Health care policy and politics A to Z / Julie Rovner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rovner, Julie, author.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical policy--United States--Encyclopedias.

Medical care--Political aspects--United States--Encyclopedias.

Public health--Political aspects--United States--Encyclopedias.

Health Policy--United States--Encyclopedias--English.

Delivery of Health Care--United States--Encyclopedias--English.

Politics--United States--Encyclopedias--English.

Medical Subjects:

Health Policy--United States--Encyclopedias--English.

Delivery of Health Care--United States--Encyclopedias--English.

Politics--United States--Encyclopedias--English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 314 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

3rd edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, c2009.

Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Readers will find updated information on long term health care spending, abortion, Medicaid and Medicare, health insurance and the uninsured, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and much, much more. New entries reflect important changes in recent years and include the Medicare Modernization Act, abstinence education, electronic health records, health savings accounts, Plan B, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), and Project BioShield.

Contents:

Half-t itle Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; AARP; Abortion; Abstinence education; Academic health centers (AHCs); Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME); Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Activities of daily living (ADLs); Adolescent family life (AFL) program; Advance directives; Advanced practice nurse; Adverse selection; Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR); Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ); Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR); Alternative medicine

American Association of Health Plans (AAHP)American Medical Association (AMA); Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA); America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP); Asset test; Assignment (Medicare); Association Health Plans (AHPs); Balance billing (Medicare); Baseline; Beneficiary; Bioterrorism; Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association (BCBSA); Boren amendment; Budget reconciliation legislation and health care; Cafeteria benefits plans; California Public Employee Retirement System (CalPERS); Capitation; Carrier (Medicare); Carve-out organizations; Catastrophic illness; Categorical eligibility

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Centers for Medicare and MedicaidServices; Certified nurse midwife; Certified registered nurse anesthetist(CRNA); Child Custody Protection Act; Children's Health Insurance Program; Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS); Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA); Clinical nurse specialist (CNS); Clinical practice guidelines; Clinical trials; Cloning, human; Coinsurance; Common rule; Community health centers; Community rating; Comparative clinical effectiveness research; Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Conscience clauseConsolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA); Consumer-driven health plans; Contraceptive coverage; Cost shifting; Crowd out; Current procedural terminology (CPT) codes; Deductible; Defined benefit; Defined contribution; Diagnosis-related group (Medicare); Dietary supplement rules; Direct medical education payments; Disease management; Disproportionate share hospital (DSH) pa yments (Medicare and Medicaid); "Do-Not-Resuscitate"orders; Drive-through deliveries; Dual eligibles; Durable power of attorney for health care

Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDTMedicaid); Electronic medical records; Embryo research; Emergency contraception; Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA); End-stage renal disease (Medicare); Entitlement; Evidence-based medicine; Experience rating; External review; False Claims Act; Federal Employee Health Benefits Plan (FEHBP); Federal Food,Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA); Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP); Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs); Fee-for-service; Fetal tissue research; First-dollar coverage; Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781452267326

1452267324

9781604266986

1604266988

OCLC:

435887960