exam 4 Flashcards
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What is accreditation?
A process of setting standards for educational and training institutions and enforcing these standards using a regularly scheduled institutional self study and an outside review
What does CEPH stand for?
council on education for public health
what is certification?
proffession led process in which applicants who have completed the required educational process take an examination; recgonition of completing a program and showing competency
what is licensure
a legal document that provides permission to engage In an activity such as a practice of a health profession
what is credentialing
process of verifying that an individual has the desirable or required qualifications to practice a profession
impatient facilities
patients remain in the facility for at least 24 hours; includes hospitals, skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities, nursing homes, and institutional hospices
outpatient facilities
provide clinical services by one or more clinicians and those providing diagnostic testing or treatment
which kind of hospitals are most common in the us
not for profit
4 categories to determine medical malpractice
- a duty was owed
- a duty was breached
- a breach caused an injury
- damages occured
what does structure measure focus on?
physical and functional infrastructure
what does process measures focus on?
procedures and formal processes that go into delivering care
what does outcome measures focus on?
focuses on result of care
3 different types of insurance in the us
government financed
employment based
health insurance exchanges
Medicare
federal government program
anyone over 65
50 million Americans are eligible
part A of medicare
covers hospitals care, skilled nursing care, hospice care, home health care after hospitalization
part b of medicare
voluntary supplemental insurance that covers diagnostic and therapeutic services
part c of medicare
a program designed to encourage medicare beneficiaries to enroll in prepaid health plans
part d of medicare
prescription drug plan opens to individuals enrolled in parts a and b
medicaid
federal plus state program designed to pay for health services for specific categories of poor people and other designated groups: disabled, childre, pregnant etc…
What is the largest single category of insurance coverage
Employment based health inusance
When health care is payed by one source?
single payer
payment mechanism in which clinicians charge insurance companies and/or patients for each patient visit or procedure is called what?
fee for service
which part of medicare covers out patient drugs?
medicare part D
capitation
a fixed number of dollars per month to provide services to an enrolled number regardless of the number of services provided