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A formal agreement between separately owned
and controlled facilities to officially coordinate and
share certain activities is most appropriately
referred to as ______. Correct Answers An
affiliation.
A legislative mandate, such as the Patient Self
Determination Act, is an example of what? Correct
Answers A healthcare trend that demonstrates a
concern about patient wishes and the rights of
patients to facilitate their own health care
decisions.
According to the TED talk, "Healthcare Should Be a
Team Sport", what is predicted for the future of
healthcare? Correct Answers Care will be able to
be delivered at home.
Smart phones and other electronic devices will be
able to support diagnostic devices that were
previously only available in medical settings.
Care will be customized for the individual.
Corporate mergers and the formation of healthcare
systems have invariably resulted in widespread
reductions in healthcare costs, true or false?
Correct Answers False.
, Deliberate fraud and abuse in healthcare
reimbursement includes which of the following two
examples? Correct Answers Billing for a patient
service that was not provided.
Upcoming a charge to a higher reimbursement
level than the service actually required - such as
charging a complex patient visit for a low intensity
patient.
Health care costs have been driven up by what?
Correct Answers Government programs that
include Medicaid and Medicare and the over
expansion of the hospital system.
Changes in medical practice and the increase in
medical specialties.
Advances in technology and pharmaceuticals.
In recent decades, government and insurers have
exerted control over much of health care's money
supply, true or false? Correct Answers True.
Information technology has a major impact on
health care delivery. Rather than the historical
methods of gathering and retaining information,
which new methods are associated with
information technology in the digital age? Correct
Answers Data warehousing.
Data mining.
Informatics standards and common language.
PDAs, portable computers, email.