AMBULATORY CARE LATEST 2026 COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔majority of physician private practices are.... - ✔✔group practices
✔✔group private practices consists of... - ✔✔3 or more providers
✔✔advantages to group private practice - ✔✔shared operations
joint ownership
central admin functions
less financial risk
more control over lifestyle
✔✔disadvantages to group private practice - ✔✔weaker patient-provider relationships,
partnership
✔✔group private practices can be... - ✔✔multispecialty or single specialty
✔✔advantages to solo private practice - ✔✔self-employed
avoid organizational dependence
minimal administration and staff
✔✔disadvantages to solo private practice - ✔✔handles patient care, paperwork,
regulatory compliance, financial management
high overhead and financial risk
decreasing due to pressures of managed care
✔✔first point of entry into the healthcare system - ✔✔primary care
✔✔primary care provides... - ✔✔comprehensive, continuous care
✔✔comprehensive, continuous care includes... - ✔✔health promotion
disease prevention
health maintenance
, counseling and patient education
diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic illnesses
✔✔(True or false) Primary care is cost effective. - ✔✔true
✔✔care provided by physicians trained in a specific field - ✔✔specialty care
✔✔specialty care focuses on... - ✔✔one aspect of care, organ system, problem area,
gender, or type of intervention
✔✔specialty care is ___________ oriented care - ✔✔procedure
✔✔(True or false) Specialty care typically costs less than primary care. - ✔✔false
✔✔In order to see a specialty care doctor, a patient must be referred from a -
✔✔primary care doctor
✔✔created as an alternative to the emergency room and primary care - ✔✔urgent care
✔✔urgent care can be billed as either.... - ✔✔ER or PCP
✔✔(True or False) Urgent care is usually integrated with other areas of the health
system. - ✔✔false
✔✔problem with urgent care - ✔✔disrupts continuity of care
✔✔care provided in hospital outpatient departments - ✔✔hospital outpatient clinics
✔✔UAMS primary care is an example of a - ✔✔hospital outpatient clinic
✔✔clinical integration of the outpatient clinic and the hospital allows for... - ✔✔higher
quality and safety
✔✔two bills a patient receives from a hospital outpatient clinic - ✔✔provider (physician)
facility
✔✔t/f for regular outpatient clinics the patient receives 2 bills--provider & facility -
✔✔FALSE, only receives provider bill, NOT facility bill
✔✔created in response to Medicare Prospective Payment Center and managed care
pressures - ✔✔ambulatory surgery center
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔majority of physician private practices are.... - ✔✔group practices
✔✔group private practices consists of... - ✔✔3 or more providers
✔✔advantages to group private practice - ✔✔shared operations
joint ownership
central admin functions
less financial risk
more control over lifestyle
✔✔disadvantages to group private practice - ✔✔weaker patient-provider relationships,
partnership
✔✔group private practices can be... - ✔✔multispecialty or single specialty
✔✔advantages to solo private practice - ✔✔self-employed
avoid organizational dependence
minimal administration and staff
✔✔disadvantages to solo private practice - ✔✔handles patient care, paperwork,
regulatory compliance, financial management
high overhead and financial risk
decreasing due to pressures of managed care
✔✔first point of entry into the healthcare system - ✔✔primary care
✔✔primary care provides... - ✔✔comprehensive, continuous care
✔✔comprehensive, continuous care includes... - ✔✔health promotion
disease prevention
health maintenance
, counseling and patient education
diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic illnesses
✔✔(True or false) Primary care is cost effective. - ✔✔true
✔✔care provided by physicians trained in a specific field - ✔✔specialty care
✔✔specialty care focuses on... - ✔✔one aspect of care, organ system, problem area,
gender, or type of intervention
✔✔specialty care is ___________ oriented care - ✔✔procedure
✔✔(True or false) Specialty care typically costs less than primary care. - ✔✔false
✔✔In order to see a specialty care doctor, a patient must be referred from a -
✔✔primary care doctor
✔✔created as an alternative to the emergency room and primary care - ✔✔urgent care
✔✔urgent care can be billed as either.... - ✔✔ER or PCP
✔✔(True or False) Urgent care is usually integrated with other areas of the health
system. - ✔✔false
✔✔problem with urgent care - ✔✔disrupts continuity of care
✔✔care provided in hospital outpatient departments - ✔✔hospital outpatient clinics
✔✔UAMS primary care is an example of a - ✔✔hospital outpatient clinic
✔✔clinical integration of the outpatient clinic and the hospital allows for... - ✔✔higher
quality and safety
✔✔two bills a patient receives from a hospital outpatient clinic - ✔✔provider (physician)
facility
✔✔t/f for regular outpatient clinics the patient receives 2 bills--provider & facility -
✔✔FALSE, only receives provider bill, NOT facility bill
✔✔created in response to Medicare Prospective Payment Center and managed care
pressures - ✔✔ambulatory surgery center
