Midterm

Question 1

HRSA

Answer 1

Health Resources and Services Administration- Provides health education resources and provides student financial support

Question 2

According to the CDC, approximately what percentage of premature deaths in the U.S. population can be attributed to inadequate access to medical care?

Answer 2

10%

Question 3

Wellness Model

Answer 3

Intervention
Adequate public health and social services
Understanding risk factors

Question 4

Acute healthcare

Answer 4

Diagnose and treat at onset

Question 5

How many physicians are practicing in US?

Answer 5

800,000
40/60 ratio of primary care to specialists
too many specialists, demand high, pay better and development of medical tech allows for it

Question 6

Cost of Healthcare Administration

Answer 6

Estimated 35-40%

Question 7

RVU

Answer 7

reflect resource input

Question 8

Medicare Part A

Answer 8

income of wage earners is taxed, provides hospital insurance

Question 9

Medicare Part B

Answer 9

Supplemental medical insurance, covers physician services and outpatient care

Question 10

Medicare Part C

Answer 10

Medicare advantage plans

Question 11

Medicare Part D

Answer 11

Prescription drug coverage with $310 deductible and copay, dependent on drug costs

Question 12

DRG

Answer 12

Diagnosis related groups, medicare would pay upfront the cost for a specific diagnosis and no more (incentivizes hospitals to increase efficiency and shorten hospital patients stays)

Question 13

Bundled Payments

Answer 13

Similar to DRG, physician and hospital receive fixed amount to take care of an episode of care or for a time period of care

Question 14

ERISA

Answer 14

Employee Retirement Income Security Act
Passed in 1974
intended to prevent unfair denial of pensions to employees
prohibits states from regulating employee benefit programs

Question 15

HIPPA

Answer 15

Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act 1996
Bill that sought to make insurance more affordable for the self-employed, provides added security measures to maintain confidentiality of medical records

Question 16

5 A’s

Answer 16

Assess, Advise, Agree, Assist ,Arrange Follow Up

Question 17

Core Functions of Public Health

Answer 17

Assessment
Policy Development
Assurance
Assessment, Policy Development, Assurance

Question 18

Cost-Plus System

Answer 18

Hospitals reimbursed based on services delivered, after care is given

Question 19

6 major issues and Concerns Facing the Health Sector

Answer 19

a. Improving Quality
b. Improving Access and Coverage
c. Slowing the Growth of Health Care Costs
d. Encouraging Healthy Behavior
e. Improving the Public Health System
f. Improving the Coordination, Transparency, and Accountability of Local Systems of Care

Question 20

Chronic Care Model

Answer 20

care organized proactive and focused on keeping people as healthy as possible, instead of performing reactively when people are injured or sick

Question 21

Social ecological model

Answer 21

behavior change models that integrate behavioral science with clinical and public health approaches by redefining what the targets of successful health interventions need to be in the context of individual and of social factors.

Question 22

Targeted prevention

Answer 22

identifying and providing medical interventions of people at higher risk

Question 23

Global budget

Answer 23

a lump sum, prospective spending plan

Question 24

Health Maintenance Organization

Answer 24

a managed care company that organizes and provides health care for its enrollees for a fixed prepaid premium

Question 25

Community-based policy intervention

Answer 25

systematic reviews to change health behavior

Question 26

Aging American population will…

Answer 26

create a shortage of available healthcare workers

Question 27

Hospital care, physician and clinical services, and prescription drugs cost totaled what in 2009

Answer 27

1.5 trillion

Question 28

The largest growth area in projected healthcare jobs is in

Answer 28

Physician assistants