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ACHE'S BOARD OF GOVERNORS EXAM QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS FOR GUARANTEED SUCCESS
What is an important advantage of physician participation in Independent Practice
Associations (IPAs) versus other affiliation arrangements with HMOs?
1.IPA arrangements normally pay physicians better than staff or group model
arrangements.
2.Physicians participating in IPAs can limit their dependence on any single HMO.
3.IPA arrangements avoid the serious tensions that arise between primary care
and specialty physicians.
.IPAs rarely use utilization management mechanisms like primary care gatekeeping
and preadmission certification. -correct-answer-2.
The point-of-service product is the fastest growing managed care product in the
contemporary marketplace because:
1.It allows consumers to place a direct value on how important provider choice is
to them.
2.The product is less costly for Managed Care Organizations (MCOs), employers,
and employees.
3.Managed Care Organization (MCO) utilization management systems are so well
developed that they can affod to let people go out of the network without any
increase in costs.
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4.Primary care physicians prefer to have their patients seek specialty care without
referrals -correct-answer-1.
The agency normally responsible for regulation of the financial solvency and
subscriber regulations of HMOs is the:
1.U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
2.State insurance commission/department.
3.Medicaid agency/department.
4.Department of Taxation. -correct-answer-2.
Many hospitals develop affiliations with college-based nursing education
programs to:
1.Improve the image of the hospital in the community.
2.Improve access to qualified graduates.
3.Provide financial support to higher education.
4.Gain the services of low-cost trainees. -correct-answer-2.
The critical-incidents technique of employee performance appraisal requires
raters to:
ACHE'S BOARD OF GOVERNORS EXAM QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS FOR GUARANTEED SUCCESS
What is an important advantage of physician participation in Independent Practice
Associations (IPAs) versus other affiliation arrangements with HMOs?
1.IPA arrangements normally pay physicians better than staff or group model
arrangements.
2.Physicians participating in IPAs can limit their dependence on any single HMO.
3.IPA arrangements avoid the serious tensions that arise between primary care
and specialty physicians.
.IPAs rarely use utilization management mechanisms like primary care gatekeeping
and preadmission certification. -correct-answer-2.
The point-of-service product is the fastest growing managed care product in the
contemporary marketplace because:
1.It allows consumers to place a direct value on how important provider choice is
to them.
2.The product is less costly for Managed Care Organizations (MCOs), employers,
and employees.
3.Managed Care Organization (MCO) utilization management systems are so well
developed that they can affod to let people go out of the network without any
increase in costs.
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4.Primary care physicians prefer to have their patients seek specialty care without
referrals -correct-answer-1.
The agency normally responsible for regulation of the financial solvency and
subscriber regulations of HMOs is the:
1.U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
2.State insurance commission/department.
3.Medicaid agency/department.
4.Department of Taxation. -correct-answer-2.
Many hospitals develop affiliations with college-based nursing education
programs to:
1.Improve the image of the hospital in the community.
2.Improve access to qualified graduates.
3.Provide financial support to higher education.
4.Gain the services of low-cost trainees. -correct-answer-2.
The critical-incidents technique of employee performance appraisal requires
raters to:
