MHA 707 Exam D Study Guide WITH CORRECT QUESTIONS & ANSWERS(RATED A+)
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Course
MHA 707
Institution
MHA 707
Describe HC in America at turn of 20th century. - ANSWER-Dr. had solo practices
-Hospitals were nonprofits
-LTC services were at home
-Small businesses for medical devices and pharmaceuticals
-Surgeries improved
-Control of infectious diseases
Medical Tool Box - ANSWER-Vaccines
-Medicine
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MHA 707 Exam D Study Guide WITH
CORRECT QUESTIONS & ANSWERS(RATED
A+)
Describe HC in America at turn of 20th century. - ANSWER-Dr. had solo practices
-Hospitals were nonprofits
-LTC services were at home
-Small businesses for medical devices and pharmaceuticals
-Surgeries improved
-Control of infectious diseases
Medical Tool Box - ANSWER-Vaccines
-Medicine
-Surgery
American Medicine Association (AMA) - ANSWER-Established education requirements for MD
-Professionalized those in the healthcare workforce
-Research advances for diagnosis and treatment
-Industry providing healthcare supplies and therapeutics
-Classification and data collectors to evaluate performance
Blue Cross Blue Shield - ANSWER-Employer-based insurance
-Hospital care for those in Dallas
-Community rating over experienced rates to set rates for products
, WWII influence on Healthcare - ANSWER-Caps were made on wages which fostered employee-based
systems to attract scarce workers
-Developed nationwide
-1940 became one company with 24 million members and grew to 92 million in 1960
Community Rating on Health Insurance - ANSWERinsurer using community rating to set insurance
premiums ignores any differences in expected costs among insured groups or people, same across
the board
Experience Rating - ANSWERRating system that bases insurance rates on claims history
HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) - ANSWERBrings improvements for
access, privacy standards,and standards for EHC transfer to improve efficiency and privacy
Hill-Burton Act - ANSWERthe "Hospital Survey and Construction Act" enacted by Congress in 1946;
this legislation provided federal money to determine the need for more hospitals and to pay for their
construction
What is EMTALA designed to do? - ANSWERProhibited dumping by Medicare participating hospital
with active emergency room
What are some major pressures on HC in the last 20th century? - ANSWER-Solo physician practice
and single hospitals
-Increase in HC demand
-Population at 180 million
-More people can afford insurance
-Medicare/Medicaid
How did the financing and organization of HC change in later 20th century? - ANSWER-Expansion on
capitation and increase in Managed Care
-Increase in vertical and horizontal integration of health care
-Increase of for-profit healthcare org
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