Health Care Policy and Politics A-Z, 3rd Edition (Health Care Policy & Politics A to Z)

Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 12
AARP......Page 16
Abortion......Page 17
Abstinence education......Page 24
Academic health centers (AHCs)......Page 25
Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)......Page 26
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)......Page 27
Adolescent family life (AFL) program......Page 29
Advanced practice nurse......Page 30
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)......Page 31
AIDS......Page 32
Alternative medicine......Page 33
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)......Page 34
Asset test......Page 37
Association Health Plans (AHPs)......Page 38
ATSDR......Page 39
Bioterrorism......Page 40
Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association (BCBSA)......Page 43
Budget reconciliation legislation and health care......Page 44
Capitation......Page 50
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)......Page 51
Child Custody Protection Act......Page 53
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA)......Page 55
Clinical trials......Page 56
Cloning, human......Page 57
Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service......Page 59
Community rating......Page 60
Conscience clause......Page 61
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA)......Page 63
Contraceptive coverage......Page 64
Current procedural terminology (CPT) codes......Page 66
Diagnosis-related group (Medicare)......Page 68
Dietary supplement rules......Page 69
Disease management......Page 70
Disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments (Medicare and Medicaid)......Page 71
Drive-through deliveries......Page 72
Dual eligibles......Page 73
Durable power of attorney for health care......Page 74
Electronic medical records......Page 75
Emergency contraception......Page 76
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)......Page 78
End-stage renal disease (Medicare)......Page 79
External review......Page 80
Federal Employee Health Benefits Plan (FEHBP)......Page 82
Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP)......Page 83
Fetal tissue research......Page 84
First-dollar coverage......Page 86
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)......Page 87
Formulary......Page 88
Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE)......Page 89
Freedom of Choice Act......Page 90
Gag clauses (in managed care)......Page 91
Gag rule (in abortion)......Page 92
Generic drugs......Page 93
Genetic discrimination......Page 95
Global tobacco settlement......Page 96
Graduate medical education (GME)......Page 98
Guaranteed renewability......Page 100
Health and Human Services Department (HHS)......Page 101
Health care fraud and abuse......Page 103
Health care spending......Page 105
Health Insurance Association of America (HIAA)......Page 107
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)......Page 108
Health jurisdiction in Congress......Page 111
Health maintenance organization (HMO)......Page 112
Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS)......Page 113
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)......Page 114
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)......Page 115
Health Security Act......Page 116
Hill-Burton Act......Page 118
Home health care......Page 119
House Appropriations Committee......Page 120
House Ways and Means Committee......Page 121
Human research subject protection......Page 122
Hyde amendment......Page 123
Income-related premium......Page 127
Indian Health Service (IHS)......Page 128
Indirect medical education payments......Page 129
Informed consent......Page 130
Institute of Medicine......Page 131
IRBs......Page 132
Judicial bypass......Page 133
Kerr-Mills bill......Page 134
Late-term abortion......Page 135
Long-term care......Page 136
Loss ratios......Page 138
Managed care......Page 139
Managed competition......Page 141
Massachusetts health plan......Page 142
Means testing (Medicare)......Page 143
Medicaid......Page 144
Medicaid drug rebate program......Page 150
Medical Device User Fee Act......Page 151
Medical errors......Page 152
Medical malpractice......Page 153
Medical records confidentiality......Page 156
Medical savings accounts (MSAs)......Page 159
Medicare......Page 161
Medicare Advantage......Page 167
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act......Page 169
Medicare+Choice......Page 171
Medicare givebacks......Page 172
Medicare Modernization Act......Page 173
Medigap insurance......Page 180
Mental health parity......Page 182
Mexico City policy......Page 185
“Morning after” pill......Page 187
National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare......Page 188
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)......Page 189
National Health Service Corps......Page 190
National Institutes of Health (NIH)......Page 191
National Practitioner Data Bank......Page 194
Needle exchange......Page 195
NRLC......Page 196
Nursing home standards......Page 197
Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA)......Page 198
Off-label use......Page 199
Oregon Health Plan......Page 200
Organ donations and transplants......Page 201
Orphan drugs......Page 203
Outcomes......Page 204
Parental involvement laws......Page 205
Parental notification......Page 206
Partial-birth abortion......Page 207
Patient “dumping”......Page 212
Patients’ Bill of Rights (PboR)......Page 213
PboR......Page 217
Pediatric exclusivity......Page 218
Pediatric Rule......Page 219
Pepper Commission......Page 220
Physician assistants......Page 221
Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA)......Page 222
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey......Page 223
Poverty statistics......Page 224
Preexisting condition......Page 225
Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA)......Page 226
President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)......Page 227
Primary care physician (PCP)......Page 228
Private contracting (Medicare)......Page 229
Private fee-for-service (Medicare)......Page 230
Project BioShield......Page 231
ProPAC......Page 232
Providers......Page 233
Prudent layperson......Page 234
Public Health Service (PHS)......Page 235
Public Health Service, Commissioned Corps......Page 237
Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs)......Page 239
Quarantine......Page 240
Qui Tam......Page 241
Regenerative medicine......Page 242
Reimportation, prescription drug......Page 243
Resource-based relative value scale......Page 245
Ribicoff children......Page 246
Risk adjustment......Page 247
Roe v. Wade......Page 248
RU......Page 249
Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act......Page 251
Secondary care......Page 253
Self-referral curbs......Page 254
Senate Appropriations Committee......Page 255
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee......Page 256
SLMB......Page 257
Social Security Act......Page 258
Specialty care......Page 259
Spousal impoverishment......Page 260
State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)......Page 261
Stem cell research......Page 264
Stem cells......Page 267
Suicide, assisted......Page 268
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)......Page 270
Surgeon general of the United States......Page 271
Tax policy and health care......Page 274
TennCare......Page 275
Title X Family Planning program......Page 277
TRICARE......Page 279
Tuskegee experiments......Page 280
Uncompensated care......Page 282
Uninsured......Page 283
Unions, doctor......Page 286
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)......Page 287
United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)......Page 288
Upper Payment Limit (UPL)......Page 289
Utilization review (UR)......Page 290
Vaccine Injury Compensation Program......Page 291
Veterans health care......Page 292
Voluntary health agencies (VHAs)......Page 293
WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children)......Page 294
Women’s Health, Office of Research on......Page 295
Zidovudine......Page 296
Interest Groups......Page 313
Reference Material......Page 298
Health Policy Time Line......Page 300
Health Care Policy Acronyms......Page 305
Senate Committees......Page 307
Suggested Readings......Page 308
Foundations and Think Tanks......Page 311
Index......Page 316