CPHRM Basic CPHRM 4

Question 1

The Health Care Quality Improvement Act (HCQIA) of 1986 provides immunity to peer review participants primarily to:

Accepted Answer

Encourage good-faith reporting and action against incompetent practitioners

Answer

HCQIA grants qualified immunity to peer review participants acting in good faith to encourage frank assessment of physician competence.

Question 2

A risk manager reviewing surgical site infection rates is performing which type of risk management activity?

Accepted Answer

Risk identification and analysis

Answer

Reviewing infection rate data is a risk identification and analysis activity, used to recognize and evaluate potential loss exposures.

Question 3

Which federal statute protects whistleblowers who report Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse?

Accepted Answer

False Claims Act (qui tam provisions)

Answer

The False Claims Act's qui tam provisions allow whistleblowers to file suit on behalf of the government and receive a portion of recovered funds.

Question 4

In the context of informed consent, 'therapeutic privilege' allows a provider to withhold information when:

Accepted Answer

Disclosure would cause serious psychological harm or prevent rational decision-making

Answer

Therapeutic privilege is a narrow exception permitting non-disclosure only when revealing information would seriously harm the patient or impair their ability to make a rational decision.

Question 5

Which risk management tool involves assigning numerical values to likelihood and impact to prioritize risks?

Accepted Answer

Risk matrix or heat map

Answer

A risk matrix or heat map plots risks by probability and severity to visually prioritize which risks need the most attention.

CPHRM Exam Practice Test

CPHRM Exam Practice Test

CPHRM Basic CPHRM 4