Licensure

a$.$ Describe your assigned term.

b$.$ Elaborate on their purpose and areas of specialty, i$.$e$.,$ providers, hospitals, laboratories, managed care organizations.

c$.$ Identify a governmental regulatory agency whose regulations would also apply to that same healthcare entity type. For example, the National Committee for Quality Assurance accredits managed care organizations. The governmental Centers for Medicaid and Medicare $($CMS$)$ has regulatory oversight over managed care plans.