HRS CH 3

False

A VISN is associated with the Bureau of Prisons.

True

A chemical dependency program provides 24-hour medically directed evaluation and withdrawal management in an acute care inpatient setting.

False: A rehabilitation facility provides services to patients who have experienced a recent decline in function, often due to a stroke or a head or spinal cord injury.

A long term care facility provides services to patients who have experienced a recent decline in function, often due to a stroke or a head or spinal cord injury.

False

A patient with an urgent problem would most likely be treated in a physician's office.

True

A referred outpatient is the type of outpatient who receives diagnostic or therapeutic care because such care is unavailable in the primary care provider's office.

False

Ambulatory surgery patients are limited to a 12-hour stay.

False

An assisted-living facility (ALF) provides non-medical custodial care, which can be provided in a single-family residence, a retirement residence, or in any appropriate care facility including a nursing home.

True

An intermediate care facility (ICF) provides developmentally disabled people with medical care and supervision, nursing services, occupational and physical therapies, activity programs, educational and recreational services, and psychological services.

Multihospital System

An organization in which two or more hospital, long-term care, rehabilitation, or psychiatric facilities are owned, managed, or leased by a single organization is called a(n)

35

Critical access hospitals (CAHs) are those located more than ____ miles from any other hospital or another CAH, or they are state certified as being a necessary provider of health care to area residents.

Medicare

Diagnosis related groups (DRGs) were first used by which payer to reimburse inpatient hospital care?

False: Family practitioners provide care to the entire family and focus on general medicine, obstetrics, pediatrics, and geriatrics.

Internal medicine physicians provide care to the entire family and focus on general medicine, obstetrics, pediatrics, and geriatrics.

False: Home care allows people who are seriously ill or dying to remain at home and receive treatment from nurses, social workers, therapists, and other licensed health care professionals who provide skilled care in the home.

Neighborhood health centers allow people who are seriously ill or dying to remain at home and receive treatment from nurses, social workers, therapists, and other licensed health care professionals who provide skilled care in the home.

True

Occupational, physical, and speech therapy are types of care administered to patients in rehabilitation facilities.

True

Physicians who spend most of their time in hospitals admitting patients from local primary care providers are known as hospitalists.

True

Respite care is care provided by specially trained individuals at a setting other than the patient's home to offer relief and rest to primary caregivers.

False

Skilled services such as injections and colostomy care are provided in residential care facilities

Aging

The Administration on ________ supports a nationwide aging network, providing services to the elderly to enable them to remain independent.

True

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the organization that provides a system of health surveillance to monitor and prevent outbreak of disease.

True

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) assures the safety of foods and cosmetics as well as the safety and efficiency of pharmaceuticals, biological products, and medical devices.

True

The Military Health System (MHS) administers health care for active members of the uniformed services (and their dependents) as provided by military treatment facilities.

True

The Public Health Service Commissioned Corps is led by the surgeon general.

True

The day of admission is counted when computing LOS.

False

The goal of hospice care is curative.

23 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds

The length of stay (LOS) for an outpatient is limited to

Military Health System (MHS)

The organization that administers health care for active members of the uniformed services (and their dependents) is called the

Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (TEFRA)

The prospective payment system was implemented as part of which federal legislation?

Bed Count

Which is the calculation for the total number of inpatient beds for which a facility is licensed by the state?

National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC)

Which organization was established in the 1970s to provide external peer review for correctional institutions?

Hospital

Which type of health care facility provides inpatient medical, nursing, and other health-related services to patients for surgical and nonsurgical conditions?