HSN 476
Healthcare Policy & Financial
Management
LATEST FINAL EXAM REVIEW
Q&S
©2024/2025
,1. Which of the following is a primary goal of value-based
healthcare?
a) Reducing government intervention
b) Increasing patient outcomes per dollar spent
c) Encouraging patient autonomy
d) Extending hospital hours
Answer : b) Increasing patient outcomes per dollar spent
Rationale : Value-based healthcare focuses on improving the
quality of care provided to patients and optimizing health outcomes
relative to the costs incurred.
2. What is the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) primarily
designed to do?
a) Decrease patient premiums
b) Control spending by Medicare on physician services
c) Expand Medicaid eligibility
d) Increase physician reimbursement rates
Answer : b) Control spending by Medicare on physician services
©2024/2025
, Rationale : The SGR was established to adjust Medicare Part B
expenditures in line with GDP growth to ensure fiscal sustainability.
3. In healthcare financial management, a DRG is a:
a) Discount Rate Generation
b) Diagnostic Review Group
c) Diagnostic Related Group
d) Department Revenue Guarantee
Answer : c) Diagnostic Related Group
Rationale : A DRG is used to classify hospital cases for the
purpose of reimbursing hospitals for Medicare patients.
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Fill-in-the-Blank Questions:
4. The process of reducing hospital readmissions through
improved follow-up care and patient education is known as
__________.
Answer : Care Transition Management
©2024/2025
Healthcare Policy & Financial
Management
LATEST FINAL EXAM REVIEW
Q&S
©2024/2025
,1. Which of the following is a primary goal of value-based
healthcare?
a) Reducing government intervention
b) Increasing patient outcomes per dollar spent
c) Encouraging patient autonomy
d) Extending hospital hours
Answer : b) Increasing patient outcomes per dollar spent
Rationale : Value-based healthcare focuses on improving the
quality of care provided to patients and optimizing health outcomes
relative to the costs incurred.
2. What is the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) primarily
designed to do?
a) Decrease patient premiums
b) Control spending by Medicare on physician services
c) Expand Medicaid eligibility
d) Increase physician reimbursement rates
Answer : b) Control spending by Medicare on physician services
©2024/2025
, Rationale : The SGR was established to adjust Medicare Part B
expenditures in line with GDP growth to ensure fiscal sustainability.
3. In healthcare financial management, a DRG is a:
a) Discount Rate Generation
b) Diagnostic Review Group
c) Diagnostic Related Group
d) Department Revenue Guarantee
Answer : c) Diagnostic Related Group
Rationale : A DRG is used to classify hospital cases for the
purpose of reimbursing hospitals for Medicare patients.
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Fill-in-the-Blank Questions:
4. The process of reducing hospital readmissions through
improved follow-up care and patient education is known as
__________.
Answer : Care Transition Management
©2024/2025
