CHC EXAM
Affordable Care Act - Answers-Allowed more hospital construction bc it allowed hospitals to more
confidently predict their finances. More infrastructure, tech and finance influence construction also.
FGI: Guidelines (2014 Edition 2) - Answers-FACILITY GUIDELINES INSTITUTE: Guidelines for the design
and construction of hospitals and outpatient care facilities.
>Used to be published by the Federal Government
>Was required to be followed to get a grant under the Hill-Burton Act of 1946.
>Now not Fed Gov, now created by volunteers: Architects, facility managers, AHJ (Authorities Having
Jurisdiction), people from ASHE, APIC (Association of Professionals in Infection Control)
>40 states use this minimum standard
>Determines: Room size, # of air exchanges, required medical gases, and infection control plans
>4 year cycle of review.
HILL-BURTON ACT of 1946 - Answers->"The Hospital Survey and Construction Act"
>In 1975 it became the "Public Health Service Act"
>Created first rush of hospital growth
>Provided Federal grants and loans
>Goal: to create 4.5 beds per 1,000 citizens
>to get funds, hospitals could NOT discriminate (even though that was still legal), they had to provide
some free care
>Most funds went to middle class areas
Affordable Care Act - Answers-Allowed more hospital construction bc it allowed hospitals to more
confidently predict their finances. More infrastructure, tech and finance influence construction also.
FGI: Guidelines (2014 Edition 2) - Answers-FACILITY GUIDELINES INSTITUTE: Guidelines for the design
and construction of hospitals and outpatient care facilities.
>Used to be published by the Federal Government
>Was required to be followed to get a grant under the Hill-Burton Act of 1946.
>Now not Fed Gov, now created by volunteers: Architects, facility managers, AHJ (Authorities Having
Jurisdiction), people from ASHE, APIC (Association of Professionals in Infection Control)
>40 states use this minimum standard
>Determines: Room size, # of air exchanges, required medical gases, and infection control plans
>4 year cycle of review.
HILL-BURTON ACT of 1946 - Answers->"The Hospital Survey and Construction Act"
>In 1975 it became the "Public Health Service Act"
>Created first rush of hospital growth
>Provided Federal grants and loans
>Goal: to create 4.5 beds per 1,000 citizens
>to get funds, hospitals could NOT discriminate (even though that was still legal), they had to provide
some free care
>Most funds went to middle class areas
