FBLA HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION STUDY GUIDE
(COMPLETE)
FUTA - answer- (Federal Unemployment Tax Act) Allows collection of taxes to fund
state programs.
Abjudicate - answer- Settles payment on insurance claims. Also refers to review of
evidence in a trial
Latent - answer- Incubation period. Infections are persistent and go into relapse.
JCHAO - answer- (Joint Commission on Accreditation Healthcare Organizations)
Reviews and accredits hospitals
NCQA - answer- (National Committee for Quality Assurance) Reviews and accredits
health plans
ASC - answer- (Ambulatory Services Center) modern health care facilities focused on
providing same-day surgical care, including diagnostic and preventive procedures. Have
been shown to cost 50% than an inpatient hospital because they use line by line billing.
Minimally invasive surgery - answer- A surgery where only small cuts are made into the
body. Usually fiber optics, guide images, microwaves and other technologies are used
to see into the body rather than opening up the body to see in. Minimally invasive
surgery is becoming used more often because it has been shown to have a shorter
recovery time than traditional surgery.
Di- - answer- two or twice
Extra-, extro- - answer- outside of, outward, beyond
Hemi-, semi- - answer- half, half of
Hyper- - answer- above, excessive
Hyp-, hypo- - answer- below, beneath, deficient
Infra- - answer- below or beneath
Inter- - answer- between
Intra- - answer- within, inside
Intro- - answer- into or within
, Macro- - answer- large
Micro-, micr- - answer- small, tiny
Post- - answer- after, behind
Pre-, pro- - answer- in front of, before, exceeding
Retro- - answer- behind, backward
Semi- - answer- half
Trans- - answer- through or across
Tri- - answer- three
Ultra- - answer- excessive, beyond
-ac, -ic, -al, -ous, -tic - answer- relating to
-ate, -ize - answer- subject to use
-ent, -er, -ist - answer- person, agent
-genic - answer- produced by
-gram - answer- written record
-graph - answer- instrument used to record
-graphy - answer- process of recording
-ism - answer- condition or theory
-itis - answer- inflammation
-ologist - answer- one who studies, specialist
-ology - answer- the study of
-oma - answer- tumor
-pathy - answer- disease, disease process
-phobia - answer- morbid fear of or intolerance
(COMPLETE)
FUTA - answer- (Federal Unemployment Tax Act) Allows collection of taxes to fund
state programs.
Abjudicate - answer- Settles payment on insurance claims. Also refers to review of
evidence in a trial
Latent - answer- Incubation period. Infections are persistent and go into relapse.
JCHAO - answer- (Joint Commission on Accreditation Healthcare Organizations)
Reviews and accredits hospitals
NCQA - answer- (National Committee for Quality Assurance) Reviews and accredits
health plans
ASC - answer- (Ambulatory Services Center) modern health care facilities focused on
providing same-day surgical care, including diagnostic and preventive procedures. Have
been shown to cost 50% than an inpatient hospital because they use line by line billing.
Minimally invasive surgery - answer- A surgery where only small cuts are made into the
body. Usually fiber optics, guide images, microwaves and other technologies are used
to see into the body rather than opening up the body to see in. Minimally invasive
surgery is becoming used more often because it has been shown to have a shorter
recovery time than traditional surgery.
Di- - answer- two or twice
Extra-, extro- - answer- outside of, outward, beyond
Hemi-, semi- - answer- half, half of
Hyper- - answer- above, excessive
Hyp-, hypo- - answer- below, beneath, deficient
Infra- - answer- below or beneath
Inter- - answer- between
Intra- - answer- within, inside
Intro- - answer- into or within
, Macro- - answer- large
Micro-, micr- - answer- small, tiny
Post- - answer- after, behind
Pre-, pro- - answer- in front of, before, exceeding
Retro- - answer- behind, backward
Semi- - answer- half
Trans- - answer- through or across
Tri- - answer- three
Ultra- - answer- excessive, beyond
-ac, -ic, -al, -ous, -tic - answer- relating to
-ate, -ize - answer- subject to use
-ent, -er, -ist - answer- person, agent
-genic - answer- produced by
-gram - answer- written record
-graph - answer- instrument used to record
-graphy - answer- process of recording
-ism - answer- condition or theory
-itis - answer- inflammation
-ologist - answer- one who studies, specialist
-ology - answer- the study of
-oma - answer- tumor
-pathy - answer- disease, disease process
-phobia - answer- morbid fear of or intolerance
