CPHRM Flashcards
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Which healthcare risk management strategy involves transferring risk to a third party through contractual indemnification and hold-harmless agreements?
Answer: Contractual risk transfer
Contractual risk transfer shifts financial responsibility for losses to another party—such as a vendor or contractor—through indemnification clauses.
A patient safety officer proposes adopting a 'just culture' model. This model primarily distinguishes between:
Answer: Human error, at-risk behavior, and reckless behavior when determining accountability
Just culture differentiates three behavioral categories—human error, at-risk behavior, and reckless behavior—to apply appropriate accountability and system responses.
The 'duty to warn' obligation for mental health providers most directly conflicts with which other professional obligation?
Answer: Patient confidentiality
The Tarasoff duty to warn identifiable third parties of serious threats creates direct tension with the provider's obligation to maintain patient confidentiality.
Which accreditation standard requires hospitals to maintain a written policy for identifying and resolving conflicts of interest among leadership?
Answer: Joint Commission Leadership standards (LD)
TJC Leadership chapter standards require organizations to have processes identifying and managing conflicts of interest among governing board members and executives.
An 'incurred but not reported' (IBNR) reserve is established to account for:
Answer: Losses that have occurred but have not yet been reported as claims
IBNR reserves fund the anticipated cost of incidents that have already occurred but have not yet been reported to the risk department or insurer.
A credentialing coordinator must re-verify practitioner credentials at least every how many years under Joint Commission standards?
Answer: 2 years
TJC Medical Staff standards require re-credentialing and re-privileging of practitioners at least every two years.
Which risk treatment option is MOST appropriate when a healthcare service carries extremely high liability exposure and cannot be adequately controlled through mitigation?
Answer: Risk avoidance by discontinuing the service
When a service presents unacceptable risk that cannot be sufficiently mitigated or transferred, risk avoidance—ceasing the activity—eliminates the exposure entirely.