HSV 4800 Final Exam Review | 319 Questions And Answers

Given the amount of detail in laws and regulations at both the state and federal levels, the health care industry is, at the very least, a quasi-regulated industry. Correct Ans True In recent decades government and insurers have exerted control over much of health care's money supply Correct Ans True The pace of technological change in health care has slowed considerably over the recent decade Correct Ans False Managed care organizations have brought pressure to bear on hospitals and physicians to reduce the length of hospital stays Correct Ans True A formal agreement between separately owned and controlled facilities to officially coordinate and share certain activities is most appropriately referred to as Correct Ans an affiliation Which of the following is not true concerning regulation of the health care industry? Correct Ans The regulation of health care has little actual impact on a health care organization's day to day activities The apparent principal driving force behind the growth of health maintenance organizations (HMOs) has been: Correct Ans driven principally by dollars- the desire of payers to stem excessive cost increases or reduce costs overall The goal of organizational survival is so fundamental that it underpins all other goals of an organization. Threats to organizational survival may include what? Correct Ans lack of strong leadership, competition, failure to recognize and accept organizational survival as a legitimate organizational purpose The administration of an acute care hospital invites the owner of local comprehensive rehabilitation facility to serve as a voting member on the hospital's areawide planning commission. In this way the hospital is