US HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS SET OF QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+
GUARANTEED SUCCESS
The Medicaid program has a history of very low reimbursement as compared with
Medicare reimbursement; critics site low Medicaid reimbursement as a major reason
that primary care doctors have rejected serving the Medicaid population. An ACA
provision addresses this issue by:
Reimbursing states for primary care physician fees for Medicaid patients at no less
than100% of Medicare payment rates
Which of the following presents a key challenge or barrier to HIT implementation?
All of the above
The explosion of scientific knowledge and technological advancement has led to a
shortage of:
primary care providers
As part of the ACA, health insurance companies will be held accountable by
ensuring that premium dollars are spent primarily on health care, by generally
requiring that at least _____% of all premium dollars collected by insurance
companies for large employer plans are spent on health care services and quality
improvement.
85%
The use of wireless communication devices to support public health and clinical
practice:
M-health
Examples of alternative therapy:
all of the above
1
,One of the first, most influential "plans" for hospital coverage, which generated the
Blue Cross hospital insurance:
Baylor University Hospital plan
A major health care concern that has spurred multiple policies in health care:
all of the above
The development that contributed most significantly to the decline of the social
mission of voluntary hospitals was the
Enactment of private and public insurance reimbursement for hospital care
Which of the following is NOT considered on of the main determinants of health:
occupation
HIPAA implementation introduced several new provisions beneficial to individuals.
Other than the
Integrated health systems or ____________ have been a key provision in the ACA;
these systems better coordinate care and improve quality
Accountable Care Organizations
Which of the following is synonymous with an EHR?
None of the above
U.S. annual health care expenditures far outstrip those of 7 other developed nations.
In relationship with expenditures, U.S. health population status ranking on critical
indicators in comparison with those other developed nations is:
Dismally lower
The U.S. healthcare delivery system has numerous stakeholders. In terms of
financial power, control of delivery system parameters for the majority of
Americans, and influence on consumers and providers of health care, which of the
following pairs of stakeholders is the most influential:
Government and private health insurers
2
, Of the levels of prevention associated with the natural history of disease, primary
prevention refers to:
health education and specific protection
The service priorities of the U.S. health care system reflect America's fascination
with dramatic high-tech medicine. As a result:
all of the above
Americans spend $9 billion + each year on alternative and complementary therapies.
This trend has caused:
many private insurers and Medicare and Medicaid to provide benefit coverage for
certain treatments
In the past, patient behaviors within the health care delivery system were formed
from the authoritarian positions of better-educated providers who expected patients
to be compliant and grateful. Today, health care providers and consumers:
encourage more proactive roles for patients' participation in health care decisions
with "shared decision-making"
Potential conflicts of interest occur when physicians own or invest in businesses (e.g.
diagnostic, medical supply companies) to which they can refer patients to generate
profits. In response to these physician conflict of interest issues:
The ACA includes "Sunshine provisions" require reporting of all financial
transactions and transfers of value between pharmaceutical/biologic product
manufacturers and physicians, hospitals and other entities reimbursed by the federal
government
In the natural history of a disease, the pre-pathogenesis period refers to:
Behavioral, genetic, environmental and other factors that may contribute to an
individual's likelihood of contracting a disease
Long term care needs of older, chronically ill Americans pose a particular delivery
system challenge because:
Neither Medicare nor private insurance support ongoing, non-acute services
As early as the 19th century some Americans carried "health insurance" through
employers, fraternal orders, guilds, trade associations, unions or commercial
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AND CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+
GUARANTEED SUCCESS
The Medicaid program has a history of very low reimbursement as compared with
Medicare reimbursement; critics site low Medicaid reimbursement as a major reason
that primary care doctors have rejected serving the Medicaid population. An ACA
provision addresses this issue by:
Reimbursing states for primary care physician fees for Medicaid patients at no less
than100% of Medicare payment rates
Which of the following presents a key challenge or barrier to HIT implementation?
All of the above
The explosion of scientific knowledge and technological advancement has led to a
shortage of:
primary care providers
As part of the ACA, health insurance companies will be held accountable by
ensuring that premium dollars are spent primarily on health care, by generally
requiring that at least _____% of all premium dollars collected by insurance
companies for large employer plans are spent on health care services and quality
improvement.
85%
The use of wireless communication devices to support public health and clinical
practice:
M-health
Examples of alternative therapy:
all of the above
1
,One of the first, most influential "plans" for hospital coverage, which generated the
Blue Cross hospital insurance:
Baylor University Hospital plan
A major health care concern that has spurred multiple policies in health care:
all of the above
The development that contributed most significantly to the decline of the social
mission of voluntary hospitals was the
Enactment of private and public insurance reimbursement for hospital care
Which of the following is NOT considered on of the main determinants of health:
occupation
HIPAA implementation introduced several new provisions beneficial to individuals.
Other than the
Integrated health systems or ____________ have been a key provision in the ACA;
these systems better coordinate care and improve quality
Accountable Care Organizations
Which of the following is synonymous with an EHR?
None of the above
U.S. annual health care expenditures far outstrip those of 7 other developed nations.
In relationship with expenditures, U.S. health population status ranking on critical
indicators in comparison with those other developed nations is:
Dismally lower
The U.S. healthcare delivery system has numerous stakeholders. In terms of
financial power, control of delivery system parameters for the majority of
Americans, and influence on consumers and providers of health care, which of the
following pairs of stakeholders is the most influential:
Government and private health insurers
2
, Of the levels of prevention associated with the natural history of disease, primary
prevention refers to:
health education and specific protection
The service priorities of the U.S. health care system reflect America's fascination
with dramatic high-tech medicine. As a result:
all of the above
Americans spend $9 billion + each year on alternative and complementary therapies.
This trend has caused:
many private insurers and Medicare and Medicaid to provide benefit coverage for
certain treatments
In the past, patient behaviors within the health care delivery system were formed
from the authoritarian positions of better-educated providers who expected patients
to be compliant and grateful. Today, health care providers and consumers:
encourage more proactive roles for patients' participation in health care decisions
with "shared decision-making"
Potential conflicts of interest occur when physicians own or invest in businesses (e.g.
diagnostic, medical supply companies) to which they can refer patients to generate
profits. In response to these physician conflict of interest issues:
The ACA includes "Sunshine provisions" require reporting of all financial
transactions and transfers of value between pharmaceutical/biologic product
manufacturers and physicians, hospitals and other entities reimbursed by the federal
government
In the natural history of a disease, the pre-pathogenesis period refers to:
Behavioral, genetic, environmental and other factors that may contribute to an
individual's likelihood of contracting a disease
Long term care needs of older, chronically ill Americans pose a particular delivery
system challenge because:
Neither Medicare nor private insurance support ongoing, non-acute services
As early as the 19th century some Americans carried "health insurance" through
employers, fraternal orders, guilds, trade associations, unions or commercial
3
