The Safe Medical Devices Act, 1990 requires:

Question 2

What is the main advantage of interoperability within an electronic health records (EHR) system?

Question 3

What is the main function of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)?

Question 4

What is the main intent of the Stark laws?

Question 5

A health insurance plan pays for medical care only after the insured has first paid $1,000 out of pocket on an annual basis. The $1,000 annual cost is called the:

Question 6

Skilled nursing care is covered under _____ of Medicare.

Question 7

The most stringent requirements of premarket approval regarding safety and effectiveness apply to _____ devices.

Question 8

The majority of beneficiaries receiving health care through Medicare are:

Question 9

The expectations that Americans have about what medical technology can do to cure illness is based on:

Question 10

Which law provided incentives for pharmaceutical firms to develop new drugs for health problems that affected a relatively small number of people?

Question 11

In general, how do bronze, silver, gold, and platinum health plans differ?

Question 12

To purchase private insurance through an exchange, premium subsidies are made available to people with incomes up to _____ of the federal poverty level.

Question 13

Which made additional resources available to the FDA, and resulted in a shortened approval process for new drugs?

Question 14

To finance Medicare Part A:

Question 15

How are preexisting medical conditions covered under the Affordable Care Act?

Question 16

What was the main conclusion of the Rand Health Insurance Experiment?

Question 17

Telemedicine technology that allows a specialist located at a distance to directly interview and examine a patient is referred to as:

Question 18

Cost is shifted from people in poor health to the healthy when:

Question 19

The FDA was given the authority to review the effectiveness and safety of a new drug before it could be marketed through the:

Question 20

A copayment is generally paid: