T or F A privacy officer oversees activities that relate to the development, implementation, maintenance of, and adherence to the organization's policies and procedures covering privacy of and access to patient information.
True
A plastic card that contains a small central processing unit and memory, can interact with a reader is known as a ______.
key card or smart card
The CPC, CPC-H, CPC-A, and CPC-H-A certifications are sponsored by
AAPC
A _____ ensures an appropriate response to internal Nd external disasters.
Disaster Recovery Plan
A nursing home administrator places the following advertisement in a local newspaper: "Seeking a health care professional who has the ability to coordinate a program to ensure superior patient care, monitor and improve patient outcomes, monitor facility compliance with accreditation and regulatory standards, and coordinate preparation for surveys." The job title for this professional would be
Quality Manager
T or F Avicenna, a Persian physician, summarized the knowledge of medieval medicine in the Canon of Medicine
True
A health care professional who oversees the development, implementation, maintenance of and adherence to the organization's policies that cover the safeguarding of patient health information is called a
Privacy Officer
The collection of cancer data from a variety of sources and the reporting of cancer statistics to government and health care agencies, is performed by a(n)
Certified Cancer Registrar
The Joint Commission and _____ work together to standardize common measures called the National Hospital Quality Measures.
CMS
T or F An open panel health maintenance organization (HMO) includes physicians who are not employees of the HMO.
True
Voluntary compliance with standards is known as
accreditation
T or F Ambulatory patient is another name for outpatient.
True
T or F A coding and reimbursement specialist must have working knowledge of CPT and ICD-9-CM/ICD-10-CM coding system.
Test says true, but ICD-9-CM is no longer available.
T or F Coding is the assignment of numbers to diagnosis, services and procedures, based on patient record documentation.
Test says true, but it is actually alphanumeric not just numerical.
Benjamin Franklin established the first US hospital, known as the _____ Hospital.
Pennsylvania
A patient who receives diagnostic or therapeutic care in an outpatient department because such care is unavailable in the primary care provider's office is a(n)
referred outpatient
A student can be terminated from the professional practice site, receive a failing grade for the professional practice course and even be suspended and/or receive expulsion from an academic program because of
breech of confidentiality
The coding systems that a coding & reimbursement specialist will use on the job include CPT, HCPCS and
ICD-10-CM
T or F AHIMA requires Registered Health Information Technicians (RHITs) to submit proof of 20 continuing education hours every 2 years.
True
A hospital that provides emergency care, performs surgery and admits patients for a range of problems is a _____ hospital.
general
T or F The Health Care Financing Administration was created to replace the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
False
An interpretation of a law as written by an administrative agency is called a(n)
regulation
During the professional practice experience, students receive _____ experience prior to graduation.
work
T or F Emergency care patients are treated for urgent problems and are admitted to the hospital as inpatients.
False
T or F Diagnostic related groups classify outpatient cases into groups that consume similar resources.
False. inpatients not outpatients
AHIMA requires RHITs & RHIAs to submit proof of continuing education every
2 years
Regulations that govern privacy, security & electronic transactions for health care information were mandated by the ______ act.
HIPAA
T or F a health insurance specialist reviews health related claims to determine whether the costs for health care services are reasonable & to determine medical necessity.
True
A referred outpatient receives diagnostic or therapeutic services in an outpatient department. The follow up care for these services is done at the
primary care office
Wound care and the assessment and monitoring of illnesses are _____ care services.
skilled
T or F A coding and reimbursement specialist collects cancer data from a variety of sources and reports cancer statistics to government and health care agencies.
False
A candidate for hospice care would be a patient who
was diagnosed with cancer
A family of a 45 year old Downs syndrome patient is seeking assistance with the management of care for the family member. Assistance would be available at a
The Joint Commission's approach to accreditation is _____ and data driven.
patient center
T or F The CPC & CPC-H credentials are offered through the American Health Information Management Association.
False
Dr. Jones examines Sally Sick in the office and completes a history and physical exam for the treatment of an upper respiratory infection. Dr. Jones writes a prescription for antibiotics and instructs her to return to his office in 10 to 14 days. This is classified as a(n) _____ care service.
primary
A health insurance specialist reviews health related claims to determine whether the costs are reasonable and medically necessary given the patient's diagnosis. This position is also called a
claim's examiner
The Health Care Financing Administration, now known as the _____ , was created to manage the Medicare and Medicaid Services
CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
T or F Breech of patient confidentiality can result in termination from a professional practice site.
True
The abbreviation RMT means
Registered Medical Transcriptionist
The 3 professional associations that offer coding credentials are AHIMA, _____ & ACMCS
AAPC
A universal chart is created when inpatient & _____ patient records are organized in the same order.
discharged
A hospital that provides health care services to patients who have serious, sudden or acute illnesses or injuries or need surgeries is a(n) _____ facility.
acute
A patient's entry to the health care system in most nonemergency situations-which includes health maintenance and coordination of referals- is called ______ care.
primary
The abbreviation HITECH Act means _____ Act.
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health
T or F The Food and Drug Administration provides a system of health surveillance to monitor and prevent the outbreak of diseases.
False
A physician practice in which the physician does not have a partner or employment affiliations with other practice organizations is a
solo practice
T or F Abstracted patient information is used to generate diagnosis and procedure indexes.
True
T or F AHIMA's coding credentials include the CPC-P.
False
Ambulatory surgery, also called _____ or _____, is elective surgery that is performed on patients whonare admitted and discharged on the same day.
