Types of Hospitals
Treat a wide range of conditions and age groups, provide diagnostic, medical surgical, and emergency care services.
General hospital
Mainly provide assistance and care for elderly patients.
What is Long term care facilities
Provide care in a patient's home.
What is Home health care
A national agency that deals with health problems in the U.S.
What is U.S. Department of health and human services
The specific amount of money a patient pays for a particular service regardless of the total cost of that service that is required by some health insurance plans.
Co-payment
A specialty hospital that provides care for cancer patients
Oncology hospital
Vary from offices that are privately owned by one physician to large complexes that operate as corporations and employ many physicians. These facilities can diagnoses, treat, exam, perform basic laboratory test, and minor surgeries
What is medical offices
Provide guidance, counseling, psychiatric, and chemical abuse treatment.
What is Mental health facilities
Concerned with the causes, spread, and control of diseases in populations.
What is centers of disease control and prevention
How does someone qualify for Medicare?
1. people ages 65 and up
2. ESRD
3. any person with a disability who has had SS benefits for 2 years
Operated by federal, state, and local government agencies; provide care for government service personnel and their dependents.
Government hospitals
Care for those who can no longer care for themselves.
What is residential care facilities
These facilities can perform special diagnostic test such as blood or urine test.
Laboratories
Established to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for Americans.
What is Agency for healthcare research and quality.
provides health insurance to uninsured children of working families who earn too little to afford private insurance but too much to be eligible for Medicaid.
What is the Children's Health Insurance plan.
University or College Medical Centers
Composed of a group of medical or dental doctors who share a facility and other personnel.
What is Clinics or satellite centers
Provide care to help patients with physical and mental disabilities obtain maximum self care and function.
What is rehabilitation facilities
Establishes and enforces standards (guidelines) that protect workers from job-related injuries or illnesses.
What is Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Health insurance plan that is for active duty members of the military
Tricare
Examples of specialty hospitals (at least 2)
oncology hospital, pediatric hospital, trauma hospital, rehab hospital, orthopedic hospital
owned by ophthalmologist or optometrist; visual exams, eyeglasses/contact lenses.
What is optical centers
Works with couples who are pregnant or considering pregnancy- check for abnormalities
What is Genetic Counseling centers
The agency sponsored by the United Nations that compiles statistics on disease and publishes health information
World Health Organization (WHO)
Prevents anyone from denying you insurance based on a health condition. Established in 1996, standards provide protection for privacy of health information in all states
What is HIPPA.