ACHE BOG COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
STUDY GUIDE
●● Insurance companies and other payers have introduced pre-
admission certification for elective hospital stays in order to:
a. Cause physicians to reconsider need for service
b. Facilitate communication between hospital and the attending
physician
c. Establish clinical necessity prior to service
d. Encourage the patient to obtain a second opinion
Answer: C.
●● Guidelines produced by the Agency for Health Care Policy and
Research:
a. Have been shown to decrease healthcare costs
,b. Rarely need to be revised
c. Provide starting points for managing individual patients
d. Have been shown to improve the quality of care
Answer: C.
●● CEO compensation should be based on:
a. The compensation arrangements with the prior CEO
b. Executive compensation in local corporations with similar gross
revenues
c. Present salary plus cost-of-living adjustment
d. What the institution would have to pay for a similarly prepared person
if that person were
employed elsewhere
Answer: D.
●● An essential function of the governing board is to:
,a. Approve the mission, vision, and long-range plan
b. Focus on strategic planning
c. Prepare the operating plan
d. Review performance of departmental activities
Answer: A.
●● Members of the medical staff are eligible for full membership on the
governing board in the same manner as other individuals:
a. When not legally prohibited
b. When they do not actively practice in the organization
c. When they are not full-time employees
d. If they are not foreign nationals
Answer: A.
, ●● Regarding the budget, the board:
a. Does not use the budget exercise as a way to improve quality and
productivity
b. Gets involved in preparing budgets for all operational units
c. Decides which personnel are needed in top management
d. Establishes guidelines and makes final choices among competing
opportunities
Answer: D.
●● The individual or group responsible for establishing policy,
maintaining quality of care and
providing for institutional management planning is the:
a. Chief operating officer
b. Medical staff executive committee
c. Governing body
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
STUDY GUIDE
●● Insurance companies and other payers have introduced pre-
admission certification for elective hospital stays in order to:
a. Cause physicians to reconsider need for service
b. Facilitate communication between hospital and the attending
physician
c. Establish clinical necessity prior to service
d. Encourage the patient to obtain a second opinion
Answer: C.
●● Guidelines produced by the Agency for Health Care Policy and
Research:
a. Have been shown to decrease healthcare costs
,b. Rarely need to be revised
c. Provide starting points for managing individual patients
d. Have been shown to improve the quality of care
Answer: C.
●● CEO compensation should be based on:
a. The compensation arrangements with the prior CEO
b. Executive compensation in local corporations with similar gross
revenues
c. Present salary plus cost-of-living adjustment
d. What the institution would have to pay for a similarly prepared person
if that person were
employed elsewhere
Answer: D.
●● An essential function of the governing board is to:
,a. Approve the mission, vision, and long-range plan
b. Focus on strategic planning
c. Prepare the operating plan
d. Review performance of departmental activities
Answer: A.
●● Members of the medical staff are eligible for full membership on the
governing board in the same manner as other individuals:
a. When not legally prohibited
b. When they do not actively practice in the organization
c. When they are not full-time employees
d. If they are not foreign nationals
Answer: A.
, ●● Regarding the budget, the board:
a. Does not use the budget exercise as a way to improve quality and
productivity
b. Gets involved in preparing budgets for all operational units
c. Decides which personnel are needed in top management
d. Establishes guidelines and makes final choices among competing
opportunities
Answer: D.
●● The individual or group responsible for establishing policy,
maintaining quality of care and
providing for institutional management planning is the:
a. Chief operating officer
b. Medical staff executive committee
c. Governing body
