types of facility
What kind of facility takes care of teminally ill persons?
Hospice agencies
Insured people are restriced to using specific hospitals or doctors.
Prefered provider organizations
international agency sponsered by the united nations
amount that must be paid by the patient for medical services before the policy begins to pay
Deductibles
What facitilty provides for individuals with physical or mental disabilities to allow maximum self-care and function?
Reheabilitation facilities
Provides healthcare for all members of the military and their families.
TRICARE
National agency that deals with the health problems in the united states.
U.S. department of health and human services
USDHHS
always encompasses the line of authority or chain of command.
organizational structure.
Provides care for accidents or sudden illness.
Emergency care clinics
This plan has ready access to health examinations and early healthcare
Health matinence organization.
Concerend with the causes, spread, and control, of diseases in populations
Centers for disease control
CDC
allow individuals who can care for themselves to rent or purchase an apartmentin the facility
Independent living facilities or assisted living facilities.
Health maintenance organization (HMO)
federal medical assistance program that pays for the healthcare of individuals with low incomes abd individuals who are physically disabled or blind is.
Medicaid
Establishes and enforces standards that protects workers from job related injuries and illness
OSHA
supported by donations,membership fees,fundraisers,and federal or state grants.
Voluntary or nonprofit agencies.
Provide assistance and care for elderly patients.
Long-term care facilities.
heathcare access, portability,and renewablitiy, preventing heathcare fraud and abuse, tax-related helth provisions, appilication and enforcement of group health plan requirement, Revenue offsets
HIPPA
Federl agency that provides healthcare for veterans and their families
Veterans administration (VA)
Name 2 genetic diseases that genetic counselors often deal with?
Down Syndrome
Cystic Fibrosis
Sickle-Cell Anemia
Turner Syndrome
Huntington Disease