US Healthcare system Midterm Exam
Questions and Correct Answers
Which act included a Rural Hospital Flexibility Program that replaced the
essential access community hospital/rural primary care hospital model with a
critical access hospital (CAH) model?
Balanced Budget Act (BBA)
As the United States ages over the next several decades:
its older population will become more racially and ethnically diverse
A 1999 report of the Institute of Medicine found that:
medical errors take an estimated 44,000 to 98,000 lives per year
Which of the following was enacted under the Clinton administration in 1996
and had two primary purposes: to help ensure that workers would maintain
uninterrupted health insurance coverage if they lost or changed jobs and to
ensure privacy of personal health information?
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Which of the following is a major provision of the Affordable Care Act?
Requires that all new health plans cover certain preventive services, such as
mammograms and colonoscopies, without charging a deductible, co-pay, or
coinsurance
, A health maintenance organization (HMO):
is an organization responsible for the financing and delivery of comprehensive
health services to an enrolled population for a prepaid, fixed fee
The federated model of health information exchange (HIE):
allows contributing institutions to maintain control over data for which they are
responsible under HIPAA
The U.S. government has sought ways to incentivize adoption of HIT for more
than half a century. The largest incentive program to date has been the:
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH)
Which of the following allows for fast and accurate identification of patients
named "John Smith" because the master patient index (MPI) maintains
sufficient identifying information to ensure selection of the correct patient
among all institutions in the exchange?
Federated health information exchange (HIE) architecture
The current cumulative evidence for the benefits of EHRs with Computerized
Physician Order Entry (CPOE) and computerized decision support system (CDSS):
is mixed
Which of the following usually provide the most technologically advanced care
in their communities and offer inpatient and ambulatory care for economically
disadvantaged populations?
Questions and Correct Answers
Which act included a Rural Hospital Flexibility Program that replaced the
essential access community hospital/rural primary care hospital model with a
critical access hospital (CAH) model?
Balanced Budget Act (BBA)
As the United States ages over the next several decades:
its older population will become more racially and ethnically diverse
A 1999 report of the Institute of Medicine found that:
medical errors take an estimated 44,000 to 98,000 lives per year
Which of the following was enacted under the Clinton administration in 1996
and had two primary purposes: to help ensure that workers would maintain
uninterrupted health insurance coverage if they lost or changed jobs and to
ensure privacy of personal health information?
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Which of the following is a major provision of the Affordable Care Act?
Requires that all new health plans cover certain preventive services, such as
mammograms and colonoscopies, without charging a deductible, co-pay, or
coinsurance
, A health maintenance organization (HMO):
is an organization responsible for the financing and delivery of comprehensive
health services to an enrolled population for a prepaid, fixed fee
The federated model of health information exchange (HIE):
allows contributing institutions to maintain control over data for which they are
responsible under HIPAA
The U.S. government has sought ways to incentivize adoption of HIT for more
than half a century. The largest incentive program to date has been the:
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH)
Which of the following allows for fast and accurate identification of patients
named "John Smith" because the master patient index (MPI) maintains
sufficient identifying information to ensure selection of the correct patient
among all institutions in the exchange?
Federated health information exchange (HIE) architecture
The current cumulative evidence for the benefits of EHRs with Computerized
Physician Order Entry (CPOE) and computerized decision support system (CDSS):
is mixed
Which of the following usually provide the most technologically advanced care
in their communities and offer inpatient and ambulatory care for economically
disadvantaged populations?
