03 Jan The ACA employer mandate

HSA3223 Management of Long Term Care Facilities

Chapter 2 Quiz

Question 1The Affordable Care Act passed with a mix of Republican and Democrats votes.

True

False

“The bill passed without a single Republican vote, and 34 Democrats also voted against it.” page 38 of textbook

Question 2The ACA requires individuals to have insurance coverage and businesses to provide coverage or pay fines.

True

False

Question 3The United States Supreme Court ruled that the individual mandate was, in fact, a tax.

True

False

Question 4The “No Wrong Door” system portion of the ACA mandates that long-term care consumers can access any provider’s services.

True

False

Question 5 “Pay-for-performance” provides financial incentives to healthcare providers to achieve optimal outcomes for patients.

True

False

Question 6Which of these is not part of the stated aim of the ACA?

to reduce the costs of health care for the government

to increase the affordability of health insurance coverage for Americans

to be implemented within two years

to reduce the costs of health care for individuals

Question 7The ACA makes cuts in Medicare to finance part of the new spending, including:

All of the answers provided

reduction in Medicare home healthcare payments.

reduction in certain Medicare hospital payments.

reduction in funding for Medicare Advantage policies.

Question 8The Medicare hospital readmissions reduction program (HRRP):

requires that long-term care providers have contracts with hospitals.

assesses penalties on nursing homes with high readmission rates from hospitals.

assesses penalties on hospitals with high readmission rates for patients with certain medical conditions.

has little impact on long-term care providers.

Question 9The Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act:

was designed to establish a national long-term care insurance program.

none of the answers

is not considered particularly important.

was delayed for three years.

Question 10The ACA’s employer mandate:

affects only larger long-term care providers.

affects all long-term care providers.

has no impact on long-term care providers.

none of the answers

The ACA employer mandate is a requirement that all businesses with over 50 full-time equivalent employees provide health insurance for their full-time employees or pay a penalty this is intended to protect workers in companies with 50 full-time employees from having their hours cut by companies seeking to stay under the threshold. Because many long-term care providers have relatively small staff the impact of this mandate will not affect them however larger facilities will be impacted and it would be wise for all to keep abreast of change in the Mandate. see pg. 49