As a Provision of the Accountable Care Act, Health Care

question 14

Multiple Choice

As a provision of the Accountable Care Act, health care insurers were encouraged to unite with health care providers to form what type of an organization?

• A) health maintenance organization
• B) preferred provider organization
• C) open access plan
• D) accountable care organization
• E) indemnity plan

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Definitions:

Bipolar Disorder

A psychiatric condition characterized by extreme mood swings from manic highs to depressive lows.

Lithium

A chemical element used as a medication primarily for bipolar disorder, helping to stabilize mood and reduce the extremes of mania and depression.

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor

A class of drugs often used as antidepressants that inhibit the reabsorption (reuptake) of serotonin in the brain, increasing the amount available.

Schizophrenia

A long-term mental disorder involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation.