Healthcare system Flashcards
63% of population get insurance from where?
employers
Large employers often…?
self-insure
Healthcare administration is big business and..?
VSU offers a MBA in Healthcare Administration
Among 5,200 non-federal hospitals in the US,
3,000 are nonprofits, 1,300 for profit, and 1,000 operated by state and local governments
T/F: Most doctors don’t work for the hospital
true
Corporate practice of medicine doctrine
A law from mid 1800’s to protect thee public from hospitals and corporations encroaching on doctors autonomy
Doctrine of vicarious liability
principles are responsible for the consequences of actions taken by employees
Hospitalists
physicians that care for patients hospitalized
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Mandated conversion to EMR and EHR by providers by 2014
Consumerism in healthcare
demand transparency
New hospital-price transparency rules took effect earlier this year but…?
patient advocates say those rules only do so much
Deductibles
how much you have to pay until insurance kicks in and starts to pay
PBMs
Pharmacy benefit managers
The most difficult aspect of managing a workplace comprising different generations of employees remains…
communication
This creates lack of PCP, thus this void must be replaced by someone
mid-level care providers
