Health Care Systems

What are the four classifications of hospitals based upon the source of income received?

Private or proprietary (for profit), religious, nonprofit or voluntary and government

What is a residential care facility

Provides basic physical and emotional care also called nursing home or geriatric home

What type of care is provided at an extended care facility

Provides skilled skilled nursing care and rehabilitative care

What type of care is provided in a independent living facility

Individuals rent an apartment and provide them with meals, housekeeping, laundry and assist with medications

Identify 5 types of clinics

Surgical, urgent or emergency, rehabilitation, specialty, outpatient, health department or medical center

What is palliative care

Care that provides support and comfort and is directed toward allowing the person to die with dignity

How do nonprofit or voluntary agencies receive their funding

Donations, membership fees, fund-raisers and federal or state grants

What is a premium

Fee the individual pays for insurance coverage

What is a deductible

Amounts that must be paid by the patient for medical services before the policy begins to pay

Calculate the amount of money owed by the patient if they are on a 75%/25% coinsurance and their bill is $100

Insurance pays $ 75 and patient pays $ 25

Calculate the amount of money owed by the patient if they are on a 80%/20% coinsurance and their bill is $100

Insurance pays $80 and patient pays $20

What is a co-payment

A specific amount of money a patient pays for a particular service at each visit regardless of the total cost of the visit

Define a HMO

A insurance plan that provides a managed care plan for the delivery of health care services. Care directed toward preventive type health care

What is a PPO

Type of managed care insurance provided by large industries or companies, can only go to specific doctors or hospitals. Require deductible and a co-payment

What is one advantage of HMOs

Provides routine examinations and preventive care tries to maintain a better state of health

What is a disadvantage of HMOs

Required to use only HMO affiliated providers and if go out of network required to pay all costs

How can industry or company' s provide health care at lower rates

Use PPOs that require that specific hospitals or doctors be used

Who is covered by Medicare

All individuals over 65, person with a disability and receives social security for at least 2 years and endstage renal disease

Who is covered by Medicaid

Vary from state to state, low income, children who qualify for public assistance and those who are physically disabled or blind

The State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) covers who?

Uninsured children of working families who earn too little to afford private insurance

Who qualifies for workers' compensation

Workers injured on the job

TRICARE provides health insurance for who?

Military personnel

What is the principle for managed care?

All health care provided must have a purpose, a second opinion is needed, provide preventive care, and early diagnosis, control costs and stay within network

What does an organizational structure provide

Provides a line of authority or chain of command

What is a clinic

Also called satellite clinic, they are a group of medical or dental doctors who share a facility and other personnel

What federal agency is responsible for regulating food and drug products

FDA - Food and Drug Administration

What type of care is provided by hospice

Provides care for terminally ill who usually have life expectancies of 6 months or less

What is another term for hospice

Palliative care

What are the four classifications of hospitals based upon the source of income received?

Private or proprietary (for profit), religious, nonprofit or voluntary and government

What is a residential care facility

Provides basic physical and emotional care also called nursing home or geriatric home

What type of care is provided at an extended care facility

Provides skilled skilled nursing care and rehabilitative care

What type of care is provided in a independent living facility

Individuals rent an apartment and provide them with meals, housekeeping, laundry and assist with medications

Identify 5 types of clinics

Surgical, urgent or emergency, rehabilitation, specialty, outpatient, health department or medical center

What is palliative care

Care that provides support and comfort and is directed toward allowing the person to die with dignity

How do nonprofit or voluntary agencies receive their funding

Donations, membership fees, fund-raisers and federal or state grants

What is a premium

Fee the individual pays for insurance coverage

What is a deductible

Amounts that must be paid by the patient for medical services before the policy begins to pay

Calculate the amount of money owed by the patient if they are on a 75%/25% coinsurance and their bill is $100

Insurance pays $ 75 and patient pays $ 25

Calculate the amount of money owed by the patient if they are on a 80%/20% coinsurance and their bill is $100

Insurance pays $80 and patient pays $20

What is a co-payment

A specific amount of money a patient pays for a particular service at each visit regardless of the total cost of the visit

Define a HMO

A insurance plan that provides a managed care plan for the delivery of health care services. Care directed toward preventive type health care

What is a PPO

Type of managed care insurance provided by large industries or companies, can only go to specific doctors or hospitals. Require deductible and a co-payment

What is one advantage of HMOs

Provides routine examinations and preventive care tries to maintain a better state of health

What is a disadvantage of HMOs

Required to use only HMO affiliated providers and if go out of network required to pay all costs

How can industry or company' s provide health care at lower rates

Use PPOs that require that specific hospitals or doctors be used

Who is covered by Medicare

All individuals over 65, person with a disability and receives social security for at least 2 years and endstage renal disease

Who is covered by Medicaid

Vary from state to state, low income, children who qualify for public assistance and those who are physically disabled or blind

The State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) covers who?

Uninsured children of working families who earn too little to afford private insurance

Who qualifies for workers' compensation

Workers injured on the job

TRICARE provides health insurance for who?

Military personnel

What is the principle for managed care?

All health care provided must have a purpose, a second opinion is needed, provide preventive care, and early diagnosis, control costs and stay within network

What does an organizational structure provide

Provides a line of authority or chain of command

What is a clinic

Also called satellite clinic, they are a group of medical or dental doctors who share a facility and other personnel

What federal agency is responsible for regulating food and drug products

FDA - Food and Drug Administration

What type of care is provided by hospice

Provides care for terminally ill who usually have life expectancies of 6 months or less

What is another term for hospice

Palliative care