US Healthcare
What do 63% of the population <65 receive health insurance through?
Employers
What is the core of patient healthcare?
Primary care.
True or False: Small employers often sometimes self-insure, and hire insures only to administer.
False.
True or False: Most doctors work in the hospital.
False.
What is a big focus for PA in practice and teaching?
Holistic patient.
True or False: Nearly 50% of adults in the US have one chronic disease.
True.
What is the answer to rural healthcare?
Telemedicine.
According to Kurt E. Jacobson M.D, what driven providers out of the profession?
COVID.
IOM definition?
Patient care.
New hospital-price transparency rules took effect earlier this year, but patient advocates say those rules only do so much.
Consumerism in Healthcare.
What is EMR mandated by?
ACA (Affordable Care Act).
According to Kevin J. Collins M.D., what is always a threat to cut reimbursement?
Medicare.
Among the 5,200 non-federal hospitals:
3,000 are nonprofits, 1,300 for-profit, and 1,000 are operated by the state and local government.
According to Kurt E. Jacobson M.D., what is driving decisions in healthcare?
Al.
Communication.