QUESTIONS 2025: LAWS AND REGULATIONS
A joint venture laboratory owned by a hospital and physicians on its medical staff
would probably be in violation of fraud and abuse laws if it were to:
A) Market its services to both investors and non investors
B) Offer ownership shares at the same price to the referrers and non referrers
C) Require investors to refer business to it
D) Protect the public's economic interest
- answer-c) Require investors to refer business to it
A non-legitimate reasons to release
Information from a patient's medical
Record is when:
A) Subpoenaed by a court order
B) Requested by the spouse or next of kin
C) The patient becomes incompetent
D) Reporting statistics for a research project
- answer-b) Requested by the spouse or next of kin
A privilege of confidentiality exists in a physician-
Patient relationship when the physician-
Acquired information is:
A) Documented in the patient's medical records
B) Substantiated by the patient's nurse
C) Related to the care and treatment of the
Patient
D) Confirmed and documented by the patient
- answer-c) Related to the care and treatment of the patient
In general, courts exhibit what attitude regarding controversies over medical staff
privileges?
, A) Human lives are at stake and the courts must intervene to protect physicians'
rights to save those lives
B) If the decision were supported by reasonable evidence, courts will not substitute
their judgment for that of the hospital board
C) Hospitals must not be permitted to interfere with the doctor-patient relationship
D) Courts may not entertain suits regarding medical staff privileges
- answer-b) If the decision were supported by reasonable evidence, courts will not
substitute their judgment for that of the hospital board
In the past, hospitals have been less
Effective in lobbying than physicians
Because:
A) Legislators like physicians more
B) Physicians have better lobbyists
C) The law prevents hospitals from lobbying
D) Hospitals don't vote
- answer-d) Hospitals don't vote
Incident reports should be initiated by:
A) A member of the medical/professional staff or
By an employee
B) Any person with direct patient-care
Responsibilities
C) The department director or supervisor
D) The risk/manager/quality assurance
Coordinator
- answer-a) A member of the medical/professional staff or
By an employee
Ownership and control of medical records associated with hospital delivered
services rests with the:
A) Hospital
B) Physician
C) Patient
D) Insurer
- answer-a) Hospital