MHA 707 EXAM C 2026 FINAL PAPER
COMPLETE RESPONSES APPROVED
◉ 1847. Answer: founding of American Medical Association (AMA)
◉ AMA. Answer: -established standards for preliminary medical
education for the degree of MD
-Code of medical ethics
-recommended use of anesthetic agents for surgery and obstetrics
-noted the dangers of secret remedies (snake oil) and patent
medicines
-recommended that state governments register births, marriages,
and deaths
◉ advances that made practice of medicine more successful in
treating health problems. Answer: -improvements in surgery made
during the civil war
-application to medicine of advances in bacteriology by scientists
such as louis pasteur
◉ provided the start for some of the largest names in the modern
pharmaceutical industry : wyeth, pfizer, squibb. Answer: demand for
therapeutics fueled by the civil war
,◉ 1861. Answer: founding U.S. nursing corps
◉ nursing corps. Answer: -created ambulance-to-emergency room
system we know today
-established hierarchy of treatment stations to type of hospital
facilities
◉ 1899. Answer: founding of association of hospital
superintendents
◉ Association of hospital superintendents became. Answer:
American hospital association (AHA)
◉ 1900. Answer: adoption of the Bertillon or International List of
Causes of Death
◉ Bertillon or International List of Causes of death. Answer: -
predecessor of the international classification of diseases (ICD)
-brought some standards and criteria in the study of diseases
◉ both public and private sectors were involved in. Answer: -
providing health care coverage
-building the American health care infrastructure
,◉ 1811. Answer: access to health care for members of the military,
vets, and fam had become a public sector initiative
◉ 1910. Answer: early forerunners of health insurance plans
appeared as "prepaid" group practices
-plan members paid a monthly premium and received a wide range
of medical services through exclusive group of providers
◉ 1929. Answer: Blue cross plans were established to provide
"prepaid" hospital care to workers in the dallas public school system
-Baylor created it
◉ Blue Cross Blue Shield developed nationwide due to. Answer: the
U.S. entering WW2 w/ caps on wages
◉ 1940s. Answer: BCBS unified
◉ BCBS together served. Answer: 24M, 81 hospital plans 44 med
plans
◉ by 1960s BC had. Answer: 52M
, ◉ by 1960s BS had. Answer: 40M
◉ BCBS covered what percent fed employees. Answer: 33%
◉ BCBS offered by. Answer: voluntary, nonprofit companies
-established as charitable and benevolent organizations
◉ BCBS used what to set prices for their products. Answer:
community rating
◉ why did BCBS use community rating. Answer: data was too poor
to do anything else
◉ community rating refers to. Answer: insurance pricing whereby
everyone in same geographic area pays the same premium
-regardless of their health status, age, gender, family composition,
occupation, health behaviors such as smoking, or claims history
◉ Experience Rating. Answer: tailors policies and premiums to a
particular group or individual
-premiums are based on the insured person's prior claims, health
status, and risk of future claims as indicated by his or her age,
gender, health behaviors, and so forth
COMPLETE RESPONSES APPROVED
◉ 1847. Answer: founding of American Medical Association (AMA)
◉ AMA. Answer: -established standards for preliminary medical
education for the degree of MD
-Code of medical ethics
-recommended use of anesthetic agents for surgery and obstetrics
-noted the dangers of secret remedies (snake oil) and patent
medicines
-recommended that state governments register births, marriages,
and deaths
◉ advances that made practice of medicine more successful in
treating health problems. Answer: -improvements in surgery made
during the civil war
-application to medicine of advances in bacteriology by scientists
such as louis pasteur
◉ provided the start for some of the largest names in the modern
pharmaceutical industry : wyeth, pfizer, squibb. Answer: demand for
therapeutics fueled by the civil war
,◉ 1861. Answer: founding U.S. nursing corps
◉ nursing corps. Answer: -created ambulance-to-emergency room
system we know today
-established hierarchy of treatment stations to type of hospital
facilities
◉ 1899. Answer: founding of association of hospital
superintendents
◉ Association of hospital superintendents became. Answer:
American hospital association (AHA)
◉ 1900. Answer: adoption of the Bertillon or International List of
Causes of Death
◉ Bertillon or International List of Causes of death. Answer: -
predecessor of the international classification of diseases (ICD)
-brought some standards and criteria in the study of diseases
◉ both public and private sectors were involved in. Answer: -
providing health care coverage
-building the American health care infrastructure
,◉ 1811. Answer: access to health care for members of the military,
vets, and fam had become a public sector initiative
◉ 1910. Answer: early forerunners of health insurance plans
appeared as "prepaid" group practices
-plan members paid a monthly premium and received a wide range
of medical services through exclusive group of providers
◉ 1929. Answer: Blue cross plans were established to provide
"prepaid" hospital care to workers in the dallas public school system
-Baylor created it
◉ Blue Cross Blue Shield developed nationwide due to. Answer: the
U.S. entering WW2 w/ caps on wages
◉ 1940s. Answer: BCBS unified
◉ BCBS together served. Answer: 24M, 81 hospital plans 44 med
plans
◉ by 1960s BC had. Answer: 52M
, ◉ by 1960s BS had. Answer: 40M
◉ BCBS covered what percent fed employees. Answer: 33%
◉ BCBS offered by. Answer: voluntary, nonprofit companies
-established as charitable and benevolent organizations
◉ BCBS used what to set prices for their products. Answer:
community rating
◉ why did BCBS use community rating. Answer: data was too poor
to do anything else
◉ community rating refers to. Answer: insurance pricing whereby
everyone in same geographic area pays the same premium
-regardless of their health status, age, gender, family composition,
occupation, health behaviors such as smoking, or claims history
◉ Experience Rating. Answer: tailors policies and premiums to a
particular group or individual
-premiums are based on the insured person's prior claims, health
status, and risk of future claims as indicated by his or her age,
gender, health behaviors, and so forth
