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what protects health insurance coverage for workers when they change or lose their jobs?
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) also governs privacy
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PET is the abbreviation for what?
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Positron Emission Tomography
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are members of a hospital's governing board paid for their services?
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No, it is voluntary
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Medicare is the joint federal and state program that helps with medical costs for people with low incomes and limited resources. true or false?
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false, it is Medicaid
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Code 27441 is what type of code?
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CPT code, which is made up of 5 numbers
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which committee serves as the liason between the board of directors and the administration?
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the joint conference committee
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who has ultimate legal authority and responsibility for the hospital's administration and quality of care?
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the board of directors
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since 2002 PSRO's have been known as what?
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quality improvement organizations
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what is the process or identifying, organizing and treating patients according to the urgency of care?
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triage
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who serves as liason between the medical staff and the board of directors?
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the hospital administration
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what was established in 1990 to characterize all human genetic material?
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the Human Genome project
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annual physical exams, family plannong, health education and immunizations are are what kind of care?
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primary care
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the JCAHO was the first organization founded to improve the quality of hospital care for patients. true or false?
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false, it was the American College of Surgeons
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A shrriner's hospital is an example of what kind of hospital?
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voluntary- 60% of our hospitals are voluntary
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who creates and votes on bylaws, rules and regulations?
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the medical staff
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what does COO stand for?
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chief operting officer
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what connects practitioners and patients through online consultation, live and interactive clinical and education through internet and nideo streaming?
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telemedicine
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what kind of care is neurosurgery,radiation oncology, and burn center care?
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tertiary
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what is a doctor called that takes training to increase his knowledge in medicine, surgery or specialty called?
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resident
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true or false- the national medical association was created to represent african american physicians in the united states?
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true
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medicaid and medicare were established as part of the social security amendment in what year?
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1965
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Conditions of participation (CoP) apply to which program?
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medicare
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true or false - was Renaissance medicine considered the beginning or modern medicine?
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true
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what are records assembled in reverse chronical date order called?
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universal chart order
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what is an order signed by the patient that requests they not be revived of their hreathing or heartbeat stops?
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DNR, or do not resuscitate order
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what are physicians who are employees of the hospital called?
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house officers
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what is a physician who has completed the medical boards, and is completing a rotation or internship at a hospital before independently practicing medicine or ebtering residency called?
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intern
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how many steps does Six sigma use?
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five
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what is a medical staff membership reserved for physicians who occasionally admit patients to the hospital ?
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courtesy
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The first Medicare prospective payment system was established by the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act ( TEFRA) true or false?
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true
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what does PAT stand for?
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pre admission testing
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what is the complete range of health care programs and services offered called?
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continuum of care
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who initiates discharge management?
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case management
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the first US hospital was Massachusetts General? true or false?
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false, it was the Pennsylvania Hospital
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what is it called when someone chooses another person to make health care decisions if they become unable to do so.
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health care proxy
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what is the anti-dumping statute?
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Federal Emergency Medical Treatment Act
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what is a professional who is not an employee of a hospital, but offers assistance, advise and information?
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a consultant
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who is responsible for coordinating patient care to ensure the appropriate utilization orf resources, delivery of health care services, and timely discharge or transfer?
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a case manager
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what are judgements about what is right or wrong?
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ethics
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what is a third party entity that manages and distributes software services and solutions to customers across a wide area network from a centrall data center?
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an applications service provider (ASP)
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RHIT have to have how much continuing education?
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20 hours every two years
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what is the process used to assign codes to diagnoses, procedures and services which are reported to third party payers and government programs?
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coding
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what is an internet based discussion forum?
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Listserv
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what is electronically converting billing information into an electronically readable format?
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electronic claims processing
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what is electronically translating sound into text and creating draft reports
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voice recognition technology
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what is the agreeement between an academic institution and a hospital to host students?
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affiliation agreement
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which illness does the Ryan White CARE act programs provide care for?
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people with AIDS
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what requires the documentation of services or supplies that are proper and needed for care?
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medical necessity
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what is a network of physicians and hospitals that have joined todether yo contract with third party payers, employers and other organizations for a discounted fee?
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preferred provider organization (PPO)
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who survery federal prisons?
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JCAHO
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what is care ordered by a physician and administered under the supervision of a RN or therapist?
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skilled care
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what are the 22 VHA regional networks called?
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Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISN)
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Chemotherapy and hydration therapies are exaples of these?
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infusion care at home
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what is the type of diagnostic or therpeutic care that is unavailable in the primary care provider's office?
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referred outpatient
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what is a type of managed care in which physicians maintain their own offices and share services to plan members?
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group practice without walls
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who leads the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps?
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the Surgeon General
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which act addresses the admissibility of records in court?
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the Uniform Business records as Evidence Act
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what is the process or reviewing records for completeness?
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quantative analysis
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what are entries made a a variety of different departments and services called?
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interdisciplinary notes
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what are electronic, rubber stamp, and handwritten signatures called?
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authentication
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what is the process of authenticating a dictated report prior to its transcription?
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auto athentication
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is it true that both manual and computerized records have to be authenticated by both state and federal law?
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yes
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what is sent to physicians who have delinquent records?
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suspension letter
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technical control created by an EHR system that lists all transaction activities on a system
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audit trail
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what kind of data is on the face sheet?
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demographic and socioeconomic data
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is it true that incidents are not subject to disclosure upon receipt of a subpoena?
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true, because they are considered an internal administrative document, unless someone mistakenly refers to it and disclosure is required
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calculate delinquent record rate for a hospital with 325 delinquent records, 150 incomplete records, and 1125 patient discharged.
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divide the total number of delinquent records by the total number of patients discharged that same month, then multiply by 100 (325 divided by 1125=.288888 times 100 -- 29%
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what was the outpatient electronic health record system created at massachusetts general ?hospital?
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COSTAR
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review of records during inpatient hospitalization
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concurrent analysis
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what defines who can complete what documents?
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medical staff rules and regulations define what documents can be completed by providers who are not physicians
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what is alterning magnetic fields on a computer medium called?
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magnetic degaussing
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