Question

1. The Accountable Care Act (ACA) led to hospitals:

	A.	Refusing to treat Medicaid patients.
	B.	Focusing more on volume than on the quality of care.
	C.	Increasing preventable readmissions.
	D.	Participating in the Value-Based Purchasing Program.

2. State regulation and accreditation requirements for quality reporting by Managed Care Organizations help address potential problems with:

	A.	Over-care
	B.	Rising costs
	C.	Under-care
	D.	Outliers

3. True or False: Because there are few close substitutes for medical services, the demand for health care services is relatively inelastic.

4. True or False: Consumers have a demand for health but cannot directly purchase it. Therefore, the demand for health care is considered a derived demand calculated by a quantity of services -inpatient days, outpatient services, number of prescriptions - consumed.

5. True or False: The demand for healthcare services is NOT influenced by cost sharing and out of pocket costs.

6. If three (3) RNs and two (2) CNAs are scheduled for an eight (8) hours shift, the skill mix is:

	A.	60% RNs and 40% CNAs
	B.	Considered to be a safe staffing level
	C.	Considered to be an unsafe staffing level
	D.	A 1:5 nurse-patient ratio

Answer 1

(1) option (D) is correct , participating in the value based purchasing program .

The accountable care act also know as affordable care act , has its primary goal , the creation of value for the patients of our health care system . one of the main ways it accomplish value based outcomes is driven by incentivizing doctors, hospitals and healthcare providers to coordinate clinically efficient patient care.

(2) option (B ) is correct , rising cost

with the rising the costs of health care services threatening the financial stability of their budgets , private and public payers increasingly turned to methods that make health care accountable asnd affordable and that prevent cutbacks in previously reimbursed health benefits . the widespread initiation of utilization management , health maintenance organizations (HMOs ) and the other managed care methods duringthe past quarter century has emphasized cost accountability.

(3) True, Because there are few close subsitutes for medical srevices the demand of the health care service is relatively inelastic .

Necessities and medical treatment tend to be relatively inelastic because they are needed for survival .
In elastic is a economic term refering to the static quantity of a good services, when its price changes . Inelastic means that when the price goes up , consumers ' buying habbits stay about the same , and when the price goes down, consumers' buying habbits also remain unchanged.

(4) true , consumers have a demand for ahealth but cannot directly purchase it .therefore, the demand for health care considered a derived demand calculated by the qulity of service_ in patients days ,outpatient service , number of prescription - consumed .

the demand for healthcare comes from the desire of the consumer to gain god health . most people prefer being healthy to being sick. another factor that makes health care different from most other goods and service is that it is simultaneously an investment .

(5) false , the demand for health care services is influenced by cost sharing and out of pocket cost.

for the estimation pur[oses of all insurance plans with the same coinsurance structure were considered the same .The demand for health care was found to be somewhat more price sensitive as the coinsurance rate is raised .

(6) option ( A ) is correct, 60% RNs and 40% CNAs

skill mix is the combination or grouping of different categories of workers that is employed in the heath field for work . .It is a combination of skill available at a specific time ,
Registered nurse make up alarge percentage of health crae budget . the manupulation skill mix ( the available of the registered nurse available for patient care) is seen one of the method of managing the increasing the cost whilst still ensuring patient care.