Buttaro Primary Care, A Collaborative Practice, 5

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Which assessments of care providers are performed as part of the Value Based Purchasing initiative? Select all that apply. a. Appraising costs per case of care for Medicare patients b. Assessing p... atients’ satisfaction with hospital care c. Evaluating available evidence to guide clinical care guidelines d. Monitoring mortality rates of all patients with pneumonia e. Requiring advanced IT standards and minimum cash reservesWhat was an important finding of the Advisory Board survey of 2014 about primary care preferences of patients? a. Associations with area hospitals b. Costs of ambulatory care c. Ease of access to care d. The ratio of providers to patients To reduce adverse events associated with care transitions, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service have implemented which policy? a. Mandates for communication among primary caregivers and hospitalists b. Penalties for failure to perform medication reconciliations at time of discharge c. Reduction of payments for patients readmitted within 30 days after discharge d. Requirements for written discharge instructions for patients and caregiversAccording to Naylor’s transitional care model, which intervention has resulted in lower costsWhich approaches are among those recommended by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to improve health literacy in patients? Select all that apply. a. Empowering patients and families b. Giving written handouts for all teaching c. Highlighting no more than 7 key points d. Repeating the instructions e. Supplementing teaching with visual aids and fewer re-hospitalizations in high-risk older patients? a. Coordination of post-hospital care by advanced practice nurses b. Frequent post-hospital clinic visits with a primary care provider c. Inclusion of extended family members in the outpatient plan of care d. Telephone follow up by the pharmacist to assess medication compliance [Show More]

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