MHA 707 Exam D Study Guide questions with verified
answers
ACA effects on Uncompensated Care? Pros and Cons Ans✓✓✓ Burdens fell
sharply, 2.3% of operating cost
Savings access all hospitals in Medicaid Medicaid expansion ($6 B)
According to run chart rules what is a astronomical data point? Ans✓✓✓ is
extremely far from the median (an outlier)
According to run chart rules what is a run? Ans✓✓✓ is 2 or more consecutive
points above or below the median.
- the number of runs equals number of times line crosses the median + 1
According to run chart rules what is a shift? Ans✓✓✓ is 6 or more consecutive
points above or below the median.
According to run chart rules what is a trend? Ans✓✓✓ is 5 or more consecutive
points moving in one direction
(may cross the median).
Act Ans✓✓✓ Determine what changes are to be made
Beware of __________ when benchmarking Ans✓✓✓ Comparability
>Apples aren't oranges
,Challenges of people leading healthier lives? Ans✓✓✓ improving access to
affordable healthy food and poor choice about what to eat.
Lack of evidence-based policies or intervention funds for inventing evidence of
efficiency
Finding funds
Changes for Insurance companies Ans✓✓✓ -Face competition from insurance
plans by health systems (direct contracting)
-Access for providing services related to the insurance operations at health
systems
-Single-payer, medicine for all
Changes for policy makers Ans✓✓✓ -Preoccupation with Medicare and Medicaid
costs
-Concerns over aging of population (demographic shift)
-Continued debate over government's role in health care
-Varied approaches to expanding Medicaid in states
, -States will be interested in new organizational and reimbursement approaches
that lower the per beneficiary costs of Medicaid
Changes for providers? Ans✓✓✓ income or slow income growth for physicians -
(higher $ for mid-levels initially, then ↓)
Death Spiral Ans✓✓✓ a snowball effect refers to a condition of the insurance
markets, where premiums are rapidly increasing because low-risk individuals are
continuously priced out of the market
Do Ans✓✓✓ •Carry out the test
•Document problems and unexpected observations
Ever-increasing healthcare spending is__________ other use of tax revenues like
education, defense, public works, etc. Ans✓✓✓ crowding out
How did ACA aim to reduce health care cost? Ans✓✓✓ -Medicare fraud,
excessive payment for prescription drugs, shift cost to the state (stronger federal
partnership in Medicaid), series of HC reforms would save $349 billion by 2021
and $480 billion by 2023, $1 Trillion in the following decade
How does the aging population affect HC? Ans✓✓✓ More than 20% of the
population is over 65 by 2030
Medical care system will become focused on the care of those over 75 due to
more chronic conditions, needs long term care service, life expectancy service,
end of life services
answers
ACA effects on Uncompensated Care? Pros and Cons Ans✓✓✓ Burdens fell
sharply, 2.3% of operating cost
Savings access all hospitals in Medicaid Medicaid expansion ($6 B)
According to run chart rules what is a astronomical data point? Ans✓✓✓ is
extremely far from the median (an outlier)
According to run chart rules what is a run? Ans✓✓✓ is 2 or more consecutive
points above or below the median.
- the number of runs equals number of times line crosses the median + 1
According to run chart rules what is a shift? Ans✓✓✓ is 6 or more consecutive
points above or below the median.
According to run chart rules what is a trend? Ans✓✓✓ is 5 or more consecutive
points moving in one direction
(may cross the median).
Act Ans✓✓✓ Determine what changes are to be made
Beware of __________ when benchmarking Ans✓✓✓ Comparability
>Apples aren't oranges
,Challenges of people leading healthier lives? Ans✓✓✓ improving access to
affordable healthy food and poor choice about what to eat.
Lack of evidence-based policies or intervention funds for inventing evidence of
efficiency
Finding funds
Changes for Insurance companies Ans✓✓✓ -Face competition from insurance
plans by health systems (direct contracting)
-Access for providing services related to the insurance operations at health
systems
-Single-payer, medicine for all
Changes for policy makers Ans✓✓✓ -Preoccupation with Medicare and Medicaid
costs
-Concerns over aging of population (demographic shift)
-Continued debate over government's role in health care
-Varied approaches to expanding Medicaid in states
, -States will be interested in new organizational and reimbursement approaches
that lower the per beneficiary costs of Medicaid
Changes for providers? Ans✓✓✓ income or slow income growth for physicians -
(higher $ for mid-levels initially, then ↓)
Death Spiral Ans✓✓✓ a snowball effect refers to a condition of the insurance
markets, where premiums are rapidly increasing because low-risk individuals are
continuously priced out of the market
Do Ans✓✓✓ •Carry out the test
•Document problems and unexpected observations
Ever-increasing healthcare spending is__________ other use of tax revenues like
education, defense, public works, etc. Ans✓✓✓ crowding out
How did ACA aim to reduce health care cost? Ans✓✓✓ -Medicare fraud,
excessive payment for prescription drugs, shift cost to the state (stronger federal
partnership in Medicaid), series of HC reforms would save $349 billion by 2021
and $480 billion by 2023, $1 Trillion in the following decade
How does the aging population affect HC? Ans✓✓✓ More than 20% of the
population is over 65 by 2030
Medical care system will become focused on the care of those over 75 due to
more chronic conditions, needs long term care service, life expectancy service,
end of life services
