PHM 3250 PHARMACY TECHNICIAN 2026/2027
TERMS STUDY GUIDE WELL EXPLAINED
LATEST!!
Federal Food and Drug Act
FDA
- Series of consumer protection laws
- led to creation of the FDA
- banned foreign and interstate traffic in adulterated or mislabeled food and drug
products
- Products had to be inspected and offenders where prosecuted
- Active Ingredients had to be placed on labels of packaging
- drugs can not fall below purity levels set by United states pharmacopoeia or
national Formulary
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- HIPAA
- Provides the ability to transfer and continue health insurance coverage for
millions of American workers and families when they change or lose jobs
- reduces Health care fraud and abuse
,- Mandatory Industry Wide standards for health care information and electronic
billing processes
- requires the protections and confidential handling of protected health
information
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
OBRA
- Allowed Workers and Families to keep their group coverage in cases of volentary
or involentary job loss
- in case of reduced hours worked
- job transitions
- give workers who lost their health benifits right to choose to continue plans
under certain circumstances
- required under businesses with 20+ employees
- applies to both government and private sector
- set period of time, maybe influenced by circumstances
OBRA 90
- placed regulations on how to interact with patients
- record keeping mandates, prospective drug reviews
- counseling obligations
,- must review medicaid participants enire drug profile before prescribing
medications
Medicaid
- Social Health care program for families and individuals with low income +
recources
- government insurance for people of all ages who can not afford sufficient health
care
- varies from state to state --> joint funded between state and federal
- must be US citizens or legal permanent residents
-
Medicare
- National Social Insurance Program
- administered by US government
- provides health insuracne for Americans aged 65+
- members must have worked and payed for the system
- provides health insurance for younger people with disabilities
-
, Disability
- Form of Insurance that insures the beneficiaries income against the risk that
disability creates a barrier for a worker to complete the core functions of their
work
- encompasses paid sick leave, short term disability benefits, and long term
disability benifits
-
U.S. Social Security Act
- Social Welfare Legislation Act
- provides federal assistance to those who can not wotk
-
Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act
- enacted to curb the growing problem of underground manufacture of illegal
drugs
- regulates over the counter products that can be used to make drugs
- include daily sales limits and 30 day purchase limits
- places products out of easy reach
- sale logbooks
- customer ID verification
TERMS STUDY GUIDE WELL EXPLAINED
LATEST!!
Federal Food and Drug Act
FDA
- Series of consumer protection laws
- led to creation of the FDA
- banned foreign and interstate traffic in adulterated or mislabeled food and drug
products
- Products had to be inspected and offenders where prosecuted
- Active Ingredients had to be placed on labels of packaging
- drugs can not fall below purity levels set by United states pharmacopoeia or
national Formulary
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- HIPAA
- Provides the ability to transfer and continue health insurance coverage for
millions of American workers and families when they change or lose jobs
- reduces Health care fraud and abuse
,- Mandatory Industry Wide standards for health care information and electronic
billing processes
- requires the protections and confidential handling of protected health
information
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
OBRA
- Allowed Workers and Families to keep their group coverage in cases of volentary
or involentary job loss
- in case of reduced hours worked
- job transitions
- give workers who lost their health benifits right to choose to continue plans
under certain circumstances
- required under businesses with 20+ employees
- applies to both government and private sector
- set period of time, maybe influenced by circumstances
OBRA 90
- placed regulations on how to interact with patients
- record keeping mandates, prospective drug reviews
- counseling obligations
,- must review medicaid participants enire drug profile before prescribing
medications
Medicaid
- Social Health care program for families and individuals with low income +
recources
- government insurance for people of all ages who can not afford sufficient health
care
- varies from state to state --> joint funded between state and federal
- must be US citizens or legal permanent residents
-
Medicare
- National Social Insurance Program
- administered by US government
- provides health insuracne for Americans aged 65+
- members must have worked and payed for the system
- provides health insurance for younger people with disabilities
-
, Disability
- Form of Insurance that insures the beneficiaries income against the risk that
disability creates a barrier for a worker to complete the core functions of their
work
- encompasses paid sick leave, short term disability benefits, and long term
disability benifits
-
U.S. Social Security Act
- Social Welfare Legislation Act
- provides federal assistance to those who can not wotk
-
Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act
- enacted to curb the growing problem of underground manufacture of illegal
drugs
- regulates over the counter products that can be used to make drugs
- include daily sales limits and 30 day purchase limits
- places products out of easy reach
- sale logbooks
- customer ID verification
