CCMC CERTIFICATION WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
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AAPM&R
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Access to Care
The ability and ease of clients to obtain healthcare when they need it.
Accessible
A term used to denote building facilities that are barrier-free thus enabling all members of society
safe access, including persons with physical disabilities.
Accountable Care Organization (ACO)
A set of healthcare providers including primary care physicians, specialists, and hospitals that work
together collaboratively and accept collective accountability
for the cost and quality of care delivered to a population of patients. ACO's became popular in the
Medicare fee-for-service benefit system as a result of
the Affordable Care Act.
Accreditation
A standardized program for evaluating healthcare organizations to ensure a specified level of quality,
as defined by a set of national industry standards.
Organizations that meet accreditation standards receive an official authorization or approval of their
services. Accreditation entails a voluntary survey process that
assesses the extent of a healthcare organization's compliance with the standards for the purpose of
improving the systems and processes of care (performance) and, in so doing, improving client
outcomes.
Actionable Tort
A legal duty, imposed by statute or otherwise, owing by defendant to the one injured.
Active Listening
A structured way of communication and interacting in which one is actively engaged with the speaker
primarily through focused attention and suspension
of one's own frame of reference, biases, distractions and judgment. A communication technique that
improves personal relationships, fosters
understanding, and facilitates cooperation and collaboration and eliminates conflict.
Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
Routine activities an individual tends to do every day for self-care and normal living. These include
eating, bathing, grooming, dressing, toileting, transferring
(such as walking, bed to chair) and continence. Assessment of an individual's ability to perform these
ADLs is important for determining an individual's ability,
independence, disability or limitations. This assessment determines the type of long-term care and
benefit coverage the individual needs. care may include
placement in a nursing home, skilled care facility or home care services.Benefit coverage may include
Medicare, Medicaid or long-term care insurance.
, Activity Limitations
Difficulties an individual may have in executing activities. An activity limitation may range from a slight
to a severe deviation in terms of quality or quantity in executing the activity in a manner or to the
extent that is expected of people without the health condition.
Actual Value
Also referred to as real value. Measures the worth one derives from using or consuming a good,
product, service or an item, and represents the utility of the
good, product, service, or item.
Actuarial Study
Statistical analysis of a population based on its utilization of healthcare services and demographic
trends of the population. Results used to estimate healthcare plan premiums or costs.
Actuary
A trained insurance professional who specializes in determining policy rates, calculating premiums,
and conducting statistical studies
Acuity
Complexity and severity of the client's health/medical condition.
Acute Care
The acute care delivery systems focus on treating sudden and acute episodes of illness such as
medical and surgical management or emergency treatment,
which otherwise cannot be taken care of in a less intense care setting. Acute care settings may include
hospitals, acute rehabilitation centers, emergency care,
transitional hospitals, and follow-up long-term disease management settings.
ADA
Americans with Disabilities Act
ADA Amendments Act
Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008
ADL
Activities of Daily Living. Routine activities carried out for personal hygiene and health and for
operating a household. ADLs include feeding, bathing, showering,
dressing, getting in or out of bed or a chair, and using the toilet.
Adaptive Behavior
The effectiveness and degree to which an individual meets standards of self-sufficiency and social
responsibility for his/her age-related cultural group.
Adherence
"The extent to which a person's behaviour--taking medication, following a diet, and/or executing
lifestyle changes, corresponds with agreed recommendations
[e.g., health regimen] from a health care provider" (Sabate, 2003).
100% 2023/2024
AAPM&R
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Access to Care
The ability and ease of clients to obtain healthcare when they need it.
Accessible
A term used to denote building facilities that are barrier-free thus enabling all members of society
safe access, including persons with physical disabilities.
Accountable Care Organization (ACO)
A set of healthcare providers including primary care physicians, specialists, and hospitals that work
together collaboratively and accept collective accountability
for the cost and quality of care delivered to a population of patients. ACO's became popular in the
Medicare fee-for-service benefit system as a result of
the Affordable Care Act.
Accreditation
A standardized program for evaluating healthcare organizations to ensure a specified level of quality,
as defined by a set of national industry standards.
Organizations that meet accreditation standards receive an official authorization or approval of their
services. Accreditation entails a voluntary survey process that
assesses the extent of a healthcare organization's compliance with the standards for the purpose of
improving the systems and processes of care (performance) and, in so doing, improving client
outcomes.
Actionable Tort
A legal duty, imposed by statute or otherwise, owing by defendant to the one injured.
Active Listening
A structured way of communication and interacting in which one is actively engaged with the speaker
primarily through focused attention and suspension
of one's own frame of reference, biases, distractions and judgment. A communication technique that
improves personal relationships, fosters
understanding, and facilitates cooperation and collaboration and eliminates conflict.
Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
Routine activities an individual tends to do every day for self-care and normal living. These include
eating, bathing, grooming, dressing, toileting, transferring
(such as walking, bed to chair) and continence. Assessment of an individual's ability to perform these
ADLs is important for determining an individual's ability,
independence, disability or limitations. This assessment determines the type of long-term care and
benefit coverage the individual needs. care may include
placement in a nursing home, skilled care facility or home care services.Benefit coverage may include
Medicare, Medicaid or long-term care insurance.
, Activity Limitations
Difficulties an individual may have in executing activities. An activity limitation may range from a slight
to a severe deviation in terms of quality or quantity in executing the activity in a manner or to the
extent that is expected of people without the health condition.
Actual Value
Also referred to as real value. Measures the worth one derives from using or consuming a good,
product, service or an item, and represents the utility of the
good, product, service, or item.
Actuarial Study
Statistical analysis of a population based on its utilization of healthcare services and demographic
trends of the population. Results used to estimate healthcare plan premiums or costs.
Actuary
A trained insurance professional who specializes in determining policy rates, calculating premiums,
and conducting statistical studies
Acuity
Complexity and severity of the client's health/medical condition.
Acute Care
The acute care delivery systems focus on treating sudden and acute episodes of illness such as
medical and surgical management or emergency treatment,
which otherwise cannot be taken care of in a less intense care setting. Acute care settings may include
hospitals, acute rehabilitation centers, emergency care,
transitional hospitals, and follow-up long-term disease management settings.
ADA
Americans with Disabilities Act
ADA Amendments Act
Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008
ADL
Activities of Daily Living. Routine activities carried out for personal hygiene and health and for
operating a household. ADLs include feeding, bathing, showering,
dressing, getting in or out of bed or a chair, and using the toilet.
Adaptive Behavior
The effectiveness and degree to which an individual meets standards of self-sufficiency and social
responsibility for his/her age-related cultural group.
Adherence
"The extent to which a person's behaviour--taking medication, following a diet, and/or executing
lifestyle changes, corresponds with agreed recommendations
[e.g., health regimen] from a health care provider" (Sabate, 2003).
