CARE 6TH EDITION BY
BUTTARO WITH CHAPTER 1-
228 WITH VERIFIED AND
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A small, rural hospital is part of an Accountable Care Organization
(ACO) and is designatedas a Level 1 ACO. What is part of this
designation?
a. Bonuses based on achievement of benchmarks
b. Care coordination for chronic diseases
c. Standards for minimum cash reserves
d. Strict requirements for financial reporting
ANS: A
A Level 1 ACO has the least amount of financial risk and requirements,
but receives sharedsavings bonuses based on achievement of
benchmarks for quality measures and expenditures. Care coordination
and minimum cash reserves standards are part of Level 2 ACO
requirements. Level 3 ACOs have strict requirements for financial
reporting.
2. What was an important finding of the Advisory Board survey
of 2014 about primary carepreferences of patients?
a. Associations with area hospitals
b. Costs of ambulatory care
c. Ease of access to care
d. The ratio of providers to patients ANS: CAs part of the 2014 survey,
the Advisory Board learned that patients desired 24/7 access tocare, walk-in
settings and the ability to be seen within 30 minutes, and care that is close to
home. Associations with hospitals, costs of care, and the ratio of providers to
patients werenot part of these results.
MULTIPLE RESPONSE
1. Which assessments of care providers are performed as part of the
value-based purchasing(VBP) initiative? (Select
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a. Appraising costs per case of care for Medicare patients
b. Assessing patients’ satisfaction with hospital care
c. Evaluating available evidence to guide clinical care guidelines
d. Monitoring mortality rates of all patients with pneumonia
e. Requiring advanced IT standards and minimum cash reserves
ANS: A, B, D
Value-based purchasing looks at five domain areas of processes of care,
including efficiencyof care (cost per case), experience of care (patient
satisfaction measures), and outcomes of care (mortality rates for certain
conditions).
Evaluation of evidence to guide clinical care is part of evidence-based
practice. The requirements for IT standards and financial status are
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part of Accountable Care Organization standards.