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CHC EXAM/28 ANSWERED QUESTIONS/A+GRADED
Affordable Care Act - -Allowed more hospital construction bc it allowed
hospitals to more confidently predict their finances. More infrastructure, tech
and finance influence construction also.
-FGI: Guidelines (2014 Edition 2) - -FACILITY GUIDELINES INSTITUTE:
Guidelines for the design and construction of hospitals and outpatient care
facilities.
>Used to be published by the Federal Government
>Was required to be followed to get a grant under the Hill-Burton Act of
1946.
>Now not Fed Gov, now created by volunteers: Architects, facility managers,
AHJ (Authorities Having Jurisdiction), people from ASHE, APIC (Association of
Professionals in Infection Control)
>40 states use this minimum standard
>Determines: Room size, # of air exchanges, required medical gases, and
infection control plans
>4 year cycle of review.
-HILL-BURTON ACT of 1946 - ->"The Hospital Survey and Construction Act"
>In 1975 it became the "Public Health Service Act"
>Created first rush of hospital growth
>Provided Federal grants and loans
>Goal: to create 4.5 beds per 1,000 citizens
>to get funds, hospitals could NOT discriminate (even though that was still
legal), they had to provide some free care
>Most funds went to middle class areas
-2012 NFPA Life Safety Codes - ->July 5, 2016 the CMS ruled that everyone
has to use it.
>All accreditation programs use it (CMS, JC, DNV)
>Published by the National Fire Protection Association
>First time compliance was standardized
-Options for Accreditation (to get Medicare/Medicaid Reimbursements) - -
>The JC of HFAP (Joint Commission of Healthcare Facilities Accreditation
Program)
>CMS (Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services) which is a department of
the Federal Government, which operates under the HHS (Department of
Health and Human Resources)
>DNV (Det Norske Veritas)
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