FACHE Practice Test

FACHE Practice Test According to ACHE's Code of Ethics, one way that healtcare executives can avoid or minimoze the negative implications of conflict of interest - Make the conflict known to those in superior positions The principles of quality improvement require that healthcare exectutive change their management philosophy from - Finding fault with employees to finding problems in processes What type of problems arises when a healthcare executive knowingly allows the organization to continue double billing - An actual conflict of interest, even absent a direct economic benefit to the healthcare exective Which of the following is a unit of measure commonly used it determine physicians' clinical productivity - Relative Value Units (RVUs) Which of the following third-party reimbursement methods provides the largest financial incentives for the provider to reduce cost - Prospective payment (PPS)-Medicare payment based on predetermined-fixed amount Statements of earnings, financial positions, changes in financial position and retained earnings are required to be submitted yearly by all - Publicly owned healthcare organizations Which of the following is an example of a capital expenditure - A building with a useful like of 20 years What is the correct order of stages for accomplishing organizational change - Identifying, planning, implementation, evaluation Boards make better strategic decisions of they use information that is - Focused on measurable outcomes of service quality and economic a validity The central role of the health services organization's board includes all of the following - Support in managing important service programs of departments the first role of the governing body is to - Set objectives and develop policy to guide the organization in ache ing its mission Internal members of the healthcare organization's governing body - Often include the CEO, medical director, and CFO In assessing the advantage of using a focus group over a survey in evaluating a program, one could say that focus groups: - Are more useful in designing improvements to a program From a marketing viewpoint, the development of standards of practice, clinical pathways, clinical guidelines and protocols can all be viewed as efforts to deal with which unique aspect of delivering services - Heterogeneity What purpose do market plans fulfill for the healthcare organization - Provide specific objectives for utilization attainment the next fiscal year The five functions of marketing are - Identifying markets, promoting the organization, managing external relationship, convincing patients to select the organization, attracting capable workers Forecasting organizational need for human resources by focusing on specific position openings that are likely to occur and using these for planning called - Demand-pull approach A health services organization should use which of the following sequential processes to help establish human resources objectives and policies - Analyze the current HR situation, forecast HR demand, reconcile with the budget, forecast supply Probability models that forecast the internal