CCM PRACTICE ABI QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
1.Case management facilitates the achievement of client wellness and au-
tonomy through advocacy, assessment, planning, communication,
education, resource management, and service facilitation.
The case managers primary function is:
A) Care coordination
B) Cost containment
C) Outcomes management
D) Education:
ANS A) Care coordination
The case manager links clients with appropriate providers and resources
throughout the continuum of health and human services and care
settings, while ensuring that the care provided is safe, effective, client-
centered, timely, efficient, and equitable. This approach achieves
optimum value and desirable outcomes for all—the clients, their support
systems, the providers, and the payers. All four are case management
functions, but the primary function the case manager is coordination of
care.
2.Which of the following psychiatric disabilities is not protected by the
,Amer- icans with Disabilities Act?
A) Manic depression
B) Pyromania
C) Depression
D) Anxiety:
ANS B) Pyromania
Rationale: The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits workplace
discrimination against individuals with, or with a history of, psychiatric
disabilities not controlled by medication. It does not, however, protect
criminal diagnoses, such as pyromania or kleptomania.
3.Raising the height of a desk to provide access by a wheelchair is an
example of a:
A) Job modification
B) Job accommodation
C) Job restructuring
D) Building Modification:
ANS B) Job accommodation
Rationale:
Allowing an individual with a wheelchair to raise the height of their desk
to accommo- date the wheelchair is an example of a job accommodation
A job accommodation is
, focused on access for an individual. Other examples of job
accommodations include voice recognition software and braille
keyboards.
4.Your client is considering a viatical settlement to help cover medical
ex- penses. All of the following are true about viatical settlements except:
A) The patient will be required by law to continue making the premium on
the policy.
B) The money received from a viatical settlement is usually free from
federal income tax.
C) The money received from a viatical settlement may impact eligibility
for Medicaid.
D) There are no restrictions on how the money received from a viatical set-
tlement can be used.:
ANS A) The patient will be required by law to continue making the
premium on the policy
Rationale:
The purchasing party becomes the beneficiary and takes responsibility
for paying the premium. The money received from a viatical settlement
is usually free from federal income tax but may impact eligibility for
Medicaid. There are no restrictions on how the money received from a
viatical settlement can be used.
5.Case Management promotes what kind of outcomes?
ANSWERS
1.Case management facilitates the achievement of client wellness and au-
tonomy through advocacy, assessment, planning, communication,
education, resource management, and service facilitation.
The case managers primary function is:
A) Care coordination
B) Cost containment
C) Outcomes management
D) Education:
ANS A) Care coordination
The case manager links clients with appropriate providers and resources
throughout the continuum of health and human services and care
settings, while ensuring that the care provided is safe, effective, client-
centered, timely, efficient, and equitable. This approach achieves
optimum value and desirable outcomes for all—the clients, their support
systems, the providers, and the payers. All four are case management
functions, but the primary function the case manager is coordination of
care.
2.Which of the following psychiatric disabilities is not protected by the
,Amer- icans with Disabilities Act?
A) Manic depression
B) Pyromania
C) Depression
D) Anxiety:
ANS B) Pyromania
Rationale: The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits workplace
discrimination against individuals with, or with a history of, psychiatric
disabilities not controlled by medication. It does not, however, protect
criminal diagnoses, such as pyromania or kleptomania.
3.Raising the height of a desk to provide access by a wheelchair is an
example of a:
A) Job modification
B) Job accommodation
C) Job restructuring
D) Building Modification:
ANS B) Job accommodation
Rationale:
Allowing an individual with a wheelchair to raise the height of their desk
to accommo- date the wheelchair is an example of a job accommodation
A job accommodation is
, focused on access for an individual. Other examples of job
accommodations include voice recognition software and braille
keyboards.
4.Your client is considering a viatical settlement to help cover medical
ex- penses. All of the following are true about viatical settlements except:
A) The patient will be required by law to continue making the premium on
the policy.
B) The money received from a viatical settlement is usually free from
federal income tax.
C) The money received from a viatical settlement may impact eligibility
for Medicaid.
D) There are no restrictions on how the money received from a viatical set-
tlement can be used.:
ANS A) The patient will be required by law to continue making the
premium on the policy
Rationale:
The purchasing party becomes the beneficiary and takes responsibility
for paying the premium. The money received from a viatical settlement
is usually free from federal income tax but may impact eligibility for
Medicaid. There are no restrictions on how the money received from a
viatical settlement can be used.
5.Case Management promotes what kind of outcomes?
