MHA 707 EXAM C 2026 PRACTICE TEST
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED HEALTH SYSTEMS
ADMINISTRATION BREAKDOWN FULL REVIEW
◉ 1847. Answer: founding of American Medical Association (AMA)
◉ AMA. Answer: -established standards for preliminary medical
education for the degree of MD
-Code of medical ethics
-recommended use of anesthetic agents for surgery and obstetrics
-noted the dangers of secret remedies (snake oil) and patent
medicines
-recommended that state governments register births, marriages,
and deaths
◉ advances that made practice of medicine more successful in
treating health problems. Answer: -improvements in surgery made
during the civil war
-application to medicine of advances in bacteriology by scientists
such as louis pasteur
,◉ provided the start for some of the largest names in the modern
pharmaceutical industry : wyeth, pfizer, squibb. Answer: demand for
therapeutics fueled by the civil war
◉ 1861. Answer: founding U.S. nursing corps
◉ nursing corps. Answer: -created ambulance-to-emergency room
system we know today
-established hierarchy of treatment stations to type of hospital
facilities
◉ 1899. Answer: founding of association of hospital
superintendents
◉ Association of hospital superintendents became. Answer:
American hospital association (AHA)
◉ 1900. Answer: adoption of the Bertillon or International List of
Causes of Death
◉ Bertillon or International List of Causes of death. Answer: -
predecessor of the international classification of diseases (ICD)
-brought some standards and criteria in the study of diseases
,◉ both public and private sectors were involved in. Answer: -
providing health care coverage
-building the American health care infrastructure
◉ 1811. Answer: access to health care for members of the military,
vets, and fam had become a public sector initiative
◉ 1910. Answer: early forerunners of health insurance plans
appeared as "prepaid" group practices
-plan members paid a monthly premium and received a wide range
of medical services through exclusive group of providers
◉ 1929. Answer: Blue cross plans were established to provide
"prepaid" hospital care to workers in the dallas public school system
-Baylor created it
◉ Blue Cross Blue Shield developed nationwide due to. Answer: the
U.S. entering WW2 w/ caps on wages
◉ 1940s. Answer: BCBS unified
◉ BCBS together served. Answer: 24M, 81 hospital plans 44 med
plans
, ◉ by 1960s BC had. Answer: 52M
◉ by 1960s BS had. Answer: 40M
◉ BCBS covered what percent fed employees. Answer: 33%
◉ BCBS offered by. Answer: voluntary, nonprofit companies
-established as charitable and benevolent organizations
◉ BCBS used what to set prices for their products. Answer:
community rating
◉ why did BCBS use community rating. Answer: data was too poor
to do anything else
◉ community rating refers to. Answer: insurance pricing whereby
everyone in same geographic area pays the same premium
-regardless of their health status, age, gender, family composition,
occupation, health behaviors such as smoking, or claims history
◉ Experience Rating. Answer: tailors policies and premiums to a
particular group or individual
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED HEALTH SYSTEMS
ADMINISTRATION BREAKDOWN FULL REVIEW
◉ 1847. Answer: founding of American Medical Association (AMA)
◉ AMA. Answer: -established standards for preliminary medical
education for the degree of MD
-Code of medical ethics
-recommended use of anesthetic agents for surgery and obstetrics
-noted the dangers of secret remedies (snake oil) and patent
medicines
-recommended that state governments register births, marriages,
and deaths
◉ advances that made practice of medicine more successful in
treating health problems. Answer: -improvements in surgery made
during the civil war
-application to medicine of advances in bacteriology by scientists
such as louis pasteur
,◉ provided the start for some of the largest names in the modern
pharmaceutical industry : wyeth, pfizer, squibb. Answer: demand for
therapeutics fueled by the civil war
◉ 1861. Answer: founding U.S. nursing corps
◉ nursing corps. Answer: -created ambulance-to-emergency room
system we know today
-established hierarchy of treatment stations to type of hospital
facilities
◉ 1899. Answer: founding of association of hospital
superintendents
◉ Association of hospital superintendents became. Answer:
American hospital association (AHA)
◉ 1900. Answer: adoption of the Bertillon or International List of
Causes of Death
◉ Bertillon or International List of Causes of death. Answer: -
predecessor of the international classification of diseases (ICD)
-brought some standards and criteria in the study of diseases
,◉ both public and private sectors were involved in. Answer: -
providing health care coverage
-building the American health care infrastructure
◉ 1811. Answer: access to health care for members of the military,
vets, and fam had become a public sector initiative
◉ 1910. Answer: early forerunners of health insurance plans
appeared as "prepaid" group practices
-plan members paid a monthly premium and received a wide range
of medical services through exclusive group of providers
◉ 1929. Answer: Blue cross plans were established to provide
"prepaid" hospital care to workers in the dallas public school system
-Baylor created it
◉ Blue Cross Blue Shield developed nationwide due to. Answer: the
U.S. entering WW2 w/ caps on wages
◉ 1940s. Answer: BCBS unified
◉ BCBS together served. Answer: 24M, 81 hospital plans 44 med
plans
, ◉ by 1960s BC had. Answer: 52M
◉ by 1960s BS had. Answer: 40M
◉ BCBS covered what percent fed employees. Answer: 33%
◉ BCBS offered by. Answer: voluntary, nonprofit companies
-established as charitable and benevolent organizations
◉ BCBS used what to set prices for their products. Answer:
community rating
◉ why did BCBS use community rating. Answer: data was too poor
to do anything else
◉ community rating refers to. Answer: insurance pricing whereby
everyone in same geographic area pays the same premium
-regardless of their health status, age, gender, family composition,
occupation, health behaviors such as smoking, or claims history
◉ Experience Rating. Answer: tailors policies and premiums to a
particular group or individual
