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| What did the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) do? |
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| established quality standards for all laboratory testing to ensure the accuracy, reliability, and timeliness of patient test results |
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| What does CLIA stand for? |
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| Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) |
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| In what year were the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) passed? |
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| Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) |
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| act that requires any Medicare participating hospital that operates a hospital emergency department to provide an appropriate medical screening examination to any patient that requests such an examination. If the hospital determines that the patient has an emergency medical condition, it must either stabilize the patient’s condition or arrange for a transfer; however, the hospital may only transfer the patient if the medical benefits of the transfer outweigh the risks or if the patient requests the transfer. |
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| What did Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996, Title I, do? |
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| expanded healthcare coverage for loss of a job, or moving from one job to another; protects the patient and family with preexisting medical conditions, and problems getting health coverage, and is not based on past or present health |
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| What did Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996, Title II do? |
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| defined policies, procedures, and guidelines for security of PHI; set in place ways to help combat fraud, abuse, and waste |
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| What does HIPAA abbreviate, and what are the other names for HIPAA? |
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| Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; Kassebaum-Kennedy or Kennedy-Kassebaum Law |
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| What year was the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)? |
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| What did the Social Security Act (SSA) of 1935 do? |
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| authorized public health insurance and HIPAA |
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| What year was the Social Security Act (SSA)? |
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