Lead exam 2 Flashcards
- Fee for service
- Per diem
- Episode of illness
- Payment per capitation
a. The unit of payment is the visit or procedure
* Incentive to provide more services to bring in greater revenue.
b: Hospital paid for all services delivered to a patient during 1 day
c: One payment is made for each patient per month or year
-Payment for all services delivered to all patients in a certain time period
- Includes global budget payment of hospitals and salaried payment of MD
d. The physician or hospital is paid one lump sum for all services delivered during one episode illness (DRG’s for hospitals)
* Incentive to limit the number of visits
- A
- B
- D
- C
Who is at risk:
Fee for service
the party paying
the bill (insurance company, government
agency, or patient) absorbs all the risk
How may adding OTs into the intensive care unit (ICU) help with cost containment?
More ots in ICU (more salary, decreased lengeth of stay)
○ More outpatient, community service, and home care
○ Inpatient Rehab
■ Decrease LOS important for cost containment
Can reduce readmission rates
■ More complex patients-‐ less complex going right to subacute
○ Repeal of the 20-year therapy cap for Medicare B
What is bundles of services?
Portion of the risk from payer to provider
If the md sees a patient 10 times rather than 5 for the followup after the surgery, the MD doesnt revieve more money
this is an example of?
Bundles of services
Who is at risk for bundles of services
Payer is at risk to pay for surgeries or tx as requested
provider may not need as many followups
What is the major difference between the British health care system and the United States health care system?
British is Two tiered
- health plan > Capitation > PCP
Pts enroll with PCP (gatekeeper) & are required to use PCP for all non-emergency medical
needs
* MD receives a monthly capitation payment for each patient
* PCP makes necessary referrals for specialist - Separate payment
US is three tiered
HMO > Capitation >Independent practice association > Capitation or FFS >PCP
○ PCP can refer to referral services (specialists, diagnostics)
■ The IPA then pays the referral service as Fee for service
■ If there is extra money at the end of the year, the PCP gets a bonus (incentive for decreased referrals and diagnostics)
○ PCP can refer to referral services (specialists, diagnostics)
■ The IPA then pays the referral service as Fee for service
■ If there is extra money at the end of the year, the PCP gets a bonus (incentive for
decreased referrals and diagnostics)
Is this american or british?
American
PCP can refer to referral services (specialists, diagnostics)
* The IPA then pays the referral service as Fee for service
* If there is extra money at the end of year the PCP gets a bonus (incentive for decreased
referrals and diagnostics)
British or american?
British
What methods are used to improve efficiency while containing cost?
○ Improved longevity & quality of life
○ Reduced mortality & morbidity rates
○ Relief of pain and suffering
○ Enhanced ability to function independently
○ Reduction of fear of illness & death
What are the types of managed care plans and what do they cover?
Three types:
Fee for Service w/Utilization Review (UR)
* Power to authorize/deny payment & services
Preferred Provider Organizations (PPO)
* Insurers contract w/limited number of
MDs/Hospitals on a discounted FFS w/UR
Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO)
* pts required to receive care with providers in
HMO
How is OT impacted by cost containment strategies?
Controlling price Inflation
- Prices of meds 50% higher in US than other countries
- Specialist physician incomes increased rapidly
* Eliminating Ineffective & Inappropriate Care
- Controlling Quantity
- Unnecessary care and procedures
* Eliminating Administrative Waste
- Admin costs to insurance, marketing,
bills/claims, utilization review and not
clinical services
* Innovation
- Services provided by MD can be provided by nurse practitioners/PAs
- Procedures done on out-‐patient basis
New drug that are less expensive and
equally efficacious and well tolerated
Refers to differences between groups in health
coverage, access to care, and quality of care
healthcare disparity or health disparity
healthcare disparity
Refers to higher burden of illness, disability, or
mortality among one group over another group
Healthcare disparity or health disparity
health disparity
What are the different types of “Health Determinants”?
-Neighborhood and physical environment
education
food
community and social votext
healthcare system
“Structural determinants and conditions in which people are born, grow, live and age”
Determinants of health
Networks
■ Socio-economic
■ Cultural
■ Environmental
What social determinants
sse, social support, race, employment ,gender
How do factors like gender affect access to healthcare?
- access for women often begins with finding MD who communicates effectively
-50% of women are more likely than men to leavve an md because of dissatisfaction of care due to talking down to them - physicians are less likely to counsel women
How does race and ethnicity affect access to healthcare
- people of color face significant disparities in access and utilization of care
- non asians, hispanics, blacks, american indians, and alaska natives face increased barriers
- blacks , american indians, and alaska natives fare worse , less likely to have primary care, fewer physician visits, higher rates of no prenatal pain, screening tests and report worse health
- asian people are more likely to be uninsured but have lower rates of cervical screenings but higher hep b and liver cancer
Why has private health insurance coverage decreased over the past decades?
skyrocketing cost of health insurance made coverage unaffordable for many businesses and individuals
workforce shift
unstable rates of employment
Wha
what is a workforce shift?
From highly paid, largely unionized full time manufacturing jobs with empoloyer based health insurance to more low wage part tine whose employers are less likely to provide health insurance
What are the barriers to healthcare access
Which health determinants can’t we change?
age, inherited conditions carrying brca1 or 2 gene, family history , ,sex
What are some of the strategies to reduce health disparities?
How does structural racism impact healthcare policies and health outcomes?
Understand the World Health Organization’s (WHO) determinants of health
framework
What are the mental health issues that are most common at an early vs. late age?
Where are mental health services primarily provided? Outpatient vs. inpatient vs. community based, home health
What is the Mental Health Parity Act?
What is Medicaid Section 1115 Behavioral Health Waivers?
What is the most common service(s) provided to individuals on an outpatient
basis with mental health?
What is the biggest payer for mental health care services in the US healthcare
system?
What is the Mental Health Parity Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA)?
What did ACA add to the Mental Health Parity Addiction Equity Act
(MHPAEA)?
What is the alternative benefit plan (ABP)?
What is long-term care? Name some of the populations who may need long-term
care services
What are the eligibility criteria for Medicaid coverage for long term care services
and support?
What is the difference between Medicaid and Medicare coverage for LTC?
What is the states’ obligation under the U.S. Supreme Court Olmstead decision?
What is the most common reason for nursing home placement?
Which ACA long-term care program provides additional federal payment for
beneficiaries transitioning from institutional care to the community?
Who provides the most informal care in the home?