Healthcare Finance Exam 1 uiowa
When were almshouses, pesthouses, and marine hospitals in place? - correct answer ✔✔19th century
What were almshouses? - correct answer ✔✔places for sick people to go who didn't have family to take
care of them
they were run by municipalities, maintained by local communities
What were pesthouses? - correct answer ✔✔places for people with infectious diseases to get care
quality of care was marginal
maintained by local communities
What were marine hospitals? - correct answer ✔✔took care of sailors who didnt have family
What was the first example of federal healthcare? - correct answer ✔✔marine hospitals
What is EMTALA? - correct answer ✔✔Emergency Medical and Treatment Active Labor Act
prohibited hospitals from turning ER patients away if they didn't have money/insurance
If someone went to an ER, didnt have insurance/money, and accumulated bad debt, who would pay for
their care (because of EMTALA)? - correct answer ✔✔cost would spread to paying patients
What is the ACA? - correct answer ✔✔Affordable Care Act
Bill aimed at providing insurance to uninsured
passed in 2009
Exansion of Medicaid
Support innovative Medicare at lower costs
, What bill is the closest we've come to universal healthcare? - correct answer ✔✔ACA
What act doesnt exist, but is part of the ACA? - correct answer ✔✔Public Health Prevention Act
public health prevention fund basically
What act was passed in 1996? - correct answer ✔✔Mental Health Parity Act
What is the Mental Health Parity Act? - correct answer ✔✔Health insurance policies include substance
abuse and mental health
Does NOT have full coverage
What is the Wellstone Act, and when was it passed? - correct answer ✔✔2008
amendment to Mental Health Parity Act to include substance abuse treatment plans
What is Medicare? - correct answer ✔✔health insurance for elderly, end stage renal, ALS
What does Medicare Part A (hospital services) include? - correct answer ✔✔inpatient care
Rehab hospitals
Long-term care
Hospice
Home health services
Skilled nursing facilities
90 days inpatient
100 days post-hospital skilled nursing facility
Unlimited visits by home health agency
What does Medicare Part B (physician services) include? - correct answer ✔✔Physician services and
other medical services
Outpatient services
When were almshouses, pesthouses, and marine hospitals in place? - correct answer ✔✔19th century
What were almshouses? - correct answer ✔✔places for sick people to go who didn't have family to take
care of them
they were run by municipalities, maintained by local communities
What were pesthouses? - correct answer ✔✔places for people with infectious diseases to get care
quality of care was marginal
maintained by local communities
What were marine hospitals? - correct answer ✔✔took care of sailors who didnt have family
What was the first example of federal healthcare? - correct answer ✔✔marine hospitals
What is EMTALA? - correct answer ✔✔Emergency Medical and Treatment Active Labor Act
prohibited hospitals from turning ER patients away if they didn't have money/insurance
If someone went to an ER, didnt have insurance/money, and accumulated bad debt, who would pay for
their care (because of EMTALA)? - correct answer ✔✔cost would spread to paying patients
What is the ACA? - correct answer ✔✔Affordable Care Act
Bill aimed at providing insurance to uninsured
passed in 2009
Exansion of Medicaid
Support innovative Medicare at lower costs
, What bill is the closest we've come to universal healthcare? - correct answer ✔✔ACA
What act doesnt exist, but is part of the ACA? - correct answer ✔✔Public Health Prevention Act
public health prevention fund basically
What act was passed in 1996? - correct answer ✔✔Mental Health Parity Act
What is the Mental Health Parity Act? - correct answer ✔✔Health insurance policies include substance
abuse and mental health
Does NOT have full coverage
What is the Wellstone Act, and when was it passed? - correct answer ✔✔2008
amendment to Mental Health Parity Act to include substance abuse treatment plans
What is Medicare? - correct answer ✔✔health insurance for elderly, end stage renal, ALS
What does Medicare Part A (hospital services) include? - correct answer ✔✔inpatient care
Rehab hospitals
Long-term care
Hospice
Home health services
Skilled nursing facilities
90 days inpatient
100 days post-hospital skilled nursing facility
Unlimited visits by home health agency
What does Medicare Part B (physician services) include? - correct answer ✔✔Physician services and
other medical services
Outpatient services
