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Ambulatory Care Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
What characterizes Inpatient Care stays?
Ans: They are at least one overnight stay
"ambul" means
Ans: walking
Three interrelated trends regarding inpatient care and ambulatory
care:
Ans: Because inpatient care is so expensive, payers won't pay
for an overnight stay if it isn't medically necessary
Hospital based outpatient care is more expensive than non -
hospital based outpatient care
Busy people demand convenient care
Hospitals must maintain all the expensive services and technology in
order to:
Ans: Be properly accredited and licensed, as well as attract
various insurers, patients, and good physicians
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What does this high overhead do resulting in competition?
Ans: It puts them at a competitive cost disadvantage relative
to free-standing, single focus ambulatory facilities, including
even surgical centers or imaging centers
7 Types of Ambulatory Care Settings:
Ans: 1) Hospital emergency departments (EDs)
2) Hospital-based outpatient departments (OPDs)
3) Outpatient offices; physician private practices
4) Urgent Care Centers
5) Retail clinics
6) Concierge medicine
7) Complimentary and Alternative Medicine
What is EMTALA (1986), and what does it require?
Ans: Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. It requires
hospitals and ambulances to provide care to anyone needing it
regardless of ability to pay, citizenship, and legal status. A
functional safety net.
What was one issue with the act in terms of financing?
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
Ambulatory Care Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
What characterizes Inpatient Care stays?
Ans: They are at least one overnight stay
"ambul" means
Ans: walking
Three interrelated trends regarding inpatient care and ambulatory
care:
Ans: Because inpatient care is so expensive, payers won't pay
for an overnight stay if it isn't medically necessary
Hospital based outpatient care is more expensive than non -
hospital based outpatient care
Busy people demand convenient care
Hospitals must maintain all the expensive services and technology in
order to:
Ans: Be properly accredited and licensed, as well as attract
various insurers, patients, and good physicians
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
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What does this high overhead do resulting in competition?
Ans: It puts them at a competitive cost disadvantage relative
to free-standing, single focus ambulatory facilities, including
even surgical centers or imaging centers
7 Types of Ambulatory Care Settings:
Ans: 1) Hospital emergency departments (EDs)
2) Hospital-based outpatient departments (OPDs)
3) Outpatient offices; physician private practices
4) Urgent Care Centers
5) Retail clinics
6) Concierge medicine
7) Complimentary and Alternative Medicine
What is EMTALA (1986), and what does it require?
Ans: Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. It requires
hospitals and ambulances to provide care to anyone needing it
regardless of ability to pay, citizenship, and legal status. A
functional safety net.
What was one issue with the act in terms of financing?
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