Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam

Federal Food and Drug Act - Answer- FFDA - 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 - 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