COPE HEALTH SCHOLARS WRITTEN EXAM, TEST
EXAM, PRACTICE EXAM AND STUDY GUIDE NEWEST
2024 ACTUAL EXAM 140 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
what is the mandatory steps when reporting an injury or incident? - CORRECT ANSWER-1. report any
injury or incident to the charge nurse on your unit
2. if injury: seek treatment at employee health or, after hours, at the emergency room
3. Page on-call program manager immediately (before leaving site after shift) (888) 248-2914
What is the correct number to dial to report an incident to the program manager via the emergency
pager line? - CORRECT ANSWER-(888) 248-2914 (provide name & site location & purpose)
- if any questions arise contact program manager
what is accreditation - CORRECT ANSWER-process of review and validation in which an organization is
evaluated
(required by Joint Commission)
What are are big 3 health care accrediting agencies? - CORRECT ANSWER-- The Joint Commission (2018
national patient safety goals)
- DNV GL (NIAHO accreditation program)
- Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP)
Health Facilities Accreditation Program has... - CORRECT ANSWER-- Voluntary specialty certifications
- On-site surveys
> Common questions
> Health Scholar roles in a TJC/DNV survey
What are the stakeholders of health services delivery? - CORRECT ANSWER-Providers:
people/organizations involved with direct delivery of healthcare services (ex. Hospitals, clinics, Home
health, physicians)
,Payers:
> Government (Medicare/Medicaid)
> Private: (Preferred Provider Org. (PPO) & Health maintenance Org. (HMO))
> Un-insured: (pay out of pocket)
Regulators:
> Policy (Government agencies, Volunteer organizations)
>Compliance (Accrediting Agencies; Joint Commission)
Consumers:
> Patients (in/outpatients, Ambulatory)
>Goods (education, screening, medication, public health)
Health Care Reform - CORRECT ANSWER-president making a priority to repeal ACA
- multiple attempts to repeal the ACA have been made since president trump's inauguration
Examples of health care reform - CORRECT ANSWER-- American Health Care Act (AHCA) (~52 million
Americans would be left un-insured by 2026)
- Better Care Reconciliation Act(BCRA) (~49 million americans left un-insured by 2026)
- Obamacare Repeal Reconciliation Act (ORCA) (~ 60 million left un-insured by 2026)
- Amended BCRA (~ 49 million left un-insured by 2026)
- Health Care Freedom Act "Skinny Bill" (~ 44 million left un-insured by 2026)
Affordable Care Act (ACA); "Obamacare" - CORRECT ANSWER-developed to reduce the cost of health
insurance coverage for people who qualify for it.
- includes: premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions
> helps lower expenses for lower-income individuals/families
, What is key for the Affordable Care Act? - CORRECT ANSWER-- Improve quality and efficiency of
healthcare
- Quality, affordable health coverage for all Americans
- Prevention of chronic diseases
- Expands public programs
- healthcare workforce
What rapidly declined with the implication of the Affordable Care Act? - CORRECT ANSWER-Un-insured
rates
Health Care Today - CORRECT ANSWER-Money is put into intensive care>Non-Acute/specialty
care>Primary & preventive care
- wait until people get sick then spend most of the money on treatments
Health Care tomorrow - CORRECT ANSWER-Money is put into Primary & preventive care>Non-
Acute/specialty> intensive care
- Promote prevention and education to prevent individuals from getting sick in the first place
What are some trending health care issues? - CORRECT ANSWER-Collaboration and consolidation:
reductions in traditional hospitals subsidies for treating underserved populations such as the uninsured,
Medicaid and Medicare patients.
