Ethics

Question 1

Components of Managed Healthcare

Answer 1

1. Utilization Review 2. Quality Assurance 3. Medical Team Management

Question 2

Utilization Review

Answer 2

Type of Managed Healthcare. “Medically necessary”– by assessing the use of benefits and reducing or eliminating the unnecessary use of health care resources

Question 3

Quality Assurance

Answer 3

Type of Managed Healthcare. Determine the adequacy of health care standards by comparing them to predetermined standards.

Question 4

Medical Team Management

Answer 4

Make decisions on medical care by a team of experts rather than an individual physician.

Question 5

Refusing to release information after receiving a release of information request to an old client’s new therapist is o.k. ONLY if the information is not…

Answer 5

Imminently needed/patient is not in crisis.

Question 6

banned from soliciting testimonials from

Answer 6

current patients and (most of the time) former patients due to vulnerability from undue influence

Question 7

If an evaluation is court-ordered you DO/DO NOT need to obtain informed consent?

Answer 7

DO NOT

Question 8

The most frequent ethical dilemma is

Answer 8

breaching confidentiality