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Hospital Vs Non-Profit Hospital

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I chose to compare the operation management between the for-profit hospitals to non-profit hospitals. I chose this topic because I have worked for both. My degree is going to be Associates of Occupation Health for Medical Billing and Coding. I am also a License Practical Nurse. In Fort Smith were I last worked we had a private owned hospital, Non-profit hospital and a community owned hospital. People had a choice on where to go. Around here in Tulsa there are multi hospitals to choose from.

When you go to a hospital it is very important to pick the right one for your family. Unless you have a HMO plan that tells you which one to choose, you can go to any hospital in the area. It is best to check with your insurance company to see which one is in your network. It is always best to go with you’re the hospital in your network. The difference between these hospitals are that Community based hospital is financial supported by the community. The one in the Fort Smith area was Summit. The county was the one to start it to help with the low income families in the northern area close to Van Buren. It was not big and had bare minimum medical services. The taxes in the area help start and continue to support the hospital. We don’t have a lot of community based hospital in the United States …show more content…

The ambulance took them to Sparks. Because Sparks Regional is known for their Heart Center. Sparks emergency physician stabilized the patient then put back into ambulance to send to Mercy. The patient did not have a great insurance plan. It was one of those plans that had $5000.00 deductible. The patient had another heart ache in the ambulance on the ride over. He almost did not make it. It was just a 30 minute drive. The EMT was working on him pretty much the whole way over. The patient lived but nothing happen to that doctor or Sparks. They still have the same

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