Test 1 HCM 388 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT SOLUTIONS 100% VERIFIED.
Checks and Balances -
- Correct answer -the principle of government under which
separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other
branches and are induced to share power. EX. Impeach/convict,
appoint, veto, override, interpret, or rule unconstitutional, amend
law, change regulation
Branches of Government -
- Correct answer -Legislative, Executive, Judicial
Discovery -
- Correct answer -Device used to identify prospective defendants
or witnesses or to uncover other important evidence
SSA -
- Correct answer -(Social Security Act)
Passed by FDR in 1935; Part of the New Deal; unemployment
insurance, old age assistance, aid to dependent children, and
grants to the states to provide various forms of medical care.
Hill-Burton Act -
- Correct answer -Passed by Truman in 1946; a program of federal
grants and loans designed to modernize existing hospitals and
construct new ones in underserved areas. It prohibits racial
discrimination at patient admission in federally subsidized facilities.
Allowed segregation of hospitals; "separate but equal"
Managed care plans -
- Correct answer -insurance programs intended to reduce
unnecessary health care costs through a variety of mechanisms
including economic incentives for physicians and patients to select
less costly forms of care.
ACA -
- Correct answer -the health reform law enacted by congress in
2010
HMO -
, - Correct answer -(Health Maintenance Organizations)
Passed in 1973 by Nixon. A type of health insurance plan or
managed care organization that focuses on wellness care and
requires the use of a specified panel of providers. This
organization is paid capitation fees (per patient per month) and is
responsible to care for these patients or enrollees with the total
funds provided.
ERISA -
- Correct answer -(Employee Retirement Income Security Act)
Passed in 1974 to protect employer-sponsored pension plans and
later expanded the act to cover health plans as well. It eliminates
conflicting state laws by creating a uniform regulatory structure and
preempts (supersedes) "any and all state laws insofar as they may
now or hereafter relate to any employee benefit plan"
Due process -
- Correct answer -(of law) a fundamental principle of fairness in
legal matters, both civil and criminal; the requirement that all legal
procedures set by statute and court practice be followed so that no
unjust treatment results
Contracts -
- Correct answer -binding legal agreement.
Four elements that make up a contract
Both parties must be legally competent to enter the contract
There must be a meeting of the minds (one party must offer to buy
or sell)
Consideration must be given. (consideration=the price paid for the
contract but doesn't need to be in the money
The purpose of the contract must be legal.
Abandonment -
- Correct answer -Expressed abandonment: occurs when a
physician notifies a patient that he is withdrawing from the case but
fails to give the patient enough time to secure the services of
another physician
Implied Abandonment: Example might be a physician refusing to
treat
Negligence -
CORRECT SOLUTIONS 100% VERIFIED.
Checks and Balances -
- Correct answer -the principle of government under which
separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other
branches and are induced to share power. EX. Impeach/convict,
appoint, veto, override, interpret, or rule unconstitutional, amend
law, change regulation
Branches of Government -
- Correct answer -Legislative, Executive, Judicial
Discovery -
- Correct answer -Device used to identify prospective defendants
or witnesses or to uncover other important evidence
SSA -
- Correct answer -(Social Security Act)
Passed by FDR in 1935; Part of the New Deal; unemployment
insurance, old age assistance, aid to dependent children, and
grants to the states to provide various forms of medical care.
Hill-Burton Act -
- Correct answer -Passed by Truman in 1946; a program of federal
grants and loans designed to modernize existing hospitals and
construct new ones in underserved areas. It prohibits racial
discrimination at patient admission in federally subsidized facilities.
Allowed segregation of hospitals; "separate but equal"
Managed care plans -
- Correct answer -insurance programs intended to reduce
unnecessary health care costs through a variety of mechanisms
including economic incentives for physicians and patients to select
less costly forms of care.
ACA -
- Correct answer -the health reform law enacted by congress in
2010
HMO -
, - Correct answer -(Health Maintenance Organizations)
Passed in 1973 by Nixon. A type of health insurance plan or
managed care organization that focuses on wellness care and
requires the use of a specified panel of providers. This
organization is paid capitation fees (per patient per month) and is
responsible to care for these patients or enrollees with the total
funds provided.
ERISA -
- Correct answer -(Employee Retirement Income Security Act)
Passed in 1974 to protect employer-sponsored pension plans and
later expanded the act to cover health plans as well. It eliminates
conflicting state laws by creating a uniform regulatory structure and
preempts (supersedes) "any and all state laws insofar as they may
now or hereafter relate to any employee benefit plan"
Due process -
- Correct answer -(of law) a fundamental principle of fairness in
legal matters, both civil and criminal; the requirement that all legal
procedures set by statute and court practice be followed so that no
unjust treatment results
Contracts -
- Correct answer -binding legal agreement.
Four elements that make up a contract
Both parties must be legally competent to enter the contract
There must be a meeting of the minds (one party must offer to buy
or sell)
Consideration must be given. (consideration=the price paid for the
contract but doesn't need to be in the money
The purpose of the contract must be legal.
Abandonment -
- Correct answer -Expressed abandonment: occurs when a
physician notifies a patient that he is withdrawing from the case but
fails to give the patient enough time to secure the services of
another physician
Implied Abandonment: Example might be a physician refusing to
treat
Negligence -
