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Health Services and Systems Matrix

Choose at least seven services or systems from the following list:

Hospice care
World Health Organization (WHO)
Public health
Rehabilitation center
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Medicare
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS
Center for Disease Control (CDC)
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)

In the following table, describe each of your choices and explain their functions and roles within the health care field. Your responses should total at least 50–75 words for each choice.

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Strives to ensure effective, up-to-date healthcare coverage and to encourage excellent care be provided to beneficiaries (Peggy S. Stanfield, 2012).
The function of this organization to extend health coverage to people over the age of 65 or people under the age of 65 or people with certain disabilities, kidney diseases, and qualifying children (Wallechinsky, 2013).
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is the federal organization that administers Medicare and Medicaid programs. CMS also over-sees the State Children’s Health Insurance Program that is financed by both the federal and state level government and administered by individual States (Wallechinsky, 2013).
Health Maintenance Organization.
The Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) Provides basic and supplemental
Health maintenance and treatment services to enrollees who pay a fixed fee.
The Health Mainenance Organization on preventative measures to maintain health rther than traditional traetment options (Lun, 1973). HMO plans do not cover out-of-network care except in emergencies. Many HMO plan require that the consumer lives and works within the coverage area (Health