Chapter 12: Business Aspects of Healthcare

Chapter 12: Business Aspects of Healthcare

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. This type of provider is not required to complete full medical school requirements.

ANS:  D

Doctors of Optometry (ODs), Chiropractic, Dental Medicine, Dental Surgery, Philosophy, and Pediatric Medicine are all not required to complete full medical school requirements.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Comprehension     REF:   p. 182

2. The providers are not physicians, but may perform similar services.

ANS:  C

Mid-level providers are not physicians, but they may perform similar services such as writing prescriptions, and they usually bill insurance companies for their services.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   p. 182

3. Allied health professionals include the following, except:

ANS:  A

An occupational therapist (OT) is a mid-level provider. The others are allied health professionals. These individuals are essential members of the healthcare team but instead of billing separately to the insurance carriers for their services, they operate as paid employees, or sometimes as outside contractors paid by the employer or facility.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   pp. 183-184

4. Why must a healthcare professional wear an identifying badge at all times in a hospital?

ANS:  A

Patients sometimes confuse medical professionals and may, depending on the setting, assume that everyone is either a nurse or a physician. In facilities like a hospital, all healthcare professionals should have clearly identifying badges or name tags that indicate their specialty and credentials. Students also need to be sure to identify themselves as such.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Comprehension     REF:   p. 184

5. What is an advantage of incorporation?

ANS:  D

Besides protection of assets, incorporation allows a physician to take a day off if needed and have their patients receive care, and when it is a large practice, the physician will have access to all the patients’ records.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Comprehension     REF:   p. 184