NAMSS Certification Exam Questions With Correct Answers

SMDA - ANSWER -Safe Medical Device Act of 1990 HCQIA - ANSWER -Provides immunity from liability for damages from good-faith peer review Title 42 - ANSWER -The Public Health and Welfare Conditions of Participation - ANSWER -Federal regulations relating to Medicare and Medicaid The Federal Register - ANSWER -Contains details of proposed and recently passed federal regulations and Presidential executive orders Boyd v Albert Einstein - ANSWER -Doctrine of Ostensible Agency - HMO found liable in patient's death. Chest perforation during breast biopsy, chest pain/MI six weeks later. Elam v CollegePark - ANSWER -Doctrine of Corporate Negligence - Med Records had information on many lawsuits agains podiatrist Patrick v Burget - ANSWER -Anticompetitive Peer Review - Led to development of HCQIA Gonzales v Nork & Mercy Hospital - ANSWER -Hospitals owe patients a duty of care - laminectomy, negligently performed. MD had history of unnecessary or negligent surgeries Webman v Little Company of Mary - ANSWER -Duty to credential - application denied when physician refused to authorize prior hospital to release information. Mahmoodian v United - ANSWER -Disruptive behavior - hospital can revoke otherwise competent physician's privileges when disruptive behavior adversely affects patient care. Darling v Charleston - ANSWER -End of Doctrine of charitable immunity - Patient lost leg due to improper casting. Hospitals are independently responsible for monitoring and supervising care provided. Mathews v Lancaster - ANSWER -HCQIA - Burden on physician to prove bad faith peer review. Committee including competitors found sub-standard care by Surgeon Bell v Sharp - ANSWER -Negligent Credentialing - Hospital liable for failure to request data from another hospital regarding its summary suspension of practitioner. Hongsathavij v Qeen of Angels - ANSWER -Governing Body is ultimate authority - Board overturned hearing committee recommendation to reinstate call panel membership. Osooki v Fountain Valley - ANSWER -Failure to disclose - Ophthalmologist did not disclose all prior hospital affiliations on application.