FACHE UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● FMLA
Answer: 1993: law requiring covered employers to provide employees
with job-protected and unpaid leave for qualified medical family reasons
●● Purpose of any HCO
Answer: to provide care to individual patients and is usually stated in
organization's "mission"
●● Population Health
Answer: defining the population (by geography, sociodemographic
factors, disease state, risk, insurance coverage or in some other way),
measuring the current state of health in the population, setting goals for
improvement and directing resources to making improvements. US HSS
specifies national goals and objectives for population health in the
Healthy People 2020 program
●● Caregiving/Clinical/Logistic/Strategic Teams
Answer: Caregiving Teams: Provide care to patients with similar needs
(PCP, ACUTE, rehab)
, Clinical Support Teams: provide specific clinical services to Caregiving
Teams (clinical laboratory, pharmacy, imaging, cardiopulmonary)
Logistic Support Teams - provide trained personnel, information,
facilities, accounting, cash, management and supplies
Strategic Support Teams: provide marketing, governance, internal
consulting, finance, stakeholder relations management and strategic
positioning
●● Service Lines
Answer: Patient care teams coordinated around a set of similar diseases
or patient needs
●● Premise of a Healthy Community
Answer: Costs tend to rise and benefits to decline as care moves away
from the healthy state. Therefore, optimum care maximizes use of
prevention, health maintenance, and health improvement
PCP, Acute inpatient or specialty outpatient care, rehab, continuing care
in home or nursing home setting, continuing care in home or nursing
home setting, palliative care and death
●● Stakeholders
Answer: Individuals or groups who have a direct interest in the
organization's success and shape its mission and strategies. Include
buyers, workers, suppliers, regulators and owners. Patients are the
MOST important HCO stakeholders. They expect and deserve care that
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● FMLA
Answer: 1993: law requiring covered employers to provide employees
with job-protected and unpaid leave for qualified medical family reasons
●● Purpose of any HCO
Answer: to provide care to individual patients and is usually stated in
organization's "mission"
●● Population Health
Answer: defining the population (by geography, sociodemographic
factors, disease state, risk, insurance coverage or in some other way),
measuring the current state of health in the population, setting goals for
improvement and directing resources to making improvements. US HSS
specifies national goals and objectives for population health in the
Healthy People 2020 program
●● Caregiving/Clinical/Logistic/Strategic Teams
Answer: Caregiving Teams: Provide care to patients with similar needs
(PCP, ACUTE, rehab)
, Clinical Support Teams: provide specific clinical services to Caregiving
Teams (clinical laboratory, pharmacy, imaging, cardiopulmonary)
Logistic Support Teams - provide trained personnel, information,
facilities, accounting, cash, management and supplies
Strategic Support Teams: provide marketing, governance, internal
consulting, finance, stakeholder relations management and strategic
positioning
●● Service Lines
Answer: Patient care teams coordinated around a set of similar diseases
or patient needs
●● Premise of a Healthy Community
Answer: Costs tend to rise and benefits to decline as care moves away
from the healthy state. Therefore, optimum care maximizes use of
prevention, health maintenance, and health improvement
PCP, Acute inpatient or specialty outpatient care, rehab, continuing care
in home or nursing home setting, continuing care in home or nursing
home setting, palliative care and death
●● Stakeholders
Answer: Individuals or groups who have a direct interest in the
organization's success and shape its mission and strategies. Include
buyers, workers, suppliers, regulators and owners. Patients are the
MOST important HCO stakeholders. They expect and deserve care that
