Home Health Aide Exam Review Exam Questions and Answers Providers - Correct Answers ✅Are people or organizations that provide health care, including doctors, nurses, clinics, and agencies.facilities - Correct Answers ✅are places where care is delivered or administered, including, hospitals, long-term care facilities or nursing homes, and treatment centers.Payers - Correct Answers ✅people or organizations paying for healthcare services long term care (LTC) - Correct Answers ✅facilities, also called "nursing homes," "skilled nursing facilities," and "extended care facilities" are for people who need 24-hour skilled care.Skilled care - Correct Answers ✅is medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or therapist. Lo0ng-term care assists those with on-going conditions Assisted living - Correct Answers ✅facilities are residences for people who need some help with daily care, such as showers, meals, and dressing (HHA typically work here) 1 / 4
Home Health Aide Exam Review Exam Questions and Answers Adult day services - Correct Answers ✅are for people who need some help and supervision during certain hours, but who do not live in the facility where care is provided Acute care - Correct Answers ✅24-hour skilled care given in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers for people who require short-term, immediate care for illnesses or injuries Subacute care - Correct Answers ✅Is care given in a hospital or in a long term care facility. It is used for people who need less care than acute (sudden onset short-term) illness, but more care than for a chronic (long-term) illness.Rehabilitation - Correct Answers ✅is care given by specialists. Physical, occupational, and speech therapists help restore or improve function after an illness or injury.Hospice Care - Correct Answers ✅is given in facilities or homes for people who have approximately six months or less to live traditional insurance companies - Correct Answers ✅offer plans that pay for the heath care of plan members. Most people covered by traditional insurance are part of plan at their place of work. The costs are paid for by the employer, the employee, or shared by both. 2 / 4
Home Health Aide Exam Review Exam Questions and Answers Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) - Correct Answers ✅Alternative means of health care in which people or their employers are charged a set amount and the HMO provides health care and covers hospital costs. You must use a particular doctor or group of doctors except in the case of an emergency.Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) - Correct Answers ✅a group of doctors and hospitals that agree to provide health care at rates approved by the insurer Managed care - Correct Answers ✅Cost-control strategies for health care (HMOs and PPOs). They replace traditional insurance plans.Medicare - Correct Answers ✅A program added to the Social Security system in 1965 that provides hospitalization insurance for the elderly and permits older Americans to purchase inexpensive coverage for doctor fees and other health expenses.(4 Parts)
A: Helps pay for care in hospital or skilled nursing facility or
for care from a home health agency or hospice.
B: Helps pay for doctor services and other medical services
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C: Allows private health insurance companies to provide
medicare benefits.
D: Helps pay for medications prescribed for treatment.
-Covers more than 43 million people -Pays for 37% of all home care -Only pays for services if medically necessary -Usually people that just got home from the hospital Medicaid - Correct Answers ✅Is a medical assistance program for low income people. It is funded by both the federal government and each state. People must qualify for this program.When were the first home health aides hired? - Correct Answers ✅During The Great Depression in the 1930s, women were hired as "housekeeping aides." They were paid by the government. Once the program discontinued, some aides continued to work for local family and children services, which provided services to families in need.In 1959... - Correct Answers ✅A national conference on homemaker services was held. It was clear that there was a great need not only for homemaker or housekeeping services, but for personal, in-home care for sick people.
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