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CMS - ANSWERCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services
HFMA - ANSWERHealthcare Financial Management Association which primarily serves
financial managers of healthcare facilities
HHS - ANSWERU.S. Department of Health and Human Services
What is the essential message that Tom Peters was trying to convey in his PowerPoint
presentation about the industry? - ANSWERthere is a lot of work to be done in the
healthcare industry so that everyone can have access to affordable healthcare and not
have to go without and that the healthcare industry needs to make 'safety' a top priority.t
IHC - ANSWERAn acronym used when referencing Intermountain Healthcare?
Long-Term Care - ANSWERconsists of home-health, nursing homes, assisted living
facilities, etc. It is usually meant to serve the elderly or disabled people who cannot
carry out activities of daily living on their own. Long-term care helps these people to
perform these simple tasks and typically does not have a foreseeable end because their
illness or condition typically _________ _________ _________
hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, emergency rooms, healthcare facilities -
ANSWERName Facilities that comprise the Acute Care segment of the healthcare
industry.
normal daily functioning like before becoming ill - ANSWERWhat is the goal of acute
care centers
ABMS - ANSWERThe American Board of Medical Specialties and is for clinicians
IRB - ANSWERThe Institutional Review Board which is the Governing board of a
quaternary or research hospital
ACHE - ANSWERAmerican College of Healthcare Executives. Eligible members include
those that have a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution and have interest in
healthcare management
FAH - ANSWERFederation of American Hospitals, for-profit hospitals
Explain the principal differences in the training of MDs and DOs. - ANSWER_____ are
medical doctors while _______s are doctors of osteopathy. Medical doctors focus more
on treating specific symptoms in the body or on curing diseases while doctors of