Organized effort to identify, assess, and reduce, where appropriate, risks to patients, visitors, staff, and organizational assets
What is risk management
100
Continuous collection of information to search for the various liability risks
What is risk identification
100
______ provides initiative for implementing standards for public health rules
What is judicial systems
100
Anti-fraud activities of the federal government under the regulations of the ________ range from audits of hospitals, nursing homes, medical care organizations, and practicing health professionals to targeted medical care claim.
What is False Claims Act (FCA)
100
The goal of _____ it to prevent the transmission of infections to patients, visitors and healthcare personnel.
What is infection control
200
Uncertainty about future events that may threaten the safety of patients and the assets and reputations of providers.
What is risk
200
Evaluating past experience and current exposure to limit the impact of risk, keeping in mind that there are different levels of Risk
What is risk analysis
200
Payers set their own standards for reimbursement: fee for service, negotiated fees, _____, prospective payments, and RBRVS
What is capitation
200
What is NCQA?
What is National Committee for Quality Assurance
200
Are one of the leading causes of death in the US.
What is healthcare associated infections
300
Risk management personnel usually accomplish this goal by following four steps in progression or combination: risk identification, risk _____, risk control/treatment, and risk financing
What is analysis
300
Risk Management programs should categorize potential liability into 4 categories: bodily injury, liability loss, _____, and consequential loss
What is property loss
300
_______ in now generally accepted as essential to effective and safe medical practice.
What is evidence based medicine
300
Hospital-based care, free standing care, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, and custodial facilities
What is long-term care
300
Major infection control risk management procedure:
What is hand hygiene
400
Most common function of risk management programs
What is risk control/treatment
400
System that identifies deviations from normal procedures or expected outcomes
What is occurrence screenings
400
____ of the law is no excuse.
What is ignorance
400
____ occurs in tissue committees, mortality conferences, infection control committees, and quality improvement committees.
What is peer review
400
_____ is an important function of risk management and is mandated by various federal and state agencies