MA Chapter 1: The Healthcare System Flashcards

A set payment provided by managed care insurance per patient per month, regardless of the amount of service that the patient receives.

Treatment that cures disease.

<p>Learned from observation or experiment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A list of prescription drugs covered or preferred by a managed care insurance company.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Considering the whole person when providing health care.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A system that manages the delivery of health care with the intention of controlling costs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Bringing relief; mitigation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A program during which doctors train after finishing medical school.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Therapy for symptoms of a disease that does not remove the disease itself.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Assessing medical services to determine whether they are appropriate, necessary, and high quality.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Osteopathy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Emergency service personnel.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Certified Medical Assistant.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gynecology.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Branch of medicine that treats foot diseases and disorders.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Therapeutic treatment of disease through the manipulation of the spinal cord.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chinese method of treating illnesses by applying small needles to specific points on the body.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Outpatient.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Absence of illness or disease, enabling individuals to carry out daily functions without difficulties and pain.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Desire of those who pay the bills for cost control, encouragement of public responsibility for health, increased understanding through empirical evidence.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Insurance paid for hospitalization only; patients paid for each service provided.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Medicaid, Medicare, CHAMPUS.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To reduce costs of medical care with an emphasis on routine and preventative care.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By encouraging the use of less expensive generic medications.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Routine care.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A process to determine whether health care is medically necessary.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Check-in, physician consultation, diagnostic tests, diagnosis/treatment/referral, scheduling follow-up, follow-up instructions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>CMA, RMA, MT, MLT, NP, RN.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By completing four years of medical university followed by an intensive postgraduate training period called residency.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Parts I, II, and III of the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By passing an examination administered by the certification board of the specialty.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>PAs require 2 years of college plus 2 years in PA school and must pass a national certification examination.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Communicating well with all staff in the medical office.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Internal medicine, pediatrics, family medicine, OB/GYN.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Treatment of the foot and ankle.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Spinal manipulation to treat musculoskeletal disorders.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A practice that manipulates bones and muscles to balance the body.</p> Signup and view all the answers