Answer Options:
True
\nFalse
Answer: True
Question: Nonmaleficence is a concept that states that you should:
Answer Options:
A. do the best you can.
\nB. ensure that staff is properly trained.
\nC. do no harm.
\nD. provide fairness to all.
Answer: C. do no harm.
Question: True or False? Malpractice is a charge that can be found under either civil or criminal law.
Answer Options:
True
\nFalse
Answer: True
Question: True or False? A successful compliance plan requires buy-in from upper management.
Answer Options:
True
\nFalse
Answer: True
Question: Criminal law is generally concerned with which of the following?
Answer Options:
A. Health care providers
\nB. Society as a whole
\nC. Issues of bankruptcy
\nD. Physicians and nurses
\nE. All of these are correct.
Answer: B. Society as a whole
Question: Intentional torts include which of the following?
Answer Options:
A. Assault and battery
\nB. False imprisonment
\nC. Invasion of privacy
\nD. Defamation of character
\nE. All of these are correct.
Answer: E. All of these are correct.
Question: Which of the following statements is true regarding Anti-Kickback Statutes?
Answer Options:
A. They only apply civil penalties for willful payment or receipt of money for referring patients
\nB. They impose a civil penalty for every act of violation
\nC. They are not restricted by the Safe Harbor Laws
\nD. They impose criminal liability for the knowing and willful payment of any kind or receipt of payment of any kind for a patient or service referral
\nE. All of these are correct
Answer: D. They impose criminal liability for the knowing and willful payment of any kind or receipt of payment of any kind for a patient or service referral
Question: Which of the following is an example of a Stark Law violation?
Answer Options:
A. Hospital offering a physician office space at unfair market value
\nB. Paying a physician for a referral
\nC. Hiring a doctor who is an excluded party as a Medicare Provider
\nD. Upcoding a claim to receive higher reimbursement
\nE. All of these are correct.
Answer: B. Paying a physician for a referral
Question: ABC stands for:
Answer Options:
A. accounting-based compliance.
\nB. Always Better Care.
\nC. insuring better care.
\nD. activity-based costing.
Answer: D. activity-based costing.
Question: True or False? Common law is derived from legislative action.
Answer Options:
True
\nFalse
Answer: False
Question: Malpractice is concerned with a professional’s:
Answer Options:
A. Intentional actions.
\nB. Immoral decision making or conduct.
\nC. Careless action(s).
\nD. None of these is correct.
\nE. All of these are correct.
Answer: E. All of these are correct.
Question: A wrongful act against a person or organization is considered what type of violation?
Answer Options:
A. Tort
\nB. Contract
\nC. Neither of these is correct.
\nD. Both of these are correct.
Answer: A. Tort
Question: Contract violations are generally considered to be part of which type of law?
Answer Options:
A. Civil
\nB. Criminal
\nC. Administrative
\nD. All of these are correct.
\nE. None of these is correct.
Answer: A. Civil
Question: True or False? Common law is synonymous with legislative decisions.
Answer Options:
True
\nFalse
Answer: False
Question: What typically includes information about what the purposes of the study are and what the participation involves?
Answer Options:
A. an ethic/research study
\nB. deception
\nC. an informed consent form
\nD. research study file
Answer: C. an informed consent form
Question: For a health provider’s action to be considered negligent, which of the following factors is not necessary?
Answer Options:
A. Duty toward the harmed party
\nB. Causation
\nC. Injury or damages
\nD. Malice
\nE. Breach of duty
Answer: D. Malice
Question: Regulations under the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law:
Answer Options:
A. have both been relaxed recently.
\nB. will probably be amended soon because they are so similar.
\nC. are being combined into one law because the federal government does not want to investigate these any more.
\nD. are being shifted to state jurisdiction because the federal government does not want to investigate these any more.
\nE. None of these is correct.
Answer: E. None of these is correct.
Question: Patient advocates play a role in navigating the health care system whether an individual is sick or not.
Answer Options:
True
\nFalse
Answer: True
Question: Capitalism is
Answer Options:
A. an ethical theory developed by Karl Marx.
\nB. an economic system marked by the private ownership of wealth-creating assets, free markets, and freedom of contract. Correct
\nC. incompatible with property rights as a wealth-creating mechanism.
\nD. named for the centralization of economic power in the capital city.
\nE. unpopular in the United States.
Answer: an economic system marked by the private ownership of wealth-creating assets, free markets, and freedom of contract.
Question: True or False? Malpractice is a charge that can be found under either civil or criminal law.
Answer Options:
True
\nFalse
Answer: True
Question: Civil law focuses mostly on:
Answer Options:
A. wrongs against strangers.
\nB. wrongs against individuals or specific organizations.
\nC. wrongs against society.
\nD. wrongs against government officials.
Answer: B. wrongs against individuals or specific organizations.
Question: True or False? An implied contract must be in writing.
Answer Options:
True
\nFalse
Answer: False
Question: Which of the following statements is true regarding Anti-Kickback Statutes?
Answer Options:
A. They only apply civil penalties for willful payment or receipt of money for referring patients.
\nB. They impose a civil monetary penalty for each violation.
\nC. They are not restricted by the Safe Harbor Laws.
\nD. They impose criminal liability for the knowing and willful payment of any kind or receipt of payment of any kind for a patient or service referral.
\nE. All of these are correct.
Answer: D. They impose criminal liability for the knowing and willful payment of any kind or receipt of payment of any kind for a patient or service referral.
Question: Which of the following elements is not necessary for a contract to be binding?
Answer Options:
A. An agreement between two or more parties
\nB. Must be written
\nC. Both parties must be competent to consent
\nD. Must be lawful
\nE. Must be for something of value
Answer: B. Must be written