CPHRM Flashcards
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Which legal theory holds a hospital liable for negligent acts of independent contractor physicians based on the patient's reasonable belief that the physician was a hospital employee?
Answer: Ostensible agency (apparent authority)
Ostensible agency holds hospitals liable when patients reasonably believe an independent contractor physician is a hospital employee, typically due to hospital representations.
A risk manager reviewing a workers' compensation program notices a high frequency of low-severity musculoskeletal injuries among nursing staff. The BEST first response is to:
Answer: Conduct an ergonomic assessment and implement a safe patient handling program
Ergonomic assessment and safe patient handling programs directly address the root cause of musculoskeletal injuries common among nursing staff.
Under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), a hospital with an emergency department must:
Answer: Provide a medical screening examination to anyone who presents regardless of ability to pay
EMTALA mandates that covered hospitals provide a medical screening examination to all individuals presenting to the ED regardless of their financial status.
Which component of the risk management process involves assigning likelihood and impact scores to identified risks?
Answer: Risk analysis
Risk analysis evaluates identified risks by estimating their probability and potential severity of impact, often producing a risk score or rating.
A hospital implements a rapid response team (RRT) primarily to address which patient safety risk?
Answer: Failure to rescue deteriorating patients before cardiac or respiratory arrest
RRTs are designed to identify and intervene on clinically deteriorating patients early, preventing failure-to-rescue outcomes such as cardiac arrest.
The National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) requires healthcare entities to report:
Answer: Medical malpractice payments made on behalf of a licensed healthcare practitioner
Federal law mandates that entities making malpractice payments on behalf of practitioners report those payments to the NPDB.
A risk manager quantifies the 'pure premium' for a self-insured retention layer. Pure premium is calculated as:
Answer: Total incurred losses divided by the number of exposure units
Pure premium represents the actuarial cost of losses per unit of exposure, calculated by dividing total incurred losses by exposure units.