hospital administration Flashcards
Understand advocacy organizations for not for profit and for profit hospitals
advocacy groups provide legal and political representation.
Their goals is to influence nation’s healthcare on behalf of healthcare workers and patients.
AHA-American Hopital Association, advocacy for not-for-profit org
FAH-Federation of american hospitals advocacy for-profit
AMA- advocacy group for doctors
For-profit and not-for profit groups have to have their own advocacy groups because the mission of for profit institutions is to create profit and increase the worth of their shares while the mission of not-for-profit institutions is mission dricen rather than profit-driven. their primary focuses are different than one another.
Medicare Part A
hospital insurance- inpatient care, skilled nursing, hospice care, home health services
Medicare Part B
medical insurance, outpatient, dr vistits, lab services
Medicare Part D
Prescription Drug Coverage-covers cost of prescription drugs,
Who is covered by Medicare?
people 65 and up or people iwth certain disabilities, those on SChIP
What is “managed care” with an example
guaranteed coverage for a fixed annual premium, the cost of treatment is monitored by a managing company. Managed care organizations include HMOs and the more common PPOs
What authority does the governing board have over the hospital?
- Formulates policy
- Directs the hospital administrator to carry out the policy.
- Monitors how the policy is carried out and its outcomes
What responsibility does the board give to the medical staff?
Patient Care
What responsibility does the board give to the CEO?
Day-to-day management of facility
Fill staff positions
Medical Staff reviews applications for physicians to practice for what two things?
A) They make sure the doctor is credentialed (eligibility has been ascertained by medical staff and board)
B) Give medical staff priveleges which clearly states which procedures that doctor can perform in that facility
The board is charged with establishing the _, , and with hiring and supervising the _.
mission, goal, objective
CEO
Diagram the typical org of the medical staff in a provider org
board
admin
info services, therapeutic services, diagnostic services, support services
Six Healthcare Laws
HIPPA- health insurance portability and accountability act 1996
EMTALA 1986
Anti-kickback laws 1972
False Claims act 1986
Physician Self-Referral 1988
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act- 2010
HIPPA
Protect the privacy of medical information in the age of the internet
EMTALA
a) provide a medical screening exam to determine the acuity of any patient who shows up
b) patient has to be treated and if they can not they have to be stabilized and transfered to a facility that can treat them
c) no one can be turned away regardless of their ability to pay or insurance status
Anti-kickback laws
Pharmaceutical companies and equipment companies would pay physicians for using their products, this law made that practice illegal
False Claims Act
You can not knowingly attempt to get payment from CMS under false circumstances, It is illegal for any healthcare provider to bill CMS for services that a)are not bona fide services b) are provided to a non-Medicare patient c) greater than those that were actually deliverd
Physician Self-referral
“stark legislation” prevent physicians referring a patient to a medical facility in which they have a financial interest in some form or another.
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Reforms pricate health insurance industry and public health insurance programs, giving coverage for those with pre-existing condition and expanding coverage to over 30 million Americans, while mandating an increase in total national medical expenditures.
explain
Voluntary process, Medical license sets a minimum competency requirement. Board certification demonstrates a physician’s expertise in a particular specialty. Drs must pass a test and go before the board which is made up of other board certified physicians.
Each specific college administers its own board certification exam.
A _ _committed against a _ or _ excluding breach of contract.
civil, wrong
person or property
IRB
Institutional Review Board- determines what studies, procedures can be done at a teaching hospital, reviews and monitors biomedical research involving human subjects they approve, or disapprove research
ACHE
American College of Healthcare Executives-professional society for healthcare executives
HFMA
Healthcare financial management association
D.O.
Doctor of Osteopathy
MGMA
medical group management association, professional organization