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MA 100 Week 1 Study Guide Questions
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Why is Hippocrates often called the father of Western Medicine?
Ans: He believed that disease was caused by physical and
environmental factors that could be studied.
What type of care has the patient received, if a patient comes to the
office for care and then leaves and goes home?
Ans: ambulatory
Treatment that reduces symptoms of a disease, but does not cure the
disease is known as?
Ans: palliative
Name the type of insurance plan that pays a physician separately for
each procedure that was performed?
Ans: fee-for-service insurance
What type of insurance plan is designed to provide health insurance for
low-income people?
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Ans: medicaid
What is the name of the federal insurance plan that provides health
insurance for the elderly, the disabled, and those with end-stage
kidney failure?
Ans: medicare
Active-duty military personnel use what type of health insurance plan
for dependent spouses and children?
Ans: TRICARE
Name the type of health care the encourages regular checkups,
immunizations, and well-child visits?
Ans: routine care
List the name for an insurance plan's list of approved medications?
Ans: formulary
What occurs first when a patient is seen in the medical office?
Ans: examination by the physician
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MA 100 Week 1 Study Guide Questions
and Correct Answers/ Latest Update /
Already Graded
Why is Hippocrates often called the father of Western Medicine?
Ans: He believed that disease was caused by physical and
environmental factors that could be studied.
What type of care has the patient received, if a patient comes to the
office for care and then leaves and goes home?
Ans: ambulatory
Treatment that reduces symptoms of a disease, but does not cure the
disease is known as?
Ans: palliative
Name the type of insurance plan that pays a physician separately for
each procedure that was performed?
Ans: fee-for-service insurance
What type of insurance plan is designed to provide health insurance for
low-income people?
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Ans: medicaid
What is the name of the federal insurance plan that provides health
insurance for the elderly, the disabled, and those with end-stage
kidney failure?
Ans: medicare
Active-duty military personnel use what type of health insurance plan
for dependent spouses and children?
Ans: TRICARE
Name the type of health care the encourages regular checkups,
immunizations, and well-child visits?
Ans: routine care
List the name for an insurance plan's list of approved medications?
Ans: formulary
What occurs first when a patient is seen in the medical office?
Ans: examination by the physician
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