HCAD 710 EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS
WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS 2026
▶ CMS believes that by reducing burden on providers and focusing quality
improvement on key areas across payers: Answer: quality of care can be
improved for patients more effectively and efficiently
▶ The core measures are in the following eight sets: Answer: Accountable
Care Organizations (ACOs), Patient Centered Medical Homes (PCMH),
and Primary Care
Cardiology
Gastroenterology
HIV and Hepatitis C
Medical Oncology
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Orthopedics
Pediatric
▶ It is important to note that even though all of the groups worked together:
Answer: cooperation hasn't always been happy, collegial, or necessarily
voluntary. Rather, the CMS, hospitals and providers are forced by law to
settle on Core Measures and are often at odds about which measures to
use and even whether the agreed-to measures truly represent quality care.
▶ Yet, the law required that core measures: Answer: be set, measured
and reported to CMS, TJC, payers, healthcare institutions, practitioners and
the public. Many physicians find this environment to be unsettling, unfair
and an infringement on the patient-physician relationship
▶ The federal government also established the Answer: National
Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) to track data from healthcare
institutions and insurance providers in an effort to improve the quality of
care delivered to patients.
WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS 2026
▶ CMS believes that by reducing burden on providers and focusing quality
improvement on key areas across payers: Answer: quality of care can be
improved for patients more effectively and efficiently
▶ The core measures are in the following eight sets: Answer: Accountable
Care Organizations (ACOs), Patient Centered Medical Homes (PCMH),
and Primary Care
Cardiology
Gastroenterology
HIV and Hepatitis C
Medical Oncology
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Orthopedics
Pediatric
▶ It is important to note that even though all of the groups worked together:
Answer: cooperation hasn't always been happy, collegial, or necessarily
voluntary. Rather, the CMS, hospitals and providers are forced by law to
settle on Core Measures and are often at odds about which measures to
use and even whether the agreed-to measures truly represent quality care.
▶ Yet, the law required that core measures: Answer: be set, measured
and reported to CMS, TJC, payers, healthcare institutions, practitioners and
the public. Many physicians find this environment to be unsettling, unfair
and an infringement on the patient-physician relationship
▶ The federal government also established the Answer: National
Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) to track data from healthcare
institutions and insurance providers in an effort to improve the quality of
care delivered to patients.
