HCMT 2315 - Chapter 7 questions well
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A federal agency created to address the ethical and legal issues related to flaws in the delivery
of health care, and is charged with researching ways to improve the quality of health care,
reduce its costs, and broaden access to essential services. - correct answer ✔✔Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
A 1964 law prohibiting the practice of racial discrimination by any organization or agency
receiving money under any program supported by the Department of Health and Human
Services (DHHS). - correct answer ✔✔Civil Rights Act
A 1986 law that forbids Medicare-participating hospitals from "dumping" patients out of
emergency departments. - correct answer ✔✔Emergency Treatment and Active Labor Act
(EMTALA)
A 1989 federal law prohibiting physicians who have ownership interest or compensation
arrangements with a clinical laboratory from referring Medicare patients to that laboratory. The
law also requires all Medicare providers to report the names and provider numbers of all
physicians or their immediate relatives with ownership interests in the provider entity prior to
October 1, 1991. - correct answer ✔✔Ethics in Patient Referral Act
A 1986 federal law enacted to establish a system of professional peer review and national
reporting that provided those persons giving information to professional review bodies and
those assisting in review activities limited immunity from damages that may arise as a result of
adverse decisions that affect a physician's medical staff privileges. - correct answer ✔✔Health
Care Quality Improvement Act
An act designed to protect privacy, confidentiality, and security of patient information. - correct
answer ✔✔Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
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A federal agency created to address the ethical and legal issues related to flaws in the delivery
of health care, and is charged with researching ways to improve the quality of health care,
reduce its costs, and broaden access to essential services. - correct answer ✔✔Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
A 1964 law prohibiting the practice of racial discrimination by any organization or agency
receiving money under any program supported by the Department of Health and Human
Services (DHHS). - correct answer ✔✔Civil Rights Act
A 1986 law that forbids Medicare-participating hospitals from "dumping" patients out of
emergency departments. - correct answer ✔✔Emergency Treatment and Active Labor Act
(EMTALA)
A 1989 federal law prohibiting physicians who have ownership interest or compensation
arrangements with a clinical laboratory from referring Medicare patients to that laboratory. The
law also requires all Medicare providers to report the names and provider numbers of all
physicians or their immediate relatives with ownership interests in the provider entity prior to
October 1, 1991. - correct answer ✔✔Ethics in Patient Referral Act
A 1986 federal law enacted to establish a system of professional peer review and national
reporting that provided those persons giving information to professional review bodies and
those assisting in review activities limited immunity from damages that may arise as a result of
adverse decisions that affect a physician's medical staff privileges. - correct answer ✔✔Health
Care Quality Improvement Act
An act designed to protect privacy, confidentiality, and security of patient information. - correct
answer ✔✔Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
