Case management facilitates the achievement of client wellness and autonomy through
advocacy, assessment, planning, communication, education, resource management, and
service facilitation.
The case managers primary function is:
A) Care coordination
B) Cost containment
C) Outcomes management
D) Education - ANSWER Answer: A) Care coordination
The case manager links clients with appropriate providers and resources throughout the
continuum of health and human services and care settings, while ensuring that the care
provided is safe, effective, client-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable. This approach
achieves optimum value and desirable outcomes for all—the clients, their support systems,
the providers, and the payers. All four are case management functions, but the primary
function the case manager is coordination of care.
Which of the following psychiatric disabilities is not protected by the Americans with
Disabilities Act?
A) Manic depression
B) Pyromania
C) Depression
D) Anxiety - ANSWER Answer: B) Pyromania
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, Rationale: The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits workplace discrimination against
individuals with, or with a history of, psychiatric disabilities not controlled by medication. It
does not, however, protect criminal diagnoses, such as pyromania or kleptomania.
Raising the height of a desk to provide access by a wheelchair is an example of a:
A) Job modification
B) Job accommodation
C) Job restructuring
D) Building Modification - ANSWER Answer: B) Job accommodation
Rationale:
Allowing an individual with a wheelchair to raise the height of their desk to accommodate
the wheelchair is an example of a job accommodation. A job accommodation is focused on
access for an individual. Other examples of job accommodations include voice recognition
software and braille keyboards.
Your client is considering a viatical settlement to help cover medical expenses. All of the
following are true about viatical settlements except:
A) The patient will be required by law to continue making the premium on the policy.
B) The money received from a viatical settlement is usually free from federal income tax.
C) The money received from a viatical settlement may impact eligibility for Medicaid.
D) There are no restrictions on how the money received from a viatical settlement can be
used. - ANSWER Answer: A) The patient will be required by law to continue making the
premium on the policy
Rationale:
The purchasing party becomes the beneficiary and takes responsibility for paying the
premium. The money received from a viatical settlement is usually free from federal income
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advocacy, assessment, planning, communication, education, resource management, and
service facilitation.
The case managers primary function is:
A) Care coordination
B) Cost containment
C) Outcomes management
D) Education - ANSWER Answer: A) Care coordination
The case manager links clients with appropriate providers and resources throughout the
continuum of health and human services and care settings, while ensuring that the care
provided is safe, effective, client-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable. This approach
achieves optimum value and desirable outcomes for all—the clients, their support systems,
the providers, and the payers. All four are case management functions, but the primary
function the case manager is coordination of care.
Which of the following psychiatric disabilities is not protected by the Americans with
Disabilities Act?
A) Manic depression
B) Pyromania
C) Depression
D) Anxiety - ANSWER Answer: B) Pyromania
1
, Rationale: The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits workplace discrimination against
individuals with, or with a history of, psychiatric disabilities not controlled by medication. It
does not, however, protect criminal diagnoses, such as pyromania or kleptomania.
Raising the height of a desk to provide access by a wheelchair is an example of a:
A) Job modification
B) Job accommodation
C) Job restructuring
D) Building Modification - ANSWER Answer: B) Job accommodation
Rationale:
Allowing an individual with a wheelchair to raise the height of their desk to accommodate
the wheelchair is an example of a job accommodation. A job accommodation is focused on
access for an individual. Other examples of job accommodations include voice recognition
software and braille keyboards.
Your client is considering a viatical settlement to help cover medical expenses. All of the
following are true about viatical settlements except:
A) The patient will be required by law to continue making the premium on the policy.
B) The money received from a viatical settlement is usually free from federal income tax.
C) The money received from a viatical settlement may impact eligibility for Medicaid.
D) There are no restrictions on how the money received from a viatical settlement can be
used. - ANSWER Answer: A) The patient will be required by law to continue making the
premium on the policy
Rationale:
The purchasing party becomes the beneficiary and takes responsibility for paying the
premium. The money received from a viatical settlement is usually free from federal income
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