Personnel Flashcards
Name four common personnel policies and practices.
- orientation
- job description
- competency evaluations
- performance evaluations
What are the major functions of a new personnel orientation?
Introduction to work environment and human resources policies.
Explanation of facilities safety procedures.
Additional employee resources (such as contact names and numbers)
<p>What should be included in a job description?</p>
<p>a. list of general tasks, functions, responsibilities
b. to whom the position reports
c. specific qualifications for the job
d. salary range
e. may include when you work, rotate weekends</p>
<p>What items are included when performing a job analysis in order to create a job description?</p>
<p>A job analysis include the examination of tasks and sequences of tasks necessary to perform the job, as well as, areas of knowledge and skills needed for the job.</p>
<p>What is the process of competency evaluations?</p>
<p>Documents in some form of measurable terms the technical skills of the employee. This should be done on an annual basis.</p>
<p>How often should a personnel's competency be evaluated?</p>
<p>on an annual basis</p>
<p>Who is able to conduct a personnel's annual competency?</p>
<p>supervisor, key operator, technical specialist, educational specialist, or lab quality</p>
<p>What is the difference between a competency and a performance evaluation?</p>
<p>The performance evaluation may include the technical competency component, but may also include, in measurable terms, knowledge, attitudes, professionalism and beliefs.</p>
<p>Who is usually in charge of performance evaluations?</p>
<p>immediate supervisor</p>
<p>How often should a personnel's performance be evaluated?</p>
<p>on an annual basis</p>
<p>Briefly describe a 360 performance evaluation.</p>
<p>Peer evaluation come from members of the employee's immediate work circle, as well as a self-evaluation.</p>
<p>Describe the Stark Law.</p>
<p>The Stark law prohibits a physician from making referrals for the furnishing of lab testing to a lab with which the physician or a family member has a financial relationship.</p>
<p>True or False: The Stark Law allows for physicians to refer lab testing to a lab in which the physician has a financial relationship.</p>
<p>False</p>
<p>True or False: A 'group practice' may allow a group of physicians to qualify for certain exceptions to the Stark Law.</p>
<p>True</p>
<p>True or False: The Stark Law applies to Medicare and medicaid patiently only.</p>
<p>True</p>
<p>True or False: The Stark Law allows labs to supply items to be used solely to collect or process specimens.</p>
<p>True</p>
<p>True or False: The Stark Law does NOT allow laboratories to supply equipment to physicians solely to communicate test results.</p>
<p>False</p>
Who does the Anti-Kickback Statute penalize?
The anti-kickback statute penalizes anyone who knowingly solicits, receives, offers, or pays remuneration in cash or in kind support for referring patients for lab testing.
<p>Describe an inducement.</p>
<p>An inducement maybe anything of value not paid for at a fair market value.</p>
<p>Does the Anti-kickback statute apply to Medicare and Medicaid services?</p>
<p>Yes</p>
<p>Is this an example of an Anti-kickback statute violation?A phlebotomist performing other duties besides phlebotomy such as taking vital signs or other nursing functions.</p>
<p>Yes</p>
<p>Is this an example of an Anti-kickback statute violation?A laboratory providing free pick-up and disposal of biohazardous waste unrelated to specimen collection.</p>
<p>Yes</p>
<p>Is this an example of an Anti-kickback statute violation?A laboratory providing free pick-up and disposal of biohazardous waste related to specimen collection.</p>
<p>No.</p>
<p>Is this an example of an Anti-kickback statute violation?Provision of computers used exclusively for the performance of laboratory work.</p>
<p>No.</p>
<p>Is this an example of an Anti-kickback statute violation?Provision of computers and fax machines, unless used exclusively for the performance of outside laboratory work.</p>
<p>Yes</p>
<p>Is this an example of an Anti-kickback statute violation?Providing free laboratory testing for physicians, their employees or family members.</p>
<p>Yes.</p>
<p>What is HIPAA?</p>
<p>Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.</p>
<p>When was HIPAA passed?</p>
<p>August 21, 1996</p>
<p>What is another name for the 1996 HIPAA?</p>
<p>"Privacy Rule" or Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information.</p>
<p>What did the Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information establish?</p>
<p>for the first time, there is a set of national standards for teh protection of certain health information.</p>
<p>What is included in protected health information?</p>
<p>1. the individual's past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition.2. the provision of health care to the individual.3. the past, present, or future payment for the provision of health care to the individual, and that identifies the individual.</p>
<p>What common identifiers are included as identifiable health information?</p>
<p>name, address, birth date, social security number</p>
<p>What covered entities are subject to the Privacy Rule?</p>
<p>Health care clearinghousehealth plan companieshealth care providers</p>
<p>Under what circumstances is a laboratory considered a health care provider and subject to the Privacy Rule?</p>
<p>A lab is considered a covered entity if it conducts one or more covered transactions electronically, such as submitting health care claims or equivalent information to a health plan, requesting prior authorization, or sending eligibility inquiry to a heath plan to confirm the individual's coverage under that plan.</p>
<p>How many days after a patient requests access their health information does the provider have to comply?</p>
<p>30 days </p>
<p>What is required by a provider if they cannot give a patient access to their health information within the 30 day timeframe?</p>
<p>A covered laboratory may request one 30-day extension, if it provides the reason for the delay in writing to the requesting individual.</p>
<p>How many extensions does the HIPAA Privacy Rule allow for an access request?</p>
<p>one</p>
<p>True or False: An individual has the right to access his or her protected health information from both the referring laboratory and the laboratory that performed the test in the instance that a lab refers the specimen to another laboratory. </p>
<p>True</p>
<p>True or False: When an individual requests protected health information, a laboratory is required to interpret the test results for the patient.</p>
<p>False</p>
<p>What does Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbid?</p>
<p>Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbids descrimination against any worker or job applicant on the basis of citizenship status, disability, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, or veteran status.</p>
<p>Under Federal law, an employer is subject to Title VII of the Clivil Rights Act of 1964 if what criteria is met?</p>
<p>1. The employer has 15 or more employees on the payroll on each working day of at least 20 weeks int he current or proceeding calendar year.</p>
<p>What enforcement agency is responsible for Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?</p>
<p>The EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission</p>
<p>What is the EEOC?</p>
<p>Equal Opportunity Employment Commission</p>
<p>True or False: According to the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it is lawful for an employee to pay different wages or provide different privileges of employement if the decisions are based on bona-fide merit, seniority, or another type of system designed to measurage quantity or quality of work.</p>
<p>True</p>