1. The Three-Part Aim for improving nursing home quality includes which of the following objectives?
A. Improving the individual experience of care. B. Improving the health of populations. C. Reducing the per capita cost of care for populations. D. All of the above.2. In many cases, improved quality may lead to reduced costs, in areas such as potentially preventable hospitalizations of nursing home residents, prevention of pressure ulcers, and the prevention of rehabilitation costs associated with hip fractures due to falls.
A. True B. False3. Older adults, people with disabilities, their families, friends, and neighbors are all essential stakeholders to consider when ensuring the quality of care in any health care system. The availability of relevant and timely information can significantly enable individuals to be active and informed participants in their care.
A. True B. False4. The CMS initiatives to reduce nursing home fires focus on all of the following action themes except:
A. Protection B. Information and reporting C. Closures D. Monitoring5. In its present form, imposed Civil Money Penalties are not due and payable until a final administrative decision is made regarding the noncompliance upon which the penalty was imposed.
A. True B. False6. The purpose of the SFF program was to decrease the number of persistently poor performing nursing homes by directing more attention to nursing homes with a record of high survey performance as a standard for other nursing homes to try to attain.
A. True B. False7. Section 1128I(h) of the Social Security Act, as added by section 6113 of the Affordable Care Act specifies that nursing home administrators (NHA) meet stated requirements when a nursing home is closing. Specifically, the NHA must notify certain entities 60 days prior to closure. Which of the following are included in this requirement?
A. Residents of the facility B. Legal representatives (or other responsible parties) C. Long-term care ombudsman D. All of the above8. The CMS has two goals specifically related to improving care in nursing homes: reduce pressure ulcers and reduce injurious falls.
A. True B. False9. The high incidence of healthcare-acquired infections in nursing homes is due to which of the following factors?
A. Understaffed facilities. B. Overtreatment with antibiotics. C. Frequent transitions between care settings that lead to person-person transmission. D. All of the above.10. Evidence suggests that the use of antipsychotics is beneficial for residents with dementia related behavioral and psychological symptoms.
A. True B. False11. Effective quality assurance in nursing homes is best achieved through the combined, motivated, and coordinated approach by many stakeholders in the healthcare system.
A. True B. False12. Inpatient hospitalizations experienced by nursing facility residents are mostly unavoidable.
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