2024 NAB Exam – NHA Latest Questions With Complete Grade A Answers
- Effect or seriousness of deficient facility practice on care recipient/client/patient outcome.
There are four levels (as described in the Federal Enforcement Grid for nursing homes).
Answer: Severity
- Giving away property for less than it is worth or for the sole purpose of becoming eligible
for Medicaid.
Answer: Transfer of Assets
- A table developed by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services that defines severity
and scope of federal deficiencies and indicated whether plans of correction and remedies are necessary.
Answer: Enforcement Grid
- A tool to help facilities identify care recipient's needs and strengths and develop an
appropriate care plan. The federal system includes: the MDS, CAAs, and the utilization guidelines.
Answer: Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI)
- A collection of nursing facility care recipient classification systems used in a variety of case
mix indexed reimbursement systems.
Answer: Minimum Data Set (MDS)
- Changes to the Federal Social Security Act that significantly changed how nursing homes
and home health agencies are regulated for Medicare and Medicaid certification.
Answer: Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA)
- Minor deficiencies or violations, but a facility generally meets the intent of federal or state
regulations. On the Federal Enforcement Grid, Substantial Compliance is equated to findings in boxes A-C.
Answer: Substantial Compliance
- National association that prescribes safety codes and definitions for state and local agencies
to adopt as building regulations.
Answer: National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
- A core set of screening, clinical, and functional status elements, including common
definitions and coding categories, which forms the foundations of a comprehensive assessment for all residents of nursing homes certified to participate in Medicare or Medicaid.
Answer: Minimum Data Set (MDS)
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