Health Care Administration-FBLA

Which one of the following represents a behavior that is intended to protect oneself from a perceived threat?

defensive

Confidentiality is a major concern when:

leaving a message on a patient's answering machine

A bruise also is known as a/an:

contusion

Which definition best describes a thoracotomy?

incision through the chest wall

Patient education is critical to prevent the onset of a repeat of illness. What is essential to assess before beginning patient education?

readiness to learn

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the principal agency concerned with the health and safety of people throughout the:

wolrd

What is the name of a service that may by employed by a medical practice to prepare and send all monthly statements and to place collection calls when needed?

clearinghouse

The government requires businesses to report incomes on a regular basis. What is the required form to be sued in this reporting process?

wage and taxable account form

Which one of the following statements regarding interviewing a patient is correct?

Restate the patient's comments to be sure the information recorded is accurate.

Moving your fingers across the screen, instead of using a mouse is known as which one of the following technologies?

touch screen

The methods medical systems administrators use to increase employee job performance include increasing what?

Delegations and Cross training

The ________ Prohibits job discrimination.

Equal Employment Opportunity law.

Which one of the following describes a time frame that most employers require to evaluate new employees?

Probationary

Which one of the following reflects the communication cycle?

Sender, MSG, Channel, Receive, and feedback

Barriers to communication can be caused by which of the following?

Culture

Unfair treatment of a group is referred to as which option

Discrimination

The american Medical Association adopted which one of the following guides to physicians' standards of conduct?

Oath of Hippocrates

_____ are permanent legal documents stating the results of and examination

Medical Report

Which option describes under penalty

Law Suit

Accounts that are more than 30 days past ue are considered to be which of the following

aging acounts

Which law allows for collections of taxes to funds state government programs

Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA)

____ are conditions of insurance

Exclusions

Controlling heath care cost refers to the following?

All health care settings

Individuals who adhere to laws refers to which one of the following

Compliance

The _____ states the desires of an individual if they become incompetent because of injury or illness when death is imminent

Living will

Eligibility for medicaid is established by:

State government

Five reasons the ACA is bad for doctors?

1. Adds more patients to Medicaid

2. Leaves the flawed Medicare payment system on the books

3. Creates a new board to further cut payments to providers

4. Exacerbates Future Physician Shortages

5. Destroys or deteriorates the Physician-Patient Relationship

EMTALA requirements for transferring a patient?

- They must check for illness or injury!

- If the facility has the means to treat the patient then they must perform treatment!

- If treatment is possible, the facility is obligated to treat you!

- If the patient is actively in Labor

Nickname for EMTALA

Patient anti-dumping act

What are "Outlier Payments"?

Medicare pays hospitals per-discharge rates that vary by category of inpatient case. Under this system, hospitals have a financial incentive to avoid extremely costly patients. To counter this incentive and promote access to hospital care for these extremely costly patients, Medicare makes additional payments, called outlier payments.

What is a Tort?

A civil wrong committed against a person or property, excluding breach of contract.

Unintentional Tort

Acts that are not intended to cause harm but are committed unreasonably or with disregard for the consequences. In legal terms, this constitutes negligence.

Three acts that the department of health and human services has responsibility

National Organ Transplantation Act

Human Genome Project

The Affordable Care Act

What is the Joint Commission/Years in business/Number or facilities that use them?

- An independent, not-for-profit organization. Joint Commission accreditation and certification is recognized nationwide as a symbol of quality that reflects an organization's commitment to meeting certain performance standards

.- 60 years in business

- 4,168 general, children's, long term acute, psychiatric, rehabilitation and specialty hospitals and 378 critical access hospitals. (82% of the nation's hospitals)

What are Disproportionate Share Payments?

The original rationale for the Medicare Disproportionate Share (DSH) payment adjustment was to compensate hospitals for the higher operating costs they incur in treating a large share of low-income patients. Low-income Medicare patients tend to be sicker and more costly to treat than other Medicare patients with the same diagnosis. Higher costs also result from the need for additional staffing and services, such as translators and social workers, to care for low-income patients.

