BCACP – regulatory questions with correct answers

What does FDA do? CORRECT ANSWER-approves new medication and issues warnings or other recommendations for already approved meds What does CMS and HHS do? CORRECT ANSWER-determine rules and regs for federally sponsored health care or medicare and other national health care laws What does CDC do? CORRECT ANSWER-determines rules and starndard procedures for point of care testing, immunizations, and mgmt of patients with transmittable diseases What org are NCQA, PCMH, joint commission, CPPA? CORRECT ANSWER-accreditation organizations, establish standards for quality an dsafety. NCQA? CORRECT ANSWER-works to improve health care quality through the administration of utilizes evidence-based standards, measures, programs, and accreditation. The private, nonprofit organization operates on a formula of measure, analyze, and improve. And it aims to build consensus across the industry by working with policymakers, employers, doctors, and patients, as well as health plans. What measures does NCQA have? CORRECT ANSWER-Hedis (Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set which recent law changed the landscape for documentation, creating meaninguf use initiatives? incentivezes health care organization to use electronic portals for documentation CORRECT ANSWER-american recovery and reinvestment act of 2009