ASC Test Questions AND Correct Answers
1981 - ✔✔81% of surgeries in in-patient hospitals by 1999 in-patient
surgeries only 37%
30% of medicare surgeries - ✔✔In 2005 performed in ASC
5 Sections of the CASC exam - ✔✔Delivery of patient care, Quality
management, Human resources, Financial and business development,
and Regulatory and legal issues
6 Things Physicians Want - ✔✔Respect, Autonomy, Control, Efficiency,
Quality patient care, & Time
85% ASC - ✔✔Are medicare certified
AAAASF - ✔✔American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory
Surgery Facilities (Accrediting body)
AAAHC - ✔✔Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care
(Accrediting body)
Advantages of ASC - ✔✔Less expensive, Lower nosocomial infection
rates, greater convenience, and increased productivity.
, Ambulatory= - ✔✔Outpatient. Not rural/ urgent care.
Anti-kickback - ✔✔Exceptions in "safe harbors"
Arthroscopy - ✔✔Procedure used to view or treat the interior of a
joint. (common: knee, shoulder, elbow, wrist, ankle, foot, and hip.)
ASC - ✔✔Ambulatory Surgery Center
ASC has - ✔✔APC instead of DRG. 3,700 groups. Based off and linked
to OPPS. CPI- Consumer Price Index
ASC Ownership - ✔✔65% physician owned 17% hospital and physician
owned 8% corporation & physician 6% corporation
ASCA - ✔✔Ambulatory Surgery Centers Association develops and
maintains working relationships with legislative and regulatory
bodies. Benchmarking
BASC - ✔✔Board of Ambulatory Surgery Certification - Give the test
1981 - ✔✔81% of surgeries in in-patient hospitals by 1999 in-patient
surgeries only 37%
30% of medicare surgeries - ✔✔In 2005 performed in ASC
5 Sections of the CASC exam - ✔✔Delivery of patient care, Quality
management, Human resources, Financial and business development,
and Regulatory and legal issues
6 Things Physicians Want - ✔✔Respect, Autonomy, Control, Efficiency,
Quality patient care, & Time
85% ASC - ✔✔Are medicare certified
AAAASF - ✔✔American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory
Surgery Facilities (Accrediting body)
AAAHC - ✔✔Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care
(Accrediting body)
Advantages of ASC - ✔✔Less expensive, Lower nosocomial infection
rates, greater convenience, and increased productivity.
, Ambulatory= - ✔✔Outpatient. Not rural/ urgent care.
Anti-kickback - ✔✔Exceptions in "safe harbors"
Arthroscopy - ✔✔Procedure used to view or treat the interior of a
joint. (common: knee, shoulder, elbow, wrist, ankle, foot, and hip.)
ASC - ✔✔Ambulatory Surgery Center
ASC has - ✔✔APC instead of DRG. 3,700 groups. Based off and linked
to OPPS. CPI- Consumer Price Index
ASC Ownership - ✔✔65% physician owned 17% hospital and physician
owned 8% corporation & physician 6% corporation
ASCA - ✔✔Ambulatory Surgery Centers Association develops and
maintains working relationships with legislative and regulatory
bodies. Benchmarking
BASC - ✔✔Board of Ambulatory Surgery Certification - Give the test
