CASE MANAGER COMPREHENSIVE ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔emergency medical treatment and active labor act (EMTALA) - ✔✔a law in 1986 that
requires hospital receiving medicare and have an ER to asses, provide treatment and
stabilize a patient before determining their ability to pay. An amendment in 1989
requires hospitals to accept transfer of a patient requiring special treatment regardless
of ability to pay.
✔✔Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act - ✔✔a law in 1989-1990 that required all states
to have medicaid coverage for pregnant women and their children up to age 6 if the
family is homeless or below 133% of the federal poverty level.
✔✔patient self determination act - ✔✔a law that requires health care providers to inform
patients of their right to refuse or accept treatment. They must provide written
information on their state law regarding advanced directives. They must also document
if they have an advanced directive, ensure state compliance, create policies, educate
staff.
✔✔advanced directive - ✔✔written statement of medical wishes in the future in the
event they are unable to make decisions for themselves. It includes a living will or a
durable power of attorney.
✔✔living will - ✔✔a written statement describing individual desires for life-prolonging
treatment in the event they are terminally ill or permanently unconscious and unable to
communicate decisions about continued care. This is about What the decisions are.
✔✔durable power of attorney - ✔✔designates who will make their medical treatment
decisions in the event they are unable to make their own decisions. aka healthcare
proxy. this is about who will make decisions. Applies during temporary disability.
✔✔uniform anatomical gifts act - ✔✔this law improved the system for allocating organs
to transplant recipients.
, ✔✔Smith Hughes Act - ✔✔act in 1917 that created funding for vocational rehab
programs. in 1920 it provided funding for civilian vocational rehab programs.
✔✔Social Security Act - ✔✔this law in 1935 established vocational rehab as a
permanent federal program.
✔✔Rehab Act - ✔✔This act of 1973 prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in
programs run by federal agencies
✔✔Americans with disabilities act - ✔✔this act established in 1990 has 5 titles.
companies cannot discriminate and must make reasonable accommodations if they
have 15 or more employees, must have access to public transportation, have access to
telecommunication devices, and seek restitution for damage caused by inaccessibility of
services.
✔✔education for all handicapped children act - ✔✔law in 1975 that required equal
access for disabled children in public education
✔✔SSDI - ✔✔in 1956 this law provides disability insurance to replace portions of
earnings lost.
✔✔consolidated omnibus budget reconciliation act (COBRA) - ✔✔this law established
in 1986 requires employers and their health insurance group plans to provide temporary
expansion of benefits to an employee, spouse and dependent children after an
employee leaves the job for up to 18 months, 36 months if due to death, divorce,
emplyee's eligible for medicare
✔✔workers compensation act - ✔✔this law in 1911 established a no-fault system
determined by individual states to protect injured workers from on the job injuries.
✔✔Employment retirement and income security act - ✔✔law in 1974 that set minimum
standards for pension plans
✔✔fair labor standards act - ✔✔enforced by the department of labor
✔✔family medical leave act (FMLA) - ✔✔a law that requires employers (50 or more
employees) to provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid job-protected leave in a 12 month
period for employees who have worked for at least 1 year for a certain family or medical
reason.They may also work fewer hours a week or work day if medical condition
warrants. This must be granted for births, adoption, foster care, family is sick, to attend
to a serious health condition. Doesn't protect your particular job.
✔✔Longshore and Harbor Worker's Compensation act - ✔✔the statutory workers'
compensation scheme, first enacted in 1927, that covers certain maritime workers,
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔emergency medical treatment and active labor act (EMTALA) - ✔✔a law in 1986 that
requires hospital receiving medicare and have an ER to asses, provide treatment and
stabilize a patient before determining their ability to pay. An amendment in 1989
requires hospitals to accept transfer of a patient requiring special treatment regardless
of ability to pay.
✔✔Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act - ✔✔a law in 1989-1990 that required all states
to have medicaid coverage for pregnant women and their children up to age 6 if the
family is homeless or below 133% of the federal poverty level.
✔✔patient self determination act - ✔✔a law that requires health care providers to inform
patients of their right to refuse or accept treatment. They must provide written
information on their state law regarding advanced directives. They must also document
if they have an advanced directive, ensure state compliance, create policies, educate
staff.
✔✔advanced directive - ✔✔written statement of medical wishes in the future in the
event they are unable to make decisions for themselves. It includes a living will or a
durable power of attorney.
✔✔living will - ✔✔a written statement describing individual desires for life-prolonging
treatment in the event they are terminally ill or permanently unconscious and unable to
communicate decisions about continued care. This is about What the decisions are.
✔✔durable power of attorney - ✔✔designates who will make their medical treatment
decisions in the event they are unable to make their own decisions. aka healthcare
proxy. this is about who will make decisions. Applies during temporary disability.
✔✔uniform anatomical gifts act - ✔✔this law improved the system for allocating organs
to transplant recipients.
, ✔✔Smith Hughes Act - ✔✔act in 1917 that created funding for vocational rehab
programs. in 1920 it provided funding for civilian vocational rehab programs.
✔✔Social Security Act - ✔✔this law in 1935 established vocational rehab as a
permanent federal program.
✔✔Rehab Act - ✔✔This act of 1973 prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in
programs run by federal agencies
✔✔Americans with disabilities act - ✔✔this act established in 1990 has 5 titles.
companies cannot discriminate and must make reasonable accommodations if they
have 15 or more employees, must have access to public transportation, have access to
telecommunication devices, and seek restitution for damage caused by inaccessibility of
services.
✔✔education for all handicapped children act - ✔✔law in 1975 that required equal
access for disabled children in public education
✔✔SSDI - ✔✔in 1956 this law provides disability insurance to replace portions of
earnings lost.
✔✔consolidated omnibus budget reconciliation act (COBRA) - ✔✔this law established
in 1986 requires employers and their health insurance group plans to provide temporary
expansion of benefits to an employee, spouse and dependent children after an
employee leaves the job for up to 18 months, 36 months if due to death, divorce,
emplyee's eligible for medicare
✔✔workers compensation act - ✔✔this law in 1911 established a no-fault system
determined by individual states to protect injured workers from on the job injuries.
✔✔Employment retirement and income security act - ✔✔law in 1974 that set minimum
standards for pension plans
✔✔fair labor standards act - ✔✔enforced by the department of labor
✔✔family medical leave act (FMLA) - ✔✔a law that requires employers (50 or more
employees) to provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid job-protected leave in a 12 month
period for employees who have worked for at least 1 year for a certain family or medical
reason.They may also work fewer hours a week or work day if medical condition
warrants. This must be granted for births, adoption, foster care, family is sick, to attend
to a serious health condition. Doesn't protect your particular job.
✔✔Longshore and Harbor Worker's Compensation act - ✔✔the statutory workers'
compensation scheme, first enacted in 1927, that covers certain maritime workers,
