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*Stark 1 CORRECT ANSWERS Prohibited MDs from referring Medicare patients to labs
in which they or a family member held a financial interest.
*HMO Act CORRECT ANSWERS Page 209: Passed to slow the escalating HC costs by
providing an alternate to traditional fee for services health insurance plans.
*ACA CORRECT ANSWERS Goal is to reduce the # of uninsured Americans through
affordable health plans on the Healthcare Exchange & Medicaid Expansion.
*S-CHIP CORRECT ANSWERS Page 322: Provided flexibility in how states spend
federal $ for children's health insurance coverage: Alabama's plan is called ALL Kids.
*Healthcare Quality Act CORRECT ANSWERS Created national database to track legal
actions against healthcare providers.
*COBRA CORRECT ANSWERS COBRA: Gives workers & their families who lose their
health benefits the right to choose to continue group health benefits provided bygroup
health plan for limited periods of time under certain circumstances such as voluntary or
involuntary job loss, reduction in hours worked, transition between jobs, death, divorce,
& other life events. Qualified individuals may be required to pay the entire premium for
coverage up to 102% of the cost to the plan.
Hill Burton Act CORRECT ANSWERS Slide 22 from CH 3 PPT; Page 186: Constructed
9200 hospitals to increase supply of hospital beds to keep up with demand, particularly
in smaller communities and rural areas.
Community Mental Health Act CORRECT ANSWERS Provided $ for the creation of
community mental health centers as a means to treat the mental ill, individuals with
mental retardation, and those with substance in the community rather than being
hospitalized. A new era of mental health treatment.
Social Security Act (Medicare/Medicaid) CORRECT ANSWERS Medicaid is
redistributive. Medicare & SSA are distributive
Anti-Kick Back Statute CORRECT ANSWERS Prohibits healthcare providers from
making a referral where they receive a kickback (such as: $ or anything of value) for
said referral.