Understanding the Healthcare Industry
Healthcare professional who provides routine checkups, screenings, treatments, prescriptions, and preventive services.
Primary Care Physician (PCP)
Which specialist is educated and trained in bone, joint, and muscle conditions?
Orthopedist
Pays for the costs of basic healthcare services and many other specialized services.
User must use doctors, hospitals, clinics, and services that are members of the _ _ _ network.
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
How many days do you have to wait to select benefits from most employers?
30 days
Area without nearby full-service grocery stores.
Food desert
Medical care that seeks to prevent and treat health conditions.
Healthcare
Breathing conditions and lung diseases.
Pulmonologist
A regular fee paid to the insurance company each month.
Paid even if you do not receive medical care.
Premium
What are the three types of coverage Vanguard offers?
Bronze, Silver, and Gold.
What is the term for volunteering your time and skills to an organization in your community?
Community Service
Healthcare professionals who have additional training in treating certain types of diseases and disorders.
Specialists
Conditions of the urinary system and male reproductive system.
Urologist
Amount a person pays for healthcare services before the insurance company begins to pay for an agreed-upon portion of healthcare costs.
Deductible
What is the type of service you receive earlier to prevent sicknesses?
Preventive services
Is the act of indicating you allow your organs to be donated and transplanted into another person.
Organ donation
Healthcare facilities in which patients reside for the duration of treatment.
Impatient Facilities
Diseases of the joints, such as arthritis.
Rheumatologist
A fixed amount for medical services.
For example, you might need to pay $20 for a visit to the doctor.
Co-payment
What is the identity theft protection Vanguard offer/ provides?
LifeLock
Ensures the safety and effectiveness of medications, foods, beverages, and other products.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Healthcare facilities that patients visit for treatment and then leave.
Outpatient Facilities
Diseases and disorders of the brain, nerves, and spinal cord.
Neurologist
Pays for the costs of healthcare provided by doctors, healthcare providers, hospitals.
Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)
What age are you allowed to be on your parents' insurance?
26-years-old
Is the main US public health agency in charge of the control and prevention of disease, injury, and disability.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention