Compare the benefits being received by a representative hospital in a community with real amounts of the cost of uncompensated care being given by the organization.

BHA 4053 Part VII

Question 1

Having the _________ back quickly is essential to the efficient and effective operation of the organization.

Question 2

_________ is a standard of excellence, achievement, and the like, against which similar things can be measured and judged.

Question 3

The most difficult of all budget spreads are contractual adjustments by departments, and the problem stems from reimbursement methodologies that are employed by _________.

Question 4

To control cost of supplies, it is essential to maintain formal and informal communication channels with _________.

Question 5

Organizations aspiring to be the best, would set the benchmarking target at or above _________.

Question 6

Medicare reimburses most outpatient services on the _________ method or on a fee schedule.

Question 7

_________ generally means that the patient is sicker and requires more care than a patient without it.

Question 8

In 1999 the Institute of Medicine published that hospital preventable medical errors were the cause of up to _________ deaths a year.

Question 9

Good data allows the manager to concentrate on the results of the benchmark study rather than on the _________ of the data.

Question 10

Which of the following is not one of the several ways to improve cost structure of a health care organization?

Question 11

Determine at least 10 key success factors (key financial indicators) to benchmark in any hospital.

Question 12

Discuss the pros and cons of reporting contractual adjustments directly on the monthly financial reports at the department level.

Question 13

Compare the benefits being received by a representative hospital in a community with real amounts of the cost of uncompensated care being given by the organization.

BHA/4053 Part VII 

BHA4053 Part VII