ACHE Board of Governors
Exam-Healthcare
Academic clinic - ANS-An organization that encompasses all of the health-associated
additives of a university, along with its fitness professions college, patient care operations,
and research enterprise.
Acute care health facility - ANS-A health facility (usually a community health facility) that
grants services designed to meet the desires of patients who require brief-time period take
care of a period of less than 30 days.
Ambulatory care - ANS-Medical care furnished on an outpatient basis
Ancillary Services - ANS-Services that relate to a affected person's care, consisting of lab
paintings, X-rays, and anesthesia
Average length of live - ANS-The average range of days in a given duration that a patient
remains inside the hospital; varies via kind of admission, age, and sex and is calculated by
dividing the overall variety of bed days by using the variety of discharges for a specific period
Bundled pricing - ANS-The act of placing numerous products or services together in a single
package deal and selling for a decrease charge than might be charged if the gadgets had
been offered one by one; in a healthcare, usually way one fee for all of the services supplied
for a given prognosis or technique, inclusive of overall joint alternative
Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services - ANS-The federal agency responsible for
administering Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program
Community advantage - ANS-Charitable care, instructional offerings, and other blessings
that a healthcare employer gives to its community to qualify as a tax-exampt charity under
segment 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Community-received infection rates - ANS-The degree of infections received from a network,
in contrast to those received in a medical institution
Continuum of Care - ANS-A full spectrum of healthcare, consisting of preventative,
ambulatory, acute, publish-acute, long-term, palliative, and hospice.
Critical access medical institution - ANS-A rural network hospital that rexeices fee-based
repayment
Disproportionate share sanatorium - ANS-A medical institution that receives Medicare
funding for treating a better percentage of indigent patients (calculated by a formula); the
Affordable Care Act could decrease this investment over time
Exam-Healthcare
Academic clinic - ANS-An organization that encompasses all of the health-associated
additives of a university, along with its fitness professions college, patient care operations,
and research enterprise.
Acute care health facility - ANS-A health facility (usually a community health facility) that
grants services designed to meet the desires of patients who require brief-time period take
care of a period of less than 30 days.
Ambulatory care - ANS-Medical care furnished on an outpatient basis
Ancillary Services - ANS-Services that relate to a affected person's care, consisting of lab
paintings, X-rays, and anesthesia
Average length of live - ANS-The average range of days in a given duration that a patient
remains inside the hospital; varies via kind of admission, age, and sex and is calculated by
dividing the overall variety of bed days by using the variety of discharges for a specific period
Bundled pricing - ANS-The act of placing numerous products or services together in a single
package deal and selling for a decrease charge than might be charged if the gadgets had
been offered one by one; in a healthcare, usually way one fee for all of the services supplied
for a given prognosis or technique, inclusive of overall joint alternative
Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services - ANS-The federal agency responsible for
administering Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program
Community advantage - ANS-Charitable care, instructional offerings, and other blessings
that a healthcare employer gives to its community to qualify as a tax-exampt charity under
segment 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Community-received infection rates - ANS-The degree of infections received from a network,
in contrast to those received in a medical institution
Continuum of Care - ANS-A full spectrum of healthcare, consisting of preventative,
ambulatory, acute, publish-acute, long-term, palliative, and hospice.
Critical access medical institution - ANS-A rural network hospital that rexeices fee-based
repayment
Disproportionate share sanatorium - ANS-A medical institution that receives Medicare
funding for treating a better percentage of indigent patients (calculated by a formula); the
Affordable Care Act could decrease this investment over time
