A nurse is able to correlate Medicare regulations with which major trend in health care? Medicare has influenced decisions regarding
a. creation of policies related to genetic privacy acts.
b. inclusion of women and children in research studies.
c. purchasing prescription drugs from foreign countries.
d. reimbursement through capitated cost agreements.
D
Care provided under capitated costs are the major way in which health care is paid for by third parties and is a direct result of the diagnostic-related groups, which were the cost agreements negotiated under Medicare rules.
Genetic privacy is an issue, resulting in the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, but this is not a major trend influenced by Medicare.
Inclusion of women and children into research studies has been a topic of national prominence lately, but it has not been influenced by Medicare regulations.
Medicare regulations have not required prescriptions to be purchased in foreign countries.
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