BOG Practice Exam With correct solutions

BOG Practice Exam – With Correct
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According to the ACHE's Code of Ethics, one way that healthcare
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executives can avoid or minimize the negative implications of conflict of interest is to:
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a. Develop a public relations plan to address potential conflict-of-interest scenarios.
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b. Not participate in the specific decision where conflict may exist.
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c. Ensure members submit annual lists of major activities and holdings for inspections.
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d. Make the conflict known to those in superior positions.CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔d. Make the conflict
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known to those in superior positions
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The principles of quality improvement require that healthcare executives change their management
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philosophy from:
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a. Finding fault with employees to finding problems in processes.
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b. Finding fault with employees to involving them in the improvement of processes.
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c. Focusing on enhanced inspection techniques to focusing on variance.
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d. Focusing on employees' roles to focusing on process outcomes.CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔a. Finding fault
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with employees to finding problems in processes.
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What type of problem arises when a healthcare executive knowingly allows the organization to continue
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double billing?
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,a. An ethical problem for the healthcare executive, but may not be grounds for dismissal if organizational
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policy is not clearly stated.
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b. An actual conflict of interest, even absent a direct economic benefit to the healthcare executive.
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c. An ethical problem for the employee if the healthcare executive receives direct economic benefit.
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d. An ethical problem if it clearly violates state or federal law.CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔b. An actual conflict of
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interest, even absent a direct economic benefit to the healthcare executive.
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Which of the following is a unit of measure commonly used to determine physicians' clinical productivity?
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a. RVU
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c. IPO
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d. CPUCORRECT ANSWERS✔✔a. RVU
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Which of the following third-party reimbursement methods provides the largest financial incentive for the
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provider to reduce cost?
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a. Charge-based
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b. Cost-based
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c. Prospective payment
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d. Per diemCORRECT ANSWERS✔✔c. Prospective payment
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Statements of earnings, financial positions, changes in financial position and retained earnings are required
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to be submitted yearly by all:
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a. Publicly owned healthcare organizations.
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b. Privately owned healthcare organizations.
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c. Government owned healthcare organizations.
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d. Faith-based owned healthcare organizations.CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔a. Publicly owned healthcare
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,Which of the following is an Example of a capital expenditure?
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a. Land that is purchased for resale.
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b. Surgical equipment with a useful life of six months.
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c. A building with a useful life of 20 years.
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d. Medical supplies used for patient care.CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔c. A building with a useful life of 20 years.
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What is the correct order of stages for accomplishing organization change?
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a. Identifying, planning, implementation, evaluation.
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b. Planning, identifying, evaluation, implementation.
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c. Evaluation, planning, implementation, identifying.
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d. Planning, evaluation, identifying, implementation.CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔a. Identifying, planning,
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implementation, evaluation.
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Boards make better strategic decisions if they use information that is:
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a. Readily available on special board website.
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b. Generated from computer studies of departmental activity reports.
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c. Summarized in graphs for better understanding.
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d. Focused on measurable outcomes of service quality and economic vitality.CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔d.
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Focused on measurable outcomes of service quality and economic vitality.
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The central role of the health services organization board includes all of the
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following:

a. Setting the strategic plan and service values of the organization.
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b. Support for assessing changing market needs.
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c. Support in managing important service programs or departments.
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, d. Assuring the recruitment, hire, support and reward of the CEO.CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔c. Support in
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managing important service programs or departments
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The first role of the governing body is to:
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a. Manage inputs of the healthcare organization to achieve the output that are its goals.
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b. Recruit members who understand the health services field.
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c. Set objectives and develop policy to guide the organization in achieving its mission.
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d. Develop the operating plan and monitor departmental performance.CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔c. Set
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objectives and develop policy to guide the organization in achieving its mission.
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Internal members of the healthcare organization's governing body:
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a. Serve on an ad hoc basis and are rarely voting members.
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b. Are kept to a minimum due to concerns regarding confidentiality.
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c. Often include the CEO, medical director and CFO.
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d. Often include the executive staff in planning and information managementCORRECT ANSWERS✔✔c.
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Often include the CEO, medical director and CFO.
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In assessing the advantage of using a focus group over a survey in
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evaluating a program, one could say that focus groups: j j j j j j j j




a. Are likely to use a larger sample size.
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b. Are more useful in designing improvements to a program.
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c. Are more precise in designing improvements to a program.
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d. Are useful only when maintaining objectivity is not importantCORRECT ANSWERS✔✔b. Are more useful
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in designing improvements to a program.
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From a marketing viewpoint, the development of standards of practice, clinical pathways, clinical guidelines
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and protocols can all be viewed as efforts to deal with which unique aspect of delivering services:
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