FACHE Practice Test| 114 QUESTIONS| WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
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 organization to continue double billing - Correct Answer An actual conflict of interest, even absent a direct economic benefit to the healthcare exective Which of the following is a unit of measure commonly used it determine physicians' clinical productivity - Correct Answer Relative Value Units (RVUs) Which of the following third-party reimbursement methods provides the largest financial incentives for the provider to reduce cost - Correct Answer Prospective payment (PPS)- Medicare payment based on predetermined-fixed amount Statements of earnings, financial positions, changes in financial position and retained earnings are required to be submitted yearly by all - Correct Answer Publicly owned healthcare organizations Which of the following is an example of a capital expenditure - Correct Answer A building with a useful like of 20 years What is the correct order of stages for accomplishing organizational change - Correct Answer Identifying, planning, implementation, evaluation Boards make better strategic decisions of they use information that is - Correct Answer Focused on measurable outcomes of service quality and economic a validity The central role of the health services organization's board includes all of the following - Correct Answer Support in managing important service programs of departments the first role of the governing body is to - Correct Answer Set objectives and develop policy to guide the organization in ache ing its mission Internal members of the healthcare organization's governing body - Correct Answer Often include the CEO, medical director, and CFO 1 / 2
In assessing the advantage of using a focus group over a survey in evaluating a
program, one could say that focus groups: - Correct Answer Are more useful in
designing improvements to a program From a marketing viewpoint, the development of standards of practice, clinical pathways, clinical guidelines and protocols can all be viewed as efforts to deal with which unique aspect of delivering services - Correct Answer Heterogeneity What purpose do market plans fulfill for the healthcare organization - Correct Answer Provide specific objectives for utilization attainment the next fiscal year The five functions of marketing are - Correct Answer Identifying markets, promoting the organization, managing external relationship, convincing patients to select the organization, attracting capable workers Forecasting organizational need for human resources by focusing on specific position openings that are likely to occur and using these for planning called - Correct Answer Demand-pull approach A health services organization should use which of the following sequential processes to help establish human resources objectives and policies - Correct Answer Analyze the current HR situation, forecast HR demand, reconcile with the budget, forecast supply Probability models that forecast the internal flow of employees from one job category to another use a - Correct Answer Transition matrix--model internal flow of HR-historical movement of one job to another Forecasting the internal supply of employees as they move from their current jobs into others through promotions, lateral move and termination is called - Correct Answer Supply-push approach Which of the following describes the conflict management strategy that would have the most immediate effect on reducing conflict behavio - Correct Answer Imposition of formal authority to resolve or suppress conflict Multi-rather assessment (360 degrees feedback) of managers in healthcare organization's is best used - Correct Answer In the development of a specific action plan by appraises Behaviorally anchored rating scales (BARS) for specific jobs can be - Correct Answer Used to identify component of job behaviors In the amount of charity care increased rom one reporting period to the next, which of the following would occur - Correct Answer Unrestricted net assets would decrease
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