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5 Components of Healthcare Industry Answer - Patients
Providers
Payers
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Group Purchasing Organizations
Manufacturers and Suppliers
Patients Answer - All health care is designed to provide services to patients -
individuals who are physically ill, injured, psychologically or emotionally ill, or
who have need of assistance with "activities of daily living.
Providers Answer - Hospitals
Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Clinics/medical group practices
Private Urgent Care Facilities
Long-term Care Facilities
Healthcare Provider Organizations - facilities that comprise the acute-care and
long-term care segments of the industry.
Payers Answer - 1.The Patient i.e. Private Pay
2. The Government through CMS
, Federal: Medicare 65+, disabled
State: Medicaid (below poverty line)
3. Traditional Insurance Companies
ACHE Answer - American College of Healthcare Executives-the foremost
leading organization for healthcare executives. Healthcare executives.
American College of Healthcare Executives:foremost professional organization
for healthcare executives organized into local chapters, where members can
participate actively in issues and career enhancement opportunities with their
neighbor peers in the industry
ASC Answer - Ambulatory Surgery Centers
ANA Answer - American Nurses' Association plays both a professional and an
advocacy role for member nurses in the industry.
FAH Answer - Advocacy Organization. Federation of American Hospitals; For
profit.
hire or contract lobbyists and lawyers and other staff to represent or influence
the policies, the legislation and/or the issues that are important to their
respective members.
HFMA Answer - Healthcare Finance Management Association. Financial
Management Executives in healthcare.
AHA Answer - Advocacy organization. American Hospital Association
Not for profit hospitals and healthcare systems