Quiz Questions: Healthcare Law

Question 1

(HIPPA)

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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Question 2

HIPPA intended for…

Answer 2

provide individuals with preexisting medical conditions, who might otherwise be denied health care coverage outright, affordable access to health insurance

Question 3

improper sharing of health information could reveal

Answer 3

existence of health conditions that could result in the denial of individual or employer-sponsored health coverage.

Question 4

health care agenda item on the Obama presidential campaign.

Answer 4

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Question 5

ACA requires every…

Answer 5

American have minimum essential health insurance beginning in 2013.

Question 6

Medicine was the first …

Answer 6

profession to have a legally defined scope of practice

Question 7

patients have a right to be involved in decisions about their health care.

Answer 7

consent

Question 8

which is the purposeful, unwelcome, harmful touching of another.

Answer 8

battery

Question 9

individuals who based on their relationship to the patient would be given priority to consent on the patient’s behalf

Answer 9

statutory surrogates

Question 10

Advance Directives include…

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o living wills,
o medical power of attorney for health care decisions, and
o prehospital do not resuscitate orders

Question 11

the physician-patient relationship is traditionally seen as a special relationship that gives

Answer 11

rise to duty

Question 12

incentive

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may be in terms of a fine that is paid if something is done that the law has proscribed

Question 13

The Tenth Amendment includes…..

Answer 13

the power to license professionals, provide and regulate public education, and provide for public health and safety

Question 14

the primary federal regulatory agency

Answer 14

U.S. Department of health and human services

Question 15

The judicial branch is expected to make a decision or establish a rule, creating what is known as

Answer 15

case law

Question 16

the five issues in theory that lead to understanding health care law

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oversight of the QUALITY of health care,
control of the COST of health care,
assurance of EQUALITY access to health care . . . PROTECTION of the person of the patient . . . [and]
the STRUCTURE of business relationships among the institutions and professionals that provide health care

Question 17

tort law

Answer 17

is the basis for quality health care and cost control

Question 18

constitutional law

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ensures equitable access and protection of the patient;

Question 19

individual states regulate…

Answer 19

licensing, scope of practice, and discipline of nurses

Question 20

Interrelated Concepts

Answer 20

• Health policy
• Ethics
• Health Care economics

Question 21

Common Exemplars

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• Nurse Practice Act
• Liability
• Standards of Practice
• Obligation to Report
• HIPAA
• Advance directives

Question 22

Malpractice has Four elements that must be satisfied:

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duty, breach, causation, and harm

Question 23

malpractice

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is the failure to follow the standard of care

Question 24

Employer/Employee Liability

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Vicarious liability

Question 25

Vicarious liability/Employer/Employee Liability

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Employer liable for the acts of its employee if the employee was acting as an agent of the employer and the actions resulted in injury within that scope of employment

Question 26

The Social Security Act of 1965

Answer 26

amended the existing Social Security law and created two major health care programs: Medicaid and Medicare