HCD FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
What website can you visit to compare patient-reported hospital scores specifically for
how well pain was controlled and whether or not the staff did their best? - Answer -
CMS (www.medicare.gov/hospital-compare)
The 1949 Hill Burton Act resulted in? - Answer --significant increases in the number of
hospitals, and hospital beds
Characteristics of nonprofit and non-for-profit - Answer --most hospitals are of this type
-they do not pay property taxes
-they do not pay corporate income taxes
-they do make profits and reinvest into the hospital, the shareholders do not gain any
profit money
A hospital buys a LTC and a physician group practice. This type of acquisition is an
example of expansion of what type? - Answer -Vertical integration
Roles of the P&T committee - Answer --cost control and management of the hospital
budget
-review new medications to effectiveness and value
-define step management and PA requirements for specific agents
340B consequences - Answer --increased utilization of extremely expensive drug
agents despite some limited marginal benefit over older, less expensive agents
-expansion of health systems services into wealthy neighborhoods rather than more
needy patients whom the original law was intended for
-paving the way for health systems pharmacists to contribute to the maximization of
health system revenues
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - Answer -does not accredit
hospitals
To maximize revenue, hospitals ___1____ services to increase payments based on the
current system of ___2___ reimbursements - Answer -1. Unbundle
2. Diagnosis-related groups (drgs)
What assists health system pharmacists in reducing medication errors? - Answer --
EMR
-Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE)
-emar
-Unit dose medications
What does the Disproportionate Share Hospital adjustment reflect? - Answer -the
proportion of hospitalized patients who are low income
What website can you visit to compare patient-reported hospital scores specifically for
how well pain was controlled and whether or not the staff did their best? - Answer -
CMS (www.medicare.gov/hospital-compare)
The 1949 Hill Burton Act resulted in? - Answer --significant increases in the number of
hospitals, and hospital beds
Characteristics of nonprofit and non-for-profit - Answer --most hospitals are of this type
-they do not pay property taxes
-they do not pay corporate income taxes
-they do make profits and reinvest into the hospital, the shareholders do not gain any
profit money
A hospital buys a LTC and a physician group practice. This type of acquisition is an
example of expansion of what type? - Answer -Vertical integration
Roles of the P&T committee - Answer --cost control and management of the hospital
budget
-review new medications to effectiveness and value
-define step management and PA requirements for specific agents
340B consequences - Answer --increased utilization of extremely expensive drug
agents despite some limited marginal benefit over older, less expensive agents
-expansion of health systems services into wealthy neighborhoods rather than more
needy patients whom the original law was intended for
-paving the way for health systems pharmacists to contribute to the maximization of
health system revenues
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - Answer -does not accredit
hospitals
To maximize revenue, hospitals ___1____ services to increase payments based on the
current system of ___2___ reimbursements - Answer -1. Unbundle
2. Diagnosis-related groups (drgs)
What assists health system pharmacists in reducing medication errors? - Answer --
EMR
-Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE)
-emar
-Unit dose medications
What does the Disproportionate Share Hospital adjustment reflect? - Answer -the
proportion of hospitalized patients who are low income
