Regulatory Compliance & Standards Flashcards
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Under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA-87), nursing facilities receiving Medicare/Medicaid funding must conduct which assessment for residents with substance use disorders?
Answer: A comprehensive Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment
OBRA-87 requires comprehensive MDS assessments for all nursing home residents, which must include substance use screening components for Medicare/Medicaid-certified facilities.
The Substance Use Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) Act requires OTPs to have access to which overdose reversal medication?
Answer: Naloxone
The SUPPORT Act requires OTPs to educate patients about opioid overdose and ensure access to naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal agent.
A practitioner suspects a colleague is diverting controlled substances from the clinic. What is the MOST appropriate regulatory obligation?
Answer: Report suspicions to the DEA and, if applicable, the state medical board and facility administration
Practitioners have an ethical and legal obligation to report suspected controlled substance diversion to the DEA, state medical board, and facility administration without waiting for definitive proof.
Which federal law established the framework for Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) and required states to share PDMP data interstate?
Answer: The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) of 2016
CARA 2016 included provisions to enhance PDMPs and promote interstate data sharing to reduce doctor shopping and prescription opioid diversion.
Under Joint Commission standards, which of the following is required regarding pain assessment in accredited healthcare organizations?
Answer: Patients must be screened for pain at every clinical contact, with reassessment after treatment
The Joint Commission requires organizations to screen patients for pain at each encounter and reassess pain after treatment interventions, though the specific scale used is not mandated.
In the context of federally funded treatment programs, Title 45 CFR Part 96 (SAPT Block Grant) requires states to prioritize which populations for substance use treatment services?
Answer: Pregnant women injecting drugs, then pregnant women with SUD, then other people injecting drugs
The SAPT Block Grant regulations require states to give priority to pregnant women who inject drugs, then pregnant women with SUD, then other individuals who inject drugs for treatment slots.
Which of the following best describes the DEA's 'corresponding responsibility' doctrine for controlled substance prescriptions?
Answer: Pharmacists bear joint legal responsibility with prescribers to ensure prescriptions are issued for legitimate medical purposes
The corresponding responsibility doctrine holds pharmacists jointly responsible with prescribers for ensuring that filled prescriptions are issued for legitimate medical purposes in the usual course of professional practice.