ACHE BOG SAMPLE TEST(2024-2025.QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.
Who has the primary responsibility to assure and maintain the
integrity and security of electronic data in an HCO
A) the IT steering committee
B) the IT department
C) the CIO
D) the Safety and Security department - <<<Answers>>>B
Which of the following activities is illegal for tax exempt
healthcare organizations
A) allowing an employee to testify before a legislative body
regarding pending decisions that would affect the organization
B) lobbying members of Congress for healthcare reform
C) endorsing a candidate for public office
D) Sponsoring a political action committee and a for-profit
subsidiary - <<<Answers>>>C
Which statement best describes the status of health
organizations under antitrust law?
A) The medical staff appointments are exempt from antitrust
litigation
B) they are subject to antitrust law relative to price-fixing and
boycotts
C) they are exempt from most anti-trust principles because
they are charitable
,ACHE BOG SAMPLE TEST(2024-2025.QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.
D) they are subject to antitrust law just as any other industry -
<<<Answers>>>D
Which of the following best summarizes the legal status of the
physician-patient relationship?
A) it is based on an expressed or implied contract, from which
certain elements of duty arise
B) it is based on acceptance of remuneration for services
rendered unless chair to care is designated
C) it has no legal status and that it is a private business
relationship, unless the patient is a Medicare beneficiary
D) it is governed by the hospital or health systems medical
staff bylaws - <<<Answers>>>A
A major advantage of capitation for primary care gate keepers
is that it
A) guarantees primary care physicians will make more money
than they ever made in the fee-for-service environment
B) encourages primary care physicians to be more judicious in
their referrals to specialists
C) elevate the primary care physician's status in the eyes of
his patients
D) Makes it easier for health plans to collect utilization data
from physicians - <<<Answers>>>B
,ACHE BOG SAMPLE TEST(2024-2025.QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.
Bundled pricing (paying a single fee for all services) for such
services as total hip replacement or coronary artery bypass
surgery effects physician-hospital relationships by:
A) reducing the need to devote administrative effort to
measuring outcomes and performance indicators
B) putting the physician and hospital at odds with one another
over the distribution of fees
C) promoting efforts to collaborate and integrate efforts to
provide for efficient care
D) guaranteeing that only top-quality physicians will be
allowed to participate in such programs - <<<Answers>>>C
A healthcare executive is serving on the board of a
community mental health center. The mental health center
board is evaluating proposals for inpatient psychiatric
services. Proposals were received from the executive's facility
and other facilities. The healthcare executive should:
A) participate in the discussion and the vote if the benefit to
the community outweigh the possible conflicts of interest
B) not participate in the discussion or the vote
C) declare a potential conflict of interest an excuse herself
from participating in both the discussion and a vote
D) participate in the discussion but not the vote on the
proposals - <<<Answers>>>D
, ACHE BOG SAMPLE TEST(2024-2025.QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.
What is the primary reason for conducting continuing
education for staff
A) staff will think the organization cares about them
B) there are significant short-term operating efficiencies
C) it is a long-term commitment to the patient
D) The Joint Commission and the NCQA require it -
<<<Answers>>>C
What is the first effect of demographic trends on a health
service organizations strategic planning process
A) Appraising financing sources and payment levels for
programs
B) establishing future staff by type in estimating staffing
levels
C) determining the locations of delivery units for the next
period
D) Determining the range and types of services to be offered -
<<<Answers>>>D
Managers who use their authority to greatly enhance their
salaries, benefits, and accoutrements of office may be causing
a disbenefit to patients. This personal aggrandizement is
known as self-dealing and can:
A) Be seen mostly in for profit HMOs
B) occur only in for profit organizations
ANSWERS.
Who has the primary responsibility to assure and maintain the
integrity and security of electronic data in an HCO
A) the IT steering committee
B) the IT department
C) the CIO
D) the Safety and Security department - <<<Answers>>>B
Which of the following activities is illegal for tax exempt
healthcare organizations
A) allowing an employee to testify before a legislative body
regarding pending decisions that would affect the organization
B) lobbying members of Congress for healthcare reform
C) endorsing a candidate for public office
D) Sponsoring a political action committee and a for-profit
subsidiary - <<<Answers>>>C
Which statement best describes the status of health
organizations under antitrust law?
A) The medical staff appointments are exempt from antitrust
litigation
B) they are subject to antitrust law relative to price-fixing and
boycotts
C) they are exempt from most anti-trust principles because
they are charitable
,ACHE BOG SAMPLE TEST(2024-2025.QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.
D) they are subject to antitrust law just as any other industry -
<<<Answers>>>D
Which of the following best summarizes the legal status of the
physician-patient relationship?
A) it is based on an expressed or implied contract, from which
certain elements of duty arise
B) it is based on acceptance of remuneration for services
rendered unless chair to care is designated
C) it has no legal status and that it is a private business
relationship, unless the patient is a Medicare beneficiary
D) it is governed by the hospital or health systems medical
staff bylaws - <<<Answers>>>A
A major advantage of capitation for primary care gate keepers
is that it
A) guarantees primary care physicians will make more money
than they ever made in the fee-for-service environment
B) encourages primary care physicians to be more judicious in
their referrals to specialists
C) elevate the primary care physician's status in the eyes of
his patients
D) Makes it easier for health plans to collect utilization data
from physicians - <<<Answers>>>B
,ACHE BOG SAMPLE TEST(2024-2025.QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.
Bundled pricing (paying a single fee for all services) for such
services as total hip replacement or coronary artery bypass
surgery effects physician-hospital relationships by:
A) reducing the need to devote administrative effort to
measuring outcomes and performance indicators
B) putting the physician and hospital at odds with one another
over the distribution of fees
C) promoting efforts to collaborate and integrate efforts to
provide for efficient care
D) guaranteeing that only top-quality physicians will be
allowed to participate in such programs - <<<Answers>>>C
A healthcare executive is serving on the board of a
community mental health center. The mental health center
board is evaluating proposals for inpatient psychiatric
services. Proposals were received from the executive's facility
and other facilities. The healthcare executive should:
A) participate in the discussion and the vote if the benefit to
the community outweigh the possible conflicts of interest
B) not participate in the discussion or the vote
C) declare a potential conflict of interest an excuse herself
from participating in both the discussion and a vote
D) participate in the discussion but not the vote on the
proposals - <<<Answers>>>D
, ACHE BOG SAMPLE TEST(2024-2025.QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.
What is the primary reason for conducting continuing
education for staff
A) staff will think the organization cares about them
B) there are significant short-term operating efficiencies
C) it is a long-term commitment to the patient
D) The Joint Commission and the NCQA require it -
<<<Answers>>>C
What is the first effect of demographic trends on a health
service organizations strategic planning process
A) Appraising financing sources and payment levels for
programs
B) establishing future staff by type in estimating staffing
levels
C) determining the locations of delivery units for the next
period
D) Determining the range and types of services to be offered -
<<<Answers>>>D
Managers who use their authority to greatly enhance their
salaries, benefits, and accoutrements of office may be causing
a disbenefit to patients. This personal aggrandizement is
known as self-dealing and can:
A) Be seen mostly in for profit HMOs
B) occur only in for profit organizations
