Healthcare
Agencies
Vocab
Insurance
ALL
100

Government agency focused on preventing disease in the U.S.

What is CDC? 

100

Responsible for international public health information. 

What is WHO? 

100

I am able to understand the feelings of another person. 

What is empathy? 

100

Set amount for certain medical services

what is copay? 

100
Father of Medicine 

Who is hippocrates? 

200

Government agency focused on preventing disease in Arkansas.

What is Arkansas Department of Health? 

200

A division of the USDHHS; involved in researching disease and conducting scientific studies

What is the NIH? 

200

I am tolerant and understanding. 

What is patience? 

200

Medical assistance program that is jointly funded by the federal government and state governments but operated by individual states for those with lower than average income.

What is Medicaid? 

200

Remote healthcare service. 

What is telemedicine? 


300

Emergency care, ambulance services, special care for victim in accidents

What is the Emergency Room? 

300

Establishes and enforces standards that protect workers from job-related injuries and illnesses

What is OSHA? 

300
Passing a test to obtain skill certification

What is certification exam? 

300

Healthcare for almost all individuals age 65 and older, for any person with a disability who has received Social Security benefits 

What is Medicare? 

300

Scientific discovery that improved infection control


What is germ theory? 

What is vaccinations? 

What is penicillin? 

400

Termally ill patients

What is hospice? 

400

A division of the USDHHS; concerned with the causes, spread, and control of diseases in populations

What is the CDC?

400

I am willing to be accountable for actions or behaviors; meeting obligations.

What is responsibility? 

400

Monthly bill to make sure you have insurance coverage. 

What is premium? 

400

A U.S. government health insurance plan for all military personnel

What is Tricare? 

500

Vary in size, privately owned, services include regular general care 

What is a dentist office? 

500

 Mainly provide assistance and care for elderly patients, usually called residents 

What is a Long-term care facilities (LTCs or LTCFs) or nursing home? 

500

Regular exercise, good sleep, good diet. 

What is good health? 
500

Deductible met but you still must pay a percentage.

What is co-insurance? 

500

Set of federal regulations adopted to protect the confidentiality of patient information and the ability to retain health insurance coverage

What is HIPAA? 

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