CPMSM EXAMINATION 2026 SET QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Ex Officio - ✔✔Member by virtue of some other office they hold/held and have same
voting rights as rest of the group.
✔✔Once a Motion is stated it becomes part of the - ✔✔Assembly
✔✔Proxy - ✔✔Can allow if allowed by state, federal laws, and bylaws.
✔✔Board Meetings - ✔✔Can be held electronically as long as bylaws allow.
✔✔Privileged Motions - ✔✔Are used to set aside the (main) pending motion to give
immediate attention to an item/topic.
✔✔Subsidiary Motion - ✔✔applies to pending motions and is lower ranking.
✔✔Incidental Motion - ✔✔arise out of questions to Main/Pending Motion and normally
must be addressed or answered to continue on with Main Motion.
✔✔Rescind (Unclassified Motion) - ✔✔To take from the table, revoke, cancel, or repeal.
, ✔✔Ratify (Unclassified Motion) - ✔✔Sign or give formal consent to, making it officially
valid.
✔✔Medical Executive Committee (MEC) - ✔✔Receives and acts upon reports and
recommendations from the other Medical Staff Committees, special committees and
officers of the staff concerning performance improvement and quality assessments.
MEC reports results and recommendations to the Medical Staff and Board of Directors.
✔✔Bylaws - ✔✔Documents approved by the Medical Staff and Governing Board that
set the laws and guidelines for the governance of the Medical Staff.
✔✔Credentials Committee - ✔✔This committee reviews and evaluates the training,
scope of practice, competency, ability to perform privileges requested of each initial
appointment, reappointment, and modifications of clinical privileges and makes
recommendations to the Medical Executive Committee. This committee provides
oversight for FPPE and OPPE. Should meet regularly.
✔✔Utilization Management or Utilization Review Committee - ✔✔Ensures that all of the
patient care given by the facility/providers is appropriate and provided effectively.
Normally monitors topics such as: appropriateness of admission to the Hospital, delays
in use of, or over use of ancillary services, delays in consultations and referrals, lengths
of stay, and discharge planning.
✔✔It is important to check that the practitioner is not currently excluded, suspended,
debarred, or ineligible to participate in Federal healthcare programs - ✔✔because the
facility will not get paid for treating patients unless service is provided by an authorized
provider.
✔✔According to NCQA standards, an organization that discovers sanction information,
complaints, or adverse events regarding a practitioner must - ✔✔first determine if there
is evidence of poor quality that could affect the health and safety of its members.
✔✔Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 - ✔✔Created the National Provider
Data Bank to restrict the ability of incompetent providers to move from state to state
without disclosure or discovery of previous medical malpractice payment and adverse
action history.
✔✔When Developing clinical privileging criteria - ✔✔it is important to evaluate the
established standards or practice such as, specialty board recommendations
✔✔Periodically assessing appropriateness of clinical privileges for each specialty -
✔✔is important to protect patient safety by ensuring current competency, relevance to
the facility, and accepted standards of care.
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Ex Officio - ✔✔Member by virtue of some other office they hold/held and have same
voting rights as rest of the group.
✔✔Once a Motion is stated it becomes part of the - ✔✔Assembly
✔✔Proxy - ✔✔Can allow if allowed by state, federal laws, and bylaws.
✔✔Board Meetings - ✔✔Can be held electronically as long as bylaws allow.
✔✔Privileged Motions - ✔✔Are used to set aside the (main) pending motion to give
immediate attention to an item/topic.
✔✔Subsidiary Motion - ✔✔applies to pending motions and is lower ranking.
✔✔Incidental Motion - ✔✔arise out of questions to Main/Pending Motion and normally
must be addressed or answered to continue on with Main Motion.
✔✔Rescind (Unclassified Motion) - ✔✔To take from the table, revoke, cancel, or repeal.
, ✔✔Ratify (Unclassified Motion) - ✔✔Sign or give formal consent to, making it officially
valid.
✔✔Medical Executive Committee (MEC) - ✔✔Receives and acts upon reports and
recommendations from the other Medical Staff Committees, special committees and
officers of the staff concerning performance improvement and quality assessments.
MEC reports results and recommendations to the Medical Staff and Board of Directors.
✔✔Bylaws - ✔✔Documents approved by the Medical Staff and Governing Board that
set the laws and guidelines for the governance of the Medical Staff.
✔✔Credentials Committee - ✔✔This committee reviews and evaluates the training,
scope of practice, competency, ability to perform privileges requested of each initial
appointment, reappointment, and modifications of clinical privileges and makes
recommendations to the Medical Executive Committee. This committee provides
oversight for FPPE and OPPE. Should meet regularly.
✔✔Utilization Management or Utilization Review Committee - ✔✔Ensures that all of the
patient care given by the facility/providers is appropriate and provided effectively.
Normally monitors topics such as: appropriateness of admission to the Hospital, delays
in use of, or over use of ancillary services, delays in consultations and referrals, lengths
of stay, and discharge planning.
✔✔It is important to check that the practitioner is not currently excluded, suspended,
debarred, or ineligible to participate in Federal healthcare programs - ✔✔because the
facility will not get paid for treating patients unless service is provided by an authorized
provider.
✔✔According to NCQA standards, an organization that discovers sanction information,
complaints, or adverse events regarding a practitioner must - ✔✔first determine if there
is evidence of poor quality that could affect the health and safety of its members.
✔✔Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 - ✔✔Created the National Provider
Data Bank to restrict the ability of incompetent providers to move from state to state
without disclosure or discovery of previous medical malpractice payment and adverse
action history.
✔✔When Developing clinical privileging criteria - ✔✔it is important to evaluate the
established standards or practice such as, specialty board recommendations
✔✔Periodically assessing appropriateness of clinical privileges for each specialty -
✔✔is important to protect patient safety by ensuring current competency, relevance to
the facility, and accepted standards of care.
