Question

1. Are there any pertinent laws that apply to acute care hospitals?

2. How are acute care hospitals regulated? (government agencies, accredited bodies, etc)

3. How is the healthcare setting payed or reimbursed? *Referring to acute care hospitals

4. Name 3 types of technology found in acute care hospitals?

Answer 1

Answer :

1. Acute care is a branch of secondary health care where a patient receives active short term treatment For severe injury or episode of illness ,an urgent medical condition or during recovery from surgery .

Laws :

Pertinent laws :

1. Being organised and operated exclusively For charitable or other specified purposes.
2. Having no .net earning benefitting any private stake holders or individual.
3. Restricting political activity
4. Providing community benefits sufficient to justify their tax exempt status.

• The smallest hospital has 84 beds and largest has more than 900 beds.
• Should have licensed staff.
• Acute care hospital should have license from state department of public health.
• Hospital must have departmrnt of medicine , radiology and pathology ,clinical laboratory , blood bank , operating room , pharmacy ,emergency room and dietary services .
• These hospitals must also treatment patients whose care is reimbursed by medicaid and medicare.
• Hospital required to provide care to stabilize patient in case of emergency ,regardless of ability to pay or not.

2) according to connecticut public health code that regulates acute care hospitals

Hospitals are also regulated by various federal agencies ,including centers of medicare and medicaid services ,occupational safety and health administration ,centers for disease control and prevention and the internal revenue services

Most hospitals also comply with accreditation rules from private organisations such as The Joint commision to receive medicare and medicais certification .

STATE REGULATION:

DPH licenses the state 's 29 acute care hospitals every two years .becausr all of these hospitals are deemrd medicare and medicaid certified through either CMS or the joint commision ,they are inspected every 4 years .

Hospital must comply with DPH regulations regarding physical plant , medical records ,medical staff ,safety ,equipment ,maintenance ,emergency planning. Service provision and infection control .

3) health care providers are paid by insurance or government payers through a system of reimbursement .

The amount that is billed is based on service and agreed upon amount of medicare or health insurer has contracted to pay For that particular service .

In acute care hospitals , they will see did the patient have any insurance policy or possibility of government policies and provides care based on that cost which will provided by policies or government .

After the care ,they send the services provided to patient documents to government or insurers .

Then insurers check that documents and send the money to hospitals .

4) electronic health records .

Smart phones ,Tablets and applications .

Telehealth tools