FACHE ACHE BOG CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION 2026 PRACTICE SOLUTION
VIEW AHEAD
⩥ The rules governing the acceptance and treatment of emergency
patients are known as:
a) EMTALA
b) EEOC
c) Stark II
d) COBRA. Answer: a) EMTALA
⩥ Which of the following is the clear trend regarding a hospital's
liability for the actions of its members of its medical staff?
a) The hospital is maybe held liable for a physician's negligence even
though the physician is an "independent contractor"
b) Hospitals are not liable for such actions because they are simply
physical sites where patients receive treatment fro privately retained
physicians
c) Courts are becoming more reluctant to impose liability on Hosptials
for the negligence of physicians who use their facilities
d) The hospital is liable only if the physician is an employee. Answer:
, ⩥ In general, courts exhibit what attitude regarding controversies over
medical staff privileges?
a) Human lives are at stake and the courts must intervene to protect
physicians' rights to save those lives
b) If the decision were supported by reasonable evidence, courts will not
substitute their judgment for that of the hospital board
c) Hospitals must not be permitted to interfere with the doctor-patient
relationship
d) Courts may not entertain suits regarding medical staff privileges.
Answer: b) If the decision were supported by reasonable evidence,
courts will not substitute their judgment for that of the hospital board
⩥ A joint venture laboratory owned by a hospital and physicians on its
medical staff would probably be in violation of fraud and abuse laws if it
were to:
a) Market its services to both investors and non investors
b) Offer ownership shares at the same price to the referrers and non
referrers
c) Require investors to refer business to it
d) Protect the public's economic interest. Answer: c) Require investors to
refer business to it
EVALUATION 2026 PRACTICE SOLUTION
VIEW AHEAD
⩥ The rules governing the acceptance and treatment of emergency
patients are known as:
a) EMTALA
b) EEOC
c) Stark II
d) COBRA. Answer: a) EMTALA
⩥ Which of the following is the clear trend regarding a hospital's
liability for the actions of its members of its medical staff?
a) The hospital is maybe held liable for a physician's negligence even
though the physician is an "independent contractor"
b) Hospitals are not liable for such actions because they are simply
physical sites where patients receive treatment fro privately retained
physicians
c) Courts are becoming more reluctant to impose liability on Hosptials
for the negligence of physicians who use their facilities
d) The hospital is liable only if the physician is an employee. Answer:
, ⩥ In general, courts exhibit what attitude regarding controversies over
medical staff privileges?
a) Human lives are at stake and the courts must intervene to protect
physicians' rights to save those lives
b) If the decision were supported by reasonable evidence, courts will not
substitute their judgment for that of the hospital board
c) Hospitals must not be permitted to interfere with the doctor-patient
relationship
d) Courts may not entertain suits regarding medical staff privileges.
Answer: b) If the decision were supported by reasonable evidence,
courts will not substitute their judgment for that of the hospital board
⩥ A joint venture laboratory owned by a hospital and physicians on its
medical staff would probably be in violation of fraud and abuse laws if it
were to:
a) Market its services to both investors and non investors
b) Offer ownership shares at the same price to the referrers and non
referrers
c) Require investors to refer business to it
d) Protect the public's economic interest. Answer: c) Require investors to
refer business to it
