What is quality? - correct answer ✔✔
Why is Medicare and Medicaid important? - correct answer ✔✔ it finances more than one-third
of the countrys total health care expenses and almost 3/4 of all public spending on health
How can a person qualify for Medicare Part A? - correct answer ✔✔ Have to pay social security
tax for 10 years from payroll tax
Is a hospital insurance program which covers inpatient hospital, skilled nursing facility, hospice
and home health care - correct answer ✔✔ Medicare A
Uses supplementary medical insurance which covers physician and outpatient hospital care, lab
tests, medical supplies and home health - correct answer ✔✔ Part B
Uses managed care plans which provide Part A and Part B benefits, its called Medicare
Advantage - correct answer ✔✔ Part C
Is an outpatient prescription drug benefit which was implemented in 2006 and enacted under
the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 - correct answer
✔✔ Part D
What led to Part D? - correct answer ✔✔ Concerns for seniors lacking prescription drug
coverage and the rising cost of drugs
Medicare Part D provides what ? - correct answer ✔✔ Voluntary drug benefits to beneficiaries
through private companies
, Name 6 components of the Medicare program - correct answer ✔✔ inpatient hospital care
physician services
psychiatric services
skilled nursing
home health care
hospice care
Up to how many days does medicare pay for inpatient hospital care in a benefit period - correct
answer ✔✔ up to 90 days
Medicare does not cover what types of services? - correct answer ✔✔ personal convenience
items like phones, TVs or private rooms
What pays for Medicare Part B expenditures? - correct answer ✔✔ premium payments and
general federal revenue
The monthly premium for Part B is deducted from what? - correct answer ✔✔ The beneficiary's
social security check
What is one accrediting organization which certifies Medicare Certified Facilities? - correct
answer ✔✔ The Joint commision
What thing usually conducts the certification for Medicare Certified Facilities? - correct answer
✔✔ state surgery agencies or private accrediting organizations
What is one gap in Medicare coverage - correct answer ✔✔ it covers less than half of total
health spending