ACHE BOG Practice Test Question 100% Verified Correct 2023 – 2024 A+ RATED Solution
All of the following are commonly recognized to be a right
... [Show More] of each patient, except:
a. The right to considerate and respectful care
b. The right to receive a reasonable response to his/her requests
c. The right to communicate with a caregiver in the language of the patients choosing
d. For dying patients, the right to receive pain management. - CORRECT ANS - C.
Insurance companies and other payers have introduced pre-admission certification for elective hospital stays in order to:
a. Cause physicians to reconsider need for service
b. Facilitate communication between hospital and the attending physician
c. Establish clinical necessity prior to service
d. Encourage the patient to obtain a second opinion - CORRECT ANS - C.
Guidelines produced by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research:
a. Have been shown to decrease healthcare costs
b. Rarely need to be revised
c. Provide starting points for managing individual patients
d. Have been shown to improve the quality of care - CORRECT ANS - C.
CEO compensation should be based on:
a. The compensation arrangements with the prior CEO
b. Executive compensation in local corporations with similar gross revenues
c. Present salary plus cost-of-living adjustment
d. What the institution would have to pay for a similarly prepared person if that person were employed elsewhere - CORRECT ANS - D.
An essential function of the governing board is to:
a. Approve the mission, vision, and long-range plan
b. Focus on strategic planning
c. Prepare the operating plan
d. Review performance of departmental activities - CORRECT ANS - A.
Members of the medical staff are eligible for full membership on the governing board in the same manner as other individuals:
a. When not legally prohibited
b. When they do not actively practice in the organization
c. When they are not full-time employees
d. If they are not foreign nationals - CORRECT ANS - A.
Regarding the budget, the board:
a. Does not use the budget exercise as a way to improve quality and productivity
b. Gets involved in preparing budgets for all operational units
c. Decides which personnel are needed in top management
d. Establishes guidelines and makes final choices among competing opportunities - CORRECT ANS - D.
The individual or group responsible for establishing policy, maintaining quality of care and providing for institutional management planning is the:
a. Chief operating officer
b. Medical staff executive committee
c. Governing body
d. Chief executive officer - CORRECT ANS - C.
A correct statement regarding trustees serving as fiduciaries is that they can:
a. Be indicted for alleged theft of facility funds and the improper expenditure of facility funds for personal reasons
b. Be released from responsibility by giving the audit committee final authority in high-risk areas of financial matters, without any action by the whole board
c. Be held personally liable for wrongful acts or omissions by corporate officers or co-trustees by virtue of their position as trustees
d. Waive their fiduciary responsibility as a community organization - CORRECT ANS - A.
Ultimate responsibility for the mission statement rests with the:
a. CEO and medical staff
b. Governing board
c. Community and CEO
d. Chief executive - CORRECT ANS - B.
A key reason for choosing board members is because:
a. Other board members want to listen to their opinions
b. Of what they can do for the organization
c. They have high status in the community
d. Physicians will listen to them - CORRECT ANS - B. [Show Less]