Answer Options:
A. Tactical plans answer the who, what, when, where, and how questions of strategy implementation.
\nB. Tactical plans are necessary for managers to understand their roles in strategy execution.
\nC. Tactical plans are necessary for budgeting purposes.
\nD. Tactical plans are used to monitor the implementation of a strategy.
\nE. All of these are correct.
Answer: E. All of these are correct.
Question: True or False? The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 created Part D of Medicare.
Answer Options:
True
\nFalse
Answer: True
Question: True or False? The most common type of prospective reimbursement is capitation.
Answer Options:
True
\nFalse
Answer: True
Question: Which of the following is characteristic of the way the uninsured utilize the health care system?
Answer Options:
A. They delay seeking care, eventually ending up in emergency rooms.
\nB. They utilize preventive care to maintain wellness.
\nC. They have a primary care physician.
\nD. They can afford to pay for care out-of-pocket.
Answer: A. They delay seeking care, eventually ending up in emergency rooms.
Question: High-performing teams must be able to:
Answer Options:
A. produce an intergenerational evaluation to understand its workforce.
\nB. create a plan to foster intergenerational collaboration.
\nC. use strategies to target recruitment, retention, and succession planning.
\nD. develop communication strategies to foster intergenerational understanding.
\nE. All of these are correct.
Answer: E. All of these are correct.
Question: True or False? Private health plans normally only use one method of reimbursement to providers.
Answer Options:
True
\nFalse
Answer: False
Question: True or False? CPT stands for Current Procedural Terminology.
Answer Options:
True
\nFalse
Answer: True
Question: The growth in health insurance in the U.S. came about as a result of all of the following, except:
Answer Options:
A. the rising cost of health care.
\nB. the increased government role in providing access to care.
\nC. the urging of employers to add this benefit.
\nD. the involvement of unions and collective bargaining.
\nE. All of these contributed to the growth of health insurance in the U.S.
Answer: E. All of these contributed to the growth of health insurance in the U.S.
Question: True or False? Private health plans normally only use one method of reimbursement to providers.
Answer Options:
True
\nFalse
Answer: False
Question: Efforts to control the costs of Medicare have been undertaken via legislation mandated to create prospective payment systems for:
Answer Options:
A. physicians using RBRVS.
\nB. skilled nursing facilities using DRGs.
\nC. hospitals using RUGs.
\nD. hospital outpatient department services using HHRGs.
Answer: A. physicians using RBRVS.
Question: True or False? The U.S is currently using ICD-9 codes.
Answer Options:
True
\nFalse
Answer: False
Question: True or False? The purposes of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act include expanding access to health insurance coverage, efforts to contain costs, and emphasis on prevention and screening, to name a few.
Answer Options:
True
\nFalse
Answer: True
Question: True or False? Government-owned health care organizations generally pay taxes on profits.
Answer Options:
True
\nFalse
Answer: False
Question: Health care managers influence which of the following in the population health and consumer industry? (Choose all that apply.)
Answer Options:
A. All of these are correct.
\nB. Collaboration
\nC. Medicare care
\nD. Strategy
Answer: A. All of these are correct.
Question: True or False? The most common retrospective reimbursement method is fee-for-service.
Answer Options:
True
\nFalse
Answer: True
Question: For-profit, investor-owned health care organizations generally raise money from all of the following sources, except:
Answer Options:
A. community fundraising.
\nB. selling stock.
\nC. patient revenues.
\nD. lenders.
Answer: A. community fundraising.
Question: A high-deductible health plan with a savings option represents a form of consumer-driven health plan that:
Answer Options:
A. encourages the purchaser to be more aware of the cost of care.
\nB. insures the consumer to use preventive types of health care.
\nC. usually lowers cost than other types of plans.
\nD. requires the consumer to pay a large amount out-of-pocket before the plan kicks in.
\nE. All of these are correct.
Answer: E. All of these are correct.
Question: Which of the following is true regarding many of those who are uninsured?
Answer Options:
A. Workers who are employed in industries that do not provide health insurance
\nB. Do not have access to routine health care
\nC. Are American citizens
\nD. All of these are correct.
Answer: D. All of these are correct.
Question: Organizational dashboard metrics should include a baseline, target, and timeframe.
Answer Options:
True
\nFalse
Answer: True
Question: Today, health insurance is typically purchased by individuals to prevent catastrophic loss.
Answer Options:
True
\nFalse
Answer: False