Laws Flashcards
What did Public Law 92-603 of 1972 do?
- required concurrent review for Medicare/Medicaid patients
- established the PSRO program to implement concurrent review
This act established the Social Security program as well as unemployment compensation, and support for mothers and children.
Social Security Act of 1935
This act authorized the government to give grants to states to build hospitals and update current ones.
Hill-Burton Act
This was an amendment to the Social security act that brought about Medicare and Medicaid into existence.
Public Law 89-97 of 1965
This act protects records that can be retrieved by personal identifiers, gives the individual the right to access his or her records, and prohibits disclosure of records without write consent.
The Privacy act of 1974
This act changed the medicare program by requiring the gradual implementation of the PPS system
TEFRA
Requires ER that accepts payments from CMS to treat all patients regardless of citizenship, legal status or ability to pay.
EMTALA
What did the healthcare quality improvement act establish?
National practitioners data bank.
What is the national practitioners data bank?
A way to provide information on physicians who have a history of malpractice suits and other quality programs.
This act instituted the Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research
Omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1989
This act established health insurance portability, national standards for electronic healthcare transactions, and privacy standards and security standards for EHR
HIPAA
SCHIP was created by this act.
The Balanced budget act.
This act was an unprecedented effort to jumpstart the economy. Modernized infrastructure, preserve and improve affordable healthcare for the uninsured
ARRA
Where was the first hospital organized in the British colonies of North America?
Philadelphia
This act gave rise to the NIH, the mission of which was to uncover new medical knowledge that could lead to health improvements for everyone.
The Biologics Control Act
