Chapter 3 Review Answers – Flashcards
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Licensure
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Involves a mandatory credentialing process established by law, usually at the state level. Required of all physicians, dentists, and nurses in every state.
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Certification
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Involves a voluntary credentialing process, usually national in scope, most often sponsored by a private sector group.
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Registration
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Involves simply paying a fee. Consists simply of an entry in an official record.
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Accreditation
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A process that implies that health care facilities or HMOs have met certain standards.
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Which of the following is mandatory for certain health professionals to practice in their field?
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Licensure
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Licensure to practice medicine is done by
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each individual state
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Which of the following statements best defines accreditation?
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It is a process for officially authorizing health care education programs, facilities, and managed care plans
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Which of the following best defines the osteopathic approach to medicine?
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Emphasizes the musculoskeletal system of the body and the correction of joint and tissue problems
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Allopathic medicine means, literally,
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"Different suffering"
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Which of the following is an example of a tertiary care setting?
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An endoscopic center
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Which of the following is an explanation for the increasing number of medical specialists?
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Loss of prestige for generalists
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A physician fails to meet continuing education requirements. He or she is guilty of
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Unprofessional conduct
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Which of the following is not a purpose of medical practice acts?
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To be sure physicians are adequately compensated for their services
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Each state's medical practice acts also provide for the establishment of
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Medical boards
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Laws vary from state to state, but unprofessional conduct for medical professionals usually includes
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Physical abuse of a patient, inadequate record keeping, and failure to meet continuing education requirements
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Physicians' actions generally classified as fraud include
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Falsifying medical diplomas and other credentials, falsifying medical exports, and promising a patient "secret cures" or other special ways to cure an ailment
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The sole authority granted to the federal government in the licensing of physicians is
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the permit issued by the Drug Enforcement Administration for controlled substances
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Physicians today practice primarily
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in group practices
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When two or more physicians practice together, with a written agreement specifying the rights, obligations, and responsibilities of each partner, what is the arrangement called?
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A partnership
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What is an advantage to forming a professional corporation to practice medicine?
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The incorporators and owners have limited liability in lawsuits
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Which of the following best defines a managed care health plan?
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A corporation that pays for and delivers care to subscribers
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What is a copayment?
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A set amount that each patient pays for each office visit
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Under this type of plan, insured patients must designate a primary care physician (PCP).
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Gatekeeper or primary care plan
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When physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers contract with one or more HMOs or directly with employers to provide care, what is it called?
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A physician-hospital organization
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Under this type of plan, a patient may see providers outside the plan, but the patient pays a higher portion of the fees.
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Preferred provider plan
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The National Practitioner Data Bank
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is accessible only to hospitals and health care plans
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The Patients' Bill of Rights
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has still not become law
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What recent federal law provides for the establishment of state-run insurance exchanges?
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Which of the following is not a stated goal of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act?
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Ensure that every person has health insurance
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Which of the following statements best defines telemedicine?
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It is medicine that is practiced via telephone, closed-circuit television, fax machine, or Internet
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Cybermedicine involves
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direct online contact between physicians and patients
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E-health refers to
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increasing use of the Internet for consumer health information