Who qualifies for Medicaid?

- Limited-income families with children

- Children under age 6 whose family income is at or below 133%

- Pregnant women whose family income is below 133% FPL

- Infants born to Medicaid-eligible women

- SSI recipients in most states- Aged, blind, disabled (state specific)

- Adoption or foster care assistance recipients

- Special Protected Groups

- All children under 19 in families at or below the FPL

- Certain Medicare beneficiaries

What is Medicaid and Who regulates it?

- Pays for medical assistance for certain individualsand families with low-incomes and resources.

- Both State and Federally regulated

Tertiary Care Definition

Intensive care (highly specialized) usually only have 1 nurse

ACHE Definition

American College of Healthcare Executives

Mission: To advance our members and healthcare management excellence.

Vision: To be the preeminent professional society for healthcare executives dedicated to improving health.

Deductible Definition

The amount of expenses that must be paid out of pocket before an insurer will pay any expenses.

Critical Care Definition

An illness or injury that acutely impairs one or more vital organ systems such that there is a high probability of imminent or life threatening deterioration in the patient's condition.

A good health triad does not include

Economic Status

Determinants of Health does not include

Agent

Epidemiological triad does not include

Risk factors

According to Gordon's classification of prevention of disease includes all except one

Primary prevention

Prevent complications is included in which level of prevention?

Secondary

Epidemiology does not include which study?

Description

New cases in population during a fixed period is determined by

Incidences rates

Cross sectional study is included in which type of epidemiology study?

Analytical

Advantages of cohort study are all except

Incidence cannot be calculated

Study which proceed from effect to cause

Case control

Severity of epidemic does not depend upon

Host Population

1st step of investigation of epidemic is

Verification of diagnosis

Which is not the step involved in preparedness of an epidemic

Rehabilitation

Which is not a type of screening

Low risk Screening

Capability to identify who has the disease is done by measuring

Sensitivity

Peculiarity of hospital as an organization is all except

Personalized Services

Organization effectiveness compromises all except

Flexibility in structure and strategy

Factors influencing core variables are all except

Mobility

Types of models of effectiveness are all except

Close system model

Which is the skeleton of organization

Organizational Structure

Which services are not a part of the hospital services

Additional Services

All except one is the output indicator of hospital system

Quality of care

Supportive services of the hospital includes all except

House-Keeping sevices

Which is not the basis of classification of hospital

size

Which of the following is not a functional division of hospital

Tertiary

Concept behind changing the role of hospital from indoor care to outpatient care includes all except

Economic importance

Care provided by the hospital on day care basis includes all except

Sterilization

Which of the service is not a part of preventive care

Non communicable disease prevention

Care of disability includes all except

Treatment of fracture

Health premotive services not includes

Mental counseling

The functions of the Out Patient Department include

Promotion of health, Training of medical and Nursing Personnel, Social Search

As norm for planning purpose, the average number of patients expected to visit the OPD daily are

2 for every Authorized Bed

The COPP had concluded that an OPD doctor examines

25-40 patients per day

McGibony has advocated that the number of patients visiting OPD vis a vis indoor hospital beds are

500 OPD Patients/bed ever year

COPP had advocated the following as reasons for overcrowding in OPD's except

Ineffective Public Relations

The type of Day Care Surgical Units include all except

Hospital Galaxy Unit

"Shopping Window" of a hospital is

OPD

Which of the following is best suited for walls and ceiling of OT

In Situ Mosaic Finish

For Electro Conduction of OT floors

Conduction should be sufficient of dispense with static electricity

Air change required per hour in an operation theater is

16-18

All of the following determine the workload of surgical cases except

Plot ratio of the hospital

Effective air conditioning in the OT complex decreases the chances of air borne infection. HEPA filters are?

0.3 to 0.4 micron in dimension

HEPA proviedes an atmosphere which is

90% Particulate free