#781931 Word Scramble
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Activity of daily living(ADL) | - Services provided by a residential care facility including: Bathing, dressing, eating, toileting, walking, etc… |
Acute care facility (ACF) | - Hospitals that provide health care services to patients who have serious, sudden, or acute illnesses or injuries and/or who need surgeries. |
Acute hospital classification | - Same as short term hospital |
Administration for Children and Families (ACF) | - DHHS programs that provide services and assistance to needy children and families. |
Administration on Aging (AoA) | - DHHS program that supports a nationwide aging network, providing services to the elderly to enable them to remain independent. |
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) | - DHHS agency that supports research designed to improve the outcomes and quality of health care, reduce its costs, address patient safety and medical errors, and broaden access to effective services. |
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) | - DHHS agency that works with states and other federal agencies to prevent exposure to hazardous substances from waste sites. |
Alzheimer’s treatment facilities | - Long-term care facility that specializes in the care of patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. |
Ambulatory care | - Outpatient care that allows patients to receive care in one day without the need for inpatient hospitalization; also called outpatient care. |
Ambulatory Infusion Center (AIC) | - Same as infusion center |
Ambulatory patients | - Patients who are treated and released the same day and do not stay overnight in the hospital; length of stay is a maximum of 23 hours, 59 minutes, and 59 seconds; if patients require a longer stay, they must be admitted to the facility as inpatients. |
Ambulatory surgical center (ASC) | - Surgery is performed on an outpatient basis at a free-standing ambulatory surgical center. Patients arrive on the day of procedure, undergo surgery in an operating room, and recover under the care of the nursing staff. |
Ambulatory surgical patient | - Certain procedures can be performed on an outpatient basis, with the patient treated and released the same day. Length of stay is a maximum of 23 hours, 59 minutes, and 59 seconds. If patients require a longer stay, they must be admitted to the facil |
Ancillary services | - Diagnostic and therapeutic services provided to inpatients and outpatients. |
Assisted living facility (ALF) | - Combination of housing and supportive services including personal care and household management for seniors. Residents pay monthly rent and additional fees for services they require. |
Bed count | - Same as bed size |
Bed size | - Total number of inpatient beds for which the facility is licensed by the state; also called bed count. |
Behavioral health care hospital | - Specializes in treating individuals with mental health diagnoses. |
Bureau of prisons (BOP) | - Federal program that provides necessary medical, dental, and mental health services to inmates by a professional staff and consistent with acceptable community standards. It consists of 82 institutions, each of which provides inmate ambulatory care. |
Cafeteria plan | - See triple option plan |
Capitation payment | - Lump sum paid by the HMO to the provider to care for a group of subscribers. |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | - DHHS agency that provides a system of health surveillance to monitor and prevent the outbreak of diseases. |
Chemical dependency program | - Provides 24-hour medically directed evaluation and withdrawal management in an acute care inpatient setting. Treatment services usually included detoxification and withdrawal management, chemical dependency/substance control assessment, and therapy. |
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