Comprehensive US Healthcare Policies & Pharmacist Roles: 1960s to Present

what was the goal of Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Hospitals?

goal to improve quality of hospital care through voluntary accreditation

what amendment defines the kinds of drugs which require medical supervision and restricts their sale to prescription by a licensed practitioner?

Durham-Humphrey Amendment

Dependents Medical Care Act provided insurance to whom?

dependents of military personnel

What president signed Medicare and Medicaid into law in 1965?

President Johnson

Define Comprehensive Health Insurance Act? (CHIP)

provides universal coverage, voluntary employer participation

Private insurance schemes are developed as a form of

cost control

what is a health savings account?

pre tax dollar saved for current or future medical expenses

Obama reauthorized what act when he was in office?

CHIP

the affordable care act is also referred to as

Obamacare

During the Biden administration, healthcare was viewed as a right, not as a

privilege

Which act mandated patient counseling when getting prescribed a new drug?

OBRA '90

what year was the first PharmD program created and established?

1955

Telepharmacy models began predominantly for what population region?

those in rural areas

US policy operates through

incrementalism

what has been a primary driver of reforms?

cost reduction

pharmacists role has transitioned from:

apothecary/compounding -> dispensing ->clinician

what is the most common insurance type in the US?

employer sponsored

define medicare

a form of national health insurance for the elderly and the disabled

Define Medicaid

a federal program administered by state governments to provide medical assistance to the needy/poor

As Americas first healthcare plan, how did Blue Shield pay in 1939?

through prepaid insurance plans