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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services (CMS) - Answer - ✔ a federal agency
within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that is responsible for
Medicare and Medicaid, among many other responsibilities.
Medicare - Answer - ✔ a federal program of health insurance for persons 65 years of
age and older
Organized healthcare delivery - Answer - ✔ Care providers have established
relationships and mechanisms for communicating and working to coordinate patient
care across health conditions, services and care setting over time
1935 Social Security Act - Answer - ✔ Social Security act end extended federal
government’s role into public health. Provided matching funds for maternal and infant
care, rehabilitation for crippled children, general public health work and aid for
dependent children.
1946 Hill-Burton Act - Answer - ✔ Hospital survey and construction act or Hill- Burton
Act- Created a boom in hospital construction. Authorized grants for states to construct
new hospitals.
1965 law - Answer - ✔ Public law where Medicare provides healthcare benefits to
citizens over the age of 65. Amendment to Social Security that created Medicare and
Medicaid.
1972 law - Answer - ✔ Public law or efforts were made to Kurt tail rising cost of
Medicare and Medicaid programs by evaluating patient care services for a necessity,
quality and cost effectiveness. Expanded initial Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements
for utilization review.
1986 healthcare quality improvement act - Answer - ✔ Provides a clearinghouse for
medical practitioners who have a history of malpractice suits and other quality problems.
Establish the national practitioner data Bank. (NPDB)
1989 Omnibus budget reconciliation act - Answer - ✔ Mission of AHRQ is to develop
outcome measures to evaluate the quality of healthcare services. Institute of the agency
for healthcare policy and research now known as the agency for healthcare research
and quality, (AHRQ)