8 inpatient facilities and services

Question 1

inpatient

Answer 1

hospital stay overnight or more

Question 2

how many beds do you have to have to be considered a hospital

Answer 2

6

Question 3

hospitals used to be _____

Answer 3

private institutions of social welfare almshouses or pesthouses
didnt make people better but quarantined them

Question 4

first hospitals that distinctly cared for the sick

Answer 4

the pennsylvania hospital, new york hospital, massachusetts gneral hosptial

Question 5

benefits of consolidation

Answer 5

more resources, bigger system (more negotiating power against insurance companies) (more leverage for reimbursement)
more purchasing power

Question 6

downsides of consolidation

Answer 6

less personalized, different electronic systems for keeping/transferring records

Question 7

ownership of hospitals

Answer 7

non-profit, proprietary, government

Question 8

non-profit hospitals

Answer 8

• dont have stakeholders (no one individual profits) (proven v department of revenue)
• provide some defined public good such as services education or community welfare

Question 9

proprietary hospitals

Answer 9

profit from hospitals

shareholders people profit from the money they make

Question 10

examples of government owned hospitals

Answer 10

VA, military

Question 11

public access hospitals

Answer 11

Va not public access

Question 12

length of stay

Answer 12

short less than 25 days long more than 25 most of us hospitals are short stay

Question 13

small medium large hospitals

Answer 13

small 100 beds or less
medium 100-500 beds
large more the 500 beds

Question 14

stakeholders

Answer 14

community, government, insurers, accreditation agencies

Question 15

licensure

Answer 15

specific aspects need licenses comes from the state

Question 16

certification

Answer 16

conditions of participation for medicare and medicaid patients CMS (federal level) –> medicare and medicaid

Question 17

accreditation

Answer 17

higher standard than others 
joint commission (nonp org)
- deemed status = elegibility for medicare/aid while avoiding additional process

Question 18

deemed status

Answer 18

if you meet accreditation standards than you dont have to do anything differently for certification

Question 19

advanced directives

Answer 19

dnr order
living will
durable power of attorney