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Chapter 1: The Evolving Landscape of Collaborative
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Test Bank
Practice
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Multiple
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1. Which assessments of care providers are performed as part of the Value Based
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Purchasing initiative?
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c. Evaluating available evidence to guide clinical care guidelines
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d. Monitoring mortality rates of all patients with pneumonia
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e. Requiring advanced IT standards and minimum cash reserves
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ANS: A, B, D v v vv vv
Value Based Purchasing looks at five domain areas of processes of care, including
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efficiency of care (cost per case), experience of care (patient satisfaction measures), and
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outcomes of care (mortality rates for certain conditions. Evaluation of evidence to guide
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clinical care is part of evidence-based practice. The requirements for IT standards and
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financial status are part of Accountable
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Based Purchasing
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2. What was an important finding of the Advisory Board survey of 2014 about
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primary care preferences of patients?
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a. Associations with area hospitals v v vv vv
b. Costs of ambulatory care vv vv v v
c. Ease of access to care vv vv vv vv
d. The ratio of providers to patients
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As part of the 2014 survey, the Advisory Board learned that patients desired 24/7 access to
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care, walk-in settings and the ability to be seen within 30 minutes, and care that is close
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to home. Associations with hospitals, costs of care, and the ratio of providers to patients
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were not part of these results. REF: The New Look of Primary Care
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3. A small, rural hospital is part of an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) and is
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designated as a Level 1 ACO. What is part of this designation?
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a. Bonuses based on achievement of benchmarks vv vv vv v v vv
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b. Care coordination for chronic diseases
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c. Standards for minimum cash reserves
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d. Strict requirements for financial reporting
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ANS: A v v
A Level 1 ACO has the least amount of financial risk and requirements, but receives
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shared savings bonuses based on achievement of benchmarks for quality measures and
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expenditures. Care coordination and minimum cash reserves standards are part of Level 2
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ACO requirements. Level 3 ACOs have strict requirements for financial reporting. REF:
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Accountable Care Organizations
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5th Ed.
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Chapter 2: Transitional Care
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Choice
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1. To reduce adverse events associated with care transitions, the Centers for
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Medicare and Medicaid Service have implemented which policy?
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a. Mandates for communication among primary caregivers and hospitalists
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b. Penalties for failure to perform medication reconciliations at time of discharge
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c. Reduction of payments for patients readmitted within 30 days after discharge
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d. Requirements for written discharge instructions for patients and caregivers
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ANS: C v v
As a component of the Affordable Care Act, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
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Service developed the Readmissions Reduction Program reducing payments for certain
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patients readmitted within 30 days of discharge. The CMS did not mandate
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communication, institute penalties for failure to perform medication reconciliations, or
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require written discharge instructions. REF: Transitional Care
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2. According to Naylor’s transitional care model, which intervention has resulted in
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lower costs and fewer rehospitalizations in high-risk older patients?
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a. Coordination of post-hospital care by advanced practice nurses
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b. Frequent post-hospital clinic visits with a primary care provider
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c. Inclusion of extended family members in the outpatient plan of care
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d. Telephone follow up by the pharmacist to assess medication compliance
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ANS: A v v
Naylor’s transitional care model provided evidence that high risk older patients who had
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post- hospital care coordinated by an APN had reduced rehospitalization rates. It did not
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include clinic visits with a primary care provider, inclusion of extended family members in
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the plan of care, or telephone follow up by a pharmacist. REF: Transitional Care
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3. Which approaches are among those recommended by the Agency for Healthcare
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Research and Quality to improve health literacy in patients?
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Select all that apply. vv vv vv
a. Empowering patients and families v v vv vv
b. Giving written handouts for all teaching
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