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HCA 300 - Chapter 1 Questions and Answers 100%
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Agency for Health Care Research & Quality (AHCRQ) - ANSWER ✔✔-The primary federal source for
quality delivery of health services
Almshouses - ANSWER ✔✔-They were established to serve the indigent. They're aka poorhouses.
American Medical Association (AMA) - ANSWER ✔✔-Professional membership organization for
physicians. Made in 1847. They were responsible for standardizing medical education.
American Recovery & ReInvestment Act (ARRA) - ANSWER ✔✔-In 2009, Obama signed this which
protected health coverage for the unemployed by providing a 65% subsidy for COBRA coverage to make
premiums more affordable
Assessment - ANSWER ✔✔-Focused on the systematic continuous data collection of health issues, which
would ensure that public health agencies were serious about protecting the public
Assurance - ANSWER ✔✔-Focuses on evaluating any processes that have been put in place to assure that
the programs are being implemented appropriately
Center for Medical Health Services - ANSWER ✔✔-Got into partnership with state health departments
and leads national efforts to assess mental health delivery of health services
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) - ANSWER ✔✔-Associated with the Healthy People
2020
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - ANSWER ✔✔-Was made for the indigent, disabled
and the elderly
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Certificate of Need (CON) - ANSWER ✔✔-Made in 1974. Made to ensure that the state approved any
capital expenditures associated with hospital or medical facilities construction and expansion. Repealed
in 1987.
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) - ANSWER ✔✔-Require employers to
provide health insurance protection if an individual changes jobs
Cost shares - ANSWER ✔✔-What someone pays for his or her healthcare costs
Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) - ANSWER ✔✔-Made in 1985 to ensure
that consumers were not refused treatment for an emergency.
Employer Health Insurance - ANSWER ✔✔-...
Epidemics - ANSWER ✔✔-Large masses of population impacted by disease
Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) - ANSWER ✔✔-Was enacted in 1993 in order to allow employees up
to 12 weeks of unpaid leave because of family illness
Flexner Report - ANSWER ✔✔-This was published in 1910. It evaluated medical schools in Canada and
the US. It's responsible for forcing medical schools to develop curriculums and admission testing (which
still exist today)
Food & Drug Administration (FDA) - ANSWER ✔✔-Was made for pharmaceutical controls
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 - ANSWER ✔✔-Prohibits U.S insurance companies
and employers from discriminating based on genetic tests results
Graying of the population - ANSWER ✔✔-U.S population's life expectancy continue to increase
Gross domestic product - ANSWER ✔✔-Total finished products or services that are produced in a
country within a year
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HCA 300 - Chapter 1 Questions and Answers 100%
Pass
Agency for Health Care Research & Quality (AHCRQ) - ANSWER ✔✔-The primary federal source for
quality delivery of health services
Almshouses - ANSWER ✔✔-They were established to serve the indigent. They're aka poorhouses.
American Medical Association (AMA) - ANSWER ✔✔-Professional membership organization for
physicians. Made in 1847. They were responsible for standardizing medical education.
American Recovery & ReInvestment Act (ARRA) - ANSWER ✔✔-In 2009, Obama signed this which
protected health coverage for the unemployed by providing a 65% subsidy for COBRA coverage to make
premiums more affordable
Assessment - ANSWER ✔✔-Focused on the systematic continuous data collection of health issues, which
would ensure that public health agencies were serious about protecting the public
Assurance - ANSWER ✔✔-Focuses on evaluating any processes that have been put in place to assure that
the programs are being implemented appropriately
Center for Medical Health Services - ANSWER ✔✔-Got into partnership with state health departments
and leads national efforts to assess mental health delivery of health services
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) - ANSWER ✔✔-Associated with the Healthy People
2020
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - ANSWER ✔✔-Was made for the indigent, disabled
and the elderly
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, 2|Page
Certificate of Need (CON) - ANSWER ✔✔-Made in 1974. Made to ensure that the state approved any
capital expenditures associated with hospital or medical facilities construction and expansion. Repealed
in 1987.
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) - ANSWER ✔✔-Require employers to
provide health insurance protection if an individual changes jobs
Cost shares - ANSWER ✔✔-What someone pays for his or her healthcare costs
Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) - ANSWER ✔✔-Made in 1985 to ensure
that consumers were not refused treatment for an emergency.
Employer Health Insurance - ANSWER ✔✔-...
Epidemics - ANSWER ✔✔-Large masses of population impacted by disease
Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) - ANSWER ✔✔-Was enacted in 1993 in order to allow employees up
to 12 weeks of unpaid leave because of family illness
Flexner Report - ANSWER ✔✔-This was published in 1910. It evaluated medical schools in Canada and
the US. It's responsible for forcing medical schools to develop curriculums and admission testing (which
still exist today)
Food & Drug Administration (FDA) - ANSWER ✔✔-Was made for pharmaceutical controls
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 - ANSWER ✔✔-Prohibits U.S insurance companies
and employers from discriminating based on genetic tests results
Graying of the population - ANSWER ✔✔-U.S population's life expectancy continue to increase
Gross domestic product - ANSWER ✔✔-Total finished products or services that are produced in a
country within a year
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