Purpose of Medical Practice Acts
MODULE 2 – CHAPTER 3 REVIEW & CASE STUDIES
Answer the following questions, utilizing a red font.
1. What is the purpose of medical practice acts? List 4 specific purposes. a. b. c. d.
2. List four requirements that must be met before a physician can be granted a license to practice medicine. a. b. c. d.
3. List four instances in which a physician might not need a license. a. b. c. d.
4. Name three circumstances under which a physician's license may be revoked. a. b. c.
5. Who has the authority to revoke a physician's license?
6. Give one advantage and one disadvantage for each of the following practice management systems: a. Sole Proprietorship Advantage: Disadvantage:
b. Partnership Advantage: Disadvantage:
c. Corporation Advantage: Disadvantage:
7. List two types of managed care health care plans. a. b.
8. Name the "whistleblower" statute that deals with fraud and abuse in health care.
9. Define managed care plan.
10. Distinguish among the terms telemedicine, cybermedicine, and e-health. a. telemedicine – b. cybermedicine – c. e-health -
11. What telemedicine issues must state laws address?
12. What is the sole authority granted the federal government concerning the licensing of physicians?
Use your critical-thinking skills to answer the questions that follow the case studies.
A patient complained to the state medical board that her health care plan physician turned her away from a scheduled office visit because she did not have her checkbook with her and thus could not make the required $20 advance co-payment. She complained that, because she was ill, it was unfeeling and unrealistic of the physician to expect her to go home and get her checkbook. She pointed out that the physician's office had a record of her insurance coverage and her payment
Answer the following questions, utilizing a red font.
1. What is the purpose of medical practice acts? List 4 specific purposes. a. b. c. d.
2. List four requirements that must be met before a physician can be granted a license to practice medicine. a. b. c. d.
3. List four instances in which a physician might not need a license. a. b. c. d.
4. Name three circumstances under which a physician's license may be revoked. a. b. c.
5. Who has the authority to revoke a physician's license?
6. Give one advantage and one disadvantage for each of the following practice management systems: a. Sole Proprietorship Advantage: Disadvantage:
b. Partnership Advantage: Disadvantage:
c. Corporation Advantage: Disadvantage:
7. List two types of managed care health care plans. a. b.
8. Name the "whistleblower" statute that deals with fraud and abuse in health care.
9. Define managed care plan.
10. Distinguish among the terms telemedicine, cybermedicine, and e-health. a. telemedicine – b. cybermedicine – c. e-health -
11. What telemedicine issues must state laws address?
12. What is the sole authority granted the federal government concerning the licensing of physicians?
Use your critical-thinking skills to answer the questions that follow the case studies.
A patient complained to the state medical board that her health care plan physician turned her away from a scheduled office visit because she did not have her checkbook with her and thus could not make the required $20 advance co-payment. She complained that, because she was ill, it was unfeeling and unrealistic of the physician to expect her to go home and get her checkbook. She pointed out that the physician's office had a record of her insurance coverage and her payment