WGU C432 Pre- assessment Questions and Answers Graded A+

A home health agency provides care primarily to Medicare consumers. The agency is considering expanding the range of services offered. What is one reason this agency would be considering this strategy? To diversity its payer mix To open a second location To increase professional staff To add electronic health records To diversify its payer mix A hospital's chief executive officer (CEO) suddenly becomes critically ill at a pivotal stage of the hospital's building a new wing due to open in one month. The board decided to activate the succession plan. Why would the hospital have initiated this strategy? To be able to market the expansion To assure expenditures are on budget To ensure that the new wing opens on time To provide stability in hospital leadership To provide stability in hospital leadership A hospital board has expressed concerns about the hospital's high nurse turnover rates. To address the issue leadership has made a number of changes. The HR department has developed a plan to offset this concern by proposing the following goals: Decrease patient-to-nurse ratios by 20% Improve employee satisfaction in the radiology departmen