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30 Cards in this Set
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OSHA stands for what?
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Occupationial Safety and Health Administration
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What is the function of OSHA?
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Enforces standards that protect workers from job-related injuries and illnesses
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CLIA
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Clinical Laboratory Amendment
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OBRA stands for what?
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Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
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OBRA serves what purpose?
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this act requires states to establish training and competency evaluation programs for nursing and geriatric assistants. Each is manditory to pass a certification testing
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EBRA
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Europeon Biomedical Research Association
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WHO
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World Health Organization
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WHO serves what purpose
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IT compiles statistics and information on disease, publishes health information, and investigates and addresses serious health problems throughout the world
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USDHHS stands for what?
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US Department of Health and Human Services
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USDHHS serves what purpose?
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deals with health problems in the United States. research of disease (NIH) (CDC)(FDA)
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FDA
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Federal Drug Administration
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FDA serves what purpose
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is a federal agency responsible for regulatin food and drug products sold to the public.
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AHCPR
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Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
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AHCPR serves what purpose?
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federal agency to research the quality of health care delivery and identify the standards of treatment that should be provided by health care facilities.
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CDC serves what purpose?
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concerned with causes, spread, and control of disease in populations
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CLIA
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clinical laboratory improvment admendment
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HMO
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you must go to PCP, family care provider, must get a referral, cannot go directly to a specialist
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Medicare
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over 65, or disabled, long term.
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Medicaid
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Low income
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Workers compensation
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injured during work, comes out of company insurance
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medical assistant and LPN report to who?
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RN
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RN report to who?
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Doctor
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Secretary, Maintenence, Labratory, business dept reprot to who?
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office manager
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office manager report to who?
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Doctor
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Doctor gets about what percetage of money paid by patient?
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60%
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Bring down the cost through what?
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DRG
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DRG
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Diagnostic related groups
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Mass or bulk purchasing
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buying supplies in bulk
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Early intervention
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providing care before acute or chronic disearse occurs, preventing illness is always more cost effective then treating illness
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Energy conservation
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monitering the use of energy to control costs and conserve resources, electricity, gas, energy audits, etc
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