Affordable Care Act Correct Answer: 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) Correct Answer: FACILITY GUIDELINES INSTITUTE: Guidelin...
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Affordable Care Act Correct Answer: 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) Correct Answer: 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 Correct Answer: >"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
2012 NFPA Life Safety Codes Correct Answer: >July 5, 2016 the CMS ruled that everyone has
to use it.
>All accreditation programs use it (CMS, JC, DNV)
>Published by the National Fire Protection Association
>First time compliance was standardized
Options for Accreditation (to get Medicare/Medicaid Reimbursements) Correct Answer: >The
JC of HFAP (Joint Commission of Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program)
>CMS (Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services) which is a department of the Federal
Government, which operates under the HHS (Department of Health and Human Resources)
>DNV (Det Norske Veritas)
BRAC Correct Answer: The Defense Base Closure & Realignment Commission
>military healthcare construction
>most military hospitals are repurposed
CDC: Center For Disease Control Correct Answer: >Publishes: Guidelines for Environmental
Infection Control in Healthcare Facilities.
>Uses a mix of CDC documents, as well as ASHRAE (American Society for Heating,
Refrigeration & Air Conditioner Engineers)
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