MHA 708 EXAM A HEALTHCARE POLICY NEWEST 2026
ACTUAL EXAM| LSUS MHA 708 EXAM A REVIEW WITH
COMPLETE REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS/ ALREADY GRADED A+ (MOST
RECENT!!)
Q1: Which of the following best describes the primary role of
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)?
A) Regulate food and drug safety
B) Administer Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, and the Health
Insurance Marketplace
C) Set workplace safety standards
D) Fund biomedical research
Answer: B
Rationale: CMS is the federal agency that administers Medicare,
Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and
the Health Insurance Marketplace (PPACA).
Q2: Medicare Part A covers:
A) Outpatient services and physician visits
B) Hospital inpatient services, skilled nursing facility care (not
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,custodial), hospice, and some home health
C) Prescription drugs
D) Vision and dental care
Answer: B
Rationale: Medicare Part A is hospital insurance, covering
inpatient stays, SNF (post-acute), hospice, and limited home
health. Part B covers outpatient/physician services; Part D covers
prescription drugs.
Q3: Which of the following is a key provision of the
Affordable Care Act (ACA)?
A) Elimination of all private health insurance
B) Guaranteed issue (prohibiting denial of coverage based on
pre-existing conditions)
C) Single-payer national health system
D) Reduction of the Medicare eligibility age to 55
Answer: B
Rationale: The ACA prohibits insurers from denying coverage or
charging higher premiums based on pre-existing conditions. It did
not eliminate private insurance or create single-payer.
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,Q4: Medicaid is best described as:
A) A federal program only for persons over 65
B) A joint federal-state program providing health coverage for
low-income individuals, families, and certain disabled
populations
C) A private insurance program for federal employees
D) A catastrophic health insurance plan
Answer: B
Rationale: Medicaid is jointly funded by federal and state
governments, administered by states within federal guidelines,
and covers eligible low-income adults, children, pregnant women,
elderly, and disabled.
Q5: The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) was
created to:
A) Cover all uninsured adults
B) Cover children in families with incomes too high for Medicaid
but too low to afford private insurance
C) Replace Medicare for children
D) Fund children’s hospitals only
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, Answer: B
Rationale: CHIP (now often called Medicaid expansion but
originally separate) covers children in working families above
Medicaid thresholds but below private insurance affordability.
Q6: Which of the following is a major goal of value-based
purchasing (VBP) in healthcare?
A) Paying providers based on volume of services
B) Tying reimbursement to quality measures, patient outcomes,
and cost efficiency
C) Eliminating all quality reporting
D) Reducing patient access to care
Answer: B
Rationale: VBP shifts from fee-for-service (volume) to payment
models that reward quality, outcomes, and cost-effectiveness
(e.g., Hospital VBP Program).
Q7: The “individual mandate” of the ACA originally required:
A) All employers to provide health insurance
B) Most individuals to have health insurance or pay a penalty
(tax penalty was reduced to $0 in 2019)
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ACTUAL EXAM| LSUS MHA 708 EXAM A REVIEW WITH
COMPLETE REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS/ ALREADY GRADED A+ (MOST
RECENT!!)
Q1: Which of the following best describes the primary role of
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)?
A) Regulate food and drug safety
B) Administer Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, and the Health
Insurance Marketplace
C) Set workplace safety standards
D) Fund biomedical research
Answer: B
Rationale: CMS is the federal agency that administers Medicare,
Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and
the Health Insurance Marketplace (PPACA).
Q2: Medicare Part A covers:
A) Outpatient services and physician visits
B) Hospital inpatient services, skilled nursing facility care (not
1
,custodial), hospice, and some home health
C) Prescription drugs
D) Vision and dental care
Answer: B
Rationale: Medicare Part A is hospital insurance, covering
inpatient stays, SNF (post-acute), hospice, and limited home
health. Part B covers outpatient/physician services; Part D covers
prescription drugs.
Q3: Which of the following is a key provision of the
Affordable Care Act (ACA)?
A) Elimination of all private health insurance
B) Guaranteed issue (prohibiting denial of coverage based on
pre-existing conditions)
C) Single-payer national health system
D) Reduction of the Medicare eligibility age to 55
Answer: B
Rationale: The ACA prohibits insurers from denying coverage or
charging higher premiums based on pre-existing conditions. It did
not eliminate private insurance or create single-payer.
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,Q4: Medicaid is best described as:
A) A federal program only for persons over 65
B) A joint federal-state program providing health coverage for
low-income individuals, families, and certain disabled
populations
C) A private insurance program for federal employees
D) A catastrophic health insurance plan
Answer: B
Rationale: Medicaid is jointly funded by federal and state
governments, administered by states within federal guidelines,
and covers eligible low-income adults, children, pregnant women,
elderly, and disabled.
Q5: The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) was
created to:
A) Cover all uninsured adults
B) Cover children in families with incomes too high for Medicaid
but too low to afford private insurance
C) Replace Medicare for children
D) Fund children’s hospitals only
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, Answer: B
Rationale: CHIP (now often called Medicaid expansion but
originally separate) covers children in working families above
Medicaid thresholds but below private insurance affordability.
Q6: Which of the following is a major goal of value-based
purchasing (VBP) in healthcare?
A) Paying providers based on volume of services
B) Tying reimbursement to quality measures, patient outcomes,
and cost efficiency
C) Eliminating all quality reporting
D) Reducing patient access to care
Answer: B
Rationale: VBP shifts from fee-for-service (volume) to payment
models that reward quality, outcomes, and cost-effectiveness
(e.g., Hospital VBP Program).
Q7: The “individual mandate” of the ACA originally required:
A) All employers to provide health insurance
B) Most individuals to have health insurance or pay a penalty
(tax penalty was reduced to $0 in 2019)
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