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chads108

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The federal government began facilitating competition among health care services when:
 
  a. It mandated a decrease in the number of hospitals
  b. It experienced increased costs due to increasing use of technology
  c. It permitted health maintenance organizations (HMOs) to offer competitive medical plans
  d. It initiated physician review of Medicare patients' charts to control health care utilization and costs

Question 2

As health care expanded, the federal government became involved. The federal government realized it could not meet the costs of unlimited health care coverage, so which of the following was initiated?
 
  a. The Hill-Burton Act
  b. The Medicare and Medicaid programs
  c. The Professional Standards Review Organization (PSRO)
  d. Health maintenance organizations



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
The federal government began facilitating competition among health care services when it permitted HMOs to offer competitive medical plans.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
Cost containment policies such as utilization review, rate control, and control of capital expenditures were initiated by the federal government. In 1972, the Social Security Act was amended to create the PSRO.




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Reply 2 on: Jul 8, 2018
Wow, this really help


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

 

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