Deck 20: Changing the Health Care Delivery System

Question 1

The passage of the ACA has

A) Stopped the movement to improve health care delivery systems
B) Intensified and accelerated the movement to improve health care delivery systems
C) Diverted the movement to improve health care delivery systems
D) Had no impact on the movement to improve health care delivery systems

Answer 1

Intensified and accelerated the movement to improve health care delivery systems

Question 2

Access to care and care coordination in the U.S. are

A) The same as other industrialized countries
B) Better than other industrialized countries
C) Worse than other industrialized countries
D) Not effectively tracked as in other industrialized countries

Answer 2

Worse than other industrialized countries

Question 3

The free market in U.S. health care

A) Is successful
B) Has failed
C) Hasn't been tested
D) Needs more time

Answer 3

Has failed

Question 4

In order to change U.S. health care efforts must be made at a variety of levels with

A) Patients
B) Providers
C) Payers
D) All of the above

Question 5

Chronic conditions account for more than

A) 50% of annual medical care costs
B) 65% of annual medical care costs
C) 75% of annual medical care costs
D) 80% of annual care costs

Question 6

Disease Management programs are delivered

A) At periodic intervals
B) When and as frequently as needed
C) Not part of the public health focus of today
D) Only when requested

Question 7

Extrinsic provider motivation strategies include

A) Value Based Purchasing
B) Bundled Payments
C) Public Reporting
D) All of the above

Question 8

Intrinsic provider motivation strategies include

A) Pay for performance
B) Bundled payments
C) Patient centered medical home
D) Higher administrative costs

Question 9

Approaches to address market failures in U.S. health care have included

A) ACOs
B) Public Health initiatives
C) Administrative cost increases
D) None of the above

Question 10

Attempts to correct the deficiencies and failures of the health care system are

A) Very successful
B) Total failures
C) Having varying levels of success
D) Need more time to mature

Question 11

The passage of ACA has intensified and accelerated the movement to improve the U.S. delivery system.

Question 12

Health care markets are often set by the free market not administratively.

Question 13

U.S. health care administrative costs are lower than other industrialized countries.

Question 14

Providers have been targeted to reduce costs, improve patient outcomes and quality of care.

Question 15

Disease Management programs primarily focus on changing patients' health behaviors.

Question 16

Value based purchasing is a financial strategy for an episode of care.

Question 17

A financial method used to improve quality of care is public reporting.

Question 18

The concept of medical home is a new one having been initiated by Medicare.

Question 19

ACOs and integrated delivery systems are recent approaches to address market failures in health care.

Question 20

Chronic care is the focus for targeting medical expenditures in the future.