Health Services

Question 1

Stark Law

Answer 1

Governs self referral by physicians for Medicare and medicaid patients for designated health services.

Question 2

Antikickback act

Answer 2

prohibits offering or receiving sanything of value intended to induce referrals for services or items paid for by a federal health program

Question 3

Sunshine rule

Answer 3

Provision of the ACA that requires reporting by manufacturers and Group Purchasing Organizations of transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals

Question 4

Haddon Matrix

Answer 4

Categorizes various factors involved in injuries based on factor type : human, vehicle, equipment and environmental and phase (pre-crash, crash, and post-crash.

Question 5

Clinical trial phases

Answer 5

Phase 1 - small and aimed at elucidating a treatment toxic and pharmacologic effects.

Phase 2 - efficacy and safety – typically 100 - several hundred people

Phase 3 - large randomized controlled trials that further evaluate saftey and efficacy