Across
- 1. The coverage gap or "hole" in the phase of Part D coverage after your initial coverage period.
- 5. The ‘after-study’ phase of every clinical trial that mandates safety monitoring for the life of any FDA-approved drug.
- 8. Measurable factors resulting in persistent gaps in health status for minorities vs. non-minorities.
- 9. The type of health insurance coverage that often includes the oversight of a primary care ‘gatekeeper’ role.
- 13. The basis for physician and hospital payment models that are growing in importance measures health outcomes against the cost of delivering the outcomes, such as the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program.
- 14. U.S. Physicians saw them as unwanted competitors in the 18th-19th century medicine.
- 16. Acronym for the type of drug marketing that targets both consumers and physicians.
- 17. The process that financial services use to assess the risk of a potential customer.
- 20. A cardinal principle of medical ethics representing doing good for, and promoting the welfare of others
- 22. Once of the key components of access to care.
- 23. A legal requirement to operate a hospital afforded by the state.
- 25. A type of hospital also known as voluntary that is governed by community-based boards and does not have shareholders.
- 26. One component of the Federal Classification of Healthcare Technology
- 30. This type of mandate now requires all insurers to provide the same coverage equal to the coverage for all disorders including those of behavioral health.
- 31. A process to influence others toward accomplishing a goal.
- 32. Attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious or implicit manner.
- 35. While it has various meanings, from the physician’s perspective this includes, for example, staff salaries, capital, rental and supplies expenses.
- 38. The social science discipline that is about using scarce resources as efficiently as possible.
- 39. The acronym for the agency that reviews standards and administers a survey process that meet or exceed Medicare’s requirements.
- 40. Social / non-medical factors outside of the healthcare setting that influence an individual's or population's health status.
- 43. A procedure that is beneficial and chosen by the physician or patient but is not of an urgent nature.
- 45. Acronym for out-sourced / for-profit groups that process pharmaceutical claims for health insurance plans.
- 46. A current epidemics in the U.S.
- 49. - A type of healthcare system made up of similar types of units with the goal of reducing duplication of services and marketplace competition.
- 51. One of the benefactors who help to pay for science.
- 52. The largest group of HC workers.
- 54. From the perspective of an insurance company, the portion or ratio of their health premium income that is spent on direct medical care.
- 55. The discipline representing the ethical implications and applications of the health-related life sciences.
Down
- 1. Under the U.S. form of federalism, this is how legal and policy authority is allocated between the national and state levels.
- 2. The type of research that is aimed at solving a specific problem or meeting a specific commercial objective.
- 3. A type of for-profit clinic the provides conveniently-located walk-in / on-the-spot health services for any person who presents for care outpatient care with no appointment needed.
- 4. Care provided by a hospital for which no payment by the patient or insurer was received.
- 6. 75% of _____ families had at least 1 full-time worker.
- 7. Name of the report that developed U.S. ethical guidelines for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research resulting from the Tuskegee Syphilis Study.
- 10. Companies that complete additional drug and device reviews even after FDA approval to determine their inclusion for plan coverage.
- 11. The type of care that integrates a set of services for health, mental health, residential, or social support for those with functional disabilities over an extended period of time.
- 12. The leading cause of personal bankruptcy debt.
- 15. The type of foundational healthcare that is coordinated, comprehensive, first contact and continuing but less of a focus in the US compared with international peers.
- 18. This moves from self-interest to shared responsibility for a ‘collaborative care’ model of healthcare delivery.
- 19. The third corner of the Iron Triangle of the health care policy challenge.
- 21. Characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, encompassing language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts that physicians should be aware of.
- 24. A necessary professional competency for physicians.
- 27. Negative perceptions of and prejudice against older people, which can significantly influence the care and treatment of older patients.
- 28. Physicians offices and group practices are one example of this type of care setting.
- 29. The virus that brought the Jacobsen case of vaccination resistance to the Supreme Court in the early 20th century.
- 33. The health coverage for millions of Americans, including eligible low-income adults, children, pregnant women, elderly adults and people with disabilities that is administered by states, according to federal requirements.
- 34. The amount you owe for health care services your health insurance or plan covers before your health insurance or plan begins to pay.
- 36. The ‘moral’ reference to the extent that an event insured against results in a temptation to use insurance creating overutilization.
- 37. The 1918 pandemic.
- 41. Barriers at the individual, system, and societal levels make this unequal for all patients.
- 42. There are about 6,000 in the U.S.
- 44. The types of prejudices we are unaware of them or mistaken about their nature.
- 45. Health intervention that saves millions of lives at a time.
- 46. Economic output of the entire country.
- 47. Approximately one in five Americans experience this type of illness over the course of one year.
- 48. Author of the report to Congress that transformed medical education in the early 20th century.
- 50. A rate that measures inpatient health facility use.
- 53. The likelihood that an insured event will occur, requiring the insurer to pay a claim, or the probability of incurring loss that stems from both anticipated and unanticipated events.