PHARMACY TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION
UPDATED EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
●● Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Answer: HIPAA
- 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
Answer: OBRA
- Allowed workers and families to keep their group coverage in cases of
voluntary or involuntary job loss
- in case of reduced hours worked
- job transitions
- give workers who lost their health benefits 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
Answer: - 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
Answer: - Social Health care program for families and individuals with
low income + resources
- 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
Answer: - National Social Insurance Program
- administered by US government
- provides insurance for Americans aged +65
- members must have worked and payed for the system
- provides insurance for younger people with disabilities
,●● Disability
Answer: - Form of insurance that ensures 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 benefits
●● U.S. Social Security Act
Answer: - Social Welfare Legislation Act
- provides federal assistance to those who can not wotk
-
●● Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act
Answer: - enacted to curb the growing problem of underground
manufacture of illegal drugs
- regulates over the counter products that can be used to make illicit
drugs
- include daily sales limits and 30 day purchase limits
- places products out of easy reach
- sale logbooks
- customer ID verification
- training of employees and sellers
, ●● Sale of Ephedrin
Answer: - sale is limited to behind the counter
- must present photo ID
- stores require to keep personal information on buyers for at least 2
years
- sales allowed in drive through lanes
●● U.S. Merck + co
Answer: - An American pharmaceutical company
- one of the largest in the world
- publishes Merck Manuals --> a series of reference books for medical
professionals
- Merck Index -->list of chemical compounds --> lost
●● Poison prevention Packaging Act
Answer: PPPA
- requires use of child resistant packaging for prescription drugs, OTC,
household chemicals, and hazerdous materials
- some drugs are exempt from child proof packaging --> OTC drugs
with the proper labeling not for children and in big enough packages
●● Kefauver - Harris Act
UPDATED EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
●● Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Answer: HIPAA
- 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
Answer: OBRA
- Allowed workers and families to keep their group coverage in cases of
voluntary or involuntary job loss
- in case of reduced hours worked
- job transitions
- give workers who lost their health benefits 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
Answer: - 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
Answer: - Social Health care program for families and individuals with
low income + resources
- 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
Answer: - National Social Insurance Program
- administered by US government
- provides insurance for Americans aged +65
- members must have worked and payed for the system
- provides insurance for younger people with disabilities
,●● Disability
Answer: - Form of insurance that ensures 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 benefits
●● U.S. Social Security Act
Answer: - Social Welfare Legislation Act
- provides federal assistance to those who can not wotk
-
●● Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act
Answer: - enacted to curb the growing problem of underground
manufacture of illegal drugs
- regulates over the counter products that can be used to make illicit
drugs
- include daily sales limits and 30 day purchase limits
- places products out of easy reach
- sale logbooks
- customer ID verification
- training of employees and sellers
, ●● Sale of Ephedrin
Answer: - sale is limited to behind the counter
- must present photo ID
- stores require to keep personal information on buyers for at least 2
years
- sales allowed in drive through lanes
●● U.S. Merck + co
Answer: - An American pharmaceutical company
- one of the largest in the world
- publishes Merck Manuals --> a series of reference books for medical
professionals
- Merck Index -->list of chemical compounds --> lost
●● Poison prevention Packaging Act
Answer: PPPA
- requires use of child resistant packaging for prescription drugs, OTC,
household chemicals, and hazerdous materials
- some drugs are exempt from child proof packaging --> OTC drugs
with the proper labeling not for children and in big enough packages
●● Kefauver - Harris Act
