Public Health Agencies
CDC
What is Center for Disease Control?
HMO
What is Health Maintenance Organization?
A payment system that rewards providers for
quality of care rather than quantity of
services.
What is Value based Compensation?
A person comes in to the doctor for a checkup. What kind of care are they receiving?
What is Clinical Preventative Services?
are healthcare activities performed in a clinical setting to detect illnesses early, prevent disease, and promote health.
What is Clinical Preventative Services?
FDA
What is U.S Food and Drug Administration?
PPO
What is Preferred Provider Organization?
A healthcare program for military members,
retirees, and their families.
What is TriCare?
a consultation with a cardiologist for specialized heart testing.
What is Secondary Care?
the first level of care
that patients receive when they have medical
concerns or needs.
What is Primary Health Care?
NIH
What is National Institutes of Health?
a joint federal-state program in the United States that provides free or low-cost health coverage to millions of Americans with limited income and resources
What is Medicaid?
A facility that provides ongoing medical and
personal care for individuals unable to live
independently.
What is LTCF?(Long-Term Care Facility)
coronary artery bypass surgery performed in a specialized hospital
What is Tertriary care?
is specialized, high-level consultation and treatment for severe, complex, or rare conditions, usually provided in hospitals or specialized centers.
What is Tertriary Health Care?
CMS
What is Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services?
is a federal health insurance program in the U.S primarily for people aged 65 or older and certain younger individuals with disabillites.
What is Medicare?
A healthcare system that controls costs by
coordinating services and limiting provider
choices.
What is Managed Care?
community-wide childhood vaccination program.
What is Population based Healthcare?
is specialized medical care provided by physicians or hospitals upon referral from a primary care provider.
What is Secondary Health Care?
OSHA
What is Occupational Safety Health Administration?
are private plans that pay for out of pocket costs such as deductibles.
What is medigap polices?
A payment model where healthcare providers
are paid separately for each service they
perform.
What is Fee-For Service?
a patient comes in for treatment for minor injury for a sprained ankle.
What is Primary Health Care?
improve health outcomes for a defined group—such as a community, region, or people with a common condition—by blending public health strategies with medical care.
What is Population based Health Care Services?