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Category: Chapter 16 In-service - Fraud, Waste and Abuse in Home Health Care
2) Fraud includes which of the following?
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3) The Federal False Claims Act (FCA) requires that a person knowingly intend to defraud
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4) Providing patients with $50 grocery store cards to accept home health services would be prohibited under which following federal laws?
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5) Which of the following represents abuse?
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6) Suspected fraud, abuse, or waste should first be reported to:
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7) Upcoding (knowingly or unknowingly assigning a higher payment diagnosis to a patient's claim)
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8) Knowingly billing for services not provided
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9) Charging for excessive supplies
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10) Ordering excessive services that may not be medically necessary
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11) Providing reimbursement or other incentives for referrals of patients
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12) Misrepresenting facts related to a patient's condition to make the patient appear eligible for home health services
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13) Which of the following laws prevents a physician from referring a patient to a home health agency in which he/she has investment interest?
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14) Which of the following is NOT part of a compliance program?
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15) Civil Monetary Penalties may include an assessment of up to times the amount claimed for each item or service, or up to times the amount of remuneration offered, paid, solicited, or received.
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16) The OIG may list an individual as excluded for which of the following reasons?
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17) The Federal False Claims Act (FCA) protects those who report suspected fraud, waste, or abuse from retaliation as:
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Category: Chapter 18 In-service - Heart Health and Disease
18) The heart is a bag made out of that works like a large .
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19) Someone with heart failure might have swollen ankles or difficulty breathing because the heart is not pumping well, blood flow slows and fluid backs up in the lungs and body tissues.
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20) Warning signs of a heart attack include:
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21) It is impossible to do anything to prevent heart disease.
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22) Select the risk factors for heart disease in the list below (select four)
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23) List at least four things people can do to prevent heart disease:
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24) Exercise is good for younger people, but older people won't benefit from it.
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25) A heart attack is caused by a lack of to the heart.
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26) Which type of fat is the main cause of blockages in the arteries that feed blood to the heart?
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27) People that die from heart attacks usually die within the first after symptoms start.
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Category: Chapter 19 In-service - HIPPA
28) HIPAA stands for:
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29) _______ refers to preventing someone from hearing or seeing a person's private health records and information unless he or she has the proper authorization.
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30) Which of the following is not required to follow HIPAA rules?
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31) The HIPAA "rule of thumb" includes:
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32) If a frontline staff member wants to disclose a person's PHI for purposes of providing health care, the provider needs to obtain the person's _____.
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33) Which of the following is not true? If a person wants to view his or her PHI:
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34) Home health agencies and other covered entities are required to do all of the following except:
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35) A cover sheet marked "Confidential" should accompany all faxed information.
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36) Violating HIPAA's privacy rules can result in:
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37) When discussing or sharing PHI about a patient, which of the following is not a best practice?
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Category: Chapter 20 In-Service - Home Health Care CAHPS
38) The HHCAHPS survey was developed by ____.
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39) For patients, the survey provides an outlet to voice satisfaction or concern with the care received from a home health agency.
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40) Which of the following is one of the survey's general question topics?
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41) The survey's questions were based on ____.
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42) Patients who participate in the survey are randomly selected and may submit their responses _____.
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43) Patients are not customers of the agency and have no choice about what agency they use.
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44) Facial expressions and body language reveal attitude.
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45) Foul language is permissible as long as it is used only between coworkers and isn't heard by patients or caregivers.
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46) If you don't know a person's name, you should ____.
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47) If a patient asks you to do a task not on your care plan, you should _____.
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Category: Chapter 22 In-service - Individualized Plan of Care
48) The plan of care is developed by the clinician and the physician on the first visit and includes all care to be provided.
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49) The plan of care will never change.
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50) The aide care plan includes all of the following except _____.
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51) The aide should notify the clinician if _______.
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52) The aide supervisory visit is done every month by the nursing supervisor.
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53) The aide should provide whatever care the patient requests, regardless of what the care plan says.
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54) Alice, a home health aide, is in a patient's home and notices that the patient's daily medication planner has pills still in the compartments for the prior two days. What should Alice do?
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55) Alice is helping a patient prepare for a bed bath. the patient tells Alice that the therapist was there yesterday and said he could take a shower. What should Alice do?
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56) The aide care plan states to take the patient's vital signs every day and notify the nurse if the pulse is higher than 100, blood pressure is above 180/90, respiration is higher than 24, or temperature is higher than 100 degrees. Alice takes her patient's vital signs and records the following: temperature 98.3 degrees, respiration 20, pulse 110 and blood pressure 170/60. What should Alice do next?
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57) SMART goals are
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Category: Chapter 39 In-service - Patient Rights
58) All of the following are types of abuse except:
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59) An agency must provide the patient with an interpretive service free of charge.
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60) The aide assigned to Mr. James arrives at his home. She reviews the assigned aide care plan. The plan includes assisting with shower, oral care, dressing and making the patient's bed. Mr. James has Parkinson's disease, which requires him to move slowly. The aide realizes she is going to be late for her next visit, so she tells the patient if he doesn't start moving faster, she will have to tell the authorities that he is not safe to live alone. ls this a form of abuse?
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61) The patient complains to the nurse that she was told on admission that she would receive a social worker. She has never heard from the social worker. The nurse informs the patient that the admission nurse was wrong and the patient really doesn't need a social worker. Does the patient have the right to call the agency and complain that she has not been provided a social worker?
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62) The patient requests to be transferred to another agency but will not give a reason. The agency does not feel it should have to transfer the patient because she can't give a good reason to be transferred. The agency continues to provide services. Have the patient's rights been violated?
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63) On the first visit, the home health agency must provide the patient with a verbal review of patient rights.
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64) A written copy of the patient rights must be provided within seven days of admission.
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65) A patient has the right to file a complaint with the home health agency for:
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66) The patient has the right to know the date and time of visits.
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67) During a home health aide visit, the aide identifies a bruise on the patient's abdomen. The patient cannot explain where the bruise came from. The aide notifies the supervising nurse. What must the nurse do next?:
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