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Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization act of 2003 - Answer-
Provides Medicare recipients with prescription drug savings and additional health care
plan choices.
Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 - Answer- Mean to protect the public from
incompetent physicians by allowing those physicians or review of peers.
Medical negligence - Answer- Health care provider not meeting the standards of
practice and causing injury or death to a patient.
American Hospital Association (AHA) - Answer- Quality of care for physicians.
Current Procedural terminology (CPT) - Answer- Published annually by the American
Medical Association, codes are five digit numbers assigned to ambulatory procedures
and services.
Medicare - Answer- Healthcare program for people 65 years and older.
Medicaid - Answer- Joint federal and state program that helps with medical costs for
some people with low income and limited resources.
Breach of Confidentiality - Answer- Occurs when a patient information is disclosed to
others who do not have the right to access the information.
Satellite Clinic - Answer- Ambulatory care centers established remotely from the
hospital.
Rehabilitation Clinic - Answer- Admits patients who are diagnosed with trauma or
disease and who need to learn how to function.
Hospice Care - Answer- Provides comprehensive medical and supportive
social,emotional, and spiritual care to terminally ill patients and their families.
Personal Care Services - Answer- Provides assistance in daily living activities.
Respite Care - Answer- Care provided by specially trained individuals at a setting other
than the patients home to offer relief and rest to primary care giving.