factor because the ASC setting is a higher cost setting than the outpatient hospital facility setting.TrueFalse 2. MedPAC influences OPPS payment policy by providing analysis and recommendations regarding policy changes to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).TrueFalse  3. In which setting does Medicare pay for the hospice benefit? A. Patients’ homesB. Acute-care inpatient hospitalsC. Skilled nursing facilitiesD. A and B onlyE. All of the above 4. Which is a key difference between federally qualified health centers (FQHC) and rural health clinics (RHCs)?A. FQHCs may be in urban areas but RHCs must be in nonurbanized areasB. RHCs have narrower scope of servicesC. RHCs cannot be facilities primarily for the treatment of mental diseaseD. RHCs must have at least one midlevel practitioner on-site and available to see patients 50 percent of the timeE. All of the above 5. Medicare beneficiaries admitted directly to an IRF from an acute care inpatient hospital pay a second inpatient deductible.TrueFalse 

Question Answered step-by-step 1. The ASC PPS conversion factor is higher than the OPPS conversionfactor because the ASC setting is a higher cost setting than the outpatient hospital facility setting.TrueFalse 2. MedPAC influences OPPS payment policy by providing analysis and recommendations regarding policy changes to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).TrueFalse  3. In which setting does Medicare pay for the hospice benefit? A. Patients’ homesB. Acute-care inpatient hospitalsC. Skilled nursing facilitiesD. A and B onlyE. All of the above 4. Which is a key difference between federally qualified health centers (FQHC) and rural health clinics (RHCs)?A. FQHCs may be in urban areas but RHCs must be in nonurbanized areasB. RHCs have narrower scope of servicesC. RHCs cannot be facilities primarily for the treatment of mental diseaseD. RHCs must have at least one midlevel practitioner on-site and available to see patients 50 percent of the timeE. All of the above 5. Medicare beneficiaries admitted directly to an IRF from an acute care inpatient hospital pay a second inpatient deductible.TrueFalse  Health Science Science Nursing HPM 123 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)