ACHE's Board of Governors Exam 2026
Question and Answer | Complete Revision
Pack | Grade A+
Mortality -✓✓The incidence of death in a population
Morbidity -✓✓The incidence and severity of illness and accidents in a
population
Medigap -✓✓Health insurance sold by private insurance companies to
fill the "gaps" in original Medicare plan coverage
Medicare recovery audit program -✓✓A program to identify and correct
improper payments from Medicare to providers, with the aim of
preventing future improper payments by Medicare; a common improper
payment is for surgical services provided in the wrong setting (inpatient
instead of outpatient).
Magnet Recognition Program -✓✓A program developed by the
American Nurses Credentialing Center that recognizes healthcare
organizations for quality patient care, nursing excellence and
innovations in professional nursing practice; Magnet designation is the
ultimate credential for high-quality nursing
Long-term care -✓✓A continuum of maintenance, custodial, and health
services provided to the chronically ill, disabled or mentally
handicapped.
Joint Commission -✓✓The independent, not-for-profit organization that
evaluiates and monitors the quality of care provided in hospitals
, Interdisciplinary plan of care -✓✓A documented process that includes
the patient, the family, and all clinical disciplines involved in planning
and providing care to a patient from system point of entry, throuhgout
the entire acute care episode, and to the next level of care
Independent Practice Association -✓✓A legal entity that contracts with
a group of independent physicians to provide services to managed care
organizations at a negotiated per capita rate; the arrangement is usually
not exclusive, so the physicians may sign contracts with other managed
care companies
Indemnity Plans -✓✓Traditional fee-for-service health plans
Hospitalist -✓✓A physician who manages broad categories of
hospitalized patients
Hospital preauthorization -✓✓A managed care technique in which the
insured obtains permission from a managed care organization before
entering the hospital for nonemergency care.
Palliative Care -✓✓Interdisciplinary care provided to a patient with a
serious, life-threatening, or life-limiting illness that aims not to provide
curative treatment but rather to manage symptoms; relieve pain and
discomfort; improve quality of life; and meet the emotional, social and
spiritual needs of the patient and the patient's family
Hospice -✓✓An organization that provides medical care and support
services (pain and symptom management, counseling, bereavement
services) to terminally ill patients and their families; it may be a
freestandign facility, a unit of a hospital or other institution, or a separate
program of a hospital, agency or institution.
Question and Answer | Complete Revision
Pack | Grade A+
Mortality -✓✓The incidence of death in a population
Morbidity -✓✓The incidence and severity of illness and accidents in a
population
Medigap -✓✓Health insurance sold by private insurance companies to
fill the "gaps" in original Medicare plan coverage
Medicare recovery audit program -✓✓A program to identify and correct
improper payments from Medicare to providers, with the aim of
preventing future improper payments by Medicare; a common improper
payment is for surgical services provided in the wrong setting (inpatient
instead of outpatient).
Magnet Recognition Program -✓✓A program developed by the
American Nurses Credentialing Center that recognizes healthcare
organizations for quality patient care, nursing excellence and
innovations in professional nursing practice; Magnet designation is the
ultimate credential for high-quality nursing
Long-term care -✓✓A continuum of maintenance, custodial, and health
services provided to the chronically ill, disabled or mentally
handicapped.
Joint Commission -✓✓The independent, not-for-profit organization that
evaluiates and monitors the quality of care provided in hospitals
, Interdisciplinary plan of care -✓✓A documented process that includes
the patient, the family, and all clinical disciplines involved in planning
and providing care to a patient from system point of entry, throuhgout
the entire acute care episode, and to the next level of care
Independent Practice Association -✓✓A legal entity that contracts with
a group of independent physicians to provide services to managed care
organizations at a negotiated per capita rate; the arrangement is usually
not exclusive, so the physicians may sign contracts with other managed
care companies
Indemnity Plans -✓✓Traditional fee-for-service health plans
Hospitalist -✓✓A physician who manages broad categories of
hospitalized patients
Hospital preauthorization -✓✓A managed care technique in which the
insured obtains permission from a managed care organization before
entering the hospital for nonemergency care.
Palliative Care -✓✓Interdisciplinary care provided to a patient with a
serious, life-threatening, or life-limiting illness that aims not to provide
curative treatment but rather to manage symptoms; relieve pain and
discomfort; improve quality of life; and meet the emotional, social and
spiritual needs of the patient and the patient's family
Hospice -✓✓An organization that provides medical care and support
services (pain and symptom management, counseling, bereavement
services) to terminally ill patients and their families; it may be a
freestandign facility, a unit of a hospital or other institution, or a separate
program of a hospital, agency or institution.
