FACHE Exam QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

Sarbanes Oxley Correct Answer: US federal law that set new or expanded requirements for all US public company boards, management and public accounting firms. Cover responsibilities of a public corporation's board of directors, adds criminal penalties and required SEC to create regulations FMLA Correct Answer: 1993: law requiring covered employers to provide employees with job-protected and unpaid leave for qualified medical family reasons Purpose of any HCO Correct Answer: to provide care to individual patients and is usually stated in organization's "mission" Population Health Correct 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 Correct 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 Correct Answer: Patient care teams coordinated around a set of similar diseases or patient needs Premise of a Healthy Community Correct 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 Correct 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 meets the goals summarized in IOM's report: Crossing the Quality Chasm