Covers Theme 2
● Chapters 4, 5, 7, 8 & 9 in your Niles text
● Khan Academy Modules (lots of overlap with chapter 8)
● Two PowerPoints (PPt’s): Medicaid Example, Overview of the ACA and Private Financing (both
in Week
...
Covers Theme 2
● Chapters 4, 5, 7, 8 & 9 in your Niles text
● Khan Academy Modules (lots of overlap with chapter 8)
● Two PowerPoints (PPt’s): Medicaid Example, Overview of the ACA and Private Financing (both
in Week 4 folder)
Questions on the exam are based on the objectives below. Remember that the exam is open book;
however, you will only have 60 minutes to complete it. Therefore, as you study for the exam (and
review the material listed in the objectives), you may want to “mark” the relevant information in your
texts (or PPts or notes) so that you can readily access it.
Objectives for the exam:
Chapter 4
# of exam questions from chapter 4 = 5
● Describe the following agencies or organizations and identify their primary responsibilities:
o Medicare and Medicaid (must understand Medicare and Medicaid ☺)
o Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS): p. 96
▪ Provide policy, funding, and oversight to healthcare programs for poor and
elderly
▪ Priorities:
● Medicare health plans and financial management
● Medicare fee for service
● Medicaid and children’s health
● Surveys and certification
● Quality assurance and improvement
o U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): p. 93
▪ Cabinet-level dept
▪ Secretary advises president regarding health & human services policy
▪ Head of all 11 operational divisions
o Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): p. 94
▪ Discover patterns of disease and respond if necessary
▪ Health goals:
● Healthy people in healthy places
● Preparing for emerging health threats
● Positive international health
● Healthy people at all stages of life
▪ Six focus areas:
● Health impact, customer focus, public health research, leadership,
globalization, and accountability
▪ Provides info on:
● Disease, healthy living, emergency preparedness, environmental health,
injury prevention, workplace safety, data and statistics, global health
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