Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality Examination: CPHQ

Payers are more likely to embrace the optimization definition of care which can put them at odds with:

A. Clinicians

B. Health administrators

C. Physicians

D. Both A and B

Health organizations measure performance to meet multiple internal and external needs and demands.

Internal quality improvement literature identifies some fundamental purposes for conducting performance measurement such as:

A. Assessment of current performance

B. Demonstration and verification of performance improvement activities

C. Control of evaluation

D. Both A and B

Which of the following is most likely to be a benefit of concurrent ambulatory surgical case review?

A. Decreased medical record review at discharge

B. An increase in the number of cases failing screening criteria

C. An increase in reviewer competence

D. Decreased employee turnover