MHA 707 EXAM D LATEST 2 VERSIONS COMPLETE 300
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
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advances that made practice of medicine more successful in
treating health problems - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>-
improvements in surgery made during the civil war
-application to medicine of advances in bacteriology by
scientists such as louis pasteur
provided the start for some of the largest names in the modern
pharmaceutical industry : wyeth, pfizer, squibb - CORRECT
ANSWER >>>>demand for therapeutics fueled by the civil war
1861 - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>founding U.S. nursing corps
nursing corps - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>-created ambulance-to-
emergency room system we know today
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-established hierarchy of treatment stations to type of hospital
facilities
1899 - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>founding of association of
hospital superintendents
Association of hospital superintendents became - CORRECT
ANSWER >>>>American hospital association (AHA)
1900 - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>adoption of the Bertillon or
International List of Causes of Death
Bertillon or International List of Causes of death - CORRECT
ANSWER >>>>-predecessor of the international classification of
diseases (ICD)
-brought some standards and criteria in the study of diseases
both public and private sectors were involved in - CORRECT
ANSWER >>>>-providing health care coverage
-building the American health care infrastructure
1811 - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>access to health care for
members of the military, vets, and fam had become a public
sector initiative
1910 - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>early forerunners of health
insurance plans appeared as "prepaid" group practices
-plan members paid a monthly premium and received a wide
range of medical services through exclusive group of providers
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1929 - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>Blue cross plans were
established to provide "prepaid" hospital care to workers in the
dallas public school system
-Baylor created it
Blue Cross Blue Shield developed nationwide due to - CORRECT
ANSWER >>>>the U.S. entering WW2 w/ caps on wages
1940s - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>BCBS unified
BCBS together served - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>24M, 81
hospital plans 44 med plans
by 1960s BC had - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>52M
by 1960s BS had - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>40M
BCBS covered what percent fed employees - CORRECT ANSWER
>>>>33%
BCBS offered by - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>voluntary, nonprofit
companies
-established as charitable and benevolent organizations
BCBS used what to set prices for their products - CORRECT
ANSWER >>>>community rating
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why did BCBS use community rating - CORRECT ANSWER
>>>>data was too poor to do anything else
community rating refers to - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>insurance
pricing whereby everyone in same geographic area pays the
same premium
-regardless of their health status, age, gender, family
composition, occupation, health behaviors such as smoking, or
claims history
Experience Rating - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>tailors policies and
premiums to a particular group or individual
-premiums are based on the insured person's prior claims,
health status, and risk of future claims as indicated by his or her
age, gender, health behaviors, and so forth
between 1965 and 1999 - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>congress
passed legislation for three groups not covered by employer-
based insurance
-medicare for 65+
-medicaid for uninsured, low income
-CHIP for uninsured, moderate income
1986 - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>two fed health policies enacted
to solve problems related to health care coverage
-EMTALA
-HIPAA
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