Deck 1: The Dynamic Environment of Health Care

Question 1

A formal agreement between separately owned and controlled facilities to officially coordinate and share certain activities is most appropriately referred to as _________.

A) a merger
B) an affiliation
C) a healthcare system
D) a shared-service arrangement

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT true concerning regulation of the healthcare industry?

A) Health care is one of the more heavily regulated industries in the nation.
B) Current regulatory initiatives are likely to increase the amount of regulation to which health care is subjected.
C) The most prevalent form of regulation in health care is self-regulation.
D) The majority of regulatory requirements on health care are concerned with cost or quality.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The apparent principal driving force behind the growth of health maintenance organizations (HMOs) has been ________.

A) the desire of payers to stem excessive cost increases or reduce costs overall
B) the growing tendency of providers to band together in cooperative arrangements
C) the dramatic increase in competition among healthcare providers
D) a desired reduction in the total number of hospital beds available

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Two acute care hospitals officially merge. As a result of this merger, all of the following statements are true, EXCEPT:

A) they share one license to operate
B) each hospital retains its ownership and control over its original organization
C) debts and assets are combined
D) there is one central board of directors/trustees, with representatives from each
Of the two original organizations

Question 5

Clinicians and researchers seek to more efficiently and rapidly complete the cycle of bench to bedside to bench. These efforts are termed ____________.

A) fast track dominions
B) virtual healthcare initiatives
C) translational medicine
D) regional health information changes

Question 6

Regulation of the healthcare industry exists principally in the form of self-regulation.

Question 7

In recent decades, government and insurers have exerted control over much of health care's money supply.

Question 8

Corporate mergers and the formation of healthcare systems have invariably resulted in widespread reductions in healthcare costs.

Question 9

The pace of technological change in health care has slowed considerably over the recent decade.

Question 10

Managed care organizations have brought pressure to bear on hospitals and physicians to reduce the length of hospital stays.