ACHE BOG Sample Test EXAM 2024 | ACCURATE AND VERIFIED QUESTIONS
WITH DETAILED ANSWERS | LATEST UPDATE | GUARANTEED PASS
According to the Code of Ethics, one way executives can avoid or minimize negative
implications of conflict of interest is:
a) develop a PR plan to address conflict of interest scenarios
b) not participate in specific decisions where conflict may exist
c) ensure members submit annual holdings for inspection
d) make the conflict known to those in superior positions - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..D
Which segment of the healthcare delivery system is exclusively dedicated to terminally
ill patients
A) Trauma centers
B) tertiary care centers
C) hospice programs
D) pastoral care services - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..C
Emerging physician organizations are usually private for-profit corporations. In order to
gain not-for-profit status such organizations must
A) give 50% of profits to charity
B) have a community dominated board of governments
C) create a partnership with a not for profit hospital
D) Minimize double taxation to members by passing proceeds directly to the members -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..B
Which of the following is a key responsibilities of a governing board
A) recruit and select the CEO
B) operationalize the organization strategic plan
C) assist the CEO with evaluation of the rest of the management team
D) develop a physician recruitment plan - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..A
Which of the following is intended to reduce cost improve quality by giving access to
financial, clinical and administrative information
A) CHIN
B) LAHN
C) VPHN
D) HFTN - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..A
When introducing a new information technology system to a healthcare organization
resistance can be effectively addressed by
A) eliminating social groups that appear within the organization
B) employing a policy mandated used throughout the organization
C) focusing on the system users and being responsive to their needs
D) The system changes to allow staff to see the cost savings - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..C
,Which of the following would be a DISCRETE measure of continuous improvement
A) gender
B) weight
C) height
D) temperature - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..A
The qui tam provision of the federal false claims act is a statute aimed at those who
commit fraud against the government
A) have minimal impact in the healthcare industry
B) prohibits the citizen from sharing the recovered funds
C) allows any citizen to bring suit in the name of the United States
D) Can be generated from the media reports - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..C
Which of the following activities is illegal for tax exempt healthcare organizations
A) allowing an employee to testify before a legislative body regarding pending decisions
that would affect the organization
B) lobbying members of Congress for healthcare reform
C) endorsing a candidate for public office
D) Sponsoring a political action committee and a for-profit subsidiary - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..C
Which statement best describes the status of health organizations under antitrust law?
A) The medical staff appointments are exempt from antitrust litigation
B) they are subject to antitrust law relative to price-fixing and boycotts
C) they are exempt from most anti-trust principles because they are charitable
D) they are subject to antitrust law just as any other industry - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..D
Which of the following best summarizes the legal status of the physician-patient
relationship?
A) it is based on an expressed or implied contract, from which certain elements of duty
arise
B) it is based on acceptance of remuneration for services rendered unless chair to care
is designated
C) it has no legal status and that it is a private business relationship, unless the patient
is a Medicare beneficiary
D) it is governed by the hospital or health systems medical staff bylaws -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..A
The principles of quality improvement require that executives change their management
philosophy from:
A) finding fault with employees to finding problems with processes
B) finding fault with employees to involving them in the improvement of processes
C) focusing on enhancing inspection techniques to focusing on variance
D) focusing on employee's roles to focusing on process outcomes - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..A
,What type of problem arises when an executive knowingly allows organization to
continue in double billing
A) an ethical issues but may not be grounds for dismissal is policy is unclear
B) an actual conflict of interest even absent a direct economic benefit to executive
C) an ethical problem for the employee if the executive receives direct economic benefit
D) an ethical problem if it clearly violates state of federal law - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..B
Which of the following is a unit of measure commonly used to determine physicians'
clinical productivity
A) RVU
B) CMS
C) IPO
D) CPU - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..A
Which of the following 3rd party reimbursement methods provides the largest incentive
for the provider to reduce costs
A) charge-based
B) cost-based
C) prospective payment
D) per diem - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..C
Statements of earnings, financial positions, changes in financial position and retained
earnings are required to be submitted yearly by all
A) publicly owned HCOs
B) privately owned HCOs
C) government owned HCOs
D) faith-based owned HCOs - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..A
Which of the following is an example of a capital expenditure
A) land purchased for resale
B) surgical equipment with a useful life of 6mo
C) a building with a useful life os 20 yrs
D) medical supplies used in patient care - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..C
What is the correct order of stages of accomplishing org change
A) identifying, planning, implementing, evaluating
B) planning, identifying, evaluating, implementation
C) evaluation, planning, implementation, identifying
D) planning, evaluating, identifying, implementation - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..A
Boards make better decisions if they use information that is
A) readily available on their website
B) generated from computer studies of departmental activity reports
C) summarized in graphs
, D) focused on measurable outcomes of service quality and economic vitality -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..D
The central role of the HCO board includes all of the following except
A) setting the strategic plan and service values of the organization
B) support for assessing changing market needs
C) support in managing important service programs or departments
D) assuring the recruitment, hiring, support and reward of the CEO - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..C
The first role of the governing body is to:
A) manage inputs of the HCO to achieve outputs that are its goals
B) recruit members who understand the health services field
C) set objectives and develop policy to guide the organization in achieving its mission
D) develop the operating plan and monitor departmental performance -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..C
Internal members of the healthcare organization governing body:
A) serve on an ad HCO basis and are rarely voting members
B) are kept to a minimum due to confidentiality concerns
C) often include the CEO, medical director and CFO
D) often include the executive staff in planning and information management -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..C
In assessing the advantages of using a focus group over a survey to evaluate a
program, one could say focus groups :
A) are likely to use a larger sample size
B) are more useful in designing improvements to a program
C) are more precise in designing improvements to a program
D) are useful only when maintaining objectivity in NOT important - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..B
From a marketing point of view, the development of standards, clinical pathways,
clinical guidelines, and protocols can all be viewed as efforts to deal with whic unique
aspect of service delivery:
A) inseparability
B) intangibility
C) heterogeneity (variation)
D) perishability - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..C
What purpose to market plans fulfill for the HCO
A) provide a business plan as a subset of the marketing plan
B) present general goals for the organization to attain in 3-5 yrs
C) develop promotion methods to be used in obtaining HCO objectives
D) provide specific objectives for utilization attainment the next fiscal year -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..D
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