(TEST BANK) 250+ ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS & RATIONALES /
ALREADY GRADED A / 2025-2026.
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A small, rural hospital is ANS: A
part of an Accountable Care A Level 1 ACO has the least amount of financial risk and
Organization (ACO) and is requirements, but receives shared savings bonuses based on
achievement of benchmarks for quality measures and
designated as a Level 1
expenditures. Care coordination and minimum cash reserves
ACO. What is part of this standards are part of Level 2 ACO requirements. Level 3
designation? p. 2 a. ACOs have strict requirements for financial reporting.
Bonuses based on
achievement of
benchmarks
b. Care coordination
forchronic diseases
c. Standards for
minimumcash reserves
d. Strict requirements
forfinancial reporting
ANS: C
What was an important
As part of the 2014 survey, the Advisory Board learned that
finding of the Advisory Board
patients desired 24/7 access to care, walk-in settings and
survey of 2014 about primary the ability to be seen within 30 minutes, and care that is
care preferences of patients? close to home. Associations with hospitals, costs of care,
p. and the ratio of providers to patients were not part of these
2 results.
a. Associations with
areahospitals
b. Costs of
,ambulatorycare
c. Ease of access to care
d. The ratio of providers
topatients
Which assessments of care ANS: A, B, D
providers are performed as Value-based purchasing looks at five domain areas of
part of the value-based processes of care, including efficiency of care (cost per case),
experience of care (patient satisfaction measures), and
purchasing
outcomes of care (mortality rates for certain conditions).
(VBP) initiative? (Select all Evaluation of evidence to guide clinical care is part of
that apply.) p. 1 evidence-based practice. The requirements for IT standards
a. Appraising costs and financial status are part of Accountable Care
Organization standards
percase of care for Medicare
patients
b. Assessing
patients'satisfaction with
hospital care
c. Evaluating
availableevidence to guide
clinical care guidelines
d. Monitoring
mortalityrates of all patients
with
pneumonia
e. Requiring advanced
ITstandards and minimum
cash reserves
, ANS: C
Level II research is concerned with describing the
What is the purpose of
relationships among characteristics or variables. Level I
Level II research? p. 6 research is conducted to define the characteristics of groups
a. To define of patients. Level II research evaluates the nature of the
characteristicsof interest of relationships between variables. Level IV research is
groups of patients conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of
interventions or treatments.
b. To demonstrate
theeffectiveness of an
intervention or treatment c.
To describe relationships
among characteristics or
variables d. To evaluate the
nature of relationships
between two variables
, Which is the most ANS: B
appropriate research The experimental design is the most appropriate design
design for a Level III for a Level III study. Epidemiological studies are
appropriate for Level II studies. Qualitative designs are
research study? p. 6
useful for Level I studies. Randomized clinical trials are
a. Epidemiological studies used for Level IV studies.
b. Experimental design
c. Qualitative studies
d. Randomized clinical
trials
ANS: C
Clinical research trials are concerned with determining the
What is the purpose of safety and effectiveness of interventions. Adoption of
clinical research trials in the interventions and practices is part of clinical
implementation. Determination of the basis of disease and
spectrum of translational
treatment options is part of the preclinical research phase.
research? p. 6 a. Adoption of Exploration of the fundamental mechanisms of biology,
interventions and clinical disease, or behavior is part of the basic research stage.
practices into routine clinical
care
b. Determination of the
basis of disease and various
treatment options c.
Examination of safety and
effectiveness of various
interventions d. Exploration
of fundamental mechanisms
of biology, disease, or
behavior