CHA Study Guide 2026

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📋 CHA Exam Format at a Glance

125
Questions
150 min
Time Limit
75%
Passing Score

📚 CHA Topics to Study (21)

✍️ Sample CHA Questions & Answers

1. What quality assurance measure supports professional standards and ethics?
Regular self-assessment, peer review, and adherence to established standards

Ongoing quality assurance through self-assessment, peer review, and standards adherence ensures continuous improvement.

2. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which hospice employees are typically exempt from overtime pay requirements?
Employees in bona fide executive, administrative, or professional roles meeting salary thresholds

FLSA exempts certain executive, administrative, and professional employees who meet specific salary and duties tests from the overtime pay requirement.

3. Which law requires hospice employers to screen staff against the OIG List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE) prior to hire?
Social Security Act exclusion provisions

The Social Security Act prohibits hospices from employing or contracting with individuals on the OIG LEIE, as payments for their services cannot be reimbursed by Medicare or Medicaid.

4. Under OSHA regulations, hospice employers must provide which type of training at no cost to employees who face potential occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens?
Bloodborne Pathogens Standard training per 29 CFR 1910.1030

OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogens Standard requires employers to provide annual training to employees with occupational exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials.

5. What quality assurance measure supports industry best practices?
Regular self-assessment, peer review, and adherence to established standards

Ongoing quality assurance through self-assessment, peer review, and standards adherence ensures continuous improvement.

6. The Stark Law (Physician Self-Referral Law) prohibits physicians from referring Medicare patients to a hospice in which the physician has a financial relationship unless:
A specific statutory or regulatory exception applies

The Stark Law bans self-referrals to entities with which the physician has a financial relationship unless a statutory or regulatory exception applies.

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CHA Study Guide 2026 — Exam Format, Topics & Practice Questions