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Which piece of legislation established a new set of standards for corporate responsibility? a.
sarbanes-oxley act united states patriot act foreign corrupt practices act
stark law ✔✔a. sarbanes-oxley act
Sarbanes-oxley act was passed after a series of high-profile financial scandals in early 2000s to
protect shareholders, improving corporate governance and accountability setting new set of
standards for corporate responsibility.
According to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which of the following factors could increase
the punishment of an organization?
obstruction of justice violation
of direct court order prior
history of violations
all of the above ✔✔d. all of the above
These are aggravating factors that increase the culpability score under the FSG. See FSG chapter
8-C2.5 https://guidelines.ussc.gov/gl/%C2%A78C2.5
,When a hospital official notes that most errors are occurring at the "sharp end" she means that: a.
they involve surgical tools or knives
they occur in clusters they occur during the interactions between
caregivers and patients
they are most likely to occur during busy periods ✔✔c. they occur during the interactions
between caregivers and patients.
The "sharp end" and "blunt end" are used by quality management professionals to describe areas
of practice.
"Sharp end" is all of the operations that involve direct contact with patient/client/customer.
"Blunt end" is all actions that take place outside awareness of patient/client/customer.
The majority of fraud and abuse violations relate to irregularities in: a. treatment
diagnosis billing
scheduling ✔✔c. billing
Which of the following words best describe the approach to punishment of the Federal
Sentencing Guidelines: case-specific draconian consistent
, remedial ✔✔a. case-specific
FSG takes numerous factors into account when determining punishment. The range of penalties
that may be applied to a given violation is broad, and organizations may affect the severity of
their punishment with their actions subsequent to the violation
Which of the following groups may request information from the Healthcare Integrity and
Protection Data Bank? professional societies with formal peer review quality
improvements organizations plaintiff's attorneys
state agencies ✔✔d. state agencies
Other groups may include federal government, health plans, healthcare practitioners. Researchers
are only allowed to obtain statistical data form the data bank.
Research suggests that the largest proportions of adverse events attributable to negligence occur
in the: post-trauma unit surgery unit maternity unit
emergency unit ✔✔d. emergency unit
According to title II of HIPAA, disclosure of Protected Health Information related to which of
the following actions requires the patient's express written authorization?
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Which piece of legislation established a new set of standards for corporate responsibility? a.
sarbanes-oxley act united states patriot act foreign corrupt practices act
stark law ✔✔a. sarbanes-oxley act
Sarbanes-oxley act was passed after a series of high-profile financial scandals in early 2000s to
protect shareholders, improving corporate governance and accountability setting new set of
standards for corporate responsibility.
According to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which of the following factors could increase
the punishment of an organization?
obstruction of justice violation
of direct court order prior
history of violations
all of the above ✔✔d. all of the above
These are aggravating factors that increase the culpability score under the FSG. See FSG chapter
8-C2.5 https://guidelines.ussc.gov/gl/%C2%A78C2.5
,When a hospital official notes that most errors are occurring at the "sharp end" she means that: a.
they involve surgical tools or knives
they occur in clusters they occur during the interactions between
caregivers and patients
they are most likely to occur during busy periods ✔✔c. they occur during the interactions
between caregivers and patients.
The "sharp end" and "blunt end" are used by quality management professionals to describe areas
of practice.
"Sharp end" is all of the operations that involve direct contact with patient/client/customer.
"Blunt end" is all actions that take place outside awareness of patient/client/customer.
The majority of fraud and abuse violations relate to irregularities in: a. treatment
diagnosis billing
scheduling ✔✔c. billing
Which of the following words best describe the approach to punishment of the Federal
Sentencing Guidelines: case-specific draconian consistent
, remedial ✔✔a. case-specific
FSG takes numerous factors into account when determining punishment. The range of penalties
that may be applied to a given violation is broad, and organizations may affect the severity of
their punishment with their actions subsequent to the violation
Which of the following groups may request information from the Healthcare Integrity and
Protection Data Bank? professional societies with formal peer review quality
improvements organizations plaintiff's attorneys
state agencies ✔✔d. state agencies
Other groups may include federal government, health plans, healthcare practitioners. Researchers
are only allowed to obtain statistical data form the data bank.
Research suggests that the largest proportions of adverse events attributable to negligence occur
in the: post-trauma unit surgery unit maternity unit
emergency unit ✔✔d. emergency unit
According to title II of HIPAA, disclosure of Protected Health Information related to which of
the following actions requires the patient's express written authorization?
