QUESTIONS 224-250

Question 1

224
WHAT DOES MEDPAC STAND FOR?
1. The Medical Pact Advisory Board
2. Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
3. Medicare placement Association Committee
4. Medi-Cal Pace for Seniors

Answer 1

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

Question 2

225
Non-self paying residents’ may be billed prior to services rendered rather than after?
TRUE OR FALSE

Answer 2

FALSE

Question 3

226
Before entering a contractual contract with other Medicare providers the facility should do what?
1. Check their provider number
2. Get liability insurance and license information
3. Check OIG’s List of Excluded Individuals/Entities
4. Make sure the contract has indemnity clause

Answer 3

Check OIG’s List of Excluded Individuals/Entities

Question 4

227
CMS suggests that a facility should try to steer and coach a resident to choose a Medicare D plan.
TRUE OR FALSE

Answer 4

FALSE

Question 5

228
What is the State and government program with the goal of maintaining patient's at home and keeping them out of nursing facilities?
1. IHHS
2. Medi-Cal 
3. Medicare
4. HCBS

Answer 5

HCBS

Question 6

229
Which of the following is not used in the cash basis of accounting?
1. Accounts receivable not yet collected
2. Accounts payable that are not yet due to be paid
3. Both A & B
4. Cash basis is the same as accrual

Answer 6

Accounts receivable not yet collected
AND
Accounts payable that are not yet due to be paid

Question 7

230
Which of the following is true regarding Earned Income Credit?
1. Applies to certain childless individuals married and or single
2. A parent of a qualifying child may elect advance payment
3. Form W5 is used to make employer give advance EIC payment
4. All the above

Answer 7

All the answers are correct

Question 8

231
What are the two financial classifications of funds for statements used in a non profit organization?
1. Restricted and Unrestricted
2. General Fund or Operating Fund
3. Profit and Loss
4. Expenses and Revenues

Answer 8

Restricted and Unrestricted

Question 9

232
An Endowment fund is what type of fund?
1. Restricted
2. Unrestricted
3. General fund
4. Operating fund

Answer 9

General Fund

Question 10

233
What is another name for a restricted fund?
1. Donor Restricted Fund
2. Special Purpose Fund
3. Both A&B
4. Operating Fund and Non Operating Fund

Answer 10

Donor Restricted Fund
AND
Special Purpose Fund

Question 11

234
Developing lines of communication, conducting effective training and responding to detached offenses and developing corrective action are all a part of what?
1. Quality Assurance program
2. Compliance program
3. Infection Control Committee
4. Pharmaceutical Committee

Answer 11

Compliance Committee

Question 12

235
Which of the following Policy and Procedure is required to be in the employee hand book?
1. Out on Pass
2. Time clock procedures
3. False claims Act
4. Appropriate attire

Answer 12

False Claims Act

Question 13

236
What is another name for the Income Statement?
1. Statement of Revenue and Expenses
2. P & L Statement
3. Profit & Loss Statement
4. All the above

Answer 13

All of the answers

Question 14

237
In regards to a facility sub contracting an outside company to provide a service to the residents' such as Physical Therapy, which of the following does the facility not control?
1. Means and methods
2. Result of the work
3. Control and direct
4. All the above

Answer 14

Means and methods

Question 15

238
Who provides the list of Excluded Individuals/Entities that are not allowed to participate in Federal programs?
1. CMS
2. OIG
3. Medicare
4. Medi-Cal

Answer 15

OIG

Question 16

239
When money is set aside for a specific purpose such as landscaping but is ultimately used for activities supplies, the lost benefit of landscaping is referred to as what?
1. Opportunity Cost
2. Net Benefit
3. Pay Back Period
4. Working Capital

Answer 16

Opportunity Cost

Question 17

240
Pre-determined rates to reimburse nursing facilities without adjusting payment to cover actual cost is referred to as what?
1. PPS
2. Prospective Rate Setting
3. Prospective payment System
4. Both A&C

Answer 17

Prospective Rate Setting

Question 18

241
Permissible referral practices by a Physician is called what?
1. Stark Act
2. Ethics in Patient Referrals Act 1989
3. Safe Harbors
4. Both A & B

Answer 18

Safe Harbors

Question 19

242
Which of the following has research found to greatly affect mood such as depression?
1. Color
2. Food
3. Staff
4. Family

Answer 19

Color

Question 20

243
What is it called when a 99 bed facility is certified as a Medicaid and Medicare provider?
1. Certified
2. Dual Certification
3. Licensed and Certified
4. 99 Bed certified

Answer 20

Dual Certification

Question 21

244
What type of leadership takes the approach of doing whatever is necessary to serve others works hands on and wears all hats?
1. Transformational
2. Situational
3. Servant
4. Visionary

Answer 21

Situaltional

Question 22

246
What is SWOT?
1. A type of strategic planning
2. Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
3. Sit, watch, open mind, take action
4. Both A & B

Answer 22

A type of strategic planning

Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats

Question 23

245
Leadership having to make a choice without input from others is called what>
1. Transformational
2. Situational
3. Servant
4. Traditional

Answer 23

Situational

Question 24

247
What is the time frame for strategic planning to actually develop and be implemented?
1. 1 to 2 years
2. 1 to 5 years
3. 3 to 5 years
4. No specific time frame

Answer 24

3 to 5 years

Question 25

248
What are the three dimensions of quality?
1. Structure, processes and outcomes
2. Staff, policies and procedures, leadership
3. Management styles - CQI, TQM, PI
4. Standard, right people, worth

Answer 25

Structure, processes and outcomes

Question 26

249
What are the four steps in Deming's process for Quality Improvement?
1. Initiate, action, analyze, confirm
2. Plan, do, study, and act
3. PDSA
4. Both B&C

Answer 26

Plan, do, study, act
AND
PDSA

Question 27

250
What is the ultimate goal of "resident centered care?
1. Quality of Care
2. Normal Life
3. Quality of Life
4. Culture Change

Answer 27

Normal Life