Programs Flashcards
What is CMS? What program is responsible for it? What does it provide?
Center of Medicare and Medicaid Services
Under HHS
Provides insurance
What is Medicare? What program is responsible for it? What does it provide?
over 65 years old or any age with ESRD
part A= hospital insurances
part B= optional insurances for supplementary (dialysis, tele nutrition)
What is Medicaid? What program is responsible for it? What does it provide?
HHS
all eligible needy
insurance
What is CHP? What program is responsible for it? What does it provide?
Children’s Health Insurance Program
HHS part of Medicaid
children whose families earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but too little to afford private coverage
provides insurance
What is Headstart? What program is responsible for it? What does it provide?
HHS
low-income children aged 3-5
What is Healthy Start? What program is responsible for it? What does it provide?
HHS
goal is to reduce infant mortality
health of low-income women, infants, children, and families
provides free prenatal care (mobile clinics)
What is NHANES (WWEIA)? What program is responsible for it? What does it provide?
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (What We Eat in America)
Under CDC, USDA, HHS
Designed to assess the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the US
What is NHANES III? What program is responsible for it? What does it provide?
\+65 years with no upper age limit qualitative research (descriptive research)
What is NFCS? What program is responsible for it? What does it provide?
National Food Consumption Survey
USDA
evaluate 7 nutrients: Ca, Thiamin B1, B2, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Iron
What is HADS? What program is responsible for it? What does it provide?
Health and Diet Survey
USDA
Phone calls and ask about nutrient intake, use of food labels, knowledge of fats and cholesterol, prevalence of supplement use