Providers: Hospitals having to pay for performance provisions in the of the ACA
Regulators: MACRA is transformative legislation powering the APM discussion and moving the health
care system away from traditional fee-for-service model
IT Functionality: Advertised benefits of EMR interoperability and efficiencies have not been realized at
the expanded rate
HIPAA stand for and purpose? - CORRECT ANSWER-Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
purpose: to protect the unauthorized disclosure of patient health info
EXAM, PRACTICE EXAM AND STUDY GUIDE NEWEST
2024 ACTUAL EXAM 140 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
what is the mandatory steps when reporting an injury or incident? - CORRECT ANSWER-1. report any
injury or incident to the charge nurse on your unit
2. if injury: seek treatment at employee health or, after hours, at the emergency room
3. Page on-call program manager immediately (before leaving site after shift) (888) 248-2914
What is the correct number to dial to report an incident to the program manager via the emergency
pager line? - CORRECT ANSWER-(888) 248-2914 (provide name & site location & purpose)
- if any questions arise contact program manager
what is accreditation - CORRECT ANSWER-process of review and validation in which an organization is
evaluated
(required by Joint Commission)
What are are big 3 health care accrediting agencies? - CORRECT ANSWER-- The Joint Commission (2018
national patient safety goals)
- DNV GL (NIAHO accreditation program)
- Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP)
Health Facilities Accreditation Program has... - CORRECT ANSWER-- Voluntary specialty certifications
- On-site surveys
> Common questions
> Health Scholar roles in a TJC/DNV survey
What are the stakeholders of health services delivery? - CORRECT ANSWER-Providers:
people/organizations involved with direct delivery of healthcare services (ex. Hospitals, clinics, Home
health, physicians)
,Payers:
> Government (Medicare/Medicaid)
> Private: (Preferred Provider Org. (PPO) & Health maintenance Org. (HMO))
> Un-insured: (pay out of pocket)
Regulators:
> Policy (Government agencies, Volunteer organizations)
>Compliance (Accrediting Agencies; Joint Commission)
Consumers:
> Patients (in/outpatients, Ambulatory)
>Goods (education, screening, medication, public health)
Health Care Reform - CORRECT ANSWER-president making a priority to repeal ACA
- multiple attempts to repeal the ACA have been made since president trump's inauguration
Examples of health care reform - CORRECT ANSWER-- American Health Care Act (AHCA) (~52 million
Americans would be left un-insured by 2026)
- Better Care Reconciliation Act(BCRA) (~49 million americans left un-insured by 2026)
- Obamacare Repeal Reconciliation Act (ORCA) (~ 60 million left un-insured by 2026)
- Amended BCRA (~ 49 million left un-insured by 2026)
- Health Care Freedom Act "Skinny Bill" (~ 44 million left un-insured by 2026)
Affordable Care Act (ACA); "Obamacare" - CORRECT ANSWER-developed to reduce the cost of health
insurance coverage for people who qualify for it.
- includes: premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions
> helps lower expenses for lower-income individuals/families
, What is key for the Affordable Care Act? - CORRECT ANSWER-- Improve quality and efficiency of
healthcare
- Quality, affordable health coverage for all Americans
- Prevention of chronic diseases
- Expands public programs
- healthcare workforce
What rapidly declined with the implication of the Affordable Care Act? - CORRECT ANSWER-Un-insured
rates
Health Care Today - CORRECT ANSWER-Money is put into intensive care>Non-Acute/specialty
care>Primary & preventive care
- wait until people get sick then spend most of the money on treatments
Health Care tomorrow - CORRECT ANSWER-Money is put into Primary & preventive care>Non-
Acute/specialty> intensive care
- Promote prevention and education to prevent individuals from getting sick in the first place
What are some trending health care issues? - CORRECT ANSWER-Collaboration and consolidation:
reductions in traditional hospitals subsidies for treating underserved populations such as the uninsured,
Medicaid and Medicare patients.
Providers: Hospitals having to pay for performance provisions in the of the ACA
Regulators: MACRA is transformative legislation powering the APM discussion and moving the health
care system away from traditional fee-for-service model
IT Functionality: Advertised benefits of EMR interoperability and efficiencies have not been realized at
the expanded rate
HIPAA stand for and purpose? - CORRECT ANSWER-Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
purpose: to protect the unauthorized disclosure of patient health info
