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ACO - ANSWER ✔✔-Accountable Care Organization
ADR - ANSWER ✔✔-Adverse Drug Reactions
ALOS - ANSWER ✔✔-Average Length of Stay
BIMS - ANSWER ✔✔-Brief Interview for Mental Status
BP - ANSWER ✔✔-Blood Pressue
CCR - ANSWER ✔✔-Cost to Charge Ratio
CMS - ANSWER ✔✔-centers for medicare and medicaid services
DO - ANSWER ✔✔-doctor of osteopathy
DRG - ANSWER ✔✔-diagnostic related groupings
EMTALA - ANSWER ✔✔-Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (1986)
FI - ANSWER ✔✔-Fiscal Intermediary
HIPAA - ANSWER ✔✔-Health Information Portability and Accountability Act
HMO - ANSWER ✔✔-Health Maintenance Organization
HHS - ANSWER ✔✔-Department of Health and Human Services
IC - ANSWER ✔✔-Infection Control
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IT - ANSWER ✔✔-Information Technology
JCAHO - ANSWER ✔✔-Joint Commission of the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
LTC - ANSWER ✔✔-Long Term Care
MD - ANSWER ✔✔-Doctor Of Medicine
MG - ANSWER ✔✔-Milligram
ML - ANSWER ✔✔-Milliliter
MMSE - ANSWER ✔✔-Minin Mental State Examination
MSO - ANSWER ✔✔-Management Services Organization (Physician/ Hospital Joint Venture)
PA - ANSWER ✔✔-Physicians Assistant
PCP - ANSWER ✔✔-Primary Care Practitioner (Physician)
PPD - ANSWER ✔✔-Per Patient Day
PPO - ANSWER ✔✔-Preferred Provider Organization
MRSA - ANSWER ✔✔-Methicillin Resistance Staphilococcus Aureus
NCQA - ANSWER ✔✔-National Committee for Quality Assurance
NP - ANSWER ✔✔-Nurse Practitioner
OBRA - ANSWER ✔✔-Omnibus Reconciliation Act (1987) -- Nursing Home Reform Act
OIG - ANSWER ✔✔-Office of the Inspector General
QA - ANSWER ✔✔-Quality Assurance
QAPI - ANSWER ✔✔-Quality Assurance Process Improvement
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RPM - ANSWER ✔✔-??????
RUG - ANSWER ✔✔-Resource Utilization Grouping (Long Term Care)
TEFRA - ANSWER ✔✔-Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act
VRE - ANSWER ✔✔-Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus
LTCH - ANSWER ✔✔-Long Term Care Hospital
SSI - ANSWER ✔✔-Supplemental Security Income
PMPM - ANSWER ✔✔-Per Member Per Month
ESRD - ANSWER ✔✔-End Stage Renal Disease
EHR - ANSWER ✔✔-Elecronic Health Record
CDC - ANSWER ✔✔-Centers for Disease Control
CCRC - ANSWER ✔✔-Continuing Care Retirement Community
IRF - ANSWER ✔✔-Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility
Mid to late 19th Century - ANSWER ✔✔--Medical training was primarily individual apprenticeships
with established physicians whose techniques and practices varied widely by region. Medical schools did
exist in large cities. A high school diploma was not required for entrance, however.
-Practice was considered a trade and many physicians had other jobs to sustain themselves since
competition was fierce due to lack of barriers to entry.
-Access to healthcare was truly a free market enterprise; being available to those who could pay.
-Medical procedures were "crude" and consisted of bloodletting, emetics, enemas, herbal potions, elixirs,
and cathartics, hot/cold baths.
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HCA Midterm Exam Questions and Answers 100%
Pass
ACO - ANSWER ✔✔-Accountable Care Organization
ADR - ANSWER ✔✔-Adverse Drug Reactions
ALOS - ANSWER ✔✔-Average Length of Stay
BIMS - ANSWER ✔✔-Brief Interview for Mental Status
BP - ANSWER ✔✔-Blood Pressue
CCR - ANSWER ✔✔-Cost to Charge Ratio
CMS - ANSWER ✔✔-centers for medicare and medicaid services
DO - ANSWER ✔✔-doctor of osteopathy
DRG - ANSWER ✔✔-diagnostic related groupings
EMTALA - ANSWER ✔✔-Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (1986)
FI - ANSWER ✔✔-Fiscal Intermediary
HIPAA - ANSWER ✔✔-Health Information Portability and Accountability Act
HMO - ANSWER ✔✔-Health Maintenance Organization
HHS - ANSWER ✔✔-Department of Health and Human Services
IC - ANSWER ✔✔-Infection Control
Created by Grace Amelia © 2025, All Rights Reserved.
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IT - ANSWER ✔✔-Information Technology
JCAHO - ANSWER ✔✔-Joint Commission of the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
LTC - ANSWER ✔✔-Long Term Care
MD - ANSWER ✔✔-Doctor Of Medicine
MG - ANSWER ✔✔-Milligram
ML - ANSWER ✔✔-Milliliter
MMSE - ANSWER ✔✔-Minin Mental State Examination
MSO - ANSWER ✔✔-Management Services Organization (Physician/ Hospital Joint Venture)
PA - ANSWER ✔✔-Physicians Assistant
PCP - ANSWER ✔✔-Primary Care Practitioner (Physician)
PPD - ANSWER ✔✔-Per Patient Day
PPO - ANSWER ✔✔-Preferred Provider Organization
MRSA - ANSWER ✔✔-Methicillin Resistance Staphilococcus Aureus
NCQA - ANSWER ✔✔-National Committee for Quality Assurance
NP - ANSWER ✔✔-Nurse Practitioner
OBRA - ANSWER ✔✔-Omnibus Reconciliation Act (1987) -- Nursing Home Reform Act
OIG - ANSWER ✔✔-Office of the Inspector General
QA - ANSWER ✔✔-Quality Assurance
QAPI - ANSWER ✔✔-Quality Assurance Process Improvement
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RPM - ANSWER ✔✔-??????
RUG - ANSWER ✔✔-Resource Utilization Grouping (Long Term Care)
TEFRA - ANSWER ✔✔-Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act
VRE - ANSWER ✔✔-Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus
LTCH - ANSWER ✔✔-Long Term Care Hospital
SSI - ANSWER ✔✔-Supplemental Security Income
PMPM - ANSWER ✔✔-Per Member Per Month
ESRD - ANSWER ✔✔-End Stage Renal Disease
EHR - ANSWER ✔✔-Elecronic Health Record
CDC - ANSWER ✔✔-Centers for Disease Control
CCRC - ANSWER ✔✔-Continuing Care Retirement Community
IRF - ANSWER ✔✔-Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility
Mid to late 19th Century - ANSWER ✔✔--Medical training was primarily individual apprenticeships
with established physicians whose techniques and practices varied widely by region. Medical schools did
exist in large cities. A high school diploma was not required for entrance, however.
-Practice was considered a trade and many physicians had other jobs to sustain themselves since
competition was fierce due to lack of barriers to entry.
-Access to healthcare was truly a free market enterprise; being available to those who could pay.
-Medical procedures were "crude" and consisted of bloodletting, emetics, enemas, herbal potions, elixirs,
and cathartics, hot/cold baths.
Created by Grace Amelia © 2025, All Rights Reserved.
