (HHS, 2015). Though it’s programming and other activities, HHS works closely with state, local, and federal agencies to strengthen health care, advance scientific knowledge, advance health care and safety, and ensure transparency, accountability and effectiveness of all HHS programs. HHS’s overall mission is to help American’s live healthy lives by providing millions of children, families, and seniors with access to high quality health care, affordable child care, and by pushing the boundaries of how we diagnose and treat disease.

1. The health care physician attempts to get its medical office in order. 2. The health care agency get evaluated by a credit rating agency. 3. The bond is rated by a bond rating agency. 4. The health care physician provides a note or lease to the legislative authority via a trustee.

Week 5 Assignment MGMT 670 -Summer 2016 Section 9042 Belinda Banks June 3, 2016 Abstract The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is an agency of the United States government that provides human and health services for all Americans. DHHS works closely with other state and local governments while building relationships with other partners within private sectors. HHS does realize the importance of resources and is striving to accomplish its mission that would be effective to the public. The DHHS mission consist of providing effective health services that includes the fostering effective and quality services in public health, medicine and social services. The DHHS provides health care access and helps to eliminate health disparities and continue to search for new and improved health information within technology to help improve patient care. DHHS also conducts health, public health and social science research. The DHHS provides comprehensive response, and strategist on efforts that prevents and manages the impact of infectious diseases.

The United States of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the principal agency that protects the health of Americans and provides them with crucial human services, particularly those who are unable to help themselves. The Health and Human Services provides essential services to those who are least able to afford the cost of health. The motto of the organization is “Improving the health, safety, and well being of America” (Health and Human Services, n.d). Initially, the department also constituted education but in 1979, the Department of Education was formed and education was no longer a mandate of the Health and Human Services.

Tristan is a sixteen year old male that has been admitted to Newport News Behavioral Health Center for the following reasons: mood instability, impulsivity, substance abuse, and poor impulse control. According to documentation, it was noted that Tristan was recently admitted to Maryview Hospital due hypomanic behavior. He has remained rebellious

Health Care Evaluation Today, many Americans are affected by health care decisions made without their prior knowledge. More than likely most Americans are unsure how those decisions are decided and who is responsible for making those decisions that ultimately affect how health care is administered. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the United States government’s principle agency for protecting the health of all Americans and for providing essential human services, especially to those who are unable to help themselves. HHS administrators over two hundred programs and it accounts for almost forty percent of all United States federal government spending. HHS mission is to keep Americans safe and healthy through effective health and human service programs. The department has five strategic goals: strengthen health care, advance scientific knowledge and innovation, advance the health, safety, and well-being of the American people, increase efficacy, transparency, and accountability of HHS programs and strengthen the Nation’s health and human service infrastructure and workforce (Department of Health and Human Services, (n.d.).

1. Before you contact an agency, do some research Is the agency a registered non-profit organization? Are they supported by other larger organizations (e.g., church, United Way, state or federal agency)? What else do you know about the agency’s location, hours, clientele, funding support, etc.? Do they have

Client is recommended to establish Primary Care Physician for all medical conditions and engage in routine medical care/dental care.

When reviewing the Department of Child Health Services (DCHS), it has effectively been able to provide health care services to low-income families with children while being able to make referrals to private health care service providers. The department also distributes state funds and resources to private and non-profit health care facilities which provide services to children in need. Along with the services, the DCHS is able to administer home visits by health care professionals and operate twelve mobile health care clinics that service the fifty six counties in the state of Welty.

Some of the services provided by these centers area family medicine, internal medicine, behavioral health, family planning, case management, pharmacy, x-ray, pediatrics, dentistry, and optometry. To offer adequate care to the community, Florida’s health centers strategy is to employ the best trained healthcare professionals while provided access to care in convenient locations, full compliance with electronic health records (EHR) for dental, pharmacy and medical, having convenient hours to meet the needs of the community even providing services on weekends, training their employees on understanding and adapting to the ethnic and cultural differences in the community plus having culturally diverse employees, giving affordable services regardless of patients ability to pay, and looking for stipend subsidizing to offer extraordinary help to medically under-served, uninsured and/or high risk communities.

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission oversees the operations of the health and human services system: Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS), Department of State Health Services (DSHS), Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS), and Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS). It provides administrative oversight of Texas health and human services programs: Medicaid, Children 's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Texas Women’s Health Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, SNAP Food Benefits and Nutritional Programs, Family Violence Services, Refugee Services, and Disaster Assistance. The organizations goal is to

Case manager called pt’s mother at 7:50am, as we agreed in our previous conversation with Dr. Kleinman. The patient's mother reported that she was functioning well, and she and the patient were getting ready to go to school. Case manager reinforced the patient's mother, if she has any difficulties please contact her in order to support her. Case manager also tell her that Dr. Kleinman is waiting for her at the schools to offer her support as well. Patient and family continue to be open to receiving support from case manager. HBCI will continue to work with patient and mother on exposures around school and social anxiety.

In 1975, six additional services were added to the original CMHCA to make twelve total (Smith, 2012): screening, consultation/ education, inpatient, outpatient, emergency, follow-up of discharged inpatients, partial hospitalization, children’s services, elderly services, transitional halfway houses, and alcohol abuse services, and drug abuse services (Gibson & Mitchell, 2008). With the