FACHE Exam Study Guide (Latest Update) Questions and
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Sarbanes Oxley
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
1993: law requiring covered employers to provide employees with job-protected and unpaid leave for
qualified medical family reasons
Purpose of any HCO
to provide care to individual patients and is usually stated in organization's "mission"
Population Health
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
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
Patient care teams coordinated around a set of similar diseases or patient needs
Premise of a Healthy Community
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
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
Patient-centered care
care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient preferences, needs and values and
involving patients and families in care planning and decision making
Fiscal intermediaries
Outside contractor that processes claims for US government programs such as medicare and medicaid
and provide most of the revenue to HCOs, making them essential stakeholders
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Sarbanes Oxley
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
1993: law requiring covered employers to provide employees with job-protected and unpaid leave for
qualified medical family reasons
Purpose of any HCO
to provide care to individual patients and is usually stated in organization's "mission"
Population Health
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
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
Patient care teams coordinated around a set of similar diseases or patient needs
Premise of a Healthy Community
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
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
Patient-centered care
care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient preferences, needs and values and
involving patients and families in care planning and decision making
Fiscal intermediaries
Outside contractor that processes claims for US government programs such as medicare and medicaid
and provide most of the revenue to HCOs, making them essential stakeholders
