The large patterns of disease in a population that impact the population.
What is epidemics?
100
This organizations goal is to support the development and testing of innovative healthcare payment and service delivery models.
What is The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation's?
100
A hospital that focuses on patients who stay on average greater than 30 days.
What is a long term care hospital?
100
This type of specialty physician can prescribe medication and admit patients to hospitals.
What are psychiatrists?
200
In the early 19th century, these were established to serve the indigent. They provided shelter to them while treating illness
What are almshouses or poorhouses?
200
This act was passed as part of the Affordable Care Act, and it targets abuse, neglect and exploitation of the elderly.
What is The Elder Justice Act?
200
This group is legally responsible for hospital operations. It approves strategic plans and budgets and has authority for appointing, evaluating, and terminating the CEO
What is the board of trustees?
200
This type of mental health professional cannot prescribe drugs but provides different types of therapy.
What are psychologists?
300
In 1973, the first piece of law was established to protect health care consumers in the hospital.
What is the Patient Bill of Rights?
300
This type insurance plan provides health insurance coverage to individuals who have preexisting conditions and had no health insurance for 6 months.
What is the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan?
300
This type of hospital focuses on holistic approach to care. They emphasize diet and environmental factors that influence health as well as the manipulation of the body.
What are osteopathic hospitals?
300
This agency has the largest funding for mental health research.
What is the National Institute of Mental Health?
400
Created in 1996, this providers focus specifically on the care of a patient when they are hospitalized. This new type of providers recognized the need of providing quality hospital care.
What are hospitalists?
400
Required coverage of prescription drugs, emergency services, and maternity and newborn care are examples of these benefits.
What are essential health benefits?
400
This type of program provides systematic relief to those caregivers who need a mental break. It also forestalls the ill patient from being placed in a facility.
What is respite care?
400
The use of video conferencing by a behavioral specialists to manage and assist with the treatment of a mentally ill patient.
What is telebehavioral health?
500
These are the foundation of our healthcare system.
What are hospitals?
500
This type of employer-sponsored benefit plan allows employees to select the type of benefits appropriate for their lifestyle.
What is a cafeteria plan?
500
These types of hospitals are for profit institutions and are owned by corporation, individuals or partnerships.