Insurance/Agency Regulations
A federal life insurance program for older persons and people with certain disabilities
What is Medicare?
True
What is the Patient Bill of Rights?
Who is credited with being the founder of nursing and making it a crucial part of health care delivery process?
Florence Nightingale
What is a pandemic?
A sudden increase in the number of reported cases for a particular disease spreading over a large geographical area
What must an agency have to operate and provide care?
What are 3 things that a healthcare worker of the future must be/have?
-multicompetent
-flexible
-strong academic foundation
-good oral and written skills
-able to use electronic data
-highly regulated
What is a policy?
a course of action that should be taken every time a certain situation occurs
List 4 types of natural disasters.
Earthquake, flood, hurricane, tornado, wildfire, extreme heat, winter weather, etc.
According to historical accounts, what did the red and the white color scheme of the poles outside barber shops represent to show the availability of health care?
Blood and bandages
Per the Affordable Care Act, insurance companies must cover individuals with __________ conditions.
Pre-existing
What are 3 communicable diseases that are still a focus today?
-AIDS
-Flu
-TB
-COVID
List 3 herbs that were used in the past and still used today.
-garlic and citronella
-lemon oil
-tea tree oil
-lavender oil
-Willow tree bark
-eucalyptus
-fox glove
-pacific yew tree
-quinine
__________ is the state of optimal well-being, achieved through preventing illness and injury.
Health
List 4 types of health care agencies you might find in your community.
Hospital
Clinic
Lab
Pharmacy
Insurance
Ambulance
Nursing homes
Home health
Hospice
What does the following do/provide for an agency?
-Licensure
-Certification
-Accreditation
-Licensure: allows them to operate and provide care
-Certification: allows them to receive Medicare and Medicaid payment
-Accreditation: signals quality
What are 3 reasons that we have rising Health Care Costs?
-malpractice litigation
-advanced technological developments
-increase in human longevity
-disaster relief expenses
Who is considered the Father of Modern Medicine?
What is Hippocrates?
What is one reason people are more likely to go without healthcare?
cost, time consumption, complexity of paperwork
What are 3 advantages of A Health Care Career?
1. opportunity to meet new challenges
2. stable salary and employment
3. good working environment
What are the 4 parts of Medicare and what do they cover?
A-Pay hospital and skilled care
B-pay doctor, labs, x-rays, equipment
C-private insurance (secondary)
D-prescription medications
To reduce health care costs, larger hospitals have done all of the following except:
a. become large corporate facilities
b. form partnerships with physicians for services
c. discharge patients earlier
d. refuse care for clients with conditions or diagnoses for which treatment is not financially profitable
d. refuse care for clients with conditions or diagnoses for which treatment is not financially profitable
List 3 developments that have helped reduce the spreading of disease.
What federal agency oversees the health care and public health of the United States?
What is the Department of Health and Human Services?
Instead of being focused on contagious disease, what are 3 things that Health Care Today focuses on?
1. CA
2. TB
3. Heart Disease
4. Drug Abuse