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Healthcare reform advocacy groups in the United States are non-profit organizations in the US who have as one of their primary goals healthcare reform in the United States. These notable organizations address issues such as universal healthcare , national health insurance , and single-payer healthcare .
Carolinas Medical Center, formally known as Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center, [1] is an 874-bed non-profit, tertiary, research and academic medical center located in Charlotte, North Carolina, servicing the southern North Carolina, northern South Carolina, and the Metrolina region.
In May 2011, the state of Vermont became the first state to pass legislation establishing a single-payer health care system. The legislation, known as Act 48, establishes health care in the state as a "human right" and lays the responsibility on the state to provide a health care system which best meets the needs of the citizens of Vermont.
FQHCs serve as essential health care providers, offering medical, dental and behavioral health care to individuals irrespective of their insurance status or income. They also address non-financial barriers to health care through enabling services, such as housing support, transportation, and nutritional assistance. [ 2 ]
The most common managed care financial arrangement, capitation, places healthcare providers in the role of micro-health insurers, assuming the responsibility for managing the unknown future health care costs of their patients. Small insurers, like individual consumers, tend to have annual costs that fluctuate far more than larger insurers.
The Nassau Health Care Corporation is guided by a 14-member board of directors. [5] The corporation's management team is led by Megan Ryan, Esq., President and Chief Executive Officer, who additionally serves as the President of the North Merrick Board of Education, as well as the Vice President of the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District. [6]
The health care system developed CareVio, a patient centered and clinician-led information technology enhanced care coordination service, that was designed to provide information and scheduling aid in 2017. [3] In 2023 CristianaCare paid $47.7 million to settle a fraud claim brought under the False Claims Act. [4]
It is organized as Westchester County Health Care Corporation, and is a New York State public-benefit corporation. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Westchester Medical Center is the primary academic medical center and University Hospital of New York Medical College . [ 5 ]