Med Ethic EC Worksheet Final

The term __________ refers to an individual’s internal beliefs about what is right or

wrong, while the term ______ is related to an external social system that defines what is

right or wrong.

Morality, ethics

Business is involved in healthcare as a means to allocate scarce resources and to

reward providers for the careful application of their skills for the benefit of _________.

Society

Laws are imposed by governments to protect society, and ethics are generally created

by members of the medical profession to ensure agreed-upon conduct by the ________.

Providers

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act is an

example of a health law made by the __________.

Congress

What sections of the US Constitution allow the federal government to legislate and

operate programs that affect healthcare?

All of the above

The ___________ in the US Constitution grants Congress extensive power to regulate

the economy, particularly the flow of items and information between the states.

Commerce Clause

The _______ in the US Constitution asserts that federal law takes precedence over any

conflicting state law, such as the legalization of medical marijuana in certain states.

Supremacy Clause

A federal program funded by both federal and state funds, but administered by states, to

provide healthcare benefits to the poor.

Medicaid

A physician specializing in sports medicine owns a physical therapy clinic. He refers

patients only to his physical therapy business because he believes that it is the best one.

He may have violated the _____________.

Stark Ant-Referral Law

A patient arrives at the emergency room and does not have health insurance. The

hospital then transfers the patient to another facility because she does not have the

ability to pay. This is a violation of the __________.

Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act

The four key section of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) are Equal Employment

Opportunities, Public Services, Nondiscrimination by public Accommodation and in

Commercial Facilities, and _________

Telecommunications

The law that prohibits discrimination based on disability programs run by federal

agencies, programs that receive federal financial assistance, federal employment, and

the employment practices of federal contractors is __________

Rehabilitation Act

The law that was passed to help decrease the number of Americans who do not have

health insurance and help reduce the overall cost of healthcare is ___________.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)

A contract that states that an insurance company will pay for certain types of monetary

loss in the event of loss or damages occurring from predefined categories of risk in

return for a premium payment called ____________.

Insurance

______ insurance protects against injuries and property damage resulting from general

risk associated with business or property ownership.

General liability

A program of practice to examine causes of loss and to design or implement

preventative actions or methods to reduce loss once a cause is identified is called

________.

Risk management

If a minor is in a life-threatening situation and there is not time to obtain consent from a

parent or legal guardian to provide medical care, the provider can assume consent

under the ________ doctrine.

Emergency Care Doctrine

Federal legislation that provides minimum standards and funding for state to support

prevention, assessment, investigation, prosecution, and treated related to child abuse.

Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA)

The legal provision that allows a minor to circumvent the need to obtain parental consent

by obtaining consent from a court instead is ________.

Judicial bypass

Patient care that involves conducting more tests or treatment than would be called for if

litigation or malpractice was not of concern is __________.

Defensive medicine