NAB exam: comprehensive review

NAB exam: comprehensive review OSHA Ans- Occupational Safety and Health Administration Primary purpose of OSHA Ans- Ensuring employee safety and health. Why? The facility's most valuable asset is it's employees. OSHAs goals through the National Emphasis Program Ans- Reduce muscoskeletal injuries for employees OSHA will target facilities with a high incident rate with DART. DART means Ans- Days away, restricted, transfers Subject to OSHA survey: if DART rate of ____ or more employees per 100 FTEs Ans- 10 OSHA 300 Ans- - Annual log of injuries and illnesses OSHA300A Ans- - Summary of OSHA300, but does not include the names of employees. Must be posted in the facility Feb 1 - APRIL 30 of each year. OSHA 301 Ans- First form completed when an employee is injured or becomes ill due to a work related incident. OSHA records must be kept for Ans- 5 years If OSHA requests records, they must be submitted within Ans- 4 hours of request Work related deaths muat be reported to OSHA within Ans- 8 hours Any injury that results in hospitalization, amputation of a limb, or loss of an eye must be reported within Ans- 24hrs OSHAS standards for BBP Ans- -BBP- HIV and HBV -All facilities must have a BBP training program which includes how to handle bloodspills -Mandates protection against occupational exposures Occupational Exposures by OSHA Ans- Standard precautions, proper handling and disposal of contaminated sharps and other materials and use of PPE An effective infection control program must have Ans- 1) PPRs with evidence based infection control practices 2) Program thar includes planning, organizing, implementing, operating, and monitoring all aspects of the program 3) Infection preventionist 4) Surveillance (monitoring, data analysis, documentation) 5) Education and training 6) Antibiotic review The FLSA is administered by Ans- The US Department of Labor Primary purpose of the Fair Labor Standards Act Ans- Provides certain guarantees to employees about the minimum rate of pay for overtime, minimum wages, child labor and the Equal Pay Act. Who imposes the minimum wage? Ans- Wage and Hour Division of the US Dept of Labor Equal Employment Opportunity Ans- Part of the FLSA and is administered and enforced by the EEOC which prohibits sex-based wage discrimination between men and women EEOC Ans- An ammendement to the Civil Rights Act and is a unit of the DOL. Laws enforced by EEOC Ans- Civil Rights Act(anti discrimination of religion, sex, origin, etc) EPA (gender equalit, Rehabilitation Act (disabilities in the federal govt), ADA, Pregnancy discrimination Act. Purpose of the EEOC Ans- Federal Agency that monitors employment in order to prevent any type of discrimination The OIG role Ans- Protects against fraud, waste and abuse (part of the Social Security Administration) Provides support in oversight, financing and quality of care in nursing homes. Also charged with protecting the federal health care programs and their beneficiaries from untrustworthy providers Anti-kickback Ans- Prohibits offering money or other valuable items in return for referrals (i.e vendors, physicians, and providers) Safe Harbor Ans- Prohibitions against illegal payment for services or items reimbursed under Medicare/Medicaid. Business whose practice does not violate Anti-Kickback statute. It's a joint venture that meets all standards issued by the OIG. It's immune from criminal prosecution of civil sanctions. S-Coorporation Ans- A corporation that pays no corporate tax since profits pass to stockholders who individually pay tax on their portion of the profit (advantage: avoid double taxation) LLC Ans- limited liability company- a form of biz organization that combines the characteristics of corporations and partnerships Limited Partnership (LP) Ans- One in which there is one or more special partners who are not loable for partnership debts beyond the amount of funds contributed. Coorporation Ans- A form of business owned by a few persons or thousands of people. Typically managed by persons instead of owners. Shares of stock are issued and their owners are called shareholders or stockholders. It is a separate legal entity from its owners. "C" coorporation Ans- Most nursing facilities are set up this way. The corporation pays income tax and stockholders pay personal tax on dividends. Difference between for profit and non profit Ans- For profit: profit is distributed as dividends to stockholders as a reward for providing capital. Non profit: profits are utilized within the business and may not pay dividends to its owners . Accounting Ans- The process of planning, recording, analyzing, and interpreting financial information. Assets Ans- Things of value, things owned, such as cash, equipment, real estate and accounts receivable. Current Asset Ans- Short lived asset expected to be converted into cash or depleted in biz operations usually within one year(i.e. accounts receivable, notes receivable, certificates of deposit) Fixed or long lived Assets Ans- Buildings, land, equipment to be used in the business on a long term basis. AKA- capital assets Tangible Assets Ans- Assets with physical characteristics (can be seen and touched, ie equipment, building) Intangible Assets Ans- Noncurrent assets that do not have physical substance. Ex: leaseholds, copyright, patents and goodwill