ACHE'S BOARD OF GOVERNORS
CERTIFICATION EXAM 2026 FULL STUDY
GUIDE WITH VERIFIED Q&A
◉The point-of-service product is the fastest growing managed care
product in the contemporary marketplace because:
1.It allows consumers to place a direct value on how important
provider choice is to them.
2.The product is less costly for Managed Care Organizations (MCOs),
employers, and employees.
3.Managed Care Organization (MCO) utilization management
systems are so well developed that they can affod to let people go
out of the network without any increase in costs.
4.Primary care physicians prefer to have their patients seek
specialty care without referrals Answer: 1.
◉The agency normally responsible for regulation of the financial
solvency and subscriber regulations of HMOs is the:
1.U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
2.State insurance commission/department.
, 3.Medicaid agency/department.
4.Department of Taxation. Answer: 2.
◉Many hospitals develop affiliations with college-based nursing
education programs to:
1.Improve the image of the hospital in the community.
2.Improve access to qualified graduates.
3.Provide financial support to higher education.
4.Gain the services of low-cost trainees. Answer: 2.
◉The critical-incidents technique of employee performance
appraisal requires raters to:
1.Select statements that fit the performance characteristics of
individuals.
2.Select the highest and lowest performing employee in a work unit.
3.Record the degree to which specified behaviors are performed.
4.Record behaviors of employees that are related to both good and
poor performance. Answer: 4.
◉The primary components of a healthcare organization's mission
statement include:
CERTIFICATION EXAM 2026 FULL STUDY
GUIDE WITH VERIFIED Q&A
◉The point-of-service product is the fastest growing managed care
product in the contemporary marketplace because:
1.It allows consumers to place a direct value on how important
provider choice is to them.
2.The product is less costly for Managed Care Organizations (MCOs),
employers, and employees.
3.Managed Care Organization (MCO) utilization management
systems are so well developed that they can affod to let people go
out of the network without any increase in costs.
4.Primary care physicians prefer to have their patients seek
specialty care without referrals Answer: 1.
◉The agency normally responsible for regulation of the financial
solvency and subscriber regulations of HMOs is the:
1.U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
2.State insurance commission/department.
, 3.Medicaid agency/department.
4.Department of Taxation. Answer: 2.
◉Many hospitals develop affiliations with college-based nursing
education programs to:
1.Improve the image of the hospital in the community.
2.Improve access to qualified graduates.
3.Provide financial support to higher education.
4.Gain the services of low-cost trainees. Answer: 2.
◉The critical-incidents technique of employee performance
appraisal requires raters to:
1.Select statements that fit the performance characteristics of
individuals.
2.Select the highest and lowest performing employee in a work unit.
3.Record the degree to which specified behaviors are performed.
4.Record behaviors of employees that are related to both good and
poor performance. Answer: 4.
◉The primary components of a healthcare organization's mission
statement include:
