US Health Care Systems questions with correct answers

The development that contributed most significantly to the decline of the social mission of voluntary hospitals was the - Answer Enactment of private and public insurance reimbursement for hospital care The Medicaid program has a history of very low reimbursement as compared with Medicare reimbursement; critics site low Medicaid reimbursement as a major reason that primary care doctors have rejected serving the Medicaid population. An ACA provision addresses this issue by: - Answer Reimbursing states for primary care physician fees for Medicaid patients at no less than100% of Medicare payment rates Integrated health systems or ____________ have been a key provision in the ACA; these systems better coordinate care and improve quality - Answer Accountable Care Organizations Which of the following is synonymous with an EHR? - Answer None of the above U.S. annual health care expenditures far outstrip those of 7 other developed nations. In relationship with expenditures, U.S. health population status ranking on critical indicators in comparison with those other developed nations is: - Answer Dismally lower The U.S. healthcare delivery system has numerous stakeholders. In terms of financial power, control of delivery system parameters for the majority of Americans, and influence on consumers and providers of health care, which of the following pairs of stakeholders is the most influential: - Answer Government and private health insurers