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Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a Federal Law designed to facilitate the electronic exchange of information in health care. Which of the following does not pertain to this law? a) Privacy protection components of the law limit non-consensual use as a release or private health information b) Patients must receive notice of privacy rights c) Restrictions on access to and use of information is required d) Criminal and civil sanctions do not exist for improper use...

The voting rights of "Ex Officio" mbrs is determined by - correct answer The Bylaws 3 Reasons for sanctions to be brought against mbrs of a governing board - correct answer 1) Unreasonable compensation 2) Revenue based compensation 3) Participation in bargain sales The most effective # of mbrs of a BOD is? - correct answer 10-15 5 managerial functions of the Board: - correct answer 1) Appoint a CEO 2) Establish Mission/Vision/Values 3) Approve long range plans and the annual budget 4)...

activities of daily living (ADLs) correct answer Measures a person's ability to function in 6 activities: 1. Eating 2. Bathing 3. Dressing 4. Toileting 5. Maintaining continence 6. Getting in and out of a bed or chair Acute Condition correct answer A condition that has been present for a short period of time - a few days Sub-acute condition correct answer A condition that has been present for 1-3 weeks Chronic Condition correct answer A condition that has been present for several w...

Triage - correct answer The evaluation of patient conditions for urgency and seriousness and the establishment of a priority list to direct care and ensure the efficient use of medical and nursing staff and facilities Urgent Care - correct answer Care for injury, illness, or another type of condition (usually not life threatening) that should be treated within 24 hours; also refers to after hours care and to a health plan's classification of hospital admissions as urgent, semiurgent, or e...

1984 - CORRECT ANSWER Oct. 1, 1984a prospective payment fee schedule came out C-suit - CORRECT ANSWER executive level class (CEO CFO COO) Advertising budget - CORRECT ANSWER advertising budget is estimate of a company's promotional expenditures over a certain period of time American college of healthcare executives - CORRECT ANSWER international professional society of 48,000 healthcare executives who lead hospitals, healthcare systems and other healthcare organizations. ... ACHE offers ...

Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a Federal Law designed to facilitate the electronic exchange of information in health care. Which of the following does not pertain to this law? a) Privacy protection components of the law limit non-consensual use as a release or private health information b) Patients must receive notice of privacy rights c) Restrictions on access to and use of information is required d) Criminal and civil sanctions do not exist for improper use...

Community Health - CORRECT ANSWER A focus on sustaining all members of a community at their highest possible level of functioning for their individual happiness and their collective benefit Community Hospital - CORRECT ANSWER A short-stay general or specialty (e.g. Women', children's, eye, orthopedic) hospital, excluding those owned by the federal government Healthcare system - CORRECT ANSWER Healthcare organization's that operate multiple services units under a single ownership Types...

Sarbanes Oxley - CORRECT ANSWER US federal law that set new or expanded requirements for all US public company boards, management and public accounting firms. Cover responsibilities of a public corporation's board of directors, adds criminal penalties and required SEC to create regulations FMLA - CORRECT ANSWER 1993: law requiring covered employers to provide employees with job-protected and unpaid leave for qualified medical family reasons Purpose of any HCO - CORRECT ANSWER to provide ...

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 - CORRECT ANSWER D The principles of quality improvement require that executives change their management philosophy from: A) ...

According to ACHE's Code of Ethics, one way that healtcare executives can avoid or minimoze the negative implications of conflict of interest - CORRECT ANSWER Make the conflict known to those in superior positions The principles of quality improvement require that healthcare exectutive change their management philosophy from - CORRECT ANSWER Finding fault with employees to finding problems in processes What type of problems arises when a healthcare executive knowingly allows the organiza...