ACMPE ACMPE Quality Improvement and Compliance 3

Question 1

Which tool is commonly used in quality improvement to visually display the frequency of defects or problems in descending order of occurrence?

Accepted Answer

Pareto chart

Answer

Control chart

Answer

Fishbone diagram

Answer

Run chart

Question 2

The Stark Law (Physician Self-Referral Law) primarily prohibits physicians from referring Medicare patients to entities in which they have a financial relationship for which type of services?

Accepted Answer

Designated health services (DHS)

Answer

All outpatient services

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Emergency services only

Answer

Primary care visits

Question 3

Which quality improvement framework defines quality in healthcare across six domains: safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable?

Accepted Answer

IOM's 'Crossing the Quality Chasm' framework

Answer

Donabedian's structure-process-outcome model

Answer

Baldrige Performance Excellence Framework

Answer

ISO 9001 Quality Management System

Question 4

In a medical practice, which document establishes the policies and procedures for handling, reporting, and investigating compliance violations?

Accepted Answer

Compliance plan

Answer

Employee handbook

Answer

Strategic plan

Answer

HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices

Question 5

Which statistical tool used in quality management displays data over time to distinguish normal process variation from significant, assignable-cause variation?

Accepted Answer

Control chart (Shewhart chart)

Answer

Histogram

Answer

Scatter diagram

Answer

Flow chart

Question 6

A medical practice subject to the Anti-Kickback Statute must ensure that any financial arrangement with a referring physician falls within a recognized what?

Accepted Answer

Safe harbor

Answer

Carve-out

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Exemption clause

Answer

Compliance waiver