UPDATE) | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS| GRADE A|
(VERIFIED SOLUTIONS)
1. Value-based payment models: •Reimbursement from CMS and
insurance is directly tied to the quality of care provided to the patient.
(ex)
•Rewarded for meeting standards of care for common disease
processes (diabetes, heart failure, pneumonia, myocardial infarction).
•Designed to:
•Improve quality
•Reduce costs
•Support patient-centered practices
•Improve patient outcomes
•Reduce readmissions
,2. Never events: •CMS and insurances will not pay hospitals for the
extra costs associated with treating a preventable problem (error).
3. Readmission reduction: •Readmission - an admission into a
hospital within 30 days of a discharge from the same or another
hospital
•Currently focused on heart failure, COPD, total hip arthroplasty, knee
arthroplasty, CABG, or MI.
•Relies on quality safe care with robust education, effective
discharge planning.
4. Upper GI word parts: Or/o, stomat/o- mouth
•Oral
Stomatosis
Or/o,
Stomat/o- mouth
•Oral
Stomatosis
Gingiv/o-gums
, •Gingivitis
•Gingivostomatitis
Gloss/o, lingu/o-tongue
•Hypoglossal
•Sublingual
Esophag/o-esophagus
•Esophageal
•Esophagitis
Gastr/o- stomach
•Gastritis
Gastropexy
5. Lower GI word parts: Enter/o- intestines
•Gastroenterology
•Dysentery
Jejun/o
•Jejunotomy