MHA Professionalism and Ethics 3

Question 1

A culturally competent healthcare administrator, when designing services for a diverse patient population, would MOST emphasize:

Accepted Answer

Assessing and accommodating patients' cultural beliefs and communication needs

Answer

Cultural competence requires assessing and adapting care to respect patients' cultural backgrounds, languages, and health beliefs to improve outcomes and equity.

Question 2

Under the ACHE Code of Ethics, a healthcare executive's PRIMARY responsibility when organizational and patient interests conflict is to:

Accepted Answer

Serve the patient's best interest while balancing legitimate organizational needs

Answer

The ACHE Code of Ethics places the patient's well-being as the central obligation, while acknowledging that executives must also consider legitimate organizational sustainability.

Question 3

A healthcare organization that systematically provides lower quality care to Medicaid patients compared to commercially insured patients is violating which ethical principle?

Accepted Answer

Justice

Answer

Justice requires equitable treatment regardless of payment source; providing inferior care based on insurance status violates this principle.

Question 4

Which approach BEST demonstrates ethical leadership in healthcare administration?

Accepted Answer

Modeling the organization's values through personal behavior and holding others accountable

Answer

Ethical leaders model the values they espouse and create accountability structures that reinforce ethical conduct throughout the organization.

Question 5

When is it ethically permissible for a healthcare administrator to share individually identifiable patient information without patient consent?

Accepted Answer

When required by law, such as mandatory public health reporting

Answer

HIPAA permits disclosure without consent when legally mandated, such as reporting communicable diseases to public health authorities.

MHA - Master of Healthcare Administration Practice Test

MHA - Master of Healthcare Administration Practice Test

MHA Professionalism and Ethics 3