Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. 132 Chapter 7 Review and Assessment Go online to complete assessment activities Chapter Summary Several federal laws and statutes help ensure quality and accessible care to everyone, including the elderly, poor, and disabled. These laws and statutes prohibit patients from being dumped on other facilities for financial reasons and require that disabled patients have the same quality of care as non- disabled patients. Individuals’ health information also is protected by federal law so that patients have the right to access their records and select who else has access. As a healthcare professional, you have the responsibility to protect the personal health information of patients. Vocabulary Matching 1. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 2. Anti-Kickback Statute 3. Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) 4. False Claims Act 5. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) 6. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) 7. Public Health Service Act 8. Rehabilitation Act 9. Stark Anti-Referral Law A. law that aims to protect the confidentiality and security of healthcare information and help control administrative costs B. law that prohibits discrimination based on disability in programs run by federal agencies, programs that receive federal financial assistance, federal employment, and the employment practices of federal contractors C. a law created to ensure public access to emergency services regardless of ability to pay D. law that was passed to help decrease the number of Americans who do not have health insurance and help reduce the overall cost of healthcare E. law that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, transportation, public accommodation, communications, and governmental activities also establishes requirements for telecommunications relay services F. law that prohibits any individual or business from submitting, or causing someone else to submit, a false or fraudulent claim for payment to the government allows individuals to sue on behalf of the government on knowledge of past or present fraud against the federal government G. law that prohibits physician referrals of designated health services for Medicare and Medicaid patients if the physician (or an immediate family member) has a financial relationship with that entity H. a criminal statute that prohibits the exchange (or offer to exchange) of anything of value in an effort to receive the reward of federal healthcare program business I. law that structured the United States Public Health Service as the primary division of the US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, which later became the United States Department of Health and Human Services True or False 10. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act mandates that people have health insurance coverage. 11. The Americans with Disabilities Act is designed to prevent discrimination against people with physical disabilities only. 12. HIPAA imposes liability on people and companies who defraud governmental programs. 13. The EMTALA ensures public access to emergency services regardless of ability to pay.