Which of the Following Statements Concerning the Patient Protection and Affordability

question 11

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements concerning the Patient Protection and Affordability Act (also known as the Affordable Care Act) is ?

• A) Since the Act primarily focuses on the insurance industry there is little impact on health care accounting.
• B) Since the Act is a federal law it only affects governmental health care facilities.
• C) Since all portions of the Act have only recently been enacted the full impact on health care accounting is unknown.
• D) The Act will have no impact on a nongovernmental hospital's Internal Revenue Service filing of the Form 990, since the Act is not under the oversight of the Internal Revenue Service.

Comprehend the purpose and impact of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) on agency procedures.

Identify the grounds on which court reviews can overturn agency actions.

Understand the concept of agency independence and the factors contributing to it, including differentiated phenomena such as agency “captives” and “shadows.”

Grasp how separation of powers affects administrative agencies and their creation.

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Definitions:

Antidepressants

Medications designed to improve symptoms of depression by altering chemical balances in the brain.

Synaptic Reuptake

The presynaptic neuron’s process of reabsorbing its own neurotransmitters after signaling so that they can be released again the next time the neuron fires.

Neurotransmitters

Chemical substances that transmit signals across a synapse from one neuron to another in the brain, influencing various bodily functions and behaviors.

Synaptic Vesicles

Small sacs in a synapse that release neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft to transmit neural signals between neurons.