PT 833 History of Reimbursement Exam Questions With Correct Answers.
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Describe medical education in the 1800s (post-industrial period) - AnswerMedical education
was not grounded in science initially; more like a trade than science
Who acted as physicians in the 1800s (post-industrial period)? - ...
PT 833 History of Reimbursement Exam
Questions With Correct Answers.
Describe medical education in the 1800s (post-industrial period) - Answer✔Medical education
was not grounded in science initially; more like a trade than science
Who acted as physicians in the 1800s (post-industrial period)? - Answer✔Clergymen
Amount of education clergymen earned acting as physicians in the 1800s (post-industrial period)
- Answer✔2 yr degree to be physician (not even HS degree)
4 characteristics of the medical field in the early 1800s (post-industrial period) - Answer✔1. Few
hospitals in large cities
2. Poor sanitation
3. No health insurance
4. Surgery was limited due to no anesthesia
What was formed in 1847? - Answer✔American Medical Association (AMA)
Year American Medical Association (AMA) was formed - Answer✔1847
When was the beginning of organized medicine? - Answer✔In 1847, when American Medical
Association (AMA) was formed
What did the American Medical Association (AMA) fight for in 1847? - Answer✔Medical
standards (organized medicine)
What developed when AMA formed in 1847? - Answer✔State and county medical institutions
What was the first institution to standardize medical curriculum in 1871? - Answer✔Harvard
What institution further advanced medical education by requiring a graduate degree in 1893? -
Answer✔John Hopkins
In 1910 after 40 years of standardized medical education, what famous document pushed for
better medical standards? - Answer✔Flexner Report
What did the Flexner Report in 1910 reflect on medical education? - Answer✔After inspecting
47 schools, there was still no good standardized curriculum
What developed from the Flexner Report in 1910? - Answer✔Council on Medical Education
(CME) which became the governing body of AMA
What did the Council on Medical Education (CME--governing body of AMA) develop? What
did it push for? - Answer✔Accreditation standards
Pushed for state laws that require graduation from an accredited medical school from AMA
What will the accreditation standards from the AMA ensure? - Answer✔Standardized
knowledge-base to practice on the same level of care
2 reasons for the development of hospitals - Answer✔1. Centralization of expenses and
equipment/technology
2. Influence of docs/AMA (depended on docs to bring in pts)
Hospitals expanded/developed due to what? - Answer✔Technology
What was the influence of docs after WWI? - Answer✔Their income grew due to their good
image and drove up their power
When did the insurance industry grow? - Answer✔1900s--urbanization of America
What was the first government assisted insurance in the U.S.? - Answer✔Workers'
Compensation (1910-1915)
What is Workers' Compensation? - Answer✔1910-1915--Government assistance to pay for loss
of wages due to not working (medical coverage came later)
What was the public response to Workers' Comp? Response of the AMA? - Answer✔Good
response by public
AMA didn't stop it
Did the public buy into the idea of health insurance after Workers' Comp developed in 1910-
1915? - Answer✔No, in 1916-1918 16 state legislators compelled employers to provide
insurance, but it failed
What year was there the first health/medical insurance? - Answer✔1929 (Great Depression)--
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